Amblecote Community Church

Baptisms are special occasions at ACC and we were excited to have a baptism service on 11th October. As part of this Tim spoke about living water. 💧 Water is central to what it means to have life in our world yet water itself isn't a living thing. 💧 No matter how much we drink we get thirsty again. We are thirsty naturally for water and we are thirsty for more in our lives. What this world n...

This Sunday we are continuing our series in the book of 2 Corinthians. We will be looking at being transformed into the image of Christ and the transformation that then comes in our lives, families, society, and culture. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Conflict is inevitable, even conflict in the church. But not all conflict is bad. On Sunday 20th September we continued our series in the book of 2 Corinthians, reading 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:17 and we looked at how Paul shows us a way of responding to conflict that might be helpful for us all these years later in the 21st century. Listen to Tim's intro to the series For more information about w...

There are moments in life when we need comfort. On Sunday 13th September Vanessa continued our new series in the book of 2 Corinthians and read from 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 where the word comfort appears ten times! God comforts us and we are to comfort others, but the ultimate comfort we have is in the promise of Jesus returning and fully reigning. Listen to Tim's intro from last week For more in...

On Sunday 6th September we started a new series on 2 Corinthians, throughout the series we will be particularly looking at the grace of God in human weakness. In this letter there is a significant level of tension between Paul and the church that he planted. Join us next week as we look at the next part! For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please vi...

Everyone has got a part to play. The work we are called to do is the beginning of an adventure. On Sunday 30th August we had guest speaker Martin Young with us who read Acts 13:1-4 and spoke about how our situation at ACC could be likened to this account as we prepare to send some people out to start our new evening congregation which launches in September. For more information about who we are, w...

Make God the place that you dwell, it will move and shape you. On Sunday 23rd August Esther spoke on Psalm 91, which is her favourite psalm, as part of the summer psalms series we've had this year. What does it mean to dwell? To sit, to live, to abide. To keep thinking or talking about something a lot of the time. Let God be part of your life every single day. The best thing to do whenever you...

On Sunday 9th August Andy and Joy interviewed two people who attended our Alpha Course earlier this year. Read more about the course Follow us on social media to know when we're running another course For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 2nd August Vanessa and Tim took the opportunity to bring us a Vision Update, particularly about the second congregation that we have starting on Sunday evenings in September. We're excited about it! Count how many times you hear someone say that, we think it's at least ten times! WATCH the video we showed Check out the full vision update For more information about who we are, wha...

It's ok to cry out to God. On Sunday 26th July Roxy shared with us some of what she's learnt from Psalm 22 during the writing of her dissertation, and also weaved in stories from her personal experience. If you might be interested in pursuing some formal theological teaching check out guest speaker Reuben's message from earlier in the month For more information about who we are, what w...

On Sunday 12th July we had James Spencer from Compassion UK with us. He's an excellent communicator and brought us a message about the kingdom of God as well as sharing about the work of Compassion in the area of Kisumu, Kenya, that we're connected to as a church. WATCH this message in video form, including the two videos There are no spectators in the kingdom of God. What we do for God&#3...

On Sunday 5th July we had Reuben Williams as a guest speaker. None of us are beyond moments of doubt. When your faith gets shaken... - Get around God's people, we were made to be with others. - Don't mistake God's silence for his absence, just because he isn't speaking doesn't mean he isn't working. He's always doing something. - Get in God's word, he'll speak t...

Where is your heart orientated? Daniel lived in Babylon, but he didn't live for Babylon. His heart was orientated towards Jerusalem and God. On Sunday 28th June we finished our series in Daniel by looking at Daniel in the lion's den. This is one of the most well known Bible stories. However, it isn't just a story for children it has a bite to it 🦁 which has valuable lessons to teach u...

As we arrive in Daniel 4 we are starting to see Nebuchadnezzar slowly change. On Sunday 21st June we went backwards in Daniel Tom spoke on chapter 4, Nebuchadnezzar's second dream. Check out Dave's message on his first dream earlier in the series. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Have you ever had an experience where one thing is perceived in two different ways? On Sunday 14th June we continued our Daniel series by looking at the writing on the wall (chapter 5). Those words brought doom and gloom for Belshazzar but the all powerful hand of God brings life and hope for us! Catch up with the series so far Come back next week as we go back and look at chapter 4! For more info...

How much does your life revolve around God? Are we really more like Nebuchadnezzar than Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego? And how do we keep God central? On Sunday 7th June, we continued our Daniel series reading chapter 3 and looking specifically at how Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego resisted bowing down to an idol and remained faithful to God in the face of death, and what we can learn from them....

Daniel is about to be crushed and destroyed by a human empire, for no fault of his own! On Sunday 31st May we returned to our series on Daniel and that was the situation we found him in in chapter 2. So what did Daniel do? He prayed. Prayer is the most powerful thing available to us as Christians and we need to do it first, not when we've tried everything else first. Listen to Tim Barton's...

Pentecost: Jesus ascended, so what now? How does this change how we live? On Sunday 24th May we had a one off message on Pentecost. Although we don't have Jesus physically present with us, due to his Ascension that we heard about last week, Pentecost marks the occasion where God's Holy Spirit was poured out to the apostles and on all believers, including us now. We can declare the reality...

Why does the ascension matter? On Sunday 17th May, Ascension Sunday, Tim Murray gave a one off message on Jesus' ascension. The ascension matters because it was the fulfilment of prophecies and because it means that Jesus is coming back one day. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

When we face troubled times we often wish it wasn't the time we were living in and that the troubled times hadn't come to us. There's a lot we can learn from Daniel in the Bible. Daniel lived his entire life, pretty much, in exile and it wasn't really his fault that he was there. On Sunday 3rd May we continued our new series in Daniel and Tim spoke on how Daniel resolved to honour...

How do we remain faithful during troubled and difficult times? On Sunday 26th April we started a new series on the book of Daniel. The main theme of the series is being faithful in troubled times. The book of Daniel shows us that we can remain faithful during troubled times 1. because God is always faithful and 2. because God is always working. For more information about who we are, what we believ...

All of the Bible is God's word to us, Revelation is no exception to this! On Sunday 19th April Tim gave us a primer on the book of Revelation, ahead of the study evenings that were starting that coming week. The responsible way to read any book of the Bible, not just Revelation, is to ask, 'what kind of literature/writing it is?' and, 'how would the symbolism/metaphors/images have...

There is no one like Jesus. On Easter Sunday David Faulkner spoke about Jesus' resurrection, that Jesus' resurrection makes all things new. How no one who has ever lived can in any way start to compare to Jesus. And he shared from his own story how Jesus is not just a historical figure but a lived reality. WATCH David's message and the song after For more information about who we are,...

The last significant speech Paul makes. On Sunday 29th March we finished our Acts series. Paul has had decades of travelling, preaching, planting churches and writing letters (that we still read today!). He's past the point of trivialities now, he knows what's important and he packs a punch as he speaks before Agrippa in Acts 26. Catch up with last week's message - Paul's Farewell...

The last words people say are important. On Sunday 22nd March we looked at Paul’s farewell to the Ephesian leaders in Acts where Luke (the author) captures what Paul truly values - the preaching of the Gospel, living with integrity; not just saying the right thing but living how Jesus lived, and suffering for Jesus; this was a marker of Paul's authenticity proving he spoke the truth. The chall...