Amblecote Community Church

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...

On Sunday 15th March it was Mother's Day and we had dedications in our service. Tim's message wasn't only to parents, or mothers, it was for everyone. We all play an important role in each other's lives and in the lives of children and young people. WATCH Tim's message For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

In this podcast Tomas (a member of our Church Family) talks with Tim Murray about how his autism impacts the way he experiences church and Sunday services, what particular challenges may be faced by neurodivergent people in our gatherings and how we can grow as a church community in our mutual hospitality towards one another. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can g...

Giving is a way to meet with God, to encounter him and to be by changed by him. On Sunday 8th March Tim brought part two on the Spiritual Discipline of giving. Giving shapes and changes us because it makes us more like Jesus. Giving teaches us to trust God. God gives us good things to enable us to give to others. Missed part one? Catch up here For more information about who we are, what we believe...

What you do with money will shape who you become. Once or twice a year we teach on one of the Spiritual Disciplines, these are things we can do to allow God to do things that we can't. On Sunday 1st March Tim gave part one on the Spiritual Discipline of giving and spoke about the formational power of money in our lives. What we do with our time and money shows what's important to us and wh...

Baptisms are really special occasions at ACC and we were really excited to have a baptism service on 22nd February. As part of this, Tim explained what baptism is and why we do it. He also spoke about God's love. ❤️ Real love is not afraid to tell us the truth.❤️ God's love is not about the easy path. ❤️ Real love seeks our true good even when it is a painful process.❤️ God's love is a...

Paul wanted to be counter to human culture. On Sunday 15th February we continued our series on Acts, reading from chapter 18 when Paul was in Corinth. Why did Paul do mission? In addition to loving God with all his heart, soul, mind and strength, Paul's love for people and his desire for them to meet and be changed by Jesus kept him going. For more information about who we are, what we believe...

We can have real confidence in God. He knows what we are going through. On Sunday 8th February we continued our series on Acts, looking specifically at how Holy Spirit led Paul and how he leads us. 1. Holy Spirit guides through reason - God leads and guides through our reasoned minds and trusts us to make decisions. 2. Holy Spirit guides by the closing and opening of doors. 3. Holy Spirit guides u...

Along with growth come the pressures of growth, and how we deal with them dictates whether we continue to grow or not. On Sunday 1st February Adrian continued our series on Acts and spoke about the pressures of growth, looking at the early church in Acts 6:1-7 For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 25th January Andy Clark gave a short message about seeing things differently. ‘See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it?’ - Isaiah 43:19For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, ⁠ please visit our website⁠

Jesus doesn't just make our life a bit better, he changes everything! On Sunday 18th January we were really excited to have guest speaker Phil Knox from The Evangelical Alliance with us. He shared some incredibly encouraging research with us and also spoke about Good News People and how Good News People are part of something, are relational, are prayerful and how they matter! Find out more abo...

We don't like tension. It feels uncomfortable, but the reality is that it creates energy and movement. On Sunday 11th January we had the next message in our vision series and Tim Barton spoke about 'holding the tension' and how this will help us in preparing for change. Listen to Tim Murray's talk on how to deal with unchosen change if you missed it last week For more information a...