Amblecote Community Church

We all experience change in our lives. Sometimes we choose change, sometimes it comes without our choosing. On Sunday 4th January Tim talked through some biblical examples that might help us to deal with unchosen change in our lives. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 14th December, Tim Barton gave a short message at our Carol Service about how God is here. God is closer than you think. WATCH the whole service For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Hearing about Jesus and knowing what he did is one thing, but nothing compares to a personal encounter with Jesus. On Sunday 7th December we continued our mini series looking at the Holy Spirit in the nativity narrative and Joy spoke on Jesus' presentation at the temple 40 days after his birth. Jesus is here. Our challenge this Christmas is to find Jesus in the quiet and to find him in the cha...

On Sunday 30th November we started our Christmas series with a message on the Holy Spirit and the birth of Jesus. Whenever we see the Spirit working he will always point to Jesus, and Luke's nativity narrative is no exception. The Spirit points to Jesus as the Son of the Most High and the work of the Spirit reveals Christ's identity. For more information about who we are, what we believe a...

On Sunday 23rd November we had interviews with members of our Church Family hearing about some of what they've been up to this year and how they have encountered Jesus through life stage discipleship courses/retreats. WATCH in video form To register your interest in joining a life stage discipleship course in the future, email Tim Murray on tim.m@amblecotecc.org.uk For more information about w...

How do we receive the gifts of the Spirit? Last week in part 1, we looked at the what, why and who of the gifts of the Spirit. Catch up here if you missed it In part 2 on Sunday 16th November we looked at the how, how to receive the gifts of the Spirit. It's good for us to seek out the gifts. God decides what he gives us, but he still calls us to ask him for the gifts. For more information abo...

Don't focus on the gift, but on why there is a gift. The Holy Spirit is the greatest gift giver of all. On Sunday 9th November Tim Barton spoke on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, part one. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are just one aspect of the Holy Spirit. CATCH UP ON LAST WEEK'S MESSAGE if you missed it. The Spiritual Gifts are Spiritual Abilities. They are not everything, but they're...

On Sunday 2nd November we answered the question, after Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension what is the true role of the Holy Spirit who he sent? We answered this question by looking at what Tim Murray considers to be the top five works of the Holy Spirit, and we noted that the work we see in the New Testament is still the same today. CATCH UP ON LAST WEEK'S MESSAGE if you missed it Li...

If only we could say, here is everything you need to know about the Holy Spirit , but unfortunately it's just not that simple! On Sunday 26th October we moved from Empowered to the first in a two part series specifically on the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Doctrine might sound like a scary word, but it just means putting together all that the Bible reveals about something in an ordered way. 1. The...

God is very real. On Sunday 19th October we read from Acts and learnt about the holiness of God, the power of his presence and how the presence of God brings to the surface salvation. Fear of God doesn't mean being afraid of him, rather it's a recognition of the reality of God and his power. God is much more real than we often think he is. We all need to know God's salvation. For more information...

Can the gospel cope with pressure?* On Sunday 12th October Tom preached on Acts 4:1-34, themed boldness and resistance. When faced with resistance we must respond the same way the disciples did, with prayer and with boldness. WATCH this message in video form *Spoiler alert, we think this chapter says it can! For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, pleas...

On Sunday 5th October we returned to our series, Empowered. We looked at the passage in Acts 3 about the healing of the man by the beautiful gate and how that and Peter's speech point to Jesus and repentance. Dave also shared really vulnerably and honestly about experiences of healing, and lack of, in his life. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved...

On Sunday 28th September we were really excited to welcome Derek and Penny to our service and it was great to hear from them ahead of our trip to Kenya next month. WATCH this in video form For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

So often, life is all about me, myself and I. But what if it's not just about me, it's about us? Holy Spirit coming should reshape community life resulting in both individual transformation and collective transformation. We belong to each other as much as we are our own individual selves. On Sunday 21st September, Adrian read from Acts 2:42-47 and Acts 4:34-37 and spoke about God's Pow...

On Sunday 14th September we continued our new series, Empowered, and looked at how the coming of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 was the fulfilment of promises. Understanding Jesus and the New Testament only makes sense in the light of the Old Testament. Similarly for us today, our experience of the church now is definitively marked by the day of Pentecost. For more information about who we are, what we...

On Sunday 7th September, Tim Barton started our new series 'Empowered' on The Acts of the Apostles. What is the book of Acts about? It documents the Acts of the Apostles (the early church) and it's a sequel. A sequel needs the heart and meaning of the original and also to expand it into something bigger and something new. Acts is the sequel to the gospel of Luke and it starts with some...

On Sunday 17th August Ben Willmott read Job 28 and spoke about the beautiful world God made, how we have been created as unique with a purpose, and he finished on the value of wisdom. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Isn’t the Bible inconclusive? What the Bible does or doesn’t say about sex, marriage and sexuality is contested. Some Christians would disagree with the “Christian worldview” that we’ve presented in Unravelling. In particular, there are disagreements about the way we should read the Bible, including the handful of passages that do seem to mention gay sex. In this video, we have a discussion with I...

Isn’t Christianity Oppressive? If sex in a Christian worldview is held together with marriage, sexual differentiation and children ( see 4.2 ), then what does this mean for gay people? Isn’t it an inherently oppressive position that denies gay people love, the pleasures of sex, companionship and family life? How is it fair to expect gay people to live in life-long abstinence just because they have...

What is sex for? What is marriage? If they are meaningful – what does that meaning consist of? These are a few of the big picture questions that every worldview needs to answer before it has anything to say about how humans can flourish in sex and relationships. In this video, we explore how the Christian worldview answers these questions, and how recovering the real meaning of sex and marriage ca...

We now live in the shadow of the sexual revolution of the 1960s which has had an enormous influence on what is a ‘normal’ or ‘common sense’ way to think about sex and sexuality. This particular manifestation of our cultural worldview (explored in part 1 of Unravelling) is now leading to drastic changes in the way we behave and the choices we make. In this video we explore what happened in the sexu...

On Sunday 27th July we were delighted to have a baptism service. This is the message that Tim gave following the baptisms. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 20th July, as we started our 'Summer Sundays', Gail had her debut speaking to us and asked three important questions to challenge us - Do we know how much God loves us? - How does God's love affect our everyday lives? - What are you going to do with your one and only life? Watch the video that we watched Find out more about Unravelling For more information about who we are, w...

On Sunday 13th July Joy brought our Matthew series to a close by speaking about what has become known as The Great Commission in Matthew 28:16-20. In these few verses, Jesus affirms his authority, he proclaims to the disciples their purpose, and he promises his presence. Although this might be a familiar passage, let's not forget that some good news is too good not to share! For more informati...

On Sunday 6th July we continued our Matthew series, with an animal theme... Adrian spoke on the parable about the sheep and the goats. It may not be as straightforward as you imagine! If you want some further reading here is a blog post he recommends For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website