Amblecote Community Church

Podcast 2 - Reforming Theft, scandals and the cross. Podcast 2 in this Our Story series considers God’s work amongst our church family as he reformed and renewed us. Tim is joined by Adrian Lowe, who served as senior minister in this season and remains an elder of our church family. Once upon a time Adrian fatefully prayed “God, show me the cross”, what happened next was not what he expected... WA...

On Sunday 3rd September 2023 we heard from Paul Willmott  spoke on the story of Moses and the burning bush and asked what has God put in your hand? In addition to this he shared about his ministry, some of his personal life story and talked about primary school visits he does on our behalf. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our websit...

Podcast 1 – Beginnings In the first podcast of this series, 'Our Story', Tim Barton interviews Phil Cook. Phil has been part of our church family for fifty years and served as an elder for forty-five of those years. Together Tim and Phil explore how the church grew from just four couples to around five hundred members. WATCH this podcast in video form! You can find all our current and prev...

'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come' - 2 Corinthians 5:17 At our service on Sunday 27th August 2023, we heard Vanessa interviewing Terry Hepworth about how he became a Christian. We think it's a great testimony to listen to! For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please...

At our Sunday Service on 20th August, we heard a testimony from Liz Barton. She boasted in the Lord gave testimony about some of the work God has done in her life recently. She reminded us of how God works in each of our lives when we allow Him to and encouraged us to connect with the love that God has for us. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, ple...

At our Sunday Service on 30th July 2023, Catherine Griffiths spoke on the account of Paul and Silas in prison from Acts 16. She highlighted how in the midst of their circumstances and when their concerns could have been going in many different directions (past regrets/fears for the future etc) Paul and Silas chose to pray & praise.  And she explored with us how we can apply this to our own liv...

On Sunday 23rd July 2023 we reached the end of our Genesis series. We looked at Joseph and Potiphar’s wife – the chastity of Joseph, how sometimes we have harm come to us from doing the right thing and the providence of God. Whole Church Teaching: A Theology of Suffering For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 16th July 2023 we returned to our Genesis series, jumping into chapter 38, which has all kinds of outrageous things happening in it! Tim Murray shared with us about the transformation of Judah and God’s ability to transform lives and the dynamics of conviction and repentance. We saw how someone can go from being hateful, deceitful, unjust and cowardly to truthful, brave and self-sacrific...

Spiritual Disciplines message 3 from our Sunday service 9th July. Throughout the year we're having "one-off" Sunday preaches exploring some of the Spiritual Disciplines. We believe following Jesus is about encounter and formation, as both are important for us to live full Christian lives. This week was about prayer, as Vanessa shared some reflections and then interviewed Richard Clar...

On Sunday 2nd July 2023 Tim Barton spoke on the life of Jacob - Wrestling for blessing, in Genesis 25-35. Jacob’s life is both a challenge and an encouragement. The main thrust in this message in our Genesis series is the encouragement that God’s plans work despite our failure. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 25th June 2023 we had a break from our Genesis series and Vanessa spoke to us on the theme of the space in between. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 18th June we returned to our Genesis series and Dave picked it up with us in chapter 24. We heard about Isaac and Rebekah and we looked at the importance of faithfulness and providence of God across the generations. Dave closed by challenging us with the question, are we willing to go and serve God, dedicated to Jesus and putting his kingdom first? For more information about who we are,...

On Sunday 11th June we had an Expand Year Out take over of our service! Charlotte, Lois and James brought us some reflections on the story of The Woman At The Well found in John 4. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website You can find out more about Expand, our gap year programme here

On Sunday 4th June Tim Barton spoke on Abraham in Genesis 12-15 and looked at the covenant and, more importantly, the God who keeps the covenant even when we are unfaithful. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 28th May Andrew McFaul spoke on our next major milestone, Noah and the great flood, found in Genesis 6-9. We looked together at Noah and the covenant, while thinking about God's faithfulness. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 21st May 2023 we reached chapter 3 of Genesis and Tim Murray spoke about the entrance of sin and curses but also redemptive promises. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

On Sunday 14th May 2023 we returned to our series looking at the opening themes of God's story in the book of Genesis and Tim Barton delivered a message on Genesis 2. Being made in the image of God means… 1. We are intentionally created by God - you are a gift to the world! 2. We are created for relationship with God. 3. We are called to co-create with God. For more information about who we ar...

On Sunday 7th May 2023 we had a service aptly focused on The King of Kings. Tim's short message gave us some reflections considering the Coronation, what it means and what the Bible has to say about it. Find the Public Hope teaching material that Tim mentions here For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Possibly our most spontaneous podcast ever! This is Genesis, Interpretation and Answering Some Questions with Tim Murray and Dave Hadley. Welcome, we're glad you're here. This is the podcast Tim mentioned in his Genesis 1 and series introduction message on Sunday 30th April. Make sure you subscribe to hear the rest of the messages in this series. For more information about who we are, what...

On Sunday 30th April 2023 Tim Murray started our brand new Genesis series, looking at the opening themes of God's story, by giving us an introduction to the series as a whole and then going into some of chapter one with us. Genesis is an incredibly engaging, and at times complex, book so during this series we'll be asking questions like how does our understanding of God’s story shape our l...

Spiritual Disciplines message 2 from our Sunday service 23rd April 2023. Throughout the year we’re having “one-off” Sunday preaches exploring some of the spiritual disciplines. We believe following Jesus is about encounter and formation, as both are important for us to live full Christian lives. This week Adrian shared on living life in an integrated and balanced way. Helping us understand God’s i...

Tim Barton spoke on Jesus' Resurrection at our Easter Sunday service 9th April 2023 . His message was specifically on the road to Emmaus, which is a story that happened later on in the same day that Jesus rose from the dead. We celebrated Jesus' resurrection, thinking about the importance of the resurrection and what we should do with it, and also asking why we don't think about/talk a...

Jesus The King a message from Tim Murray on Palm Sunday, 2nd April 2023 . Listen to our Palm Sunday message, starting off Holy week, as we near the end of the countdown to Easter. Tim talked through three aspects of King Jesus; the hope for a king, Jesus the king then, and Jesus the king now. He closed by challenging us to consider if we receive him as king. For more information about who we are,...

Finishing our series in Galatians at our service on Sunday 26th March 2023 , Jo Murray read and spoke on Galatians 6 - Living in step with the Spirit. She unpacked this with us and also looked at Paul's closing words to the church in Galatia in his day, and what these can still say to us today. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit ou...

Nearing the end of our series in Galatians at our service on Sunday 19th March 2023 , Vanessa Willmott spoke on Galatians 5:16-26 - Led by the Spirit. It’s a passage about how we can live a transformed life following Jesus both individually and together. And so we looked at the struggle that takes place within us between the sinful nature and our renewed hearts and how we can grow in the fruit of...