Amblecote Community Church

The cost of discipleship from our Sunday service, 13th November 2022 . Tim read from three passages where Jesus talks about what it means to follow him; Luke 9:21-25, Luke 9:57-62 and Luke 14:25-33. Then he spoke on three 'S's that following Jesus will cost you - your sin, your stuff and your self-determination.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get invol...

Andrew McFaul spoke on Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Jesus as the suffering servant, at our Sunday service on 6th November 2022 .  He brought some reflections on the astonishing nature of Christ’s suffering and what Christ has achieved, as a continuation of our series in the book of Isaiah.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our websi...

Living and Believing: The Apostles’ Creed – podcast 8. In this, the final podcast in the Whole Church Teaching series on the Apostles' Creed, David Faulkner leads us through the closing lines of the Creed, which declares that Christians believe in the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Perhaps, unless we are near to death, this can all seem rather abstract and unrelated to "real l...

Living and Believing: The Apostles’ Creed – podcast 7. In the seventh podcast in our Whole Church Teaching series on the Apostles’ Creed Tim Murray looks at the next part of it, covering the Holy Spirit, Catholic Church, Communion of Saints and Forgiveness of Sins.  You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, w...

Living and Believing: The Apostles’ Creed – podcast 6. In the sixth podcast in our Whole Church Teaching series on the Apostles’ Creed Tim Murray looks at the following part of it, how Jesus Christ descended, ascended and will come again.  You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you...

Living and Believing: The Apostles’ Creed – podcast 5. In the fifth podcast in our Whole Church Teaching series on the Apostles’ Creed Tim Murray looks at another part of it, how Jesus Christ suffered, was crucified, died and was buried.  You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you c...

Living and Believing: The Apostles’ Creed – podcast 4.  In the fourth in our Whole Church Teaching series on the Apostles' Creed, David Faulkner takes a look at what it says about Jesus, namely that He is "Jesus Christ, God's Only Son, our Lord, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary". These are all familiar words, perhaps, but what this podcast seeks to show is that in what th...

Tim Barton spoke on Isaiah 55 at our Sunday service, 23rd October 2022 .  “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters”. This chapter is about God calling his people to stop putting their hope and security in things which do not satisfy and instead to seek him and find their hope, purpose and peace in Him. Isaiah uses the metaphor of a meal for this, calling God’s people to “buy and eat… e...

'Bad News & Good News', the Gospel, as presented by Andrew McFaul at our Dedication service, Sunday 16th October 2022 .  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website . 

A message of hope from our Harvest service, Sunday 9th October 2022 .  Find the Theology of Pleasure teaching that Vanessa referenced here .  Watch Hope in the Darkness by Abby and Chris Eaton here .  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website . 

In this podcast Tim Barton is joined by Jenny Baines from Open. Jenny has been involved for over thirty years with those affected by unintended pregnancy and post abortion concern. Tim and Jenny discuss the impact on those who experience baby loss, and how the church can become a more welcoming place full of truth and grace. Watch this podcast in video form . Get in touch with Tim on his new email...

Tim Murray spoke on Isaiah 40:9-31, to whom will you compare me?, at our Sunday service 2nd October 2022 .  In this part of Isaiah, Isaiah offers comfort to the people by reminding them of who God is; and Tim attempted to do the same thing for us in these days. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

 Living and Believing: The Apostles' Creed - podcast 3. In this the third podcast in the series on the Apostles' Creed Adrian helps us understand that God is the source of all things good including the material world. He declared creation, His work, to be good and He remains committed to the world that He created, He is ‘Maker of Heaven and Earth’. Both the incarnation, and the resurrection,...

Living and Believing: The Apostles' Creed - podcast 2.  In the next two podcasts Adrian looks at what is called the First Article of the Creed, ‘I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth’. This podcast looks at the first part of this statement, ‘I believe in God the Father Almighty’. The Creed is a statement of belief, it begins ‘I believe’. What we believe is important,...

Living and Believing: The Apostles' Creed - podcast 1.  In this podcast Tim Murray introduces our new Whole Church Teaching series on the Apostles' Creed, exploring how this creed came about, how it relates to the Bible and why it matters for us today.  You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, what we b...

Tim Murray spoke on Isaiah 61:1-4, A vision to live for, at our Sunday service 25th September 2022 .  Find the teaching on God and a Public Hope that Tim mentions here .  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Vanessa spoke on Isaiah 6, which starts 'In the year that King Uzziah died...', on Sunday 18th September 2022 . A timely and relevant message.  Vanessa gave a deep dive into what Isaiah saw, what he heard, what he felt and how meeting God changes us.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Tim Barton spoke on Isaiah 40:1-5 at our Sunday service, 11th September 2022 , starting our new series on the book of Isaiah called Comfort My people. Isaiah is a book all about who God is, what he does and what he has to say to his people. The people of Israel often turned to the book of Isaiah to understand what God was doing, who he was and how they could find comfort in their difficulty. Whils...

As part of our 'Back to...' service on Sunday 4th September 2022, Vanessa gave some reflections on abiding in God, after reading Jesus' words in John 15:1-11.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Tim Murray finished off our summer series about Jesus on Sunday 28th August 2022 by talking about Jesus and Emotion.  He dug into the question 'do emotions matter?' and then talked through some times recorded in the Bible where Jesus expressed emotions like anger, grief, compassion and love.  Find out more about the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality course we are running this autumn.&nbsp...

The Prodigal Son spoken on by Lee Brookes at our Sunday service, 21st August 2022.  Lee spoke on the story of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15 in a really heartfelt way and left us with a challenge to persist in prayer.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Ways Jesus interacts with us by Jo Murray from our Sunday service, 14th August 2022.  Jo spoke about some ways Jesus interacts with us and read the account of the road to Emmaus from Luke 24.  What's happening in your life? What is your heart dwelling on? What burdens you? Come and know Jesus, and be known by him.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you c...

On 7th August 2022 Dave Hadley continued our summer series looking at Jesus in the new testament.  Anyone have guilt? Anyone struggle with shame? Anyone feel powerlessness? Bring it to the cross. For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Jesus Sees from our Sunday service 31st July 2022.  Liz continues our summer series looking at aspects of Jesus by speaking on the fact that Jesus sees us. Reading from Luke 19:1-10.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website . 

Caring, part of our summer series on Jesus, from our Sunday service 24th July 2022.  Catherine's focus for this talk was Matthew 25:31-40 specifically Jesus' words, 'whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'  Listen here: The Servant King (From Heaven You Came)