Bridge Community Church Leeds

How do you see work? A nuisance? A necessity? How does God want us to see work? Leigh Richmond shows us God's view of work through three lenses. From creation we see God always intended us to work - there was work in Eden. Through redemption we do all our work for the Lord. Through mission, we understand that work is part of God's plan to bring wellbeing and wholeness to the places where we live....

Anthony Jeremy, Lead Pastor of Festival Church Towyn is our speaker on the ninth anniversary of our move to the BCC site. In what are you rooted? Is it your career, or even your church? What does it mean to be rooted in Jesus, with our roots going deeply into His love, from whence we are strengthened by the Holy Spirit. Anthony shares experiences of prophetic revelation, healing, and God's comfort...

On Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Bawa describes the world of the Holy Spirt in us. The Spirit is a Person who indwells in each of us - the same Person who has, or does, indwell every other believer. The Spirit comes to fill us and lead us, so our response is to be open to His continuous, gradual, consistent and empowering presence. Led by the Spirit, living in obedience to Him, we receive spiritual und...

God is faithful. He is generous, and His gospel is powerful. Lisa Lenton shares her story of God's faithfulness to her in the face of a major health challenge. Pastor Andy Lenton shares wisdom and encouragement from Jesus's parables about seeds. He takes us to the scene where Jesus speaks from the natural amphitheatre of a lake. We see the generosity of God, sharing His word even where it will not...

Pastor Steve shares from two Psalms, occasioned by two contrasting seasons in the life of king David. It's probably easy to sing with the victory of Psalm 21, but what do we do in the season of trial and lamentation? From Psalm 13 we learn that it’s OK to ask God “Why?” and “How long?”. We learn how to use the words of the Psalms to lament, confident that God’s Spirit works in us with and through...

Communion Pastor Steve takes us back to when Jesus introduces the new covenant meal that we call communion. Sharing from the Gospels and Paul’s writings, Pastor Steve shows how this celebration looks back to Jesus and the physical reality of His passion. In the bread and wine Jesus meets us in the present - His risen presence can be encountered in a special way. And we look to the future - to the...

"The risen Lord Jesus wants you to want to know Him better." Pastor Dave Green invites us to respond to Jesus' call to know him more, not as a a figure in history but as our risen Lord and Saviour. He can meet you - whether you are on the Emmaus road - confused and disheartened, on the Damascus Road, angry and vengeful, or just wanting to walk the narrow road of discipleship. Through songs, quotes...

Continuing our journey through Jesus's Passion Week, Pastor Jacqui gives us insights into the Lord's journey into Jerusalem. We discover why He rode in on a donkey, what the crowds were saying when they shouted "Hallelujah!" and how Old Testament prophecies shed further light on these events. Pastor Jacqui shares her own moving story of how the Lord met with and supported her through a massive cha...

Today we celebrate 32 years of the pastoral ministry of Pastor Andy Lancaster and Melanie Lancaster. Drawing on Andy and Mel’s example, Pastor Peter Clothier reminds us that we show love to God by loving His people, and that God notices, remembers, and values all our acts of service, sacrifice and devotion. Peter encourages us to hold fast to our salvation, firmly grounded on Jesus and His sacrifi...

Karen Green shares what being a Christian means to her, and what it can mean to you - crossing over from death to life. The new life Jesus calls us to accept, is one of forgiveness, freedom, direction, purpose through service, and a life free from shame. It's one where everything is to be thankful for. Whilst Jesus does what we can't do for ourselves, and whilst God's love seeks us out, Karen remi...

If you were the most famous person who ever lived, what kind of people would you want to follow you? Successful people? Rich people? People of good reputation? Would it surprise you to know that Jesus called people not because of who they were, but because of who they could become by following him? Pastor Andy shows how Jesus called those who needed his forgiveness and healing and the price he was...

Whilst we are called out of the world we are also sent into it. Pastor Steve shares how we are compelled to mission by the love of Christ, convinced both that all are separated by sin and that Christ’s death is effective for all, and commissioned as citizens of heaven and ambassadors of the king. We can point people to Jesus by offering to pray when they share personal challenges and ask, over tim...

Discipleship is more than following up young converts, attending classes or one of the seasonal activities we perform in church. Discipleship is a relational journey with Jesus.  As Pastor Bawa describes it - “It is the fellowship of disciples...followers of Jesus hungry to be more like Him.” Discipleship is a life of supreme love and fullness of submission. It can be hindered by love of othe...

Have you ever thought of prayer as God’s invitation for you to be with Him? Clement of Alexandria (died around 215AD) said “Prayer is keeping company with God.” We may be very diligent working out Jesus’ call to “go” - to service and to mission. How diligent are we in being “with” Jesus? To become like Jesus, we need to be with Jesus, a foundation of which is prayer. Pastor Andy shares, from the S...

Pastor Steve introduced the first in a series on Becoming a Disciple - how to organise our lives around the same rhythms, practices and truth as Jesus which open us to God’s power to change us. We will follow the outline of a book by John Mark Comer - be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did. We discover the honour of being called to be a disciple of Jesus since, as Pastor Steve say...

From our reading - Ephesians 5.1-20 - Pastor Andy continues our series on holiness, which starts in the heart of God, is for our blessing and God’s glory and the way to a deep and satisfying walk with Him. Holiness keeps us on target - to what pleases Christ and his purposes. We live holy lives by being careful, not casual about holiness. recognising that in Christ we children of light, who died a...

Today we welcomed Gavin Calver, CEO of the Evangelical Alliance. Gavin introduces the work of the EA sharing its vision, values, and how we can support its mission. Taking us the last chapter of the book of Acts, chapter 28, he encourages to see ourselves as people who are writing chapter 29. Gavin inspires us in three areas: Look wider, and share God’s heart for the lost. Be bolder - we have trem...

Confused about consecration? Pastor Bawa deals with common misconceptions about consecration. He draws lessons from the way Jesus called his 12 apostles in Mark chapter three, to show that consecration is an act of God - intentionally setting apart by Him and for Him. In our own experience of consecration we will discover Preparation, the Presence of Jesus, Power to bring Jesus’s good news and de...

What does it mean to be consecrated to God? Pastor Steve shows us how Peter learned the meaning of consecration from Jesus - making Him Lord, loving Him, and Peter's experiences both of Christ’s call and His renewal. How do we respond to Jesus? We can follow Him at a distance, with Him in the rear-view mirror, or keep Him front and centre. If we are drifting, we can be encouraged that “Wherever yo...

What’s in a greeting? A lot more than you may realise! With Pastor Bawa we walk with Mary and Elizabeth to share their experiences of greetings around the births of their sons. We discover how greetings can engage, encourage, enrich, empower and envision. We are encouraged to be people who truly greet each other, and to greet the goodness of God in each other. We see how our greetings overflo...

“There is hope today, because the light shines in the darkness.” Pastor Andy inspires us to be captured by the awe and wonder of the Christmas story. Through this we can find the strength to face the challenges of life, remembering that Jesus, the light of the world, shines in our dark times. We have this confidence - the darkness neither understood Jesus, nor overcomes Him.  About Bridge Com...

“Hope is being able to see that there is light, despite all the darkness.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In this world of war, cost of living and climate crises, political instability and a host of other challenges, where do we find hope? Pastor Jacqui invites us to reflect on what we’re hoping for this Christmas, how Jesus is the the foundation for our hope, and to engage in spiritual practices that f...

What gifts are you thinking of giving this Christmas? Well God had an eternity to think about how he would give us the gift go His Son Jesus! Andrew Onobrakpeya shares how grace and truth wrap around God’s plan through history to restore our broken relationship with Him. The cross allows our relationship with God to be restored. Andrew explains that the presence of God isn’t confined to a place or...

Why do Christians get baptised as adults? What has this got to do with the Christian message? Listen to the stories of nine people who tell their stories of the transforming experience of life in Jesus, and the importance of baptism in their ongoing journey of faith. Pastor Andy concludes the service, inviting us to ask this question of Christians we know: “What does Jesus mean to you?” He explain...

Why do we study the word of God? And how? Simmie and Jo share that, through studying the Scriptures, we build intimacy with God, learn what it means to be true representatives of Christ in the world, and build our discernment and defence against evil. In communion with other believers we test and refine our understanding of the word and learn how to put in into practice. We get the most out of the...