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On Sunday, Dave Dickinson led us through part four of our series,'Ten Words', unpacking the Ten Commandments. This week - Sabbath. Dave reminded us that Sabbath is about Imitation & Invitation . Exodus 20:8-11

On Sunday, we unpacked the third commandment, “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God". Dave Dickinson led us through this command and reminded us that it is a command about Person , Presence & Power . Exodus 20:7

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our new series on The Ten Commandments. We launched into the second command to not worship any other images. Dave reminded us that this command is about Worship and Calling . Exodus 20:4

On Sunday, we launched a new series called Ten Words, as we unpack the Ten Commandments. Dave Dickinson took the first of those "you shall have no other gods before me", and reminded us that this commandment is about Belonging & Loyalty . Exodus 20:1-3

On Sunday, John Dickinson finished off our mini series on wisdom, as he unpacked the story Job. We looked at the theme of suffering, and how it can be a catalyst for wisdom. John highlighted that there was Mystery and Magic in Job's suffering. Job 28

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan continued our mini-series on wisdom, unpacking the burden of wisdom. He reminded us that when life feels burdensome or meaningless, that God is still in the midst of it all. Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan kicked us off in a new mini-series called 'The Way of Wisdom', unpacking the theme of wisdom through the wisdom texts in Scripture. This week, we looked at The Beginning of Wisdom, as found in Proverbs.  Wisdom is freely given, doing the right thing & personified. Proverbs 1:1-7; 8:1-36

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series on our values, unpacking the second of our three core values – Community. He reminded us that community is about our Circle and our Centre . Colossians 3:11-17

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson kicked off our Values series, unpacking the three core values that we hold here at Central. The first of those is worship. Dave reminded us that worship is the scales and the compass . Psalm 95:1-11; Romans 12:1

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan finished off our summer series as we unpacked a number of the titles given to Jesus in the New Testament. We closed by looking at Jesus as the Word of God. He is the Creative Word, Received Word & Walking Word. John 1:1-14

On Sunday, John Dickinson walked us through the penultimate part in our series looking at the titles of Jesus in the New Testament. This week – Christ. We looked at John the Baptist's proclamation of Jesus as the Messiah, and from that, John reminded us that we know Jesus to be the Christ because of the Testimony of others. It is from these testimonies, that we must step out in faith and tell...

On Sunday, John Dickinson continued our series on the titles of Jesus. This week, we looked at Jesus as Teacher. John reminded us that Jesus' teachings are both Powerful & Challenging. John 6:60-69

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series 'Jesus...' as we looked at the title of Saviour. We looked at that incredible scene in Jesus' ministry when He meets the Samaritan woman at the well and radically transforms her life. Dave unpacks three main themes in this talk: Present Experience, Past Event & Future Hope. John 4:1-26; 39-42

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson was back with us after a break, and he continued our new series 'Jesus...', as we unpacked the one of the titles of Jesus found in the New Testament; Lord. He reminded us that Jesus is the Lord who Invest & Fills us as proclaim Him as Lord of our lives. John 13:12-17

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan kicked us off in our brand series as we unpack the titles of Jesus. Jamie challenged us by asking us the question that Jesus asked His disciples, "Who Do You Say I Am?" Jamie reminded us that to this questions is about Revelation & Response . Mark 8:27-33

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan moved us through the penultimate part of series in the book of James, as we looked at the theme of Riches & Rescue. Jamie called to think about that which we worship; do we worship our stuff, or Jesus? James 5:1-11

On Sunday, we finished our series in the book of James, as John Dickinson unpacked the themes of Prayer & Faith. He summarised the general theme of James' letter and focused on having faith and ministering to those who we have given up on, and those who have given up on themselves. James 5:13-20

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan led us through the next part of our series in James as we made our way through the next part of James 3. This week, the topic was wisdom – how wisdom comes from  within us and from God. Inner wisdom is not what we need. Ultimately, we need the wisdom that comes from God as we seek to become more like Jesus in our world. We get it by asking for it, practicing patience, tel...

On Sunday, we took a short break from our series in James as we welcomed our friend, Phil Knox, to speak into the life of our church. Phil is an evangelist, missiologist and author of the book, The Best of Friends; unpacking the necessity and importance of friendship within our discipleship. He reminded us of Christ-like friendship that is Sacrificial , Intentional & Invitational . John 15:5-1...

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series in James as we looked at the theme of Faith & Works. He highlighted that faith has two outworking – Faith at the Edges & Faith at the Centre.  James 2:14-26

On Sunday, we continued our series 'Life Together' through the letter of James. Stuart Newburn was with us, as we looked at the topic of favouritism and partiality. He challenged us to think about how favouritism is within all of us – it is the tendency of a fractured heart . He also challenged us to keep the 'Royal Law' of loving our neighbour as ourselves; and in order to sho...

On Sunday, we celebrated Pentecost Sunday together as we remembered the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church. Dave Dickinson shared from Acts 2 & Galatians 4, as we considered  Power from the Outside &  Change from the Inside. Acts 2:1-13 ; Galatians 4:4-7

On Sunday, Helen Warnock continued our series 'Life Together' in the book of James, as we moved into the second half of chapter one. This passage is all about moving from simpler hearers if God's  Word to doer – being a people who live out our faith. Helen posed three questions -  - Are you a good listener?  - What’s your memory like? - Does your religion pass muster before God? Jam...

On Sunday, we began a new series in the book of James called Life Together. Jamie McMillan kicked us off as we looked at the theme of Trials & Temptations, but through the lens of faith. He helped us to reframe the way we think about faith in order to go through trials with a robust trust in God. James 1:1-18

This weekend we gathered for our third In-House Weekend. This is a time set aside for our church family to eat, worship and pray together all with three things in focus; Jesus, Belfast & each other.  At the Saturday morning session, Dave Dickinson opened up God's Word as we looked at the story of Mephibosheth and David's remarkable kindness towards him. We were reminded that this sam...