Church in the Peak

Phil spoke about not being spiritually dull because Christ lives in us. Introduction Isaiah 60 verse 1-5 • Rise & Shine – spring out of bed, alert ready for the day, full of energy, can’t wait to get started, looking forward to a great day, ready for anything, bring it on ! • Does that describe how you feel when you wake every morning ? • Or is it struggling to wake up? Lacking energy a bit lo...

Neal continued our series on Spiritual Gifts looking at worship. We apologise for the poor quality of this audio recording. This morning we looked at the difference being Baptised in the Holy Spirit makes to our worship. We started by looking at Ephesians 5 vs 18-20 where we are encouraged to be filled with the Holy Spirit and make music to the Lord. Worship is about Jesus, For Jesus and to Jesus...

Peter continued our series on spiritual gifts looking at communion. To see Peter's slides (in PDF format), click here. Further notes and questions may follow in due course.

Adrian and Koreen Horner from Open Door Church, Kettering continued our series on spiritual gifts, bringing various prophetic words both for the church and for individuals as well as looking at the story of Jesus walking on water. Please note that only the 'whole church' prophecies are included in this podcast. It also appears that only first 30 minutes or so of the preach were recorded....

Carly continued our Spiritual Gifts series looking at Encouragement. To view Carly's slides (in PDF format), click here. The amazing, gentle and powerful gift of Encouragement To encourage someone is to give support, confidence and hope. Looking at it from a Biblical perspective the use of the gift is to point or draw someone into a more intimate relationship with Father God, to turn to God a...

Peter welcomed us to the New Year and explained some things that God is saying for us as a church. We apologise for the poor quality of this audio recording. To view Peter's slides (in PDF format), click here. Wading deeper Start new year. New Bible reading through the Bible Genesis and creation The Amazon River in South America is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.  4,000...

Peter spoke about what Christmas is really about and why the wise men gave the gifts that they did. To view Peter's slides (in PDF format), click here. During the Carol Service, the children and young people re-told the story of the first Christmas:

Justyn continued our series on Spiritual Gifts looking at the gift of Administration. To view Justyn's slides (in PDF format), click here. Gift of Administration - 1 Cor 12:28-31 The gift is included in an list alongside apostles, prophets, evangelists, and miracles. It’s there for a purpose. The passage clearly shows that it is a spiritual gift, therefore it is given by and empowered by the...

Ian continued our series on spiritual gift, looking at the gift of prophecy. To view Ian's notes (in PDF format), click here. To view Ian's slides (in PDF format), click here. The areas Ian looked at were: 1. Old and New Covenant Prophetic 2. Prophecy today - Two types of prophecy: Spontaneous & Non-Spontaneous 3. Handling The prophetic - There are three phases of prophecy: - R Revel...

Dave Wade spoke about the gift of healing. To see Dave's slides (in PDF format), click here. Encouragement to use the gifts --- of healings 1 Corth 12:7- 11. 14:1 & Rms 12:6 1Timothy 4: 14-15, 2 Tim1:6 I believe God is saying to his church today about the spiritual gifts and everyone is a gift to this church family for a purpose and God has and wants to give . spiritual gifts to help buil...

Phil continued our series on spiritual gifts by talking about discernment. These times together in the 3 areas are opportunity to discover our identity, allow God to shape us by encountering him, understand how we can affect our community by taking responsibility for seeing his Kingdom come where are, and build Holy Spirit filled communities that are effective and growing. Here's the notes an...

David West explained about God's love for us and how Calvary changed everything. Unfortunately, the whole of David's talk was not recorded. The following notes, made by Peter, cover the whole preach. Calvary changed everything. It moved us from the old covanent to the new. Love God with all your heart soul and mind Love your neighbour as yourself Matthew 22:34ff These are old covanent re...

Continuing our series on the gifts of the Spirit, Dave looks at tongues and interpretation. All Gods gifts are unmerited but He wants us all to eagerly desire them. Our Father has given us the gift of mission to our community and he has also given us the gifts to work to achieve this with Him. The gift of tongues is one that is there to build each one of us up before God. I used the illustration o...

Dave spoke about following Jesus when he calls you out of the boat. Further notes and questions may follow in due course.

During today's All Age Meeting, KidZone explained about the "I AM" sayings of Jesus which they have been learning about this term. To view the KidZone slides (in PDF format), click here. Phil preached on how the "I AM"s can give us absolute assurance in God's plans for us. Kari Jobe's "Forever" video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huF...

Neal started our new series on the Holy Spirit. This morning we looked at the Baptism in the Spirit and why being Baptised in the Spirit is so important for ourselves, our Church and the community we live in. We looked at 1 Corinthians 12 and made reference to Ephesians 4 and Romans 12. We talked about having potential and making sure we realized that potential in Christ. Being Baptised in the Hol...

Peter continued looking at the vision we have been looking at for the last couple of weeks. Peter noted that in the Joshua Generation, it was the people who did the 'stuff', not the leaders. It is up to us, as directed by God, to make a difference in our communities. To view Peter's slides (in PDF format), click here. Ephesians 2 one in Christ. Ends in the spirit...... Ephesians 2:1...

Phil continued his preach about our priestly status and laying a foundation and building on it with some vision for what we feel God has said and the way he is leading us. Week 2 – A Kingdom of Priests HEB 4:14‭-‬16 ESV‬‬‬ Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable...

Phil spoke 1 Peter 2 about what being a royal priesthood means for us. To view Phil's slides (in PDF format), click here. Further notes and questions may follow.

Neal spoke about what "being in Christ" means. To view Neal's slides (in PDF format), click here. This week we looked at being “ In Christ” and what this means for our Christian Lives and the truth that this should bring to our thinking- Moving head knowledge to heart truth being the key – we looked at lots of scriptures so we can base these truths in scripture and I have listed the...

Peter spoke about Joy. To view these notes and questions in PDF format, click here. Intro Last time temple of God. Yeah I know - andy and lou from little Britain Leads me to joy. Attitude can mean we miss joy. Julian Adams fears too many Christians have been baptised in lemon juice. UK girls becoming more miserable - study - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37223063. Somebody was trying to find...

Phil preached on our confidence in the gospel. Further notes and questions may follow in due course.

Neal preached the gospel from Ephesians 2. Further notes and questions may follow in due course.

Carly spoke about Zacchaeus. Luke 19:1-10 Zaccheus, a little man meets a big God! Zaccheus had a curiosity to see Jesus and made the most of the opportunity by climbing a tree to catch even a glimpse of this Jesus that he had heard something about. As Jesus walks past he calls Zaccheus by name and insists that he comes to his house. Very publically Jesus offers acceptance, welcome and grace to a l...

Dave spoke about God's compassion through the bible. Dave set out that our Fathers plan has always been to show compassion to mankind from Genesis to Revelation. I didn't quite make it to Revelation this time. Exodus 34 v 6 the Fathers declaration of who he is. I used the examples of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jonah and Ruth to demonstrate how our Father shows his compassion out worked by hum...