Churchcentral Birmingham: Talks

In this talk, we explore the peace that only Jesus can bring, and see three practices that can help us experience this peace more in our lives.

Time 4 Change is a city-wide partnership of churches pursuing racial reconciliation in the Church. For Time4Change Sunday, Owen Hylton of Beacon Church Brixton came to help us on our journey towards being a truly reconciled church.

Time 4 Change is a city-wide partnership of churches pursuing racial reconciliation in the Church. For Time4Change Sunday, Rich looked at Jesus' prayer for His disciples in John 17 to refresh our conviction that unity in diversity that truly matters.

What is joy? How do we get joy? How is the Holy Spirit the key to bringing us deep and lasting joy? Jonny explores!

At Churchcentral North this term, we're exploring different aspects of the fruit of the Spirit. Here Zoe opens up the theme of peace, exploring how Jesus can help us experience this beautiful reality...

We step into our exploration of a Fruitful life by looking at the first aspect, LOVE. We see why love comes first, what real love looks like and apply it into three specific areas where the Spirit wants to bring the fruit of love in our lives.

Rich introduces us to our the series on the fruit of the Spirit by examining the related theme of 'freedom'.

Having looked in and out, now we look up. We look at a story of two disciples, whose expectations of Jesus had left them searching for another story. We learn from their experience and seek to think again about which story our lives are truly a part of...

Having looked in, now we look OUT. What is our call as a church to those who aren't already among us? Could Jesus have a vision for us that exceeds our own lives, even our own church, even our own city or nation? This overview of God's mission reveals all.

As CC South gathered in the same place for the first time in 558 days, Jonathan began the first a mini-series called 'In. Out. Up.' Jesus calls us to invest our love in those three directions, and in this talk we focus inwards on our relationships within the church.

In our final talk of the series, Jonathan points us to the place of creation in inspiring our abiding with Jesus.

How do we relate to God when we've got it wrong? When we're weighed down with guilt? Or squirming under shame? Psalm 32 offers the route to joy once more.

Some of us love singing to God together. Some of us HATE IT! Why do we do it? And does it really matter? Rich rattles off eight big reasons from Psalm 150.

Jonny looks into this victorious psalm to consider how we can not only be those who abide in Jesus, but those who walk forward in faith, abiding as we go.

Abiding sounds nice in theory, but what about in the real world? Well, so many of the Psalms were written in incredibly challenging moments, and Psalm 3 is one such Psalm. We learn from David's example so that we can remain in Jesus, even when fears rise up.

What does it mean to seek God's face? How can we do this in our lives? Jonathan explores.

How can God's people be truly united? Why does it matter? Michael shows us that where God's people live in unity, God pours out his blessing!

Loving God is our primary responsibility in our relationship with Him. But often our love fades. Or maybe we don't feel any love for God at all. How do we cultivate a love and a passion for God? Psalm 66 has the secret.

Should we really prioritise making music as a church? After 18 months where we haven't really done this so much, we see in Psalm 150 that as we return to gathering, musical worship is a massive priority.

At Churchcentral South, we begin a new series in the Psalms, exploring how we can remain near to - or 'abide' with - Jesus. Jonny opens up the first Psalm to get us started...

James helps us see a great promise of the Bible, that 'many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord'. What's the process towards that? Listen in.

With so much talk of KEEP GOING, this letter can be a touch relentless! What if we're tired?! What if we're aware our efforts can never be enough? As we finish the series, praise the Lord, we see that we're not the only one doing the work...

Jonny opens up another song of God's people, this time the stirring anthem that is Psalm 91.

Jonathan looks at three short but revolutionary commands that Paul gives to the Thessalonian church, and shows how we too can take up the call to be joyful, prayerful and thankful.

What does it look like to build a healthy relational culture in your corner of Churchcentral? We look at some practical wisdom from Paul into two major types of relationship within a local church.