Counterslip Church

This week Matt spoke from Ezekiel 37 (The valley of dry bones) and we saw how the life giving God of Genesis is still working in the darkness, calling forth light and bringing life.

This year at our weekend away we had Mike Williams (Pastor of One Church Bristol) come to share with us about Kingdom Culture in the church.

This year at our weekend away we had Mike Williams (Pastor of One Church Bristol) come to share with us about Kingdom Culture in the church.

This year at our weekend away we had Mike Williams (Pastor of One Church Bristol) come to share with us about Kingdom Culture in the church.

This year at our weekend away we had Mike Williams (Pastor of One Church Bristol) come to share with us about Kingdom Culture in the church.

This week Emma kicked off our time in Ezekiel by reflecting on the message Ezekiel had for God's people to obey, even though they kept choosing not to. She unpacked how obedience isn't just a rule, but the place of discovering the very heart of God.

This week as we dedicated baby Caleb, Matt talked about Jude's father heart for the church he was writing to and his longing for them to know, and not be robbed of, mercy, peace and love. Ultimately through this we're led to see the Father heart of God for us all.

Each month we've been taking your questions about the sections of the bible that we've been reading and then spending some time talking through some possible answers. This month it was Jeremiah. You can jump through to the questions at these points: (1:31) Jeremiah 1:1 Did Jeremiah ever take up his role as a priest?   (14:09) Jeremiah 4:10 & 20:7 The Lord does not deceive his people, w...

Today we saw from Jeremiah how obedience to God's word is the key to understanding His plans and will for us. From this Matt shared again with the church about what we have been sensing God speaking to us with regard to the future of our church and building ahead of our church meeting at the end of the month.

This week, following a baptism, Matt spoke to us from Jeremiah 2:13 and talked about how God is the only one who can truly fill our lives and satisfy our needs. All He asks us to do is to come home to Him.

This week Dennis unpacked the history and context into which Jeremiah received his call to serve God.

This week we wrapped up our time in the Psalms by reflecting on how the psalms (both individually and as a collective) tell us a story that stirs us to the declaration of praise "His love endures forever". Then we heard some stories from our own church family about God's enduring love at work now in our lives.

Each month we've been taking your questions about the sections of the bible that we've been reading and then spending some time talking through some possible answers. This month it was Mark, Psalms & Isaiah. You can jump through to the questions at these points: (1:26) Mark 11:14 - Why does Jesus curse the fig tree? (16:55) Mark 16:7 - Why is Peter mentioned separately? Was he no longe...

This week we saw from Psalm 112 that our own relationship with God, and obedience to God, can have a direct impact upon our world. So we discovered that if we want to bring peace, hope, love, joy and so much more goodness to our world, we start by making sure our own relationship with Jesus is in a good place.

This week we looked at a Psalm that Moses "the man of God" wrote, and discovered how it was that Moses kept going through so many struggles.

Mark 13 is a passage that often leaves people confused, worried or unsure. But we believe that all scripture points to Jesus and reveals who He is. This week Matt took us on a deep dive into Mark 13, the language it uses, the language it doesn't use, and the events that Jesus talked about verse by verse. We discovered that Jesus is true to His word, and that things happed just as He says they...

This week Matt shared with us from Mark's gospel, looking at the story of a man who asks Jesus how to get eternal life.

This week Chris was honest with us about how as humans we experience suffering, but he also shared with us that we follow a king who gets our suffering, a king who suffered Himself, and a king whose suffering leads us to hope and a new life giving way.

This week David took us through Mark chapters 1 - 3 and shared with us some of the inspiring, encouraging and amazing things that these chapters had showed him again about who Jesus is and what He is like.

This week we hung out in the last section of the book of Isaiah where, having shown us how bad things are and revealing to us that we all need hope, Isaiah tells us that there is a God who loves us and offers hope to us in the form of Jesus - God himself, become a man, to die in our place and give us life.

Today Matt talked through some of the passages in Isaiah that talk about judgement and showed how they reveal more of God's heart for us than maybe we first thought.

Each month we've been taking your questions about the sections of the bible that we've been reading and then spending some time talking through some possible answers. This month it was Song of Songs, 1 Peter and 1 John. You can jump through to the questions at these points: 1 - (1:27) Song of Songs 3:1 Why would it take her all night to look on her bed for the one she loves? Would this hav...

This week we hung out on Isaiah's encounter in the heavenly temple, found in Isaiah 6. Matt talked about how Isaiah came to have that encounter, and looked out how we too might have such an encounter that changes not just us both the lives of people around us as well.

This week Matt spoke from Isaiah 1, where we see the Father's heart breaking over the brokenness of his children, and all this was because of the brokenness of the kings that reigned over them. But we discovered that God is king over all kings and no matter what negative influences there over our lives He is speaking hope to us.

This week Barb shared with us from 1 John 1, and reminded us that while we didn't see Jesus as John did, we have indeed seen and heard Jesus at work in our lives and it is in sharing what we have seen and heard that our joy and the joy of others is made complete.... Following this we had a time of people sharing stories of where they had seen Jesus at work in their lives.