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We have spoken a-lot about being in pursuit of things we desire and need. This week we look at the pursuit of breakthrough. We all need breakthroughs at different times in our lives for different things. Be inspired as Andy tells you about a couple of keys things you need to do when you find yourself on a journey to a breakthrough.

Pastor Andy continues the series called Pursuit - this week his title is The Pursuit of Life. True life is found in God! John 14:6 - I am the way, the truth and life. The word Zoe refers to life, eternal life! Abundant life - John 10:10 - the thief steals, kills and destroys, but....Jesus brings life, abundant life.  Abundant- Persisos - superior quality. He speaks of the...

Pastor Andy continues with Part 2 of the series on Pursuit - The Pursuit of Liberty. Liberty is freedom, or the state of a person being free. Liberty is not a statue in the harbour, it’s a cross on a hill! (John 8:36 ). Who the son sets free, is free indeed. The cross is a place of co-crucifixion. Free from your past - hence don’t try to revive the old life! Galatians...

Pastor Andy Elmes starts a new series titled ‘Pursuit’ today. This is part 1, dealing specifically with the pursuit of happiness. The second sentence of the American Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.  A pursuit is what we se...

Today, Ps Sean speaks about Baptism, namely Water Baptism, its meaning and why we should be baptised. The word Baptism means to undergo or be immersed. This takes place after someone accepts Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. It's an outward declaration of what Christ has done on the inside of who they are. We need to be of an understanding to do this; hence not something a child or infant can go th...

Pastor Steu begins this week speaking with the title “He will never leave you”. God promises that he will never leave us nor forsake us. This is the promise that he made to Joshua, who became the leader of the children of Israelites after Moses - no small task. Joshua needed to know that God was going to empower him and be with him every step of the way. In Deuteronomy, 31:6, God spoke to Joshua....

It’s Pentecost Sunday and we’re excited to be joined by Micah Wood, a leader at Ramp Church, Manchester. Ps Micah speaks about Pentecost, the Passover and begins by focusing on Acts 2.

Pastor Andy continues with week 3 of his 4 part series By My Spirit. Andy focuses this week on the Holy Spirit being within us, in us and on us, being the same Holy Spirit who raised Jesus at the ascension. Using a motor as an analogy he illustrates that not only do we now have a new car, a new driver but also a new engine giving us power like never before. Ps Andy’s message look at how the Holy S...

By My Spirit (Part 2 of 4) | Andy Elmes | 14th May 2023 Pastor Andy continues the four part series By My Spirit. Last week he looked at being filled with the Holy Spirit – God’s plan to empower us with His presence, His ability and power. Andy speaks of God’s desire to be resident, reigning and ruling our lives. He speaks of the purposes the Holy Spirit lives inside us…to empower us, to transform...

Pastor Andy begins a new series “By My Spirit”. This is the first of four parts. Zechariah 4:6 is a key verse Andy refers to where it says “Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit says, the Lord Almighty”. This series will be looking at being filled with the Holy Spirit, being led by the Spirit, being empowered by the Spirit, then the coming of the spirit and what Pentecost means for us today....

Today, Pastor Andy completes his three week series on the Will of God. This began by looking at what the will of God was in order we could then walk in His Will. Romans 12:1-2 is the key verse. Verse 2 says we must be transformed by the renewing of our minds in order we can then test and approve what God’s will is. This, of course assumes we make decisions to live not as the world lives, but to li...

Pastor Andy continues today with part two of his three part series on the Will of God. This week Andy speaks on Walking in the will of God. We can only walk in the will of God if we know what His will is. The Bible is full of the Prescriptive and Prohibitive will of God, as Andy explained last week. This week, Andy concentrates more on looking at God’s Perfect will and also His Permissive will.&nb...

Today Pastor Andy begins a new series called The Will of God. This follows on from the series on Pathways. If we are to walk on the pathways of God then we need to be walking in accordance to the will of God. But the reality is we need to know what the will of God is, in order to do this. The Lord ’s Prayer (Matthew 6:10) speaks of “thy will be done”, so it is key we understand His will for us in...

On this Easter day, Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Andy recalls the whole series of events from Good Friday through to Resurrection Sunday with scriptures describing Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. The importance of the resurrection cannot be overstated, without this our sins would never be forgiven, our faith in vain and the earlier scripture prophecies left unfulfilled. Jesus died for our si...

Today Pastor Andy concludes the three part series on Pathways by summarising the previous two weeks and also making further points about our Christian journey. Today, Palm Sunday we see Jesus walk through a gateway entering Jerusalem down a pathway of Palms to a group of noisy rejoicing folk.  Previous messages have spoken about the choices we have in order to walk a pathway of righteousness....

Pastor Steu speaks this week for the second time in the series Pathways.  Last week he spoke about pathways in scripture often being physical journeys that people took and then went on to talk about journeys being the course of our lives and the wise choices we need to make.  When we put our faith in Jesus for Salvation, we automatically are given access to the path of righteousness. We...

Today, Pastor Steu begins a new series titled Pathways, following our thoughts on Kairos. The Bible has a lot to say about Pathways or roads and in the Bible they were many times that God took people on a natural physical Journey, giving them direction as they proceeded. Ps Steu uses many examples from scripture where people stepped out in faith to follow a certain pathway as directed by God.&nbsp...

Pastor Andy speaks words of encouragement about how our hearts should be placed when we worship. When worshipping Jesus our hearts ought to be in a position of "Jesus we love you". Andy uses the story in Matthew 26 :6 and following where a woman pour a whole alabasta jar of expensive perfume over Jesus head as He was sitting at the table..... This narrative provides a wonderful illustrationof how...

Pastor Andy continues the series of thoughts on Kairos, for such a time as this. To get the most out of a Kairos moment it is important to position yourself correctly. Making sure your life is in Faith and Obedience is key. Listen to find out why Faith and obedience are key in this encouraging message.

Today, Pastor Andy continues the theme of Kairos – for such a time as this. A Kairos moment, a moment of divine, God orchestrated favour and happening is most often to do with the Holy Spirit doing something new on the earth. Ps Andy references the outpouring of the Spirit in Asbury recently. When we see God moving around in different parts of the world it’s amazing, but the good news is that we c...

Pastor Sean speaks about our response to God in the Kairos moment. One of our Church Values is that we are all responsive people and responsive to God. Also, that the moment we are is all about being able to react correctly to what God is asking us to do. Ps Sean takes many examples of how people responded to God from scripture, perhaps the most notable being that of Nehemiah who led the rebuildin...

Pastor Andy continues the theme of Kairos this week speaking about “Our Position and Purpose” in this Kairos moment.  In Matthew 24, Jesus speaks about end times, of many earthquakes, natural disasters and signs in the heavens and on earth. Also that darkness will increase wickedness on earth. We do live in a world that is pretty broken, according to Jesus - the acceptable year of the Lord or...

Pastor Andy continues the theme of Kairos, this week focusing on knowing the time we are in. Kairos is about this being a God moment, a Divine moment of opportunity for us individually and as a whole in the church. Andy speaks of us being in God ordained moments just as Noah, Joseph and others saw themselves in.  God creates specific moments for specific things that he's doing on the earth. W...

Today is Vision Sunday across all congregations of Family Church.  Pastor Andy speaks about the vision for the church for the whole of this year 2023. Naturally the church’s mission is to reach, grow and empower people and reach those who do not yet know Jesus. However, Andy has specific words for our Vision during 2023. We are in a moment, perhaps unprecedented, where God is about to move by...

Today is week three of the series on Encountering God afresh. Pastor Andy speaks with fresh zeal for our encounter with our Lord God. Encounters with God change lives. God never wanted us to have a religion about him, He wanted us to have a relationship with Himself - these are two completely different things! Many lives were changed as a result of encounters with God and many are recorded in scri...