Greyfriars Church

Sunday 24th November, 9:30 service, Natalie Worsfold. Romans 8:37-39. Even as we face opposition in our lives, we live as men and women who are victorious, because of Christ’s victory over death and sin. We are also victorious because of the endless promise of God’s love for us. As this passage reminds us, nothing can separate us from the love of God, in Christ.

Sunday 3rd November 2024, 6:30 service, Chris Hall. Romans 8:28-30. Whatever we may go through in life, God promises to work all things together for good, for those who love him. As a result we can have confidence that we will work his resurrection power to turn around situations which seem humanly impossible. Through God’s goodness at work in our lives, we become more like Christ (vs 29) as we li...

Sunday 10th November 2024, 9:30 service, Chris Hall. Romans 8:31-32. Having explained that God works through our weakness and through the challenges we face in our lives, the apostle Paul asks “who can be against us?” The great message of the Gospel is that God has chosen to come to be with us, in Christ. In giving his one and only Son, we can be confident that our loving Father in heaven will pro...

Sunday 27th October, 9:30 service, Natalie Worsfold. Romans 8:26-28. As we live our lives waiting for Christ’s return, we find ourselves in times of suffering and weakness. It is in these moments that we can find it hard to pray / to know how to pray. These words in Romans remind us that the Spirit of God is with us, helping us pray to God, even through wordless groans.

Sunday 20th October, 6:30 service, Dan Bright. Luke 5:1-11.

Sunday 20th October, 9:30 service, Chris Hall.

Sunday 13th October 2024, 6:30 service, Natalie Worsfold. Romans 8:18-25. Paul is clear that our current lives will involve suffering, as they did for the Apostle himself, and for creation. The glorious truth of Christ’s redemption is that we await a future glory, when we will be united with Christ, resurrected with Christ and witness a renewed heaven and earth. It is this eternal persepctive that...

Sunday 6th October, 6:30 service, Abi Ord. Romans 8:12-17. As a result of our new identity in Christ, we are now adopted as sons and daughters of the living God, able to call him ‘Abba, Father’. The work of the Spirit affirms our new identity as God’s children and followers of Christ, leading to suffering and then glory. Knowing our identity as sons and daughters of the living God is the most impo...

Sunday 29th September, 9:30 service, Chris Hall. Romans 8:6-11 (and 5 AND 12!). Paul outlines the difference between a mind that is focused on “natural desires”, being ungodly ones AND a mind that is controlled by the Spirit. He reaffirms that as followers of Christ, we are not controlled by a sinful nature, but by the Spirit of God living in us (vs 9). We are raised with Christ to new life. Are w...

Sunday 22nd September 2024, 9:30 service, Asa Humphries. Romans 8:1-5. The Apostle Paul has written part of his letter (chapters 6&7) outlining the tension in the Christian life between death to sin and new life in Christ. He now moves onto the wonderful truth of new life in the Spirit. As a result of Christ’s sacrifice (vs3), we are made righteous and now live according to the Spirit. As temples...

Sunday 15th September, 6:30 service, Tom Pollard. Revelation 2:1-7. What does God want His church to look like? John Stott writes in his commentary on Revelation; “although their message is related to the specific situations of those churches, it expresses concerns which apply to all churches. By praise and censure, by warning and exhortation, Christ reveals what he wants his church to be like in...

Sunday 15th September, 9:30 service, George Eapen. Revelation 2:1-7. What does God want His church to look like? John Stott writes in his commentary on Revelation; “although their message is related to the specific situations of those churches, it expresses concerns which apply to all churches. By praise and censure, by warning and exhortation, Christ reveals what he wants his church to be like in...

Sunday 8th September, 9:30 service, Natalie Worsfold. Revelation 1:9-20. NB. Apologies for the poor sound quality at the beginning - if you'd like to avoid a touch of feedback, please fast forward to 01minute 47seconds to where Natalie swaps microphones! In God’s grand plan for the world there is a victory that comes and we long even now, to be part of that victory. We want to stand firmly as we a...

Sunday 1st September 2024, 6:30 service, Chris Hall. John 21:15-22. Having denied Jesus three times (in the courtyard, before the crucifixion), Peter walks with Jesus as he is asked three searching questions, “do you love me?”. Jesus helps Peter understand that love for Christ means service – to feed and take care of others. In following Jesus (vs 19 and 22), we are to serve those around us by mak...

Sunday 25th August 2024, 6:30 service, Andy Barwick. Luke 19:1-10. Zacchaeus was so keen to see Jesus, he climbed a tree! Jesus must have known that Zacchaeus was keen to see him, as he called him down from the tree, out of a crowd of people. Zacchaeus welcomed Jesus to his home, but before that he gave half his possessions to the poor. This was a sign of Zacchaeus’ heart. How hungry are we to mee...

Sunday 18th August 2024, 6:30 service, Chris Hall. Luke 10:38-41. As Jesus enters Mary and Martha’s house, he witnesses Mary sitting at his feet, whilst Martha is rushing around “distracted” by preparations. Are we more Mary or Martha? Jesus tells Martha “only one thing is needed”. Jesus calls us to be still, to sit at his feet, to listen to him and to praise him.

Sunday 11th August 2024, 6:30 service, Chris Greaves. A man is looking to be healed through the waters at the pool in Bethesda. Jesus shows him that he is looking in the wrong place – healing comes through Jesus. Jesus asks him “do you want to get well?”. What might Jesus want to ask you as you look at your life?

Sunday 4th August 2024, 6:30 service, Chris Hall. Jesus sees everything. He surprises the Samaritan woman in several ways: by speaking with her, offering her a drink, knowing her past and revealing his identity (I am – God). What would Jesus say to us in terms of our lives? In which areas of our lives do we need living water to refresh and renew us?

Sunday 28th July 2024, 6:30 service, Tom Pollard. Nicodemus, the Pharisee, approaches Jesus at night, out of fear that he will be seen. He knows Jesus is from God but asks Jesus what it means to be born again. Jesus explains that new life in Christ comes from a work of the Spirit in us. To be a Christian means that we live a new life in Christ – to what extent do we live in this new identity?

Sunday 21st July 2024, 9:30 service, Natalie Worsfold. The first miracle of Jesus was at a wedding in Cana. Jesus’ mother approaches him with a very practical concern, that the wedding party had run out of wine. Jesus instructs the servants to fill six stone jars with water and he turns it into the best wine. Jesus reveals his glory, leading his disciples to believe in him. How much faith do we ha...

Sunday 14th July, 6:30 service, Dan Bright. As a young boy, Jesus was taken to the temple in Jerusalem, at Passover. It was on their way back that they realised Jesus wasn’t with them, but still at the temple. He was found listening to the teachers and asking questions. People were “amazed” at his understanding and questions. Jesus tells his parents he had to be in his Father’s house, pointing to...

Sunday 7th July, 10:30 service (One Family Sunday), Running the Race. Hear from David Walker on his last Sunday as vicar of Greyfriars & New Hope Church, as he preaches from Hebrews 12:1-3, reminding us to keep running the race. We gathered as one family of 4 congregations at one service on Sunday 7th July, to celebrate the Walkers as they step out in faith to pastures new.

Sunday 30th June, 9:30 service, David Walker. This passage takes a couple of reads to get your head round it! How often do we find ourselves doing things we don’t want to do? We want to do good, but more often than not we look back on our actions and realise that we didn’t do the good we wanted. Paul here addresses the tension of what we often feel: that we might delight in God and love Him in our...

Sunday 23rd June, 9:30 service, Chris Hall. The law was given so that the people of God might know who He was and to live lives that reflect His goodness and holiness. The law provides a definition of sin for us. The law was in and of itself “holy, righteous and good”, but sin twists it into something it is not. Sin ultimately changes what is good until it leads to death. It can even deceive us in...

Sunday 16th June, 9:30 service, Natalie Worsfold. Paul changes his imagery here, using the death of a husband to illustrate the effect of the law. The law had the people of God bound while they were still alive. In the same way a married woman is released from the bond if her husband died, as we died to the law in Christ were released from the law so that we might bear fruit. It’s important with t...