NCF Sunday Talks

Listen to the whole Service from Easter Morning 2021  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks (one from our Minister and one from the Colonel) are the components you'll hear.  What do you wonder about in life? As you wonder about Jesus, you should then take action and ask Him to be your Lord and Saviour. "Love so amazing, so divine demands my soul, my life, my...

Listen to the whole Service from 28th March. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.   Palm Sunday - we know from reading the four Gospel accounts what happened then and what would happen over the coming week. Jesus' disciples had no idea what was about to hit them.  Jesus came to die. His knowledge wasn't just about enteri...

Listen to the whole Service from 21st March. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.      God gives us an Invitation to come into His presence - no matter how we feel or what situations/circumstances we find ourselves in. At the end of Psalm 139, David invites God to search him, test him, see him, know him and then lead him. No matte...

Listen to the whole Service from 14th March. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.     God's love is strong and powerful and yet can be tender. It is impossible to measure, but transforms us as we acknowledge His love, receive it in our lives and then give it out to others. Agape love is hard, but that is what we are called to...

Listen to the whole Service from 7th March. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.      God is sovereign and yet we have a part to play in His plans. Our relationship with God and with each other is very important. We all need to take personal responsibility for what we do, say and think. The answer to all our problems is for God&ap...

Listen to the whole Service from 28th February. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.     Jesus is coming again. What does that make you focus on? The Man of Lawlessnes is coming and so is greater persecution. What does that make you focus on? It's brilliant to pray for others. Do you use prayers from the Bible to help you do...

Listen to the whole Service from 21st February. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.     Jesus is coming again. What is your response to that? Is your faith in God and love for others growing? Are you actively waiting for Jesus' return?

 Listen to the whole Service from 14th February. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.      A lot seemed to be going wrong for Paul whilst on his Second Missionary Journey. He trusted God, because He knew the bigger picture of what was going on. We're encouraged to trust our faithful and living God too.

Listen to the whole Service from 7th February. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.     We look at four bullet points that Paul made towards the end of his first letter to his friends in Thessalonica. They all required urgent action. We actively need to be fanning God's gifts into flame and not be unresponsive to what He says...

Listen to the whole Service from 31st January. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.       Paul was reassuring his friends at the Church in Thesaalonica. They had expected Jesus to return in their lifetime. It hadn't happened yet! Paul turns their attention to what is definite: Jesus' resurrection. That is what we can bas...

Listen to the whole Service from 24th January. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.      In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul reminds the Church at Thessalonica and us to "live in order to please God." He's not mincing his words - the Greek words he uses are very strong. We can't stay the same if we are to please God. We...

Listen to the whole Service from 17th January. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.     Paul had many relationships that he treasured and aimed to deepen. We know that from looking at the personal remarks in his Letters. He aimed to go beyond what was expected of him. In our own lives, how much emphasis in time and energy are we g...

Listen to the whole Service from 10th January.  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.     The Church in Thessalonica was founded by Paul on his Second Missionary Journey. It wasn't an easy time as he travelled with Silas and others. They were treated 'outrageously' and yet their God confidence was high, so they conti...

Listen to the whole Service from 3rd January.  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.    At the start of our new Series of Talks on Paul's two Letters to the Church in Thessalonica in Greece, we hear that the founding of the Church happened during Paul's Second Missionary Journey and it is described in Acts 17:1-9. Jesus&a...

Listen to the whole Service from 27th December.  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.    Many people recently would have recently considered Jesus as a Baby in a Manger. He is no longer in the manger. He is no longer Christmas Jesus. The Gospel records show that He was radical in speech and action.  Am I actively wanting to be lik...

 Listen to the whole Service from 25th December.  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear as we celebrate together on Christmas morning.    We all receive unexpected gifts from time to time. Jesus is an unexpected Gift for mankind. Let us celebrate this, but also let's share in the ministry of reconciliation that God has called u...

Listen to the whole Service from 20th December.  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.   We are called to regular prayer times and organised prayer. The Lord’s Prayer teaches us how to pray in these times. It's a good habit to develop. God expects it from us. Yet sometimes prayer is spontaneous and born of difficult circumstan...

Join us at our Carol Service, with Carols, Readings and a short message. Mary knew she was being overshadowed by the Most High in both the happy and much harder days of her life. That can be our experience too, as we submit to and follow God. Let's make room for Him every day in our lives.

 Listen to the whole Service from 6th December.  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.  The Bible tells us how God changed many people in a positive way. We explore just three of them today, realising that He called them all by name: Zacchaeus, Lazarus and the Disciples. God is calling you to change and to discipleship too. Let&apo...

Listen to the whole Service from 29th November.  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a testimony, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.   In our final Talk on Listening in to Great Prayers of the Bible, we consider how the Early Church prayed earnestly for Peter the Apostle whilst he was in prison (Acts 12). How did they act when he was released? How do we act after...

Listen to the whole Service from 22nd November.  Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and a short Talk are the components you'll hear.     Aaron's Blessing to the People of Israel is still used as a Blessing in many contexts today. We explore the significiance of Numbers 6:22-27.

Listen to the whole Service from 15th November. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.      King Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah had a problem. The armies of their enemy were close by and were going to fight Judah. The solution wasn't found in themselves or a good idea, but in something surprising. God. As they humbly trust...

Listen to the whole Service from 8th November. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.  As it was Remembrance Sunday, we also spent time thinking about acts of sacrifice by all kinds of people during times of war. The Jews from Judah spent 70 years in exile in Babylon. It was a beautiful place, but it wasn't home. They suffered...

Listen to the whole Service from 1st November. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.     Daniel was truly a humble man of God. In chapter nine we read a beautiful prayer that shows many attributes of a good pray-er.  Let this be a good example of how we ourselves might pray to a faithful and all powerful God too.

Listen to the whole Service from 25th October. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.    For a long time David was a powerful and unchallenged king.  He committed some heinous crimes and sins at the height of his power. Nathan the prophet was directed by God and then had the courage to go to David and challenge him over his actions...