NCF Sunday Talks

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...

 Listen to the whole Service from 18th October. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.     We delve into a prayer that Paul used at the end of a letter that we call 2 Corinthians: The Grace.  The Church in Corinth had no major problems, but they needed to get on well with each other, coming from different social classes. God is imme...

Listen to the whole Service from 11th October. Sung worship, times of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.    God is inviting us all to have a regular conversation with Him. He often needs to get our attention with this by using an interjection. God wants us to stop, wait, listen and obey. We consider our attitudes in prayer. We are to acknowledge what G...

Listen to the whole Service from 4th October. Sung worship, times of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.    God is inviting us all to have a regular conversation with Him. He often needs to get our attention with this by using an interjection. God wants us to stop, wait, listen and obey. We later briefly looked at a prayer of Gideon from the Book of Jud...

Listen to the whole Service from 27th September. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, a short Talk and a video are the components you'll hear.    What does CAP UK (Christians against Poverty) do? Let's be challenged by what God is doing in this country and show mercy and helpfulness to others too.

Listen to the whole Service from 20th September. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.   Let's actively and positively play our part in the Body of Christ. That's why we're here!

Listen to the whole Service from 13th September. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.   A lot of the people in the Bible aren't exactly role models. God uses people of faith despite their shortcomings and failings.

Some of us met physically for the first time in nearly six months, whilst others watched on Zoom. It was good to meet physically again! Listen to the whole Service from 6th September. Sung worship, two times of prayer, a Bible-reading,  and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.  The Israelites were expericencing  a 'new normal' just after leaving Egypt. About a week after...

Listen to the whole Service from 30th August. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading,  and two short Talks are the components you'll hear.  Based on James 5:13-20, we remember that Elijah was a man just like us, with the same nature and shortcomings, and yet he prayed earnestly, intensely and fervently. The Second Talk was a recap on some of the main themes we had heard in July and A...