New Community Church

This week we were joined by Owen Hylton, who Pastors Beacon Church Brixton, and co-founder of The Reconciled Church ministry. Owen spoke to us about the centrality of Prayer in being a Reconciled Church, and encouraged us that every time we meet together, we are outworking Jesus' declaration that 'my house will be a house of prayer for all nations'. You can find out more about The Reconciled Churc...

God sets the lonely in families' is a truth revealed in the Old Testament. This Father's Day, Frank spoke to our Sidcup 3.30 congregation about how we are reconciled into family with one another. We marked this truth across our meetings with baptisms and baby thanksgivings as a sign of all that God has done for us. Find out more about Jesus at newcom.church/jesus

The Gospel says that we are reconciled across every divide, including racial divides. This week, both Nick and Yemi look at Galatians 2 where Paul confronts Peter for putting a dividing wall between Jew and Gentile. In a world that can be fractured by racial divides, what does living out the Gospel or reconciliation look like with people very different from ourselves? Find out more about New Commu...

The Gospel says that we are reconciled across every divide, including racial divides. This week, both Yemi and Nick look at Galatians 2 where Paul confronts Peter for putting a dividing wall between Jew and Gentile. In a world that can be fractured by racial divides, what does living out the Gospel or reconciliation look like with people very different from ourselves? Find out more about New Commu...

What does reconciliation actually look like? It can be costly, exhausting and hard work, but also a fundamental part of the Gospel. Nick looks at the story of Jacob and Esau to see how God gives us a model of this work in the Bible. Find out more about church at newcom.church

'James continues our series by teaching us how we are reconciled across divides. Looking at Ephesians 2, we see how the reconciliation we have received in Christ, drives our reconciliation with each other. James teaches of how we so often put up divides, but it is our identity in Christ that brings us together. Find out more at newcom.church/jesus'

Our starting point for any reconciliation is that we have first been reconciled to God. In this sermon, Emma helps us see just how significant Jesus’ work on the cross was in bringing us back into relationship with God, but also being the great leveller for all humanity. If you’d like to find out more about Jesus, go to: newcom.church/jesus

We began our new series: 'Reconciled' this week. James speaks a powerful invitation to us consider what it means to be truly reconciled as a church family. This is not about political correctness or some other agenda, but an issue that is fundamental to the Gospel. Find out more about the story of New Community and the type of church God is calling us to be at: https://newcom.church/story'

Are you building on solid ground or shifting sand? In this final stretch of our series, Dave opens up Luke 6:43-49 to explore the connection between our internal character and our external "fruit." Jesus challenges us: it’s not enough to just listen, we must act. From our internal health, to the foundations we build our faith on, Jesus is the only way to withstand life's inevitable storms. Find ou...

Jesus turns the world’s expectations upside down. Instead of hating enemies, we’re to love. Instead of judgement, love. In these hard hitting verses from Luke 6, Chris helps us think how we can follow in the teacher’s footsteps. If you'd like to find out more, head to newcom.church/grow

Following Jesus isn’t a path to an easier life; it’s a total rewrite of the world's values. Luke recounts Jesus' Beatitudes in the "Sermon on the Plain". Jesus looks His followers in the eye and redefines "blessing" through poverty, hunger, and hatred. Nick spoke to our Sidcup morning meeting about what it means to follow Jesus' radical teaching. If you'd like to find out more, head to https://new...

Before the world was changed, Jesus withdrew. We often focus on the "doing" of Christian life and even Jesus' own ministry. In the next part of our Luke series, Frank helps us see how before Jesus chose the twelve and did remarkable miracles, He spent the entire night in prayer. If the Son of God didn't make a move without seeking the Father first, why do we often treat prayer as a last resort?' '...

‘How do we rest in a world that is constantly busy? On Sunday, Siji restarted our journey through Luke by helping us think about Jesus’ teaching on sabbath and where we can find true rest’.

A picture paints a thousand words and the pictures of Easter tell a story that changes everything. This Easter Sunday we looked at the cross, the empty grave, the folded grave clothes, baptism and more. To find out more about baptism visit www.newcom.church/baptism

Nemi concludes our 'Teach us to Pray' series in Eltham by teaching us about the blessing of fasting. Nemi unpacks how fasting helps bring us closer to God, hear His voice, but also connects us with the last, the least and the lost. He encourages us to make fasting a discipline in our lives to help our walk with God.

'As we continue to say 'Teach us to Pray', James spoke to our Sidcup 3:30 congregation about how we can pray through Scripture. The word of God helps shape both what we pray and how we pray and means we'll never run out of things to pray.'

'Isaiah prophesied ‘my house shall be a house of prayer for all peoples’ (55:6-7). Throughout Scripture, prayer is a priority, and God’s people praying together is vital. This week, Reuben spoke to us about how we can grow in our corporate prayer.'

'As we enter our One Church Month of Prayer, we want to continue in our prayer of 'Lord, Teach us to Pray'. This Sunday, Joe spoke to our Sidcup 11:00 congregation about habits of a prayerful people as we look to continue to build our culture of prayer.'

‘James finished our series on the Lord’s Prayer with a cry of ‘Amen; Let it be so!’ He invites us to participate in being a people of prayer as we celebrate what God has done over the last 50 years and pray into what He will do next.’

‘Jesus instructs the disciples to pray, ‘Deliver us from evil’. In this sermon, Dayo teaches into Jesus’ defeat of Satan, and how we can use the tools that God has given us to withstand evil. We can pray with confidence knowing we can put on the whole armour of God.

'Jesus teaches us to pray 'Lead us not into temptation'. This poses the question of does God lead us into temptation or does He help us in moments of temptation? Cynthia unpacks in our Sidcup 9am meeting what it means to join in this prayer and how we can resist temptation when it comes.

'Forgive us our sins... as we forgive those who sin against us'. Jesus teaches that there is a clear link between the forgiveness we receive and the forgiveness we give to others. James unpacks the priority of forgiveness in our Eltham meeting as we continue to our 'Teach us to Pray' series.

Our debt has been paid and our sins forgiven because of the death of Jesus. Today we look at the power of praying “Forgive us our sins”. We look at how we wandered and trespassed and how God brings us home.

'After starting the Lord's Prayer with a declaration of who God is and submitting to His will, Jesus turns to our first request: 'Give us this day our daily bread'. Dave carries on our 'Teach us to Pray' series by helping us think through how we can depend on God daily in prayer'.

Jesus followed 'Our Father, who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name', with an ask: 'Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is heaven'. Yemi continued our 'Teach us to Pray' series looking at what learning to pray this radical prayer means. It is a prayer for God's eternal kingdom to come, for the reconciliation of all things, and for God's eternal plan to come good in the world aroun...