One Church Brighton

As we move into the new year, we're thinking about significant moments of change in our lives, how we deal with these moments, and how we can support each other as a church community in those times. Dave spoke this week to introduce the series. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you&#3...

In the third and final of our advent series using the carol O Holy Night as inspiration, Sam spoke this week on verse three and the tradition of carolling as resistance. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org,...

The second of our Advent series guided by the retelling of the Christmas story found in the carol, O Holy Night, this week Dave spoke about the arrival of the Magi and what it signified. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onech...

We kicked off our advent series this week. We're focusing on hope and have been inspired by the carol O Holy Night. Lianne spoke on Sunday about the first verse of the song and what it has to say about hope today. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd like to know more about One...

This Sunday, we had the privilege of being joined by the Rev Sue Parfitt and Ruth Jarman from Christian Climate Action, who spoke to us about the role we have to play in fighting the climate crisis and answered some of our questions about their experiences of protest and arrest. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to...

As we head towards the end of our Speaking Christian series, Sam spoke this week about Forgiveness. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbr...

Dave spoke about 'the afterlife' this week as we continue our series on "Speaking Christian". We've been looking at words that are commonly used in Christian settings and have been interrogating what they mean to us now. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd li...

In the third of our series, Speaking Christian, unpacking the vocabulary of Christianity and what it means to us today, Lianne spoke about the phrase 'born again'. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.or...

Last week, we started a series looking more closely at the language that we use in the church and in Christianity, inspired by the book Speaking Christian by Marcus Borg. This week, Dave spoke about 'belief' and 'faith', how those words have been used over time and what they mean now. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brigh...

Inspired by Marcus Borg's book Speaking Christian, we're spending the next few weeks reflecting on the language we use in Christianity and in the church, thinking about what it means to us today. This week, Sam spoke about the word 'salvation'. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel...

In our annual Partnership Sunday, we renew our commitment to being part of the One Church community for the next year. This year, Dave spoke to us with his vision for the coming weeks, months and years in the life of the church. Find out more about Partnership on our website . You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to ou...

We're continuing to reflect on our values as we head towards our Partnership service next Sunday. This week, Sam spoke about Interdependence and Inclusion. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if yo...

We'll be celebrating our annual Partnership Sunday in a few weeks time, and in the lead up, we'll be revisitint our values to reflect on what they mean in this moment. This week, Dave spoke about our values of Intimacy and Involvement. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd l...

In the second of our two services on the theme of Starting Fresh, Fran spoke to us this week about finding the 'unforced rhythms of grace' in our day to day lives. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.or...

As the new school term begins, we’re taking the opportunity to think about ‘starting fresh’. This week, Dave spoke to us on this theme, using the story of the woman caught in adultery in John 8. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel . If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head...

For our summer series, we're using the poem, As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins as our inspiration, and thinking about the ways we see God reflected in our daily lives. This week, Sam chaired a panel with some members of our community (Jules, Maddy, Ric, Harriet and Lydia), who spoke of their experiences of art, creativity and faith and where those things intersect. You can joi...

For our summer series, we're using the poem, As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins as our inspiration, and thinking about the ways we see God reflected in our daily lives. This week, Lianne led us in a reflection using the poem and then interviewed Tim, Avril and Mark about where they see their faith reflected in books, film, TV shows and more. You can join in our services by visi...

For our summer series, we're using the poem, As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins as our inspiration, and thinking about the ways we see God reflected in our daily lives. This week, Dave chaired a panel with some members of our community (Eliane, Mark and Helen), who spoke of their experiences of work and faith and where those things intersect. You can join in our services by vis...

As part of our service celebrating Pride weekend in Brighton, we had an interview with singer/songwriter Joshua Satchell (SATCH) who spoke about his experiences of church as a trans man. At the beginning of the podcast, you can hear the beautiful time of intercession that our Youth Engagement Worker Anton led us in too. Listen to SATCH's song in full here . You can join in our services by visi...

The last in our series on Philippians, this week Dave spoke on Philippians 4 and Lianne asked us a question about what we want the legacy of One Church to be. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, he...

Dave spoke to us this week about Philippians 3 as we continue our series looking at the letter and thinking about joy. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you&...

Alongside City Gate Church, we were lucky enough to have author, speaker and professor of psychology Richard Beck join us to talk about his new book 'The Shape of Joy' and to answer some questions. At around 43 minutes, Richard begins responding to audience questions - these were not picked up on the recordings but Richard was asked about what humility looks like, whether we need introspec...

We're carrying on thinking about the letter to the Philippians and what it tells us about living joy filled lives. This week, Sam spoke about chapter 2 and the 'self-emptying' (kenosis) of Christ, that we read about there. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurch...

Dave introduced our new series on Philippians last Sunday and we got properly into it with Lianne this week, who talked to us about suffering and joy in Philippians 1. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel If you'd like to know more about One Church Bri...

We'll be looking at the New Testament letter to the Philippians over the next few weeks. This Sunday, Dave introduced the context of the letter from Acts and drew out some questions that we can ask ourselves from what we see in Paul's missionary journey. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube chann...