One Church Brighton

After a break of a few months, Fran returned to speak to us this morning about the life-giving nature of the spirit at Pentecost. 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,...

The third and final part of Dave's series on his recently completed PhD studies - Finding God in the Forest. 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'd...

This week, Dave brought us the second in his series of talks about the subject of his recently completed PhD studies - Finding God in the Forest. 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 onechur...

Our minister, Dave, recently completed a PhD entitled Finding God in the Forest, and is going to be unpacking his thesis for us over the next few weeks. Here Dave introduces the idea that nature connection should be a spiritual practice for us, and talked us through the origins and development of his research. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence R...

At the end of our talks about the Easter season, Sam spoke to us this week about the resurrection of all things. Sam referred throughout his talk to the beautiful anastasis scene in fresco at Chora Church, Istanbul. You might to look it up so you can follow what he is saying. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our...

Things were a bit different this week as we had one of our occasional Arts Services, where we look at a familiar story through a more creative lens. This time, we used the story of the walk to Emmaus to think about our perspectives on the world, the importance noticing and the power of art to provoke deep understanding. Here, Mark shares a few thoughts about the surprise of realising something wit...

Dave shared a brief thought about Mary visiting the tomb on Easter Sunday as part of our all-age service on Sunday morning. 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...

As we approach Holy Week, Lianne spoke to us this morning about the profound disruptive nature of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. 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,...

This week, Sam expanded on the themes that Dave was discussing last week around our understanding of the Cross and liberation theology. 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...

As we continue our Lent series, inspired with the books Tarry Awhile (Selina Stone) and The Wood Between the Worlds (Brian Zahnd), Dave spoke this week about reframing our understanding of the Cross and about what we can learn from Black Spirituality on the matter. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube ch...

This week, Lianne continued our Lent series with a talk on healing and reconciliation. As part of the talk, she interviewed Alysia-Lara Ayonrinde, National Education Lead for Racial Justice and Schools Project Lead for Reconciliation at the Church of England, and contributing writer to Wild Bright Hope, the Big Church Read Lent Book for 2025. You can join in our services by visiting us in person a...

Dave continued our new Lent series this week (taking inspiration from the books ‘Tarry Awhile’ by Selina Stone and Brian Zahnd’s ‘The Wood Between the Worlds').  He reflected on 'movement' and welcoming the 'stranger', and spoke to Bukky about her experiences of moving to the UK from Nigeria. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence...

This Sunday, Sam kicked off our new Lent series, during which we’ll be taking inspiration from the books ‘Tarry Awhile’ by Selina Stone and Brian Zahnd’s ‘The Wood Between the Worlds’  With a focus on the idea of ‘tarrying’, Sam spoke to Debs about her experience of tarrying services during her childhood and reflected on Jesus’s encouragement to his followers to ‘tarry awhile’ in the Garden of Get...

In the last of our series on Colossians, Lianne re-imagines the letter, wondering what it would sound like were Paul writing to us, One Church Brighton, here and 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 at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel If you'd like to know more about One Church Brig...

The third in our series on Colossians, this week Dave spoke to us with contributions from the congregation. 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'd like...

This week, we continued our new series on Colossians and Sam talked to us about the The Christ Poem found at the end of Colossians 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 Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.o...

We started our new series on Colossians this week, unpacking what Paul's ancient letter has to say to us today. Dave spoke about the importance of understanding the context Paul was writing in, and about how Paul's writings were revolutionary in their day and can still be for us now. You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or b...

We had a different service this week, led by the Wayfaring Strangers - a collective of One Church Youth, their leaders and volunteers. Anton told us the stories of the early Old Testament, interspersed with poems, artwork and songs. 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/onechurchbr...

In the last of our series on Why We Do What We Do during our Sunday morning services, Lianne spoke to us about the importance of preaching, listening and storytelling. 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...

This week, as part of our continuing series thinking about what we do on Sunday morning and why we do those things, Dave spoke to us about prayer and the role it plays in our services 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 abou...

For the month of January, we're thinking about all the things we do on Sunday mornings and why we do them. This week, Sam spoke about the value of worship, music and singing together in our services. 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 kn...

For the month of January, we're thinking about all the things we do on Sunday mornings, and why we do them. This week, Dave spoke about the vital element of welcoming people, and the ways we do this well. 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...

With Christmas rapidly approaching, Dave spoke to us this week about Mary and Joseph's obedience in the Christmas story. 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'd...

In this, the second week of Advent, as we bring our Fully Alive series to a close, Lianne speaks to us about how we can live to the full during the Christmas season. 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...

As we come towards the end of our series on the book Fully Alive by Elizabeth Oldfield, this week Sam spoke to us about Lust, and how we go from objectification to a more connected view of sex and sexuality. 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 li...