Saint Mary's Talks and Podcasts

Katy encourages us to become a community of prayerful Presence by imitating the very life of God: pursuing His presence and participating in His mission. She challenges us to eliminate distractions, overcome shame, and enter into honest, intimate relationship with God. As we behold and abide with God, we’re also called to participate in His mission; uniting in prayer with others, contending for br...

Sam reflects on the powerful presence of the Holy Spirit, highlighting the significance of baptisms and how God's Spirit is moving in the church and city today, impacting people of all ages and backgrounds. Preaching from Acts 2:16-21, he emphasises that God's Spirit is available to everyone, inviting people to engage actively with prophecy, visions, and signs of God's kingdom.

Juliet continues on the theme of community, speaking on the power and conviction of forgiveness, and how we are to treat each other in light of what Jesus has done for us.

Continuing our series on Community Sanjay Rajo talks to us about becoming peacemakers in a hostile environment.

Jon spoke on Luke 11 for Giving Sunday, encouraging us to set our perspective on the abundant generosity of God, as we sow into what God is doing in our church, our city and our world.

Guest Speaker, Bishop Philip the Bishop of Winchester spoke about the persecuted church.

Guest Speaker, Bishop Philip the Bishop of Winchester spoke about the persecuted church.

Jon shares on Vision Sunday how the aim of following Jesus is to get his view of reality into ours - we are invited to perceive His presence, be transformed by His Spirit, and step into our calling to bring about God's glory and the world's good as we following the way, playing our part in the renewal of our city and beyond.

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What is Jesus' vision for community? How do we embody what it means to be a Jesus-centred family together? over the next few weeks we are going to be looking at how we grow as a thick web of tight-knit relationships throughout our city, for God's glory and the worlds good.

Drawing from Matthew 6:19-24, Katy highlights the importance of being wholehearted in soul in our devotion to God. Ultimately, to be wholehearted in soul calls for sacrificial love and a focus on eternal, kingdom-centered treasures rather than temporary worldly gains. In order to grow our capacity to love God with all our soul, Katy encourages us to pray honestly, earnestly and boldly.

Continuing our series on living lives of wholehearted devotion, Jon explores a biblical narrative on what it means to be an embodied people, made in the image of God.

This week guest speaker Will Van Der Hart spoke on the area of our mind, our mental health and well being , giving us biblical insight into Jesus’s encounters with his disciples, about how he developed resilience, committed to prayer and modelled freedom that is found in spending time with God.

This Sunday, Sam reflects on the growing spiritual curiosity in society, saying that while Christianity has seen a decline, a new spiritual renewal is emerging. Drawing from the story of Peter’s denial and reinstatement by Jesus, the Sam encourages us to overcome fear and comfort in order to share our faith boldly. It highlights how crisis often precedes renewal, and urges us to not let fear or pa...

This Sunday Katy talks on the theme of Wholehearted Trust – Looking particularly at the wisdom of Proverbs 3:5-6, that teaches us to let go of our self reliance, and lean more fully into God as we head into 2025.

As we start the new year together, Tom kicks off our new teaching series - Wholehearted, a short series looking at what it means to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. In week one, we look at what it might look like to live lives of unwavering devotion to Jesus as we seek to become more like him.

Following the Maji in Matthew 2:1-12; Katie compares the two Kingdoms portrayed in the passage, the Empire of Earth and the Kingdom of Heaven. How might we give our full allegiance to King Jesus, as we behold who he is and seek to become like him in our daily lives?

Abielle kicks off our Advent season by urging us to prepare our hearts for Christ’s coming by reflecting on Mary’s story of faith and fellowship, in a time of pain and shame, yet joy for what was to come. Looking at Luke 1:39-56, Mary’s faithfulness, seen in her visit to Elizabeth and her song of praise, shows us the importance of trusting God’s plan even in challenging circumstances.

This Sunday Katy shares on what it means to be a prophetic Church; a prophetic people, actively living out and enacting God's Kingdom now, as well as participating in the things of the Spirit, particularly prophecy (1 Corinthians 12-14).

Juliet continues our Awake and Dreaming series, looking at what it means to be a Foolish Church. We explored the apparent foolishness of the death of Christ and the resurrection, and considered which parts of our lives we need the Spirit to breathe new life into.

Continuing our series, Jonny explores what it might look like to be a Contending Church, suggesting that it takes participation, passion and perseverance.

Jon preaches for our second week of Awake and Dreaming. This week we looked at what it means to be a purified church. Jon shared a beautiful picture of how the pure light of God refracts through us to the world around us.

Katy kicks off our new sermon series: Awake and Dreaming. For the first week, Katy looks at what it means to be a desiring church as we read and study Psalm 63:1 together: You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

For Giving Sunday, Jon shares a message about the transformation that generosity brings. If you would like to find out more about giving financially to Saint Mary's, visit our website: https://saintmarys.church/give

This week Katy follows Jon's talk about having a Kingdom vision through the calling to love our neighbour. This kind of love changes us. Are we willing to be sent as Jesus was sent? To be filled with His love and His compassion for others, which is far deeper and greater than anything we could ever feel.