St Nicholas Bristol

Aim High: Give God your best – Toby kicks off our sermon series 4D Vision by unpacking what it looks like to aim high, giving God our best. Using the story of Noah and the example of his sacrifice for God, Toby encourages us to asses our lives and choose to put God first in all we do.

The Lost Son – Guest speaker, Philip Jinadu digs deep into the story of the Prodigal son, the lost son. Looking at the story from the perspective of the son and of the servants around the father, he reminds us of the father heart of God. His deep and unmeasurable love for us and how we often don't know how loved we are until we realise how lost we are.

Resurrection and revelation – Unpacking the story of Jesus on the road to Emmaus and His revelation to the disciples, Sonia addresses how it is a choice to let Jesus into our lives and that it requires taking a step of faith, trusting in Him and understanding that we can only really know someone until we have opened our heart to them.

Grief and the Resurrection – Speaking from John 20:11-18, Josie explores the story of Mary Magdalene and addresses the topic of grief. She unpacks how by knowing Jesus in the midst of suffering and pain, we can have furious hope fuelled by resurrection power, trusting that God has defeated all.

Celebration must resist cynicism – Concluding our series Beautiful Resistance Toby explores the relationship between cynicism and celebration. He identifies that cynicism not only comes from our culture but also from laziness and often pain, broken trust, inequality and disappointments. Jesus himself experienced cynicism and yet refused to be cynical. Toby digs deeper into how celebration is the c...

Honour must resist contempt – Speaking from 1 Corinthians 12:12-26, Toby unpacks the danger of contempt and how it can affect relationships, lead us to devalue others and ultimately create devision. By honouring God, honouring one another and honouring ourselves we gain perspective and unity.

Hospitality must resist fear – Continuing our series Beautiful Resistance, Betty unpacks what it really means to practice hospitality. Speaking from the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19, she challenges us to look to Jesus, those He spent time with and the way that He welcomed everyone into His presence. We are called to actively love our neighbour, those who our different to us, the broken and the fo...

Love must resist hate – Matt continues our sermon series unpacking how Jesus teaches us to respond to hatred and oppression with love and a beautiful resistance.

Worship must resist idolatry – Digging deeper into our series Beautiful Resistance, Dave addresses the topic that when we place anything in higher value than God, we create disordered loves that lead to disordered lives. He encourages us to not be passive, to take action and step into true worship of the one, God. Allowing Him to transform our hearts and reorder our lives.

Hunger must resist apathy – Continuing our series Beautiful Resistance, Zoë challenges us on the topic of fasting. Exploring how by recognising, pursuing and turning our hunger into devotion, we create space for God to play a larger role in our lives and that through that, lives can be changed.

Rest must resist exhaustion – Speaking from Matthew 11:28-30, Andy continues our Beautiful Resistance series, engaging with how rest must resist exhaustion and how Jesus invites us into a new way of living.

A church coming back to life – Kicking off our sermon series Beautiful Resistance, Andy shares with us how we are to be salt and light to the world, developing distinctive characters and making 'authentic acts of resistance that shine the light of Jesus into the city around us'.

Where is God in all the suffering? – Guest speaker Amy Orr-Ewing addresses a question that many people wrestle with throughout their lives, 'Where is God in all the suffering?'.

The 11 Preach it! – Joined by three members of the congregation, we hear about the ways in which God has taught them throughout this season and where they have found their strength to move forward and grow.

You are Free – Speaking from Galatians 5, Matt challenges us to put into perspective our earthly concept of freedom by living in assurance that we are saved by grace and have freedom through the power of the spirit.

Take Heart – Unpacking Ephesians 3:14-21, Toby speaks about how we can live out our faith by digging deep roots, reaching wide to those around us, investing in the younger generation and aiming high by seeking, in all things, to give God our best. All in the knowledge that we can take heart, because God has overcome the world.

Finding life in a new year – Kicking off the new year, Josie shares how we can find life in this new year allowing ourselves to be led and taught by Jesus and trusting in his true kindness and love for us.

Where to find comfort & joy – Comfort & joy. Two words that have the ability to fill us with hope. Toby explores how in Jesus, we can find both comfort & joy in the knowledge that he loves us and that in him we have a purpose, forgiveness, security and that justice will be done.

Hope for Christmas - Unpacking the tension of celebrating Jesus’ coming and living in a world of the now and not yet, Josh finishes our sermon series on Hope reminding us how we can have hope for Christmas and in the freedom that we receive from Jesus.

Hope for Creation - Continuing our series on Hope, Matt provides us with a theological understanding of the climate emergency and how we are all called to act now.

Hope for the Future - Speaking from Revelation 21:1-6, Laura speaks to us about how we can have hope for the future knowing, through God's promises throughout the Bible, that He loves us unconditionally and has plans for our lives.

Hope for the Past - Continuing our series on Hope Betty speaks from Colossians 1:15-23 unpacking how we can stand faultless before God knowing that we are forgiven for our past and can find hope in the good news of Jesus.

Hope for the Mind and Soul - Interviewed by Laura, Will van der Hart opens up and digs deep into the complexities and difficulties of being a Christian and struggling with mental health, especially in the light of a second lockdown.

Hope for the Present - Continuing our series on Hope, Josh speaks from Romans 15:4-13 on how we can have hope for the present.

Hope in Loss - Speaking from John 11:17-44, Toby journeys through how we can have hope in loss by finding comfort in God’s closeness with us throughout the pain and the suffering and through the promise of eternal life with Him.