St Nicholas Bristol

Carols by Candlelight – Hannah shares the good news of Christmas at our Carols by Candlelight service.

St Nicks Carols – Toby shares the good news of Christmas at our St Nicks Carols service

Encounters with Jesus: Kingdom Manifesto – Finishing our series ‘Encounters with Jesus’ Betty speaks from Luke 4:18 and invites us to join together in bringing good news to the poor and freedom to the captives.

Encounters with Jesus: Do whatever He tells you – Matt continues our sermon series by unpacking the story of Jesus turning water into wine. Jesus is inviting us to come to Him and be renewed. Wherever we are at, broken, weary, He will meet us there and not leave us there. The bravest thing you can say is help.

Encounters with Jesus: Sitting at His feet – Speaking from Luke 10:38–42, Josh continues our series ‘Encounters with Jesus’ by exploring how we can best become more like Jesus by sitting at His feet, without the distractions of phones and background noises. It is in that place, sat in His presence, that we take on all our depth and all of His character.

Encounters with Jesus: The loyal son – As part of our series 'Encounters with Jesus', Hannah looked at Jesus’ encounter the devil in Matthew 4. Addressing the idea of suffering and evil still being evident in the world around us, Hannah challenged us to seek to learn from Jesus' example about how we can be best prepared to respond to it.

Encounters with Jesus: The prophesied saviour – Continuing our series 'Encounters with Jesus', Andy unpacks the story of Nathanael where he encounters Jesus and the story of his journey from being cynical to calling Him the Son of God, the king of Israel. Jesus ends surpasses Nathanael's expectations and opens up his heart and mind.

The kind liberator – Speaking from John 20:1-18, Laura explores Jesus’s first encounter, in resurrected form, with Mary Magdalene. Through this story we see the power of God’s grace at work and learn about how Jesus longs to come and meet with us, personally by His spirit and be our liberator.

Let's talk about mental health – Mental Health is so important and yet can be so difficult to talk about. To mark World Mental Health day, Matt interviews Will van der Hart on the challenges and difficulties we may be experiencing during this post-lockdown season.

Jesus calls Zacchaeus by name – Guest speaker Philip Jinadu looks at the story of Zacchaeus’ encounter with Jesus and the simplicity around Jesus calling him by name.

Come and see – Speaking from John 4:7–30, Josh reminds us that God meets us where we're at and that encounter changes everything. When we invite other people in, Jesus does it all, our part is simply to say ‘Come and See’.

Rebuilding the walls: Give – Finishing off our series ‘Rebuilding the walls’, Toby unpacks how the act of giving can change us as individuals and us as a church and how we are called to give generously, intentionally, voluntarily and enthusiastically.

Rebuilding the walls: Teams – Continuing our series on Nehemiah, Toby speaks into how we can make a difference in our city by taking action, encouraging those around and maintaining focus on God and His goal.

Rebuilding the walls: Pray – Toby kicks our series 'Rebuilding the walls' off by looking at how we can have impact on those around us by pausing, re-focusing on God and asking Him to guide us whilst being expectant for Him to move.

Heroes of the faith: Rahab – Looking at the story of Rahab in Joshua 2, Hannah continues our series by looking at how we can follow Rahab’s example of decision making in our own faith; basing them on God’s faithfulness and his covenant with us through Jesus.

Heroes of the faith: Noah – Unpacking the story of Noah, Wayne continues our series Heroes of the faith challenging us to asses our response to when God speaks to us and whether we listen and act according to His will.

Heroes of the faith: Jonah – Continuing our series on Heroes of the faith, Matt digs deep into the story of Jonah focusing on how we can process our disappointment and anger by drawing near to a gracious and loving God rather than pushing away and distancing ourselves.

Heroes of the faith: Esther – Kicking off our series Heroes of the faith, Andy unpacks the story of Esther exploring how we are to be courageous in following God’s calling on our lives.

How to deal with persecution – Matt continues our series through Acts, looking at the persecution of the early church, christians around the world today and how we are to live distinctive lives.

How to care for those in need – Speaking from Acts 4:32-37, Hattie continues our series 'Faith in action' by addressing how we are to care for those most in need in our society. She explores how we are to reset our heart to be in line with that of Jesus' heart for people and then act by using the resources we have in our lives to help alleviate poverty and suffering.

How to activate your gifts – Continuing our series ‘Faith in action’ Betty shares and encourages us to discern, deploy and develop our God given gifts by stepping out in faith and trusting that all good and perfect gifts come from above.

How to put your faith into action – Speaking from Acts 2, Josh kicks off our series ‘Faith in action’ by digging deep into how our faith remains active and powerful when we stay focussed on the grace of God.

Go Long: Invest for the future – Finishing our series 4D Vision, Andy unpacks our final value as a church, ‘Go Long’. He encourages us to invest in our faith and the faith of others by intentionally partnering and building community with those older and younger than ourselves in order to learn, grow and build a faith that is sustained and lasts.

Reach Wide: Work together for the good of others – Speaking from Acts 2:1-17;37-39, Toby continues our sermon series looking at how we can reach wide and work for the good of others by changing our source of energy and where we place our identity.

Dig Deep: Build faith that will last – Continuing our 4D sermon series Matt looks at our second value 'Dig Deep'. Speaking from Colossians 2, he expands on how we can put down roots and learn to feed ourselves so that we are stable and growing in our faith whilst bearing fruit for the kingdom.