The Bethel - Old Trafford Christadelphian Church

Tony explored the surprise that Jesus showed at certain people's faith, or lack of it. He encouraged us to have faith that Jesus is still with us now.

Malcolm encouraged us from the story of Joshua to: 1. Elevate the Word. 2. Integrate the word. 3. Heed His voice. Stay close to God by staying reading the bible, don't wander away where He cannot be heard.

God has a plan. He has had it from the beginning of the world before it came into being. What are we doing to embrace our part of that plan and get involved with what God is doing.

Recognising the Holy Spirit in our lives is vital, because the Holy Spirit gives life. Without the Holy Spirit we are orphans. Why don't we talk about this more?

The Israelites knew how to build! They had a background in brick-creation and tent-making. These were skills that God used and enhanced for the building of the tabernacle. In the same way, our skills are transferrable when building a place to worship God. This is not a place made of stones, but of people, a place where we are both the builders and the building material. We are all important and al...

Rob walks through the story of Joseph and the parable of the prodigal son(s) to help to reveal the places that God is at work in our lives, maybe when we aren't looking out for it or might, at first, have missed it.

Despite the 'quarrelsomeness' of the Israelites, God still helped them and worked with them to encourage them to develop a relationship with him. We too should reflect on our wrestling against God, develop understanding and be faithful to Him.

Neil takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Hosea and the living parallel and parable that he was to the story of the people of Israel. He reminded us of the strong message that even those who turn their backs on God are still loved by God. Our challenge is to live lives of love and see God's promise to show love and mercy to us within the bread and wine that we share.

Inspired by his experience giving children's assemblies at the local school, Andrew reflected on setting a goal to trust God and Jesus more. The challenge was to set our sights high, take steps of faith out of our comfort zone and let God's will unfold for us slowly over time. Andrew drew on the example of Gideon and encouraged us to live out our faith. "To Lead Is To Live, Not Just Profess" Juan...

David argued that, in the traditional - and correct - understanding of the kingdom, there is a very real sense in which Christ's followers, in his presence now (e.g. Matthew 28 v 20), are in the kingdom. The Kingdom is now and not yet, present and future.

In our Christian discipleship we can think we have fellowship with many people. In reality, on a daily, weekly basis how many people are you really in fellowship with? Starting with our fellowship with our Father, Mark then looks fellowship together with regards to teaching, learning & confession in James 5v16. Mark challenges us to examine our individual fellowship at church with our brothers and...

In the book of Job, the main character suffered much. Charles looks for lessons in the life of Job, encouraging us that even in the direst of situations, we can still endure and find hope.

Mark looks at the birth of Jesus from several different people's perspectives. How do you see the birth of Jesus? Who's eyes do you look through? Many people were involved int he Jesus story at the beginning, can you relate to any of them?

An exploration of the point of baptism, both the point in time, and the reason we engage in the tradition, starting with why Jesus got baptised.

With Ephesians 3 as a backdrop, Andrew encouraged us to trust in God's generosity and try not to be distracted by the things around us that draw us to materialism. In our response to the generosity of God's gift to us, our lives should be living letters.

Using Verses from Hebrews 12 and Romans 8, Colin explores what submitting to God and having the mind of Christ might look like day to day.

Isaiah's seventh 'woe' in Isaiah 6, seems to be self-reflective, a warning to Isaiah not to get in the way of God's message. In the same way, Pete suggests that we don't let selfishness get in the way of our service.

Malcolm explores gratitude and gentleness, with Isaiah 42:3 / Matthew 12 as the backdrop. "He will not break a bruised reed, and He will not put out a smouldering wick; He will faithfully bring justice."

Steve reflects on his own experiences, the parallels between his back pain and sin, who he is and who Jesus was.

Are we still excited by the gospel? David spent time encouraging us toward ways that will help us to re-ignite that excitement.

To complete the youth weekend on "Unbelievable", Martyn shares with us the Jesus he can believe in, a rational and logical exploration of why it isn't crazy to believe in Jesus. A grounded encouragement to start believing.

Part 1 of the Old Trafford Youth Weekend 2013, where Martyn explores the questions we all wanted to ask but were too scared and deals with having a faith in an unbelieving and increasingly cynical world.

Part 2 of the Old Trafford Youth Weekend 2013, where Martyn explores the questions we all wanted to ask but were too scared and deals with having a faith in an unbelieving and increasingly cynical world.

When examining the conversations Jesus had, we are often surprised at what is not said. Martyn digs into Mark 10 to discover two occasions when Jesus asks the same question "What do you want me to do for you?" With very different responses. The Disciples and Bartimaeus respond from very different perspectives. Martyn suggests that in our relationship with Christ, in the sharing of communion, we co...

Often the prayers we read about in the bible are prayed from positions of weakness, but maybe surprisingly they are regularly prayers for other people. Kevin uses this starting position to encourage us to pray more for each other and less for ourselves.