The King's Church Mid-Sussex

What will 2026 be like? Whatever our expectations this message looks at an encouraging promise God makes for us to keep hold of throughout the year.

Jim interviews Tor Asterley following the launch of King’s Stories, before turning our focus to three powerful words for Christmas: God is love. The message reminds us that Christmas is about love for family and friends, and above all God’s love coming down to earth in Jesus.

Angels appeared to ordinary shepherds with a message that still changes lives today: Jesus brings comfort, joy, and hope to everyone. Discover how this good news flips the world upside down.

Cilla Black once sung, 'Surprise, Surprise, the unexpected hits you between the eyes'. This morning we look at the surprises of the Christmas story.

In the last of our series of the Reconciled Church Kieran asks - what would you pray before your execution? In this talk we get a glimpse 'behind the curtain' at what is really important to Jesus just hours before he goes to the cross.

When church becomes another item in the marketplace of choices, the gospel loses its edge. This sermon invites us to embrace a gospel that confronts, and reorients the soul toward wholeness.

James and Hannah Silley join us from New Community Church, Sidcup. They share some of the journey their local church has been on and help us to see the big picture of God's vision for all nations.

The Biblical vision for unity does not lead us to a bland conformity. Instead, Biblical unity is a celebration of our diversity - our different stories, welded together in Christ, bringing glory to God.

Our true identity and citizenship is found in God - we are sinners saved by grace, adopted as His children, and citizens of heaven. As ambassadors of His kingdom, we are called to live out His values - loving, forgiving, and serving others - while representing Christ in the world but not being of it.

The grace of God helps us have a right view of ourselves and one another, and gives us the ability to reconcile our differences.

In Acts 10, God speaks to Peter through a vision that challenged his cultural, historical and ethnic prejudices. It led to the first gentile conversions. Where might we have unconscious biases based on our history and traditions that stop us being bridge builders for the gospel?

Through unpacking Ephesians 2:11-22, we see that the cross is the place where true reconciliation is found and the local church is the place where reconciled relationships grow.

We launch our news series as Jim paints a big picture of why we carry a vision for a reconciled church. Because of the gospel, our world, our church and our witness.

This Sunday, we welcomed Executive Director Nigel Goodenough from Hope Into Action (HIA), one of our partner charities. Nigel shared about the work of HIA and introduced tenants who shared their stories.

At the start of this term, Jim shares some church news and encourages us to be alert to what God is doing in the 'present time' and the opportunities it gives us to walk in the way of Jesus.

The final message in our series on Elijah. We see how he was 'taken' from this earth, and how Elisha is commissioned to continue what Elijah began. And, as always, we'll see how this is all about Jesus.

From Naboth's vineyard to the cross, this passage shows how desire corrupts, power abuses, and injustice cries out, yet also how Jesus brings true justice and mercy.

As we carry on our series on Elijah, we meet his successor, Elisha. How will Elisha respond to God's call on his life, and what can we learn from it 3000 years later?

After the dramatic victory at Mount Carmel, Elijah finds himself a wanted man and runs 100 miles to escape Queen Jezebel. Exhausted, afraid and depressed, Elijah is ready to give up the fight. But God gently restores him and leads him towards Mount Horeb, where He encounters the Presence of God.

The big dramatic showdown on a mountain between two G/gods

We continue our series looking at the life of Elijah, today we find out more about King Ahab and are introduced to Obadiah. What can we learn from their different responses to God's word?

Elijah moves from a place of peace through a place of provision to a place of power.

In this final message of the series we look at a thread to grasp onto, one that is long enough to reach you and strong enough to carry you.

What does it look like to be part of building God's family in the local church? In this message we explore how the Bible is the story of God's desire to build a loving family here on the earth, who will rule and love like He does, so that the family can grow well.

The Big Story of the Bible is a story of worship. Everyone is created to worship - the question is who or what we will worship. Will we love God will all our heart, or will our affections be placed elsewhere?