The Watford Church of Christ Podcast

“Adoption by our Abba”, Father’s Day 2019 “Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behaviour from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love.” (Ephesians 5:1–2 MESSAGE) Questions: “Who were/are the important father figures in your life?” “What did you learn from them?” 1. God our Heavenly Father Adopted Us “Praise...

"Safeguarding Update", Dawn Burke.   Dawn Burke gave us a Safeguarding update. Contact her if you have any questions about safeguarding. The policy documents are on the church website: www.watfordchurchofchrist.org .   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most...

“High Drama in Lystra”, Acts 14.8-20   “In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian langua...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

“Should I Stay or Should I Go?”, Acts 14.1-7   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in communit...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org .    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a q...

“And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 13:52 NIV11-GK) Reading backwards from this joyful experience.  How did they end up in a state of joy?   Persecuted and expelled. vv50-51 Was that why they were joyful? Something else must have been going on.    Listen to me, vv13-16 Reminding them of their spiritual heritage Yet joy missing Why? Still waiting for Messiah Ask...

Excerpts from our "Allotment Service". Songs, a lesson, worms, wood lice, planting, Isaiah, the FA Cup Final, prayer, communion and more.....!   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org .    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire,...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org .    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a q...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

“How to find people who want to listen”, Acts 13.3-14 Introduction, vv3-5 1. Be Active in the Spirit’s Mission, vv3-5 A. Partnership B. Proclaiming 2. Trust God to Connect You with People (who want to hear the Word), vv6-7 A. An unlikely introduction B. Who is God connecting you to? 3. Take Opportunities God Provides to Display His Power, vv8-12 A. To be expected B. Against God, not us C. God is m...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

Jonah The subversive story of a rebellious prophet who hates God for loving his enemies Why does Jonah run? Why does Jonah tell the sailers to kill him? What was it like for Jonah in the fish’s stomach? Why does he not say sorry? What is odd about Jonah’s message? Why does God provide the shade and then take it away? In what ways is Jesus like Jonah? In what way is Jesus different from Jonah? In w...

Introduction Early church certainly thought he was alive: Acts references to resurrection/Jesus raised: Acts 1.3, 22; 2.24, 31, 32; 3.15, 26; 4.2, 10, 33; 5.30; 10.40; 13.30, 34, 37; 17.18; 23.6; 24.21; 25.19   Central message of early church. Jesus is alive and victorious Victorious because alive Because God vindicated his sacrifice   Christianity stands or falls on the fact of the physical resur...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org .    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a q...

Join us as meditate on the meaning of the nails of the cross, Colossians 2.13-15.   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

“Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them a...

Introduction * Celebration * But also a hard time for some * God as mother * “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” (Isaiah 49:15 NIV11) * Paul as mother * “Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you.” (1 Thessalonians 2:7–8 NIV11) * 345 refs Bible Example: The Canaanite...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

The Watford week ahead   Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.    Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM on most Sundays at Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0DD.   Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.    Do you have a qu...

Acts 12v1-19 – Relationships: Intercession Have you ever felt helpless? Faced with a daunting obstacle? In a situation where you just wished someone could help you to bridge the gap? Well, as we will see today, that’s what friends are for! intercede To intervene on behalf of another e.g. "I prayed that she would intercede for us"; "several nations offered to intercede on the captives' behalf" syno...