Widcombe Parish, Bath

27/May/2018: Paul Alkazraji, a Bath Uni and St Matts alumni, now working in Eastern Europe, speaks on Faithfulness, from 1 Peter 3.14-17 'But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened". But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you...

20/May/2018: David Hull, from Kingswood School, speaks on Goodness - the fruit of the Spirit, from Matthew 20:1-16

06/May/2018: David Holden-White speaks on Patience - the Fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5.22-23: 'the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.'

13/May/2018: Simon Walters speaks on kindness - the Fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5.22-23: 'the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.'

29/April/2018: Paul Wakely speaks on Peace - the Fruit of the Spirit. Numbers 6.24-26: 'The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace.'

22/April/2018: Tim Buckley speaks on Joy - the Fruit of the Spirit. Romans 15.13: 'May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.'

15/April/2018: Tim Buckley speaks from I Cor 13.1-8 on Love - the Fruit of the Spirit: 'Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always pe...

08/April/2018: Tim Buckley speaks from Galatians 5 on the Fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5.22-23: 'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.'

04/March/2018: Tim Buckley leads the service on the topic of worship with testimonies from six members of the St Matt's church family on how we can worship God in each part of our lives: Worshipping God in Sport, Worshipping God in Creativity, Worshipping God in Social Justice, Worshipping God in the Margins, Worshipping God in our Giving, Worshipping God in Daily Life/Poetry.

18/Feb/2018: Jenny Sanders speaks from Judges 6 and from Phil 3.7-11 on 'keep on keeping on - endurance in the battle!'. "that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death ..."

11/Feb/2018: Paul Wakely speaks from Judges 6 (Gideon) on Heaven's calling for us to 'do battle' and not to be passive. 2 Cor 10.4-6 'The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obe...

28/Jan/2018: Tim Buckley speaks from Rom 12, 1 Cor 12, and Eph 4 on God's gifts to us and how we use them. Apologies that the start of Tim's talk is missing. This recording starts as Tim is asking if people think they have a gift from the Lord.

21/Jan/2018: Paul Wakely speaks from Eph 4.1-16 on God's call to: (1) GROW THE CULTURE - 'be completely humble and gentle, be patient, bearing with one another in love'. God is wanting to establish His culture in His family, in complete unity - 'one Body, one Holy Spirit, one Hope, one Lord Jesus, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of all'. (2) RECEIVE THE GIFTS - 'Christ himself gave the...

14/Jan/2018: Tim Buckley speaks from Psalm 27 on living in faith and not in fear, and on the opportunity to make New Year realignments. Tim highlights seven steps taken by King David to live in faith and not in fear: Prayer, Vision, God’s Word, God’s protection, Worship, Rest, Determination.

07/Jan/2018: Jenny Buckler speaks from 2 Peter 3.1-16 on our Christian perspective - we have died to our earthly way of seeing things, we now have the opportunity to see things from God's perspective as we eagerly await the return of the Lord Jesus.

26/Nov/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Acts 20.17-24 on God's call to run and finish the race: "My only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace."

19/Nov/2017: Martin Geake speaks from Acts 19.1-20 on being filled with the Holy Spirit.

12/Nov/2017: Mary Udale-Smith speaks from Acts 16.6-40 on how we respond to doors that God may be opening and closing for in our lives.

05/Nov/2017: Jenny Buckler speaks from Acts 15:1-11 and Genesis 17:1-14 on God’s call for us each to live in His Grace.

22/Oct/2017: Paul Wakeley speaks from Acts 11.19-30 on the call be a Barnabus .. ‘a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith’ ... to have a heart full of God's encouragement for others.

15/Oct/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Acts 8.26 to 8.40 on God’s call for us each to follow Philip’s example, as ’sent ones’ as Philip was sent by God to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to a person who was seeking God, who 'had gone to Jerusalem to worship’.

08/Oct/2017: Mark Nish speaks from Acts 4.32 to 5.16 on the call to holiness of heart, bringing all of our life humbly into His light, to receive His grace. As Francis Frangipane says: 'Victory begins with the name of Jesus on our lips, but it will not be consummated until the nature of Jesus is in our hearts."

24/Sept/2017: Jenny Buckler speaks on the calling of Elisha by Elijah and the calling of Matthew by Jesus.

17/Sept/2017: Louise a member of the St Matt's family shares her testimony - 'from fear to freedom in three days', speaking from Genesis 22.1-18.

03/Sept/2017: Victoria Jones shares from Psalm 23 how the Lord Jesus is our Good Shepherd, and how King David knew the Lord as his Good Shepherd.