Widcombe Parish, Bath

13/Aug/2017: Tim Buckley shares on his mission trip to Sri Lanka and speaks from Matt 14.22-33 on Peter walking on the water

23/July/2017: Jenny Buckler shares something of her journey into ministry and Widcombe, speaking from Psalm 30.

16/July/2017: Paul and Albana Alkazraji speak on their work in Albania and on The Great Commission from Matt 28.16-20: Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all...

02/July/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Acts 10 on God's paradigm shift then - with Peter and Cornelius, and now. Tim asks 'are we willing for God to challenge our thinking? can we imagine doing church differently?'

25/June/2017: Mary Udale-Smith speaks from Acts 17.16-34 on Paul preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection in Athens.

18/June/2017: Jane Mitchell speaks from Acts 9.1-19 on Saul’s Conversion

11/June/2017: The Ven. Andy Piggott speaks from Matt 28.16-20 on the The Great Commission, to remember always the mission of God - we are those who are sent - to go and make disciples. And wherever we go, each day, we go as Jesus disciples to live and tell his story, to remember that we are His friends and disciples, to grace others with the knowledge of Jesus as we have been graced. Jesus is Emma...

04/June/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Acts 2 on the day of Pentecost and from John 20.19-22: 'On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. A...

28/May/2017: Paul Wakely speaks from Acts 1.7-8: "He [Jesus] said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

21/May/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Acts 4.32-35: "All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to...

14 May 2017. Professor Veronica Hope Hailey, Dean of the School of Management at Bath University, speaks from Acts - 7.55-60 on the persecuted church. "But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” At this they covered their e...

23/Apr/2017: Paul Wakely speaks from Acts 1.1-5: "In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty...

16/Apr/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Matt 28.1-7: After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afr...

09/Apr/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Mark 11 on the coming of Jesus to Jerusalem as King. 'When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'

02/Apr/2017: Andrew & Mary Udale-Smith have a conversation on Romans 10.1-17. They share how the Bible says we are each ‘sent' to preach the gospel where we are: (v12-15) 'the Lord richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have n...

26/Mar/2017: Paul Mallard speaks from Romans 12 on (i) our relationship with God v.1-2 'Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve...

19/Mar/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Romans 8 that (i) 'there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus', (ii) 'the Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship', (iii) 'neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither heig...

13/Mar/2017: Bishop John Perry speaks from Romans 8.1-17 on life through the Holy Spirit: "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh,...

05/Mar/2017: Peter Crabtree speaks from Romans 6.1-23 on being dead to sin and alive in Christ, that we have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness: "count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but...

26/Feb/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Romans 1.1-17 on not being ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed — a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is wr...

Tim Buckley speaks from Matt 6.24-34 on seeking first the Kingdom of God: "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money ... so do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your...

02/Feb/2017: Mark Nish speaks on generosity. Mark speaks from numerous Bible passages on the topic of generosity.

05/Feb/2017: Simon Walters speaks from Isaiah 58.1-14 and Matt 5.13-16 on God's call for justice: “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter - when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not...

29/Jan/2017: Sarah speaks on how we relate to others - from Luke 5.1-11 'One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore....

21/Jan/2017: Tim speaks on Epiphany - an invitation - from Matt 4.17-22 and John 4.4-29. Matt 4.17-22: 'As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed h...