St Matts Weekly Message

For our Love South West 2022 Try Church Sunday, our vicar Olly shares a message about the God of love who wants to guide us, grow us and gather us into a community of love, with God and each other.

At Pentecost we remember and celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit, the birth of Christian Church and the beginning of its mission to the world- joining in what God is doing by his Spirit and through his church to bring his love, healing and wholeness to the world and restore all things and all people to himself. At Pentecost we discover that Gods love- experienced as we receive the gift of God’...

This week, as part of our Preachtastic Sunday, Helen Pearce spoke on Psalm 130:5, encouraging us in whatever we are doing, take time to wait for the Lord and give him control. In doing so, we find rest from striving, pain and disappointment that so often comes when we try and make things happen in our own strength.

This week, as part of our Preachtastic Sunday, Michael Sumner spoke on Micah 6:8, encouraging us to pursue God’s heart, which is Love.

This week, as part of our Preachtastic Sunday, our Youth pastor Lucy spoke on 2 Corinthians 12:9, encouraging us that life isn’t always easy, but we have a father who delights in meeting us in the middle of our pain, anger and confusing and carrying us to a place of freedom, life and hope.

This week, as part of our Preachtastic Sunday, Maggie Horton spoke on 2 Corinthians 12:9, encouraging us that God goes with us in our trials and walks step by step with us as we put one foot in-front of the other.

This week, as part of our Preachtastic Sunday, Dean Jacobs spoke on Psalm 24, encouraging us to open up our gates, these walls we place around us, and let God, the King of Glory enter in.

This week, as part of our Preachtastic Sunday, Helen Pearce spoke on Philippians 4:13, encouraging us do all things through Christ who gives us strength.

In this talk we look at a miracle healing in John 5 in a place called Bethzatha or "The House of the Olive." We consider 2 ways that we might give up and how to keep rediscovering the presence of Jesus. We finish by wondering how we might answer the question Jesus poses: "Do you want to get well?"

Mike shares a surprise encounter with a sheep as we look at some of the amazing things Jesus had to say about being one of his sheep — open to him, listening to his voice, known by him and held safe in his hands.

In this talk, we look at Acts 9 and the transformation that happens when Paul meets Jesus. We reflect upon how our own personalities are being redeemed by Jesus, what Jesus being full of grace means and how Jesus then sends us out with an audacious task to change the world.

How do we successfully seek to live authentic, Spirit-empowered and impactful lives for and with Jesus when we have so many doubts and questions? In John 20:19-31 we discover the resurrected Jesus revealing himself to his disciples for the very first time, the God who speaks peace over us and calls us close to his heart. We find “doubting Thomas” who sets us an example to continue turning up until...

Oghogho digs into her favourite verses from Romans 8:38-39 inspiring us to hold onto the unfathomable love of God.

Jess encourages us to hold onto and cultivate a right image of God as the happy God with a message of love, hope and joy for us all.

Colin shares inspiration from St Paul's portrait of Jesus in Philippians 2:5-11 - a picture of humility, selflessness and authenticity.

Phil inspires us to learn from and follow the way of Jesus and his humble entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

Olly inspires us to be people who are growing in prayer, making new disciples and serving others with joy.

Come find out about 5 amazing women who changed the course of history for the people of God by choosing faith over fear and acting with compassion as they joined in with God working his purpose out.

A & E Consultant & Churchwarden, Sally Pearson, shares wisdom from Psalm 63 on how to draw strength from God, particularly during difficult times.

We all face trials. It's sadly an inevitable part of being human. Thankfully the bible gives us instructions on how to deal with them! Noah explores what James has to say about trials, and what we can learn from him

Being a citizen means belonging to a country and being under certain laws but also being afforded certain rights and privileges. In this talk we ask what the Bible writer Paul means when he says we're "Citizens of Heaven."

Wilderness times and seasons can be disorienting and difficult. Olly encourages us to embrace the wilderness as God is often most at work and, like Jesus, use it as a time to cultivate your inner life.

This week, our Ordinand robin unpacks Revelation chapter 4 where we see an incredible vision of heavenly worship. From this passage, we discover the power, the purpose and the person of worship. Worship is so powerful that we begin to reflect what we worship, and the driving force of worship is love. We worship God in response to his incredible love for us displayed when he created the world and d...

Our curate Mike takes a look at Genesil 2 and how it can help us understand the storms of life, why they happen and how we can hold on to hope in the midst of them.