Gifted for Purpose

Eagerly Desire Spiritual Gifts

Speaker: Duncan Pratt

Date: 21/05/2023

To pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts’ is a summary of the three chapters we have been looking at in this series. Paul encourages the church to be active in seeking the gifts, especially Prophecy, along with challenging motivation, heart attitudes, and how we can all use the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 

A Worshipping Church: Helping Guests

Speaker: Rich Tutt

Date: 14/05/2023

When the church meets together, it’s an important time for believers to worship God as a faith community. But what about those present who don’t believe, or are not sure what they believe? How can we ‘do worship’ in a way that helps them too?

A Worshipping Church: Prophecies & Tongues

Speaker: Rich Tutt

Date: 7/05/2023

A major part of New Testament worship seems to be the individual contributions made by members of the church. How can we make the most of them, whilst avoiding causing unnecessary distractions for the worshipping church?  

A Worshipping Church: Building Up

Speaker: Rich Tutt

Date: 23/04/2023

There is a huge variety of approaches and styles of worship found amongst Christians, all with strengths and weaknesses. However a church worships, the New Testament assumes the worshippers will be adding something to the worship.  What might that look like in practice? 

One body, Many Parts

Speaker: Rich Tutt

Date: 16/04/2023

People’s experiences of church differ wildly, from feeling part of a warm supportive family 
to struggling to fit in and connect with others. The Bible’s metaphor of the church as a Body encourages and challenges all of us, whatever our experience may be. 

Love and Spiritual Gifts

Speaker: Al Pickering

Date: 2/04/2023

This week we focus on a famous chapter from the Bible, about Love and how it relates to Spiritual Gifts. These verses are often read at weddings but is that what they're really about? What is the message for all of us?

Immersion in the Spirit

Speaker: Rich Tutt

Date: 26/03/2023

What does the Bible mean when it talks about believers being baptised in (or with, or by) the Holy Spirit? What should we expect to see or experience today?  Rich carefully examines the development of the idea through the Bible, and draws some (hopefully helpful) conclusions. 

Healing

Speaker: Duncan Pratt

Date: 19/03/2023

Speaking in Tongues (Languages)

Speaker: Al Pickering

Date: 5/03/2023

One of strangest gifts that God gives to some Christians is the ability to speak in a language they don't understand. What sort of gift is that, how does it work and what could it be for?

The Gift of Prophecy

Speaker: Duncan Pratt

Date: 26/02/2023

Prophecy is one of the more misunderstood gifts, yet the Bible says we should eagerly desire it. What is it, what is it for and why should we want it?