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On Sunday, Stuart Newburn concluded our series through Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians. Paul signs off this letter with a call to worship. We unpacked that this kind of worship is both Holistic & Holy.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-28

On Sunday, we worked our way through the penultimate part in our series in 1 Thessalonians. Dave Dickinson was sharing on how the Apostle Paul was urging the Thessalonians church towards community that was both Vertical & Horizontal.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-15

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson guided us through the next part of out series in 1 Thessalonians, as we entered the final chapter of the letter. The theme of death continued, as we looked at the topic of the end days, and who Paul urges the Thessalonians (and us) to be as live until the day of Christ's return. We are to be people are Alert, Awake & A witness.


1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our way through the next part of our series through 1 Thessalonians. This week, the topic that we unpacked was death; an issue that the Thessalonians church were hung up on. The Apostle Paul reminds the church that we have A Reason To Hope & A Hope to Live For.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan continued our series in 1 Thessalonians, looking at the topic of work. Jamie highlighted that we live in a world were work is everything. However, for the Apostle Paul, work was just work, and the Gospel was everything. 

Jamie challenged us with four questions:

• What is my relationship with work?
• Is work my identity?
• Are we indifferent towards work?
• Do we have integrity in our work?

1 Thessalonians 4:9-12

On Sunday, we moved into the fifth part of our series in 1 Thessalonians, and Dave Dickinson unpacked the topic of sex, that the Apostle Paul outlined in this letter. As Paul urges the Thessalonians towards God's best, he places a high value on sex, marriage and personhood. 

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8  

In the middle of this letter to the Thessalonians, we find a prayer that Paul writes, as he expresses his longing to be with the church in Thessalonica. Helen Warnock was with us on Sunday, unpacking these few verses, challenging us to think about how God might be at work within us, and how He could be calling us into even greater relationship with Him.

1 Thessalonians 3:11-4:2 

On Sunday, we continued our series in 1 Thessalonians, and Jamie McMillan unpacked the theme of Paul's ministry. There were many things that made Paul unique, but three specifically were his Power, Pattern & Prize.

1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:10

On Sunday, we moved into the second part of our new series, 'It's Going Well?', unpacking the the book of 1 Thessalonians. Dave Dickinson was looking at the first part of chapter 2, specifically at the theme of integrity. He highlighted that a life of integrity is In Christ & On Purpose.


1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson kicked off our brand new series in 1 Thessalonians. We are calling this series, 'It's Going Well?', as we look at the Apostle Paul's first letter to the church in Thessaloniki; a church was going well. In this first teaching, Dave highlighted Ingredients & Imitation as the standout themes of 1 Thessalonians 1.

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10