As we moved to the fifth Beatitude, we had Dave Dickinson with us, unpacking the Jesus' lines "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy". He reminded us at heart of this Beatitude is to be merciful and to know mercy.

Matthew 5:7

As we walked through the forth Beatitude on Sunday, we had Stuart Newburn with us, looking at what Jesus meant when he said we are "hunger and thirst for righteousness". He highlighted that righteousness looks like the pursuit of personal holiness and the need for social justice, and how an awareness of our need for God is what will help us get there.

Matthew 5:6

As we continued our Beatitudes series, we had John Dickinson unpacking the third of the Beatitudes, 'Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth'. He shared that the meekness that Jesus speaks of looks more like gentleness, and that through meek people, God is going in a different direction than the world.

Matthew 5:5 

This weekend, we continued our series on the Beatitudes. We looked at the second of this Beatitudes, 'Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted'. We had Dave Dickinson unpacking this one for us, and reminded and encouraged us that comfort is for those who mourn, and those who have a defiant hope.

Matthew 5:4

On Sunday, we kicked off a brand new series in the Beatitudes, unpacking what Jesus meant when He spoke those provocative words in the sermon on the mount. We looked at the first of those - Poor in spirit, and how this is a commissioning towards humility an awareness of our need for God.

Matthew 5:1-16

On Sunday we finished our values series, unpacking the three core values that we hold here at Central. Dave Dickinson shared on the value of Mission and how we are to live a missional people in the way of Jesus; We Are Here, Here We Are.


Acts 1:7-11

On Sunday, we were delighted to have Stuart Hawthorne (minister of Carnmoney Church) with us. He unpacked the story of Mephibosheth & King David and reminded us of the invitation we have to come to King's Table.

2 Samuel 9

On Sunday, we were in the second part of our three-part series on our values. This week, the value that we unpacked was Community. Dave Dickinson shared on this one and reminded us that a Jesus-shaped community is a community of comfort and challenge.

Matthew 4:18-22 & 11:28-30

On Sunday, we kicked off a brand new, three-part series unpacking our core values. This week we had Dave Dickinson sharing on the first of those values; worship. He reminded us that worship is all about Sight & Response.

John 20:1-18

As we finished off our summer series on the topic of prayer, we had Dave Dickinson unpacking that famous Psalm that tells us to 'be still and know'. He reminded us that stillness  will help us as we learn how to pray. This happens through our Stopping and our Knowing.

Psalm 46