What if sharing your faith was simpler than you thought?

As we look ahead to the God Loves You Tour with Franklin Graham at Co-op Live, Gav Lightbown challenges us to think about the part each of us can play in seeing a harvest of transformed lives across Greater Manchester.

Using the story of Philip and the Ethiopian official in Acts 8, Gav explores what it means to live as a witness for Jesus — allowing our everyday lives to reflect Him, listening to the people around us, sharing the Gospel simply, and having the courage to offer a personal invitation.

In this message, Gav introduces the LISTEN approach to sharing faith:

L – Listen to their story

I – Identify the difference Jesus can make

S – Share your story

T – Take them to the cross and empty tomb

E – Encourage them to receive Christ

N – Nurture them in their new relationship with Jesus

Because evangelism isn’t about winning an argument or having all the answers. Sometimes it begins with one very simple question:

“I’m going — will you come with me?”

And when someone says yes to Jesus, that’s not the finish line. It’s the starting line. We’re called to climb into the chariot with them, walk alongside them and help them grow as disciples.

Key Bible passages:

Acts 8:26–40

2 Corinthians 3

Galatians 5:22–23

Romans 12:2

Psalm 119:30

🌾 The Harvest is a two-part mini-series exploring how we can prepare for the opportunities God is giving us to share Jesus, invite others and help new believers take their first steps of faith.

God Loves You Tour – Manchester

📅 Saturday 3 October 2026

📍 Co-op Live, Manchester

🎟️ Free admission

What really happens after we die? Is judgement something to fear? What does the Bible actually say about heaven, hell and eternity?

In the final message of our God’s Book series, Lynn Swart explores one of the Bible’s biggest and most challenging questions: What happens at the end?

Drawing from Revelation, Matthew 25 and the wider story of Scripture, Lynn reminds us that God’s judgement is not simply about punishment, but about perfect justice, restoration and the hope of a new creation. Most importantly, she points us to Jesus—the One who was judged in our place so that we can receive eternal life through Him.

In this message you’ll discover:

• Why God’s judgement is ultimately good news

• The difference between the Book of Deeds and the Book of Life

• What Jesus taught about the Sheep and the Goats

• Why grace and truth always belong together

• How God’s justice restores what is broken

• The hope of heaven and the invitation to eternal life through Christ

Rather than becoming consumed by speculation about Revelation, we’re invited to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus—the centre of God’s story from Genesis to Revelation.

Key Bible passages:

• Revelation 20–22

• Matthew 25:31–46

• John 5:24

• John 8:1–11

• Romans 3:23–24

• Psalm 96:12–13

📖 God’s Book is a teaching series inspired by Andrew Ollerton’s bestselling book, exploring the Bible as one unified story that ultimately points to Jesus.

Is the Bible’s teaching about sex, relationships and marriage outdated — or is it pointing us towards something deeper?

In this message from our God’s Book series, Anthony Delaney explores one of the most personal and challenging questions people ask about Christianity today: does the Bible’s view of sex still make sense in our modern world?

Looking at the big story of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation, Anthony unpacks how the Bible presents sex not as something shameful, but as a good gift from a loving God — designed around covenant, faithfulness, identity and love.

With honesty and sensitivity, this message explores:

• Why God cares about sex and relationships

• How Jesus holds together both grace and truth

• The difference between freedom and healthy boundaries

• Why our deepest identity is found in Christ

• What marriage, singleness and friendship reveal about God’s love

• How Jesus meets us with compassion, forgiveness and transformation

From the woman caught in adultery in John 8 to the picture of the wedding feast in Revelation, the Bible tells a bigger story — not of rules and shame, but of a God who loves us, restores us and invites us into true life.

Can we really trust the Gospel accounts of Jesus? And if we can, do miracles still happen today?

In this message from our God’s Book series, Matt Donaldson explores the reliability of the Gospels, the evidence for the resurrection, and why Christians believe Jesus still heals, speaks and works miraculously today.

Looking at both the historical evidence and the biblical story, Matt challenges us to move beyond “practical atheism”—believing in God while living as though He never intervenes—and instead rediscover a faith that expects God to move.

In this message you’ll discover:

• Why the Gospel accounts are historically trustworthy

• The evidence for Jesus’ resurrection

• Whether miracles still happen today

• How to avoid both scepticism and unhealthy obsession with the supernatural

• What it means to be a supernatural community centred on Jesus

Ultimately, Christianity isn’t simply another philosophy or moral framework—it’s the story of a miraculous God who stepped into history to bring life, freedom and hope.

📖 God’s Book is a teaching series inspired by Andrew Ollerton’s book of the same name, exploring the Bible as one unified story that points to Jesus.

If God is loving and all-powerful, why does He allow suffering?

It’s one of life’s deepest questions—and one every worldview must answer. In this message from our God’s Book series, Anthony Delaney explores what the Bible really says about pain, grief, injustice and loss.

Rather than offering easy answers or clichés, Scripture points us to a God who enters our suffering, weeps with us, and ultimately defeats death through Jesus Christ.

Looking at the Bible’s four-part story—Creation, the Fall, Jesus and New Creation—we discover that Christianity doesn’t simply offer an explanation for suffering. It offers a Saviour.

In this message you’ll discover:

• Why suffering was never part of God’s original design

• How the Bible makes sense of pain within the bigger story

• What Jesus’ tears at Lazarus’ tomb reveal about God

• Why our deepest trials can become places of deeper revelation

• The hope of resurrection and the promise that suffering will not have the final word

Whether you’re wrestling with unanswered questions or walking through a difficult season, this message offers a biblical perspective filled with honesty, compassion and hope.

Key Bible passages:

• Genesis 1–3

• John 11

• John 4:50

• Hebrews 5:8

• Revelation 21–22

📖 God’s Book is a teaching series inspired by Andrew Ollerton’s book of the same name, exploring the Bible as one unified story that points to Jesus.

What are the small things quietly draining your spiritual life?

In this Ivy Central message, guest speaker John Bunjo brings a prophetic call to hunger, holiness, and spiritual renewal. Speaking from Song of Songs 2:15, John challenges us to pay attention to the “little foxes” — the small compromises, habits, hurts and hidden issues that can damage the fruit God wants to grow in our lives.

This message invites us into a personal spiritual health check: not to condemn us, but to help us bring what is hidden into the healing light of Jesus.

This talk will challenge you to:

* Guard your heart

* Recognise small compromises before they grow

* Ask God to search and heal what is hidden

* Recover spiritual hunger and thirst

* Live a transformed life that transforms others

Because God doesn’t just expose what is consuming us — He offers healing, freedom and restoration.

If God is love, why does the Bible contain wars, judgement and violence?

In this message from God’s Book, Anthony Delaney tackles one of the toughest questions people ask about Christianity: how can a loving God be connected to violent stories in the Old Testament?

Looking at the wider story of Scripture — from Creation to Revelation — this talk explores how the Bible’s message moves from peace, through humanity’s violence and rebellion, back toward ultimate peace through Jesus Christ.

This message explores:

• Why context matters when reading difficult Bible passages

• The bigger story behind Old Testament wars

• Ancient warfare, hyperbole and spiritual conflict

• How God restrains violence rather than celebrates it

• Why Jesus is the turning point of the whole story

• How the cross transforms “us vs them” into one family in Christ

Because the Bible is not a story of a cruel God — but of a loving God entering a violent world to rescue and restore it.

How do we make sense of some of the Bible’s hardest passages?

In this message from God’s Book, Anthony Delaney explores difficult questions around slavery, women, Old Testament laws, and how we should read the Bible today.

Looking at the importance of context, the unfolding story of Scripture, and the person of Jesus at the centre of it all, this talk helps us understand how God works progressively through history — meeting people where they are, while moving humanity toward freedom, dignity, justice and restoration.

This message explores:

• Why context changes how we read Scripture

• The difference between permanent laws, particular laws and principles

• What the Bible really says about slavery

• How Christianity transformed the value and dignity of women

• Why Jesus is the centre of the whole story

Because the Bible isn’t just a collection of disconnected verses — it’s one unfolding story pointing us to Jesus.

Has science disproved God? Or are we asking the wrong question?

In the opening message of our new series God’s Book, Anthony Delaney explores one of the biggest assumptions of modern culture — that science and faith are enemies.

Looking at creation, meaning, purpose and the limits of scientific explanation, this message shows why science is a wonderful tool for studying creation — but was never designed to replace the Creator.

This talk explores:

• The difference between science and scientism

• Why faith and reason are not opposites

• The deeper questions science cannot answer

• Why human beings still long for meaning, beauty and hope

• How Jesus reveals the God behind creation

Because the greatest discovery we can ever make isn’t just how the universe works — but why we were made, and who made us.

How do we stay focused on what God has called us to do?

In this final message from Restoring the House – Together, Louise Yuill explores Nehemiah 6 and the completion of Jerusalem’s wall. After weeks of burden, prayer, vision, participation, perseverance and unity, Nehemiah now faces one final challenge: distraction.

When opposition tries to pull him away from the work, Nehemiah refuses to come down. His focus, courage and discernment help the people complete the wall in just 52 days — and everyone can see that God has done it.

This message will encourage you to:

• Recognise distractions from your God-given mission

• Stand firm when accusations or fear come

• Trust God to defend and strengthen you

• Stay focused on the work He has called you to do

Because when God calls us to rebuild, He gives us everything we need to keep going.