Paul tells the Thessalonians to trust the Gospel, toil for the Gospel and treasure the Gospel.

We are encouraged by St Paul to live out the Gospel in the spirit of faith, hope and love as we wait for Jesus to return and bring in his perfect kingdom of love, joy and peace.

We are called to go and make disciples and see God's kingdom expand on earth.

We might be the best, smartest and cleverest of our time - but we will still lose if we do not pass the batton on to the next generation.

We find ourselves transformed when we meet Christ among those who we seek to serve.

We are not an insular group: we are part of a huge movement and we are children of God.

The disproportionate values that we are encouraged to adopt in today's media-influenced society are the false gods of our age. When we identify ourselves with Jesus we become transformed. Our mission is to have a positive impact and become holy in all we do.

Ben begins a new series of talks where we will be exploring the expression Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. In this opening sermon Ben looks at what we mean by 'Holy'.

When we lose things we feel loss and sadness. When we find them we rejoice.

Jesus told this story, not to the one lost person but to the ninety-nine devout followers. He told it to illustrate to the ninety-nine where they were going wrong. If we go astray, God feels loss. When we return, God rejoices. We are irreplaceable and our personal salvation matters deeply to God.