St Matts Weekly Message

On this vision and gift Sunday Mike reminded us of our purpose as a church and a bit about the journey we’ve been on as we looked at the story of the journey to Emmaus - walking with Jesus, walking together and running to share the good news!

This week Graham spoke to us about the resurrection revelled - just as it was to the disciples 2000 years ago. Graham took us through the Proof of the resurrection, the Peace of the resurrection and finally the power of the resurrection.

Listen back to our Easter Sunday message where Sally shared the good news of Jesus's death and resurrection and the hope we find in him. This week remeber these three things: don't be afraid, come and see and go and tell!

Our curate Mike kicks off our Easter services with his message from Palm Sunday. Through the lens of the Palm Sunday story Mike looks at the call of Jesus to obideince, to lay down our lives as an act of worship and to see our communites stirred up by the name of Jesus.

Join us for the rest of our easter services, check out the website for the details: stmplymouth.org.uk/easter

This week come and find out a little bit about what a Bishop does, what it means to be part of the CofE and how we might play our part in God's mission in Devon and beyond as we live our lives ‘all in’ for Jesus. We had the Bishop of Plymouth James Grier joining us at both the Ten and the Five for a short interview and a message from Luke 5 where Jesus calls his first followers to step out in faith - first just a small step, then a little deeper and eventually to lay down their nets and follow Jesus.

Jeff took us through the story of Hannah in the Bible. Mother’s Day can be a blessing but also a painful time and Hannah’s story contains plenty of both. As we look at the pain and the blessing of Hannah’s story we discover her beautiful response of prayer, sacrifice and worship.

After finishing off our Teach Us To Pray series last week, this week as a one-off, our curate Mike looks at Money. Looking at a passage from 1 Timothy 6, Mike reflects on the following points: God owns it all, We already have enough (most of us), We love money and lastly on the invitation picked right out of our reading: Do Good, Be rich in good works, be generous and be ready to share. 

What a joy to have Sarah Yardley (Mission Lead at creation fest) finishing our ‘Teach us to Pray’ series! Sarah spoke on ‘Being with God’ - encouraging us really simply and practically to make space for God without agenda by Looking, Yielding and Resting. 

This series is inspired by the discipleship tool ‘Practicing the Way.’ For more resources and information head to: https://www.practicingtheway.org 

This week, our Prayer Pastor Phil Burgess continued our series on 'Teach Us To Pray'. This time, Phil shared on Listening to God. 

This series is inspired by the discipleship tool ‘Practicing the Way.’ For more resources and information head to: https://www.practicingtheway.org

This week Mike our curate continued our series ‘Teach us to pray.’ Most Christians say they find prayer difficult so let’s learn from how Jesus did it! Join us as Mike takes us through the 3 ways of talking with God - prayers of gratitude, prayers of lament and prayers of petition & intercession. 

This series is inspired by the discipleship tool ‘Practicing the Way.’ For more resources and information head to: https://www.practicingtheway.org