Sally Pearson carried on our ‘One Thing’ Series at the Five looking at the story of Martha and Mary. There are so many questions plaguing our lives — all of the answers are found in Jesus, in intimacy with him, in His face! Mary found her place of devotion with Jesus but how can we learn to gaze on the face of Jesus without the answer simply being to go and live life as a hermit? Listen on to find out!

Jeff Stephenson carried on our ‘One Thing’ Series at The Ten looking at the story of Martha and Mary — Mary had chosen the better thing, relationship with Jesus! We are created for relationship and Jesus values our friendship with Him above our service to Him so let’s invest all we have into that ‘one thing’ we need.

Mike kicked off our new series ‘One Thing’ looking at the story of man who came to Jesus with a big question, but didn’t go away with the answer he wanted. Jesus knows us better than anyone and the challenge is not to take on more for Jesus but to look at what we need to lay down to pursue the one thing that really matters!

People all over the World celebrate Christmas in different ways. Just like the Wisemen gave gifts to Jesus, we give gifts to others. But the greatest gift of all is the gift that God gave us, Jesus. Our Kids Pastor Amy shared a brilliant talk for children and adults alike. She reminds us that the festivities are lovely but let’s remember the reason for the season – the gift of Jesus. 

Graham Smith, retired vicar and part of the St Matts family, shared an Advent message at the Ten as we wait for and celebrate the profound and supreme moment of ‘heaven invading earth.’ He encouraged us to tap into both the word and spirit as we seek God invading our lives today!

'To all our questions God offers us the story of his life with us.’ 

Our good friend Sarah Yardley who is the Mission and Ministry Lead at Creation Fest spoke at St Matts Evening Carols challenging us again to receive the impossible truth- ‘God is with us.'

‘The Beatitudes are how you spot a local in the Kingdom of God.’ This week Teressa finished off our ‘Blessed Life’ series by looking at the final Beatitude on ‘The Persecuted.’ 

Life as a Christian wasn’t meant to be easy and this beatitude reminds us that we are not expecting to be airlifted to safety in the midst of life’s troubles. Instead, we are encouraged to keep pursuing right relationship with God and doing what is right knowing that God will re-purpose persecution for his glory.

In his final talk at St Matts our vicar Olly shares thoughts on Jesus’ penultimate beatitude: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."  We’re invited to make peace with God; peace with others; and peace in the world.

 The heart is not only central to physical life but also spiritual. Claire shares wisdom on how to grow a pure heart resulting in better spiritual health.

There was an issue with our recording for this week but the audio is back to normal from 1:41 in - so stick with it! 

Mike shares three moments of remembrance in the scripture and how they can lead us to a deeper understanding of Remembrance Sunday and of our faith in general.