St Nics Durham

In our final service before Christmas, Peter Johnson continues our series, Come and See, by thinking about what Advent is really about and what it means for us.

Passage: John 1: 32-42

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In David Day's final sermon, he explores the passage in which John the Baptist is questioned about his status and position which he relates to the coming of Christ. David Day's draws from John's reaction the importance of understanding our ability to be a voice that God can work through to help those opening their hearts to God's presence and the knowledge that Jesus is here among us. 

Passage: John 1: 19-31

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In the second sermon in our Advent series, Come and See, Helen, an ordinand at Cramner Hall, shares some thoughts about this passage in John and the illustration of the ajar door in our series logo. She talks about how Advent can be a special moment for us to come and see the spelndor of our very real God.

Passages: John 1: 14-18

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Welcome to Advent!
This week's episode commences our Advent services, where Steve shares some thoughts about these two passages from John about the light of God. Steve explores this concept and reminds us that His light is unwavering, reliable, and that God's work is always happening around us.
 
Passages: John 1:1-13 & 45-46

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In preparation for Advent we celebrated Christ the King this Sunday, with a shorter sermon and more time to respond. 
This episode Jamie explores Christ the King, introducing some thoughts and questions about his kingship and his Kingdom, from the passages and the whole Bible. 

Passages: Dan 7: 9-10; 13&14 John 18:33-40

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This episode closes the series, Our Commitments, where we have been exploring what our core values are as a church, as we look to the next ten years and how those values will shape the church that we are to be. 
This week Will reflects on this process and the importance of the reality of God being center of our church as we move forward.

Passage: Acts 11: 19-26 & 13: 1-3

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In this week's episode we hear from Hannah, our Youth Missioner, as she explores our third value as a church in our current series, Our Commitments, that we will be a church that empowers leaders and teams that we will send out.

Passage: Acts 11: 19-26 & 13: 1-3

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In the third sermon in our series, Our Commitments, Will discusses our third commitment, which is to seek the welfare of the city, connecting to how the those addressed in the passage in Jeremiah, were called to bring value to their city, while still remaining true to who they were and remaining to their own values.

 Passage: Acts 11: 19-26 & Jeremiah 29: 4-7

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We continue in our current series exploring what our values are that will shape the vision for the next ten years. In this episode Will unpacks the first value, forming disciples as a church, what that looks like, how we will do it and why it is important.

Passage: Acts 11: 19-26 & Mark 1: 16-20

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This episode begins our new series, Our Commitments, as we look to the future of St Nics as we reflect together on what God is calling us to be as a church in the next decade and what core commitments will shape that. In this sermon Will introduces this idea by looking at answering the question of formation of the church's character.

Passage: John 20: 19-21 | Acts 11: 19-26

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