The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. David wrote those words not from a place of comfort but from the depths of despair, running from enemies, wondering if God had turned away. In this sermon on Psalm 23, preached at the evening service at St Paul and St Barnabas, North Belfast, we explore what it means to trust God through the storms of life when the pain goes so deep that no human comfort can reach it. God does not go around our troubles. He goes straight through them, holding our hand, going before us every step of the way.

Twelve ordinary, unremarkable people. No qualifications, no status, no shared background — a tax collector who worked for Rome and a zealot who opposed it, standing together under one King. In this sermon from Matthew 10:1–8, Rev Andrew Irwin explores how Jesus calls his disciples to himself before sending them out, why the work of God always begins by abiding in his presence, and what it means to give freely what we have freely received — especially for a city searching for true peace. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 21 June 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

Jesus went through all the towns and villages — the ordinary, overlooked places — with compassion, teaching, proclaiming, and healing. He looked at the harassed and helpless crowds and saw not a crisis but a harvest. In this sermon from Matthew 9:35–10:8, preached in the wake of a hard week in North Belfast, Rev Andrew Irwin reflects on what it means to see our city with the eyes of Christ, why prayer comes before action, and why the ordinary streets where fear has risen are the very streets the Kingdom is moving towards. This is our home. This is our harvest. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 14 June 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

What do we do when things change and the ground beneath us feels less solid? Psalm 33 answers simply: we praise. In this sermon, Rev Andrew Irwin explores the four movements of Psalm 33 — the joy of collective worship, the God who made the heavens by the breath of his mouth, the security of knowing he is in control and sees each of us individually, and the hope that flows from a life shaped by praise. Not because we are ignorant of our circumstances, but because the God we worship is still the same.

Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 7 June 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

For Christ, and His City — Rev Ross Munro on Nehemiah 1

In this sermon at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast, Rev Ross Munro of The Gathering Belfast preaches from Nehemiah 1, on the night The Church Flute Band joined us for a Pentecost Sunday evening of praise, music, testimony, and gospel encouragement.

From a cupbearer in the citadel of Susa, seven hundred and sixty five miles from a city in ruins, Ross opens up Nehemiah's response to the broken walls of Jerusalem. A holy dissatisfaction. A heart that breaks. A posture of confession before the God of heaven. And a covenant God who never reneges on his promises.

Ross weaves the passage together with the story of the Lord's work in East Belfast at The Gathering, on the Newtownards Road, where bandsmen are coming to faith in Christ and where the sound of melody-style hymns now drifts across the city on Tuesday and Thursday nights. From Jerusalem to Belfast, from Susa to St Paul's & St Barnabas, the call is the same. To seek the face of God. To allow him room to plant his vision on our hearts. To build the wall where we are resident.

"The Lord wants us to be more than just heard. He wants us to be noticed."

Whether you are a long-seasoned believer or this is the first time you have encountered anything of the Christian faith, may the Lord stir in you fresh vision, and a holy dissatisfaction that drives us to prayer and to action, for the sake of Christ and his city.

Passage: Nehemiah 1Speaker: Rev Ross Munro, The Gathering BelfastRecorded at: St Paul's & St Barnabas, 210 York Street, BelfastDate: Sunday 24 May 2026

For Christ, and His City.

For Christ, and His City — Rev Ross Munro on Nehemiah 1

In this sermon at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast, Rev Ross Munro of The Gathering Belfast preaches from Nehemiah 1, on the night The Church Flute Band joined us for a Pentecost Sunday evening of praise, music, testimony, and gospel encouragement.

From a cupbearer in the citadel of Susa, seven hundred and sixty five miles from a city in ruins, Ross opens up Nehemiah's response to the broken walls of Jerusalem. A holy dissatisfaction. A heart that breaks. A posture of confession before the God of heaven. And a covenant God who never reneges on his promises.

Ross weaves the passage together with the story of the Lord's work in East Belfast at The Gathering, on the Newtownards Road, where bandsmen are coming to faith in Christ and where the sound of melody-style hymns now drifts across the city on Tuesday and Thursday nights. From Jerusalem to Belfast, from Susa to St Paul's & St Barnabas, the call is the same. To seek the face of God. To allow him room to plant his vision on our hearts. To build the wall where we are resident.

"The Lord wants us to be more than just heard. He wants us to be noticed."

Whether you are a long-seasoned believer or this is the first time you have encountered anything of the Christian faith, may the Lord stir in you fresh vision, and a holy dissatisfaction that drives us to prayer and to action, for the sake of Christ and his city.

Passage: Nehemiah 1Speaker: Rev Ross Munro, The Gathering BelfastRecorded at: St Paul's & St Barnabas, 210 York Street, BelfastDate: Sunday 24 May 2026

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Pentecost is not simply a day we remember — it is the ongoing life the church is called to live. In this sermon from 1 Corinthians 12:3–13, Rev Andrew Irwin reflects on the Spirit who makes salvation real, who gives life and unity to the church, who distributes gifts for the common good, and who takes people of every difference and joins them together as one body under the Lordship of Christ. Preached on Pentecost Sunday at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — 24 May 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

The last image the disciples have of Jesus is not anger or distance. It is his hands raised over them in blessing as he ascends. In this sermon from Luke 24:44–53, Rev Andrew Irwin explores how the risen Christ opens the Scriptures, sends his people as witnesses, promises power from on high, and takes his throne — and why, in a world full of uncertainty and weariness, the church can still return with great joy.

Have you ever found yourself in a place where you wanted to say something, but the culture, the language, the whole world around you was so different you didn't know where to begin?

Paul did. He stood in the middle of Athens — a city of temples and idols, the philosophical capital of the ancient world — and somehow found a way to speak hope into it. He didn't start with condemnation. He didn't shout from a safe distance. He walked the streets, listened carefully, looked for what was good, and from an altar inscribed "To an Unknown God" he opened up the only God of the universe.

In this sermon from Acts 17:22–31, Rev Andrew Irwin draws out Paul's missionary pattern and asks what it means for St Paul's & St Barnabas to be a church that speaks hope into North Belfast — into our streets, our lodges, our community centres, our cafés, our campuses, our homes. A church that doesn't hide behind locked doors or shout from a distance, but enters in, listens, and proclaims the risen Christ.

Some will sneer. Some will want to hear more. Some will believe. Our call is not to control the reaction. It is to be faithful in the speaking.

Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 10 May 2026.

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A locked room. A frightened band of disciples. And a risen Jesus standing among them with the most surprising opening line in the New Testament.

In this sermon from John 20:19–31, Canon Mark Eldredge — visiting from the American Anglican Council — asks why the very first thing Jesus said to his disciples after rising from the dead was "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." Not "let's gather and worship." Not "love one another." Not "serve the poor." But "you're sent."

Mark unpacks the priority of mission and the plan for mission — leaving our comfort zones, building real relationships with people who don't yet know Jesus, and becoming "yet people" who say with Christ in the garden, "not my will, but yours be done."

A warm and bracing word to St Paul's & St Barnabas about being a church for North Belfast — sent in the same way the Son was sent.

Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Eastertide, May 2026.

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