27 December 2020 - 11:00am Service
Christmas at Woodlands Church: Everyone is Invited
Welcome to The ELEVEN AM at Woodlands Church Online. Join us online for a special pre-recorded service (so the team can all have this final Sunday of 2020 off!) This week we conclude our Christmas series with a talk on 'Everyone is Invited' from Dave Mitchell.
25 December 2020 - 10:30am Service
Christmas at Woodlands Church: Home for Christmas
Join us online for a special half-hour service on Christmas morning! We’ll be celebrating the birth of Jesus – the Saviour of the world! You can expect some joy-filled fun (and shenanigans). We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! God bless you.
20 December 2020 - 11am Service
Christmas at Woodlands Church: A Star is Born
This Sunday we continued our Christmas Series with a talk from Clare Thompson on ‘A Star is Born.’
Our 11am services will be live-streamed online until January. We hope you enjoy Christmas with us!
Remember to have a quick look at our 7pm service. We had a lovely ‘Folky Christmas’ service planned but due to Covid this had to be cancelled. Instead Dave Mitchell shared a short talk with us. Check it out!
20 December 2020 - 7pm Service
Christmas at Woodlands Church: A Folky Christmas
Welcome to what was supposed to be our very special ‘Folky Christmas.’ As some of our key staff members involved in the service had to self isolate, we had our very own Dave Mithcell share a lovely message with us instead.
Remember, earlier today at the 11am service we heard Clare Thompson speak on the topic ‘A Star is Born.’ Go check it out!
13 December 2020 - 7pm Service
Christmas at Woodlands Church: Carols by Candlelight
Welcome to our special Carols by Candlelight service at Woodlands Church! We're live-streaming this evening and so happy to celebrate the story of Christmas with you at home. It's guaranteed to make you feel all Christmassy! If this was a normal year, our church would be packed with hundreds of people feeling festive and ready for the holiday season. We'd be enjoying mince pies and singing our hearts out. During the service, you can join in and sing along at home. The lyrics to the carols will appear on the screen. It's so great to have you with us!
Remember, earlier today at the 11am service we heard Laura Harris speak on the topic ‘Surprising the Strong.’ Go check it out!
13 December 2020 - 11am Service
Christmas at Woodlands Church: Surprising the Strong
This Sunday we continued our Christmas Series with a talk from Laura Harris on ‘Surprising the Strong.’
Our 11am services will be live-streamed online until January. We hope you enjoy Christmas with us!
Remember to have a look at our 7pm service where w had a lovely carol service with talented musicians and inspiring messages. Check it out!
6 December 2020 - 7pm Service
Christmas at Woodlands Church: Light in the Darkness
This Sunday we started our new Christmas Series with a talk from Matt Dobson on ‘Light in the Darkness.’
Our 11am services will be live-streamed online until January. We hope you enjoy Christmas with us!
Remember, earlier today at the 11am service we heard Rachel Riddall speak on the same topic. Go check it out!
STUDY NOTES
The four gospels each give a particular perspective on the life of Jesus. Unlike Matthew and Luke John’s gospel doesn’t give a nativity account. His gospel starts with the perspective of the eternal relationship between God and the Word, or as we understand that, the Father and the Son. The incarnation is introduced in those terms ‘the Word became flesh’ so we have no doubt that the Jesus we worship is also divine.
Big idea: The word becoming flesh speaks of a ‘divine humility’ which is staggering! Is your view of God big enough to grasp the immensity of this act?
In what way are human beings ‘in darkness’? Is that true for our present age as well as 1st Century Palestine?
How is the darkness affected by Jesus becoming human?
Why did so many of the highly religious, biblically educated people of Jesus time fail to recognise Him?
Jesus ‘incarnate’ reveals to us exactly what God is like, (e.g. that God can self-limit, embrace suffering, allow his will not to be done for the sake of giving us the opportunity to freely turn to him and know him). How does your understanding of Go and relationship with Him resonate with those truths?
Jesus once said to his followers ‘You are the light of the World’. How can we be that light today?
Jesus commissioned his followers (e.g. Paul in Acts 26) to call people from darkness to light. Ask God to show you how you can point people to Jesus this Christmas.
6 December 2020 - 11am Service
Christmas at Woodlands Church: Light in the Darkness
This Sunday we started our new Christmas Series with a talk from Matt Dobson on ‘Light in the Darkness.’
Our 11am services will be live-streamed online until January. We hope you enjoy Christmas with us!
Remember, our 7pm service is also looking at this topic, and Matt Dobson will be sharing with us. Check it out!
STUDY NOTES
The four gospels each give a particular perspective on the life of Jesus. Unlike Matthew and Luke John’s gospel doesn’t give a nativity account. His gospel starts with the perspective of the eternal relationship between God and the Word, or as we understand that, the Father and the Son. The incarnation is introduced in those terms ‘the Word became flesh’ so we have no doubt that the Jesus we worship is also divine.
Big idea: The word becoming flesh speaks of a ‘divine humility’ which is staggering! Is your view of God big enough to grasp the immensity of this act?
In what way are human beings ‘in darkness’? Is that true for our present age as well as 1st Century Palestine?
How is the darkness affected by Jesus becoming human?
Why did so many of the highly religious, biblically educated people of Jesus time fail to recognise Him?
Jesus ‘incarnate’ reveals to us exactly what God is like, (e.g. that God can self-limit, embrace suffering, allow his will not to be done for the sake of giving us the opportunity to freely turn to him and know him). How does your understanding of Go and relationship with Him resonate with those truths?
Jesus once said to his followers ‘You are the light of the World’. How can we be that light today?
Jesus commissioned his followers (e.g. Paul in Acts 26) to call people from darkness to light. Ask God to show you how you can point people to Jesus this Christmas.
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