After the Fire Series: Spreading the Flame | Rob Scott-Cook at 8:30am | 6 June 2021

6 June 2021 - 11am Service

After the Fire Series: Spreading the Fire

Leading on from our Holy Spirit series, over the month of June we are going to be exploring what the Church looks like after Pentecost and how we can hold onto the power of the Spirit in our everyday lives.

We’ll be looking to the Bible to see what the early Church was like after this transformed experience of the gift of the Spirit. What should we look like today if the Spirit is at work in our midst as a Church?

Remember, later today at the 11am and 7pm services we’ll hear Rob Scott-Cook and Rachel Riddall share about the same topic. Go check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION

In the 1920’s a quietly influential book was published called ‘The Spontaneous expansion of the Church’ by Roland Allen, an Anglican minister and former missionary in China. He celebrated the natural evangelism of often uneducated new believers as opposed to the formal professionalism of missionaries and bishops. Church growth happens when ordinary Church members have had real encounters with Jesus and have confidence to share what they have found with their communities.

In the book of Acts, (Read 11:19-22) we hear of the spontaneous establishing of a Church in Antioch. We don’t know anything about the women and men who shared the good news, but we do know it spilled out to the gentiles as well as Jews. The world changing dynamic of the gospel being shared and a church founded with non-Jews was initiated not by the apostles but an anonymous group of people who had WITNESSED and been changed by the events of Pentecost!

1. What was the global impact of events that started in Jerusalem (Acts 2) at Pentecost? Do you think the people in Acts 11:20 were the same as those in Acts 2? How were they equipped to be evangelists?

2. What is your definition of the word witness? What is the link between what you experience and what you say?

3. What could you be a witness about as far as your faith is concerned? How does the Holy Spirit help you?

4. Witness intimidation is a real phenomenon. How does witness intimidation affect you?

5. Sometimes people say ‘everyone is a witness, but some are bad witnesses’. What do they mean?

6. It is sometimes said witness can be divided between those who ‘go and tell’ and those who say ‘come and see’. Which are you? Where do you feel confident to invite people to come and see?

Usually churches grow because their members have confidence to invite people to their services. As we come out of pandemic what would Church look like for you to want to invite your friends to it?

After the Fire Series: Spreading the Flame | Rachel Riddall at 7pm | 6 June 2021

What does it look like to live in step with the Spirit?

6 June 2021 - 7pm Service

After the Fire Series: Spreading the Flame

Leading on from our Holy Spirit series, over the month of June we are going to be exploring what the Church looks like after Pentecost and how we can hold onto the power of the Spirit in our everyday lives.

We’ll be looking to the Bible to see what the early Church was like after this transformed experience of the gift of the Spirit. What should we look like today if the Spirit is at work in our midst as a Church?

Remember, our 11am service looked at the same topic and Rob Scott-Cook shared a message with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION

In the 1920’s a quietly influential book was published called ‘The Spontaneous expansion of the Church’ by Roland Allen, an Anglican minister and former missionary in China. He celebrated the natural evangelism of often uneducated new believers as opposed to the formal professionalism of missionaries and bishops. Church growth happens when ordinary Church members have had real encounters with Jesus and have confidence to share what they have found with their communities.

In the book of Acts, (Read 11:19-22) we hear of the spontaneous establishing of a Church in Antioch. We don’t know anything about the women and men who shared the good news, but we do know it spilled out to the gentiles as well as Jews. The world changing dynamic of the gospel being shared and a church founded with non-Jews was initiated not by the apostles but an anonymous group of people who had WITNESSED and been changed by the events of Pentecost!

1. What was the global impact of events that started in Jerusalem (Acts 2) at Pentecost? Do you think the people in Acts 11:20 were the same as those in Acts 2? How were they equipped to be evangelists?

2. What is your definition of the word witness? What is the link between what you experience and what you say?

3. What could you be a witness about as far as your faith is concerned? How does the Holy Spirit help you?

4. Witness intimidation is a real phenomenon. How does witness intimidation affect you?

5. Sometimes people say ‘everyone is a witness, but some are bad witnesses’. What do they mean?

6. It is sometimes said witness can be divided between those who ‘go and tell’ and those who say ‘come and see’. Which are you? Where do you feel confident to invite people to come and see?

Usually churches grow because their members have confidence to invite people to their services. As we come out of pandemic what would Church look like for you to want to invite your friends to it?

After the Fire Series: Spreading the Flame | Rob Scott-Cook at 11am | 6 June 2021

What does it look like to live in step with the Spirit?

6 June 2021 - 11am Service

After the Fire Series: Spreading the Flame

Leading on from our Holy Spirit series, over the month of June we are going to be exploring what the Church looks like after Pentecost and how we can hold onto the power of the Spirit in our everyday lives.

We’ll be looking to the Bible to see what the early Church was like after this transformed experience of the gift of the Spirit. What should we look like today if the Spirit is at work in our midst as a Church?

Remember, our 7pm service will be looking at the same topic and Rachel Riddall will be sharing a message with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION

In the 1920’s a quietly influential book was published called ‘The Spontaneous expansion of the Church’ by Roland Allen, an Anglican minister and former missionary in China. He celebrated the natural evangelism of often uneducated new believers as opposed to the formal professionalism of missionaries and bishops. Church growth happens when ordinary Church members have had real encounters with Jesus and have confidence to share what they have found with their communities.

In the book of Acts, (Read 11:19-22) we hear of the spontaneous establishing of a Church in Antioch. We don’t know anything about the women and men who shared the good news, but we do know it spilled out to the gentiles as well as Jews. The world changing dynamic of the gospel being shared and a church founded with non-Jews was initiated not by the apostles but an anonymous group of people who had WITNESSED and been changed by the events of Pentecost!

1. What was the global impact of events that started in Jerusalem (Acts 2) at Pentecost? Do you think the people in Acts 11:20 were the same as those in Acts 2? How were they equipped to be evangelists?

2. What is your definition of the word witness? What is the link between what you experience and what you say?

3. What could you be a witness about as far as your faith is concerned? How does the Holy Spirit help you?

4. Witness intimidation is a real phenomenon. How does witness intimidation affect you?

5. Sometimes people say ‘everyone is a witness, but some are bad witnesses’. What do they mean?

6. It is sometimes said witness can be divided between those who ‘go and tell’ and those who say ‘come and see’. Which are you? Where do you feel confident to invite people to come and see?

Usually churches grow because their members have confidence to invite people to their services. As we come out of pandemic what would Church look like for you to want to invite your friends to it?

Woodies Kids | How much do we mean to Jesus

Welcome to the Woodies Kids blog.

this week are thinking about…

How much do we mean to Jesus?

We are all like the sheep that wander away from the Shepherd, but Jesus always

comes to find us because he made each one of us and loves us. In the Cheeky Panda

treehouse Milo loses his custom-made guitar pick that is very special to him. They learn

that when God made each one of us, He only made one of us in the whole world, and He

loves us more than we could ever imagine!

Print out the image of the sheep below, cover it with cotton wool balls or Cheerios and mark the eyes and legs out in black. Play a game of hide and seek with the sheep!

Our Tiny Treasures Team are telling us all about their favourite bible stories over the next few weeks

Holy Spirit Series: Wind: Mystery of the Spirit | Neil Edbrooke at 8:30am | 30 May 2021

How can we thrive by living in partnership with the Holy Spirit?

30 May 2021 - 11am Service

Holy Spirit Series: Wind - Mystery of the Spirit

We wrap up our preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Philip Jinadu on ‘Wind - Mystery of the Spirit’.

This May, we’ve been looking at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

In this series, we’ll be unpacking scripture’s use of symbols describing the Holy Spirit as we try to better understand what it means to be a new creation and anointed with spiritual gifts. What is it that makes us well up from a deep place or speak in tongues? How do we deal with the mystical and transrational? How does God guide through the Spirit?

Remember, our 11am and 7pm services will be looking at the same topic and Philip Jinadu and Steve Ballard will be sharing with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION John 3:8, John 20 and Acts 2

In many languages, including Greek and Hebrew, the words for Wind, Spirit, Breath are interchangeable. Interestingly in two post resurrection accounts of impartation of the Spirit on the disciples, John 20 says ‘Jesus breathed on them and said receive the Spirit’ in Acts 2 as well as fire the Spirit comes like a mighty rushing wind.

1. The wind of the Spirit is very tangible, but also mysterious (John 3:8). How do we recognise the tangible presence of the Spirit with us corporately or individually?

2. Jesus said in John 5 ‘I only do what I see the Father doing’. He spoke about driving out demons by the Spirit of God. It seems as if Jesus sought to be guided by the Holy Spirit. How does God guide us through the Spirit?

3. What keeps us in step with the Spirit, (or not) (Gal 5: 22-25)?

4. How do we distinguish between our subjective experiences, our imagination and the

   guidance of God? What would you say to someone who says ‘God told me to do this..’ but it

   seems unwise or not quite right to you?

5. How does the gift of discernment work in our lives as a Church community (c.f. Acts 13:2-3)

Holy Spirit Series: Wind - Mystery of the Spirit | Steve Ballard at 7pm | 30 May 2021

How can we thrive by living in partnership with the Holy Spirit?

30 May 2021 - 11am Service

Holy Spirit Series: Wind - Mystery of the Spirit

We wrap up our preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Steve Ballard on ‘Wind - Mystery of the Spirit’.

This May, we’ve been looking at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

In this series, we’ll be unpacking scripture’s use of symbols describing the Holy Spirit as we try to better understand what it means to be a new creation and anointed with spiritual gifts. What is it that makes us well up from a deep place or speak in tongues? How do we deal with the mystical and transrational? How does God guide through the Spirit?

Remember, our 11am service covered the same topic and Philip Jinadu shared a message with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION John 3:8, John 20 and Acts 2

In many languages, including Greek and Hebrew, the words for Wind, Spirit, Breath are interchangeable. Interestingly in two post resurrection accounts of impartation of the Spirit on the disciples, John 20 says ‘Jesus breathed on them and said receive the Spirit’ in Acts 2 as well as fire the Spirit comes like a mighty rushing wind.

1. The wind of the Spirit is very tangible, but also mysterious (John 3:8). How do we recognise the tangible presence of the Spirit with us corporately or individually?

2. Jesus said in John 5 ‘I only do what I see the Father doing’. He spoke about driving out demons by the Spirit of God. It seems as if Jesus sought to be guided by the Holy Spirit. How does God guide us through the Spirit?

3. What keeps us in step with the Spirit, (or not) (Gal 5: 22-25)?

4. How do we distinguish between our subjective experiences, our imagination and the

   guidance of God? What would you say to someone who says ‘God told me to do this..’ but it

   seems unwise or not quite right to you?

5. How does the gift of discernment work in our lives as a Church community (c.f. Acts 13:2-3)

Holy Spirit Series: Wind - Mystery of the Spirit | Philip Jinadu at 11am | 30 May 2021

How can we thrive by living in partnership with the Holy Spirit?

30 May 2021 - 11am Service

Holy Spirit Series: Wind - Mystery of the Spirit

We wrap up our preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Philip Jinadu on ‘Wind - Mystery of the Spirit’.

This May, we’ve been looking at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

In this series, we’ll be unpacking scripture’s use of symbols describing the Holy Spirit as we try to better understand what it means to be a new creation and anointed with spiritual gifts. What is it that makes us well up from a deep place or speak in tongues? How do we deal with the mystical and transrational? How does God guide through the Spirit?

Remember, our 7pm service will be looking at the same topic and Steve Ballard will be sharing a message with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION John 3:8, John 20 and Acts 2

In many languages, including Greek and Hebrew, the words for Wind, Spirit, Breath are interchangeable. Interestingly in two post resurrection accounts of impartation of the Spirit on the disciples, John 20 says ‘Jesus breathed on them and said receive the Spirit’ in Acts 2 as well as fire the Spirit comes like a mighty rushing wind.

1. The wind of the Spirit is very tangible, but also mysterious (John 3:8). How do we recognise the tangible presence of the Spirit with us corporately or individually?

2. Jesus said in John 5 ‘I only do what I see the Father doing’. He spoke about driving out demons by the Spirit of God. It seems as if Jesus sought to be guided by the Holy Spirit. How does God guide us through the Spirit?

3. What keeps us in step with the Spirit, (or not) (Gal 5: 22-25)?

4. How do we distinguish between our subjective experiences, our imagination and the

   guidance of God? What would you say to someone who says ‘God told me to do this..’ but it

   seems unwise or not quite right to you?

5. How does the gift of discernment work in our lives as a Church community (c.f. Acts 13:2-3)

EcoChallenge for June: Pray for the Climate

At Woodies, we are keen love God's creation and our People + Planet group is key in helping us to reduce our impact on the environment as a church. Our monthly EcoChallenges help everyone in church to take part from home.

June 2021: EcoChallege - “Pray for the Climate”

There are many actions we can take in the face of climate change. Some are personal, changing our own habits or what we buy. Some actions are collective- joining with others to call on those in power to act. But the most important thing we can as a church is pray! 

We would recommend using some of the Tearfund prayer resources, which will help you pray alongside other Christians about current live issues. You can find these at https://www.tearfund.org/campaigns/reboot-campaign/prayer-for-the-climate.

In particular we would suggest accessing Tearfund’s weekly prayer updates via SMS text messages which this year are focussing on the climate emergency. June will see the G7 conference hosted in Cornwall, in the lead up to the critical COP26 climate conference in Glasgow later in the year. We need to pray for wisdom and soft hearts for world leaders as they seek to craft a deal that will lead to meaningful action and change. Success will no doubt require countless miracles both small and large!

If you’d be interested in finding out more about the Woodlands People + Planet group, or have some feedback about the challenges, connect with us:

• Email lydia.klimecki@bristol.ac.uk 

• Find us on Facebook

After the Fire Series

What does it look like to live in step with the Spirit?

Leading on from our Holy Spirit series, over the month of June we are going to be exploring what the Church looks like after Pentecost and how we can hold onto the power of the Spirit in our everyday lives.

We’ll be looking to the Bible to see what the early Church was like after this transformed experience of the gift of the Spirit. What should we look like today if the Spirit is at work in our midst as a Church?

The series begins with messages about what it means to be a witness and share our faith, then we’re looking at how that love for Jesus can spread across the globe as we celebrate our Global Partners Weekend. After that, we’ll explore what it really means to care for the poor and how we believe everyone is a minister and has a part to play in the community.

Here’s what our preaching topics during this series are:

• Spreading the Flame | 6th June 2021

• All Nations | 13th June 2021

• Caring for the Poor | 20th June 2021

• Community of Believers | 27th June 2021

We hope you can join us in person or online throughout June for this exciting series.

Remember you can book in advance to attend church in person. Capacity will be limited and COVID safe precautions will be taken. We’re also serving hot drinks before each service. Simply book online here:

• Sunday Services - Online Bookings

---

TALKS FROM OUR AFTER THE FIRE SERIES

Woodies Kids | Your favourite story

Welcome to the Woodies Kids blog.

this week are thinking about…

our favourite bible stories

Do you have a favourite bible story?

Why do you like that story? Is it the character you like or how God used that person?

Why not ask your family which bible stories they like and why they like them. Ask God if He wants to show you anything in those stories! You can use our chat and catch ideas below :)

Global Partners Weekend - 12 & 13 June

You’re invited to join us for our annual Woodlands Global Partners Weekend on the 12th and 13th June 2021.

Jesus said, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."

Join us on Zoom as we hear encouraging stories from our Global Partners. We’ll have seminars about bringing together climate change and mission plus breakout sessions for different regions.

On Saturday, we are running morning and evening sessions on Zoom and then on Sunday we will have a global theme at all our services.

book your place below…

---

Morning Session:
Dare to care for God’s world

Saturday, 12th June 2021
from 10.30am - 12.30pm

Join us as we take a fresh look at what the Bible says about creation care,  plus enjoy conversations with our Global Partners on what that could mean for us all.

---

Evening Session:
Meet our Global Partners & hear stories of faith

Saturday, 12th June 2021
from 7.45pm - 9.15pm

Join us as we host eight world ‘rooms’ so you can meet our Global Partners, hear stories of faith and find out what's been happening in their lives as they serve God across the world.

---

All Services at Woodlands Central
Sunday, 13th June 2021 at 8.30am // 9.30am // 11am // 7pm

Join us as we worship and share words and testimonies on the theme of world missions, we’ll also be taking an offering for short-term global outreach.

Holy Spirit Series: Fire - Passion of the Spirit | Jo Appleton at 8:30am | 23 May 2021

23 May 2021 - 8.30am Service

PENTECOST
Holy Spirit Series: Fire - Passion of the spirit

This Pentecost Sunday we continue our preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Jo Appleton on ‘Fire - Passion of the Spirit’.

This May we’re looking at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

Remember, later today at the 11am and 7pm service we’ll hear Nigel Savage and Dave Mitchel share about the same topic. Go check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION | Acts 2, 1 Thessalonians 5:1 and 2 Timothy 1:6

The pouring out of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost is very much a ‘power’ event. Unlike Jesus breathing on the disciples in John 20 and giving them ‘authority’ - here they have been told to stay in Jerusalem until they receive power from on high (Luke 24:48) and it happens on the day of Pentecost. The energising power of the Spirit is like ‘wildfire’.

1. The hallmark of the baptism of the Spirit is often said (by Pentecostals) to be ‘speaking in tongues. What does Peter seem to say the hallmark of the Spirit is? (Acts 2:17-18)

2. John the Baptist talks prophecies Jesus will baptise with the Holy Spirit and fire (Luke 3:16- 17). What is the fire for?

3. Prophets like John the Baptist are fiery people. I coined the phrase ‘tongues of fire give fiery tongues. What is distinctive about the disciples’ ministry after the day of Pentecost?

4. We sometimes talk about Christians being on fire. What does Paul say in 1 Thessalonians can put out the Spirit’s fire?

5. Fire/Passion can be because of the intensity of what we love, or because of a cause, righting a wrong or an injustice. What energises you and why?

6. Can you describe how a prophetic word has helped and strengthened you?

Holy Spirit Series: Fire - Passion of the Spirit | Dave Mitchell at 7pm | 23 May 2021

How can we thrive by living in partnership with the Holy Spirit?

23 May 2021 - 11am Service

PENTECOST
Holy Spirit Series: Fire - Passion of the Spirit

For Pentecost Sunday we continue our new preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Nigel Savage on ‘Fire - Passion of the Spirit’.

This May, we’re looking at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

In this series, we’ll be unpacking scripture’s use of symbols describing the Holy Spirit as we try to better understand what it means to be a new creation and anointed with spiritual gifts. What is it that makes us well up from a deep place or speak in tongues? How do we deal with the mystical and transrational? How does God guide through the Spirit?

Remember, our 11am service covered the same topic and Nigel Savage shared a message with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION | Acts 2, 1 Thessalonians 5:1 and 2 Timothy 1:6

The pouring out of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost is very much a ‘power’ event. Unlike Jesus breathing on the disciples in John 20 and giving them ‘authority’ - here they have been told to stay in Jerusalem until they receive power from on high (Luke 24:48) and it happens on the day of Pentecost. The energising power of the Spirit is like ‘wildfire’.

1. The hallmark of the baptism of the Spirit is often said (by Pentecostals) to be ‘speaking in tongues. What does Peter seem to say the hallmark of the Spirit is? (Acts 2:17-18)

2. John the Baptist talks prophecies Jesus will baptise with the Holy Spirit and fire (Luke 3:16- 17). What is the fire for?

3. Prophets like John the Baptist are fiery people. I coined the phrase ‘tongues of fire give fiery tongues. What is distinctive about the disciples’ ministry after the day of Pentecost?

4. We sometimes talk about Christians being on fire. What does Paul say in 1 Thessalonians can put out the Spirit’s fire?

5. Fire/Passion can be because of the intensity of what we love, or because of a cause, righting a wrong or an injustice. What energises you and why?

6. Can you describe how a prophetic word has helped and strengthened you?

Holy Spirit Series: Fire - Passion of the Spirit | Nigel Savage at 11am | 23 May 2021

How can we thrive by living in partnership with the Holy Spirit?

23 May 2021 - 11am Service

PENTECOST
Holy Spirit Series: Fire - Passion of the Spirit

For Pentecost Sunday we continue our new preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Nigel Savage on ‘Fire - Passion of the Spirit’.

This May, we’re looking at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

In this series, we’ll be unpacking scripture’s use of symbols describing the Holy Spirit as we try to better understand what it means to be a new creation and anointed with spiritual gifts. What is it that makes us well up from a deep place or speak in tongues? How do we deal with the mystical and transrational? How does God guide through the Spirit?

Remember, our 7pm service will be looking at the same topic and Dave Mitchell will be sharing a message with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION | Acts 2, 1 Thessalonians 5:1 and 2 Timothy 1:6

The pouring out of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost is very much a ‘power’ event. Unlike Jesus breathing on the disciples in John 20 and giving them ‘authority’ - here they have been told to stay in Jerusalem until they receive power from on high (Luke 24:48) and it happens on the day of Pentecost. The energising power of the Spirit is like ‘wildfire’.

1. The hallmark of the baptism of the Spirit is often said (by Pentecostals) to be ‘speaking in tongues. What does Peter seem to say the hallmark of the Spirit is? (Acts 2:17-18)

2. John the Baptist talks prophecies Jesus will baptise with the Holy Spirit and fire (Luke 3:16- 17). What is the fire for?

3. Prophets like John the Baptist are fiery people. I coined the phrase ‘tongues of fire give fiery tongues. What is distinctive about the disciples’ ministry after the day of Pentecost?

4. We sometimes talk about Christians being on fire. What does Paul say in 1 Thessalonians can put out the Spirit’s fire?

5. Fire/Passion can be because of the intensity of what we love, or because of a cause, righting a wrong or an injustice. What energises you and why?

6. Can you describe how a prophetic word has helped and strengthened you?

Woodies Kids | Pentecost -The Holy Spirit (week 4)

Welcome to the Woodies Kids blog.

this week are learning about…

Pentecost

Today is Pentecost, the birthday of the church!!!

Do you remember when we spoke about when the disciples received the Holy Spirit and began talking in different languages?! The Holy Spirit spoke through them to enable them to speak to people of other nationalities about the wonderful love of Jesus.

3,000 people said YES to Jesus that day and were baptised. The disciples then travelled to different countries to share the good news of Jesus and this is how the church began to grow and spread across the world!

---

Holy Spirit Series: Water - Dwelling in the Spirit | Angela Moseley at 8:30am | 16 May 2021

16 May 2021 - 8.30am Service

Holy Spirit Series: Water - Dwelling in the spirit

This Sunday we continue our preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Angela Moseley on ‘Water - Dwelling in the Spirit’.

In our journey towards Pentecost this May, we will look at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

Remember, later today at the 11am and 7pm service we’ll hear Dave Mitchel and Rob Scott-Cook share about the same topic. Go check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION | John 7: 37-39, Romans 8, 1 Corinthians 2:10-15, Ephesians 5:18 and Psalm 41

The Holy Spirit is often compared to water, most famously by Jesus in John 7:37-39.

The Holy Spirit touches our deep places (Water)- worship, healing, intercession, revelation and is in our deep places (out of your belly will flow living water) but wells up in praise, prayer, prophecy, and in searching the deep things of God (1 Cor:2:10)

1. Can you remember and describe the experience of being spiritually thirsty? What did that lead to?

2. How does that experience of the Spirit in ‘deep places’ link to praise and worship? (Eph 5:18- 19)

3. The opposite of living water in our innermost being is hardness of heart. What kind of things can lead to hardness of heart?

4. How has the pandemic and lack of opportunity to worship with others affected your sense of Spiritual refreshment or need of it?

Read Psalm 41 as an act of worship and ask God to restore your soul where you need refreshment.

Holy Spirit Series: Water - Dwelling in the Spirit | Rob Scott-Cook at 7pm | 16 May 2021

How can we thrive by living in partnership with the Holy Spirit?

16 May 2021 - 7pm Service

Holy Spirit Series: Water - Dwelling in the Spirit

This Sunday we continue our preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Rob Scott-Cook on ‘Water - Dwelling in the Spirit’.

In our journey towards Pentecost this May, we will look at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

We tend to think of the Spirit as a ‘force’ or an ‘energy’ - rather than a person to have fellowship with. However, it’s important to remember that the Holy Spirit is in the Godhead, which means ‘he’ is personal as well as powerful.

In this series, we’ll be unpacking scripture’s use of symbols describing the Holy Spirit as we try to better understand what it means to be a new creation and anointed with spiritual gifts. What is it that makes us well up from a deep place or speak in tongues? How do we deal with the mystical and transrational? How does God guide through the Spirit?

Remember, earlier today at the 11am service we heard Tim Dobson speak on the same topic. Go check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION | John 7: 37-39, Romans 8, 1 Corinthians 2:10-15, Ephesians 5:18 and Psalm 41

The Holy Spirit is often compared to water, most famously by Jesus in John 7:37-39.

The Holy Spirit touches our deep places (Water)- worship, healing, intercession, revelation and is in our deep places (out of your belly will flow living water) but wells up in praise, prayer, prophecy, and in searching the deep things of God (1 Cor:2:10)

1. Can you remember and describe the experience of being spiritually thirsty? What did that lead to?

2. How does that experience of the Spirit in ‘deep places’ link to praise and worship? (Eph 5:18- 19)

3. The opposite of living water in our innermost being is hardness of heart. What kind of things can lead to hardness of heart?

4. How has the pandemic and lack of opportunity to worship with others affected your sense of Spiritual refreshment or need of it?

Read Psalm 41 as an act of worship and ask God to restore your soul where you need refreshment.

Holy Spirit Series: Water - Dwelling in the Spirit | Dave Mitchell at 11am | 16 May 2021

How can we thrive by living in partnership with the Holy Spirit?

16 May 2021 - 11am Service

Holy Spirit Series: Water - Dwelling in the Spirit

This Sunday we continue our new preaching series Holy Spirit with a message from Dave Mitchell on ‘Water - Dwelling in the Spirit’.

In our journey towards Pentecost this May, we will look at key symbols used in the Bible to help us understand how to encounter and live life with the Spirit of God.

In this series, we’ll be unpacking scripture’s use of symbols describing the Holy Spirit as we try to better understand what it means to be a new creation and anointed with spiritual gifts. What is it that makes us well up from a deep place or speak in tongues? How do we deal with the mystical and transrational? How does God guide through the Spirit?

Remember, our 7pm service will be looking at the same topic and Rob Scott-Cook will be sharing a message with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION | John 7: 37-39, Romans 8, 1 Corinthians 2:10-15, Ephesians 5:18 and Psalm 41

The Holy Spirit is often compared to water, most famously by Jesus in John 7:37-39.

The Holy Spirit touches our deep places (Water)- worship, healing, intercession, revelation and is in our deep places (out of your belly will flow living water) but wells up in praise, prayer, prophecy, and in searching the deep things of God (1 Cor:2:10)

1. Can you remember and describe the experience of being spiritually thirsty? What did that lead to?

2. How does that experience of the Spirit in ‘deep places’ link to praise and worship? (Eph 5:18- 19)

3. The opposite of living water in our innermost being is hardness of heart. What kind of things can lead to hardness of heart?

4. How has the pandemic and lack of opportunity to worship with others affected your sense of Spiritual refreshment or need of it?

Read Psalm 41 as an act of worship and ask God to restore your soul where you need refreshment.

Woodies Kids | The Holy Spirit (week 3)

Welcome to the Woodies Kids blog.

this week are learning about…

the Holy Spirit

The Bible is one of the main ways the Holy Spirit will speak to us.

The Bible is full of lots of stories which help us to understand who God is, we can get to know him better by reading our Bibles.

---

Student + Young Adult Worship Night

We’d love you to join our Student and Young Adults Worship Night on Thursday, 13th May from 7.30pm - 8.45pm.

Come and gather together for our first IN PERSON Worship Night where we will spend time in His presence together and reflect on the Sermon on the Mount, looking at the words of Jesus as recorded in Mathew 5, 6 and 7.

Yet another immersive experience hosted by the student and YA community - not to be missed. Book your seat online and we’ll see you on Thursday at 7.30pm.

• Book the Student + Young Adult Worship Night