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In this area you can find links to our Sunday morning talks along with some questions to consider for each talk. We hope that you will find it helpful and use it for your own personal reflections or for discussion in a small group or with friends. You can find the talks on our YouTube channel here.

 

Talk Blog: The Name of God Part.3 – House of God

This Sunday Simon Lace brings us the talk in the latest of our EBC services.
We encourage you to reflect on the Bible text  and join us in the prayer that follows below.

There are some questions to consider.

Readings

Genesis 28: 3-4 NLT
 
3 May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations! 4 May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”
 
Genesis 28:13-15 NLT
 
13 At the top of the stairway stood the Lord, and he said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants. 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. 15 What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”
 
For further reading – Genesis chapters 27 through 35.
 
Prayer
Loving God, we say thank you that you are Immanuel, God with us, and that you are with us, to the very end of the age. Amen.
 
Questions to Consider
  1. What are some of the really significant events in your life – good or difficult?
  2. Do you have any specific ways to remind you, or mark them?
  3. What would you say are the biggest things over which you have “wrestled with God”?
  4. On reflection, can you see that God was at work in the most desperate times, or at least trust Him with those times?
  5. Since God is in nature ever-present, what do you make of the sense that “God is here” more obviously in certain places and times?
  6. Might it be that on our own human level we are simply perceiving God’s presence more clearly sometimes, or is there more to it?
  7. What’s the most powerful experience of God that you have had?
  8. Where do you feel closest to God?
  9. Are there any special places or circumstances in which you feel the presence of God regularly?
 

 

 

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Previous Blogs

Questions and reflections from our Sunday morning talks
Give It Up Part 1: Lent
Questions and additional resources for Part 1 of our Up series.
Big Bad Wolf Part 3: The Heretic - Sincere and Wrong
Questions and additional resources for Part 3 of our Big Bag Wolf series.
Big Bad Wolf Part 1: The Deceiver - Insincere and Evil
Questions and additional resources for Part 1 of our Big Bag Wolf series.
January Detox Part 3: Detox your Living
Questions and additional resources for Part 3 of our January Detox series.
January Detox Part 1: Detox Your Thinking
Questions and additional resources for Part 1 of our January Detox series.
Christmas at the Movies Part 3: Arthur Christmas
Questions and additional resources for Part 3 of our Christmas at the Movies series.
Christmas at the Movies Part 2: Purpose
Questions and additional resources for Part 2 of our Christmas at the Movies series.
Christmas at the Movies Part 1: Joy
Questions and additional resources for Part 1 of our Christmas at the Movies series.
Remembrance Sunday
Questions and additional resources for Remembrance Sunday
Questions and reflections from Part 3 of our Bible for Grown Ups series
Questions and reflections from Part 2 of our Bible for Grown Ups series
Talk Summary from our 2019 Gift Day service
Thoughts and reflections from part 3 of our series 'Sing A New Song.'
Thoughts and reflections from part 2 of our series 'Sing A New Song.'
Thoughts and reflections from part 1 of our series 'Sing A New Song.'
Thoughts and reflections from part 5 of our series 'Heroes.'
Talk summary of Part 4 of our Heroes series
Thoughts and reflections from Part 2 of our series 'Heroes'.
Talk summary of Part 2 of our Heroes series
Thoughts and reflections from part 1 of our series 'Heroes.'
Talk Summary of the final part of our Family Matter series
Talk summary for the final part of our Family Matters series.
Talk Summary of Trinity series Part 3 The Name of the Father
Talk Summary of Trinity Part 1: The Name of the Son
Talk Summary of Future Tense series Part 4: The Future is Now
Talk Summary of Future Tense series Part 3: A New Community
Talk Summary of Part 2 of our Future Tense series.
Talk Summary of Future Tense series Part 1: Rich Man Poor Man
Talk Summary of Good Friday talk
Thoughts and Reflections from the second part of our series 'True Grit'
Thoughts and Reflections from the first part of our series 'True Grit'
Part 2 of our Consistency is King series
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Consistency Is King'
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series 'Responsible Driving'
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'Responsible Driving'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Responsible Driving'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Responsible Driving'
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series Your Hearts Desire.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series Your Hearts Desire.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series Your Hearts Desire.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series Your Hearts Desire.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our Christmas series.
Thoughts and reflections from our Remembrance Sunday service
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'Growing Me, Growing You'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Growing Me, Growing You'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Growing Me, Growing You'
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series '2010 Vision'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series '2010 Vision'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series '2010 Vision'
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'What's In A Name'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'What's In A Name'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'What's In A Name'
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'Are You Sitting Comfortably'
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series 'Are You Sitting Comfortably'
Thoughts and reflections of the series Are You Sitting Comfortably. Part 3 - The Lost Sheep
Thoughts and reflections of the series Are You Sitting Comfortably. Part 2 Use it or Lose it.
Thoughts and reflections of the series Are You Sitting Comfortably. Part 1 Growing Together
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'Acts of Random Kindness'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Acts of Random Kindness'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Acts of Random Kindness'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Who Cares'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Who Cares'
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'Spirit Power'
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'Spirit Power'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Spirit Power'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Spirit Power'
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'Reasonable Faith'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Reasonable Faith'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Reasonable Faith'
Thoughts and reflections from our Easter Sunday service
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'Let It Go'
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'Let It Go'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Let It Go'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Let It Go'
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'Family Matters'
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series 'Family Matters'
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'Family Matters'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'Family Matters'
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'How To Get What You Really Want'.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'How To Get What You Really Want'.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'How To Get What You Really Want'.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'How To Get What You Really Want'.
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our Christmas series 'Christmas Unplugged'.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our Christmas series 'Christmas Unplugged'.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our Christmas series 'Christmas Unplugged'.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'Make A Difference'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Make A Difference'
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'The Power Of Prayer'
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'The Power Of Prayer'
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'The Power Of Prayer'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'The Power Of Prayer'
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'You Reap What You Sow'
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'You Reap What You Sow'
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series 'You Reap What You Sow'
Thoughts and reflections from the fifth part of our series God On Your Ipod.
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series God On Your Ipod.
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series God On Your Ipod.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series God On Your Ipod.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series God On Your Ipod.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series God On Your Ipod.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series Pride And Prejudice.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series Pride And Prejudice.
Thoughts and reflections from our Fathers Day Special
Thoughts and reflections from the fifth part of our series Be Rich
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series Be Rich
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series Be Rich
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series Be Rich
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series Be Rich
Thoughts and reflections from our service with the topic 'Invitation'.
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series Way Truth Life
Thoughts and reflections from the fifth part of our series Way Truth Life
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series Way Truth Life
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series Way Truth Life
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series Way Truth Life
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series Way, Truth, Life.
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series Family Matters
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series Family Matters
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Family Matters'.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our new series 'Family Matters'.
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'Address The Mess'
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series Address The Mess.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series 'Address The Mess'.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Address The Mess'.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series Address The Mess
Thoughts and reflections from the last part of our Christmas Series
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our Christmas series.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our Christmas series.
Thoughts and reflections from our Remembrance Day services in 2016.
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series get Connected.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series Get Connected.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series Get Connected.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series Get Connected.
Thoughts and reflections from the last part of our series Be Prepared.
Thoughts and reflections from the fifth part of our series Be Prepared
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series be Prepared.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series Be prepared
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'Be Prepared'.
Thoughts and reflections from the fifth part os our Summer series.
Thoughts and reflections from the sixth part of our series 'Summer At The Movies'.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series Be Prepared
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of or series Summer At The Movies.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series Summer at the Movies
Thoughts and Reflections from the second part of our Summer series 'Summer At The Movies'.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our Summer series.
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series 'Walking In His Shoes'
Thoughts and reflections from part 3 of our series 'Walking In His Footsteps'.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series Walking In His Shoes.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our new series 'Walking In His Shoes'.
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Thoughts and reflections from the last part of our series We Are Not Alone
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series We Are Not Alone.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series 'We Are Not Alone'.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our new series In The Meantime
Thoughts and reflections from the last part of our series In The Meantime
Thoughts and reflections from part 5 of our series 'In The Meantime'.
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series In The Meantime.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series In The Meantime.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series In The Meantime.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series In The Meantime.
Thoughts and reflections from the final part of our series Hard Questions, Real Answers.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series hard Questions, Real Answers
Thoughts and reflections from part 2 of our series Hard Questions, Real Answers
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our series Hard Questions, Real Answers
Thoughts and reflections from the last part of our series Defying Gravity
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series Defying Gravity
Thoughts and Reflections from part 2 of our series Defying Gravity.
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our Defying Gravity series
Thoughts and reflections on the last part of our series Inside Out
Thoughts and reflections from the fourth part of our series Inside Out.
Thoughts and reflections from the third part of our series Inside Out.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our series Inside Out
Thoughts and reflections from our new series Inside Out.
Thoughts and reflections from the second part of our Christmas series
Thoughts and reflections from the first part of our Christmas series.
Thoughts and reflections from part 3 of our series 'Building Bigger Hearts'.
Thoughts and reflections from part 2 of our series 'Building Bigger Hearts'.
Thoughts and reflections from our latest series 'Building Bigger Hearts'
Talk summary, questions and reflections from the fourth part of our Winning with People series
Talk summary, questions and reflections from the fourth part of our Winning with People series
Talk summary, questions and reflections from the second part of our Winning with People series
Talk summary, questions and reflections from the second part of our Winning with People series





 

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What should I expect on a Sunday Morning?

Sometimes going to a church for the first time can be a little daunting. I promise we won't bite! To help ease any uncertainties below are the answers to some common questions people have before attending a Sunday morning.
 
What do I have to wear?
We are a 'come as you are' sort of people and have no formal dress-code for our Sunday services.
We can assure you that we don't have bouncers on the door vetting your attire!
If you are still not sure, feel free to check out our services on YouTube to have an idea.
 
What time do I need to be there?
At the moment we have one Sunday morning service which starts at 10.00am.
 
On the 4th Sunday of the month we run our All-sorts service which starts at 10:00am.

Check out our other services below!
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We would recommend you turn up 10 minutes before the service starts so you have a chance to say hi!
If you have children that need signing in to the children and youth work, they need to be signed in from 9:50am.
 
Parking
There is plenty of parking both out the front and at the back of the building. Just follow the signs!
 
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How safe is my child in your care?
We run separate children and youth work during our 10:00am service, which is run by a group of volunteers who have all been DBS checked.

Children ages 11 and under must be signed in and out by their parent/carer. The youth can sign themselves in and out.
 

For information about our safeguarding policy click here