4th February 2018. Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing.
Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing, Rachel Riddall & David Mitchell
4th February 2018, Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing
Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing, Rachel Riddall and David Mitchell (am Podcast)
4th February 2018, Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing
Fire Break Special
Fire Break AM with Rachel Riddal & David Mitchell.
We took a break in our preaching and talked about vision, passion and what fires us up
Fire Break 7PM with Dave Mitchell, includes contributions from Jo Ritchie (working with sex workers), Ed Rowberry & Andrew Street (Churches City Fund), Pete Richardson (CAP Money), Ally Watson (working at The Crisis Centre), Tim Dobson (Woodlands Bible School), April Ballard (Young Adults, Worship)
CAP Money: Can you volunteer to help young parents learn to budget?
We’ve been invited by the council to run the CAP Money Course in all 22 children’s centres across Bristol. This is an amazing opportunity to come alongside young parents with compassion and education to help them avoid the poverty of debt.
Find out more about baptisms at Woodlands
Find out more about baptisms at Woodlands on our website at woodlandschurch.net/baptism.
Catch some of our baptism videos on our Youtube Channel, and to find out more about baptism prep and getting baptised - please email baptism@woodlandschurch.net or Rachel Riddall
Woodlands People + Planet Film night 17th March: "DEMAIN" ('Tomorrow')
The Woodlands' People and Planet group are delighted to present the film Demain (Tomorrow) on Saturday 17th March 2018, 5-8pm in Woodlands Church, Bristol.
This feel-good documentary is about 2 filmmakers, Mélanie Laurent and Cyril Dion who travel worldwide to investigate concrete solutions to environmental and social challenges. Instead of focusing on the worst that can happen, they focus on people who have got novel ideas and are working hard to bring about positive change.
After the film there will be a chance for the audience to discuss the film and pose questions to a panel of experts.
To book you place, please visit our booking page. An entry charge of £3 will be payable on the door. All ages are welcome - parental guidance is advised.
We look forward to welcoming you there.
Spirtual Disciplines
Spiritual Disciplines: Fasting & Feasting - Tim Dobson (Mark 2:18) At Christmas fasting often follows feasting. After the indulgence of Christmas comes the dieting of the New Year! In the New testament it is the other way round. Fasting precedes Feasting. John the Baptist is the fasting prophet. Jesus is the Feasting Bridegroom. Download Discussion notes
Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer and Worship - David Mitchell Luke 18. Prayer defines the life of Jesus. He is a man of prayer, a son who talks to his Father. Prayer was something he taught his disciples as a model, as a discipline that marks a disciple, (the sermon on the mount) and as something to persevere in. Download Discussion notes
Spiritual Disciplines: Simplify - Nigel Savage. Matthew 6: 19-34. Luke 10:41. Life is complex and seems to be increasingly so. We experience information overload, and technology designed to serve us distracts or drives us. Morally life seems more complex too, relativism and post-modern scepticism about absolutes undermine consensus about right and wrong. Materialism and the multitude of possessions deemed necessary for modern life crowd our lives. Download Discussion notes
Spiritual Disciplines: Baptism - Rob Scott-Cook. Matthew 28. Rob finishes off our series looking at Spiritual Disiciples.
Up, In, Out
Up, In, Out: Re Commitment To Our Call - David Mitchell. Luke 6:12-19. Mike Brean, formerly the vicar of St Thomas Crooks, Sheffield, uses ‘life shapes’, kingdom geometry to help visualise some dynamics of discipleship (c.f. the Passionate Church by Brean and Kallestad ISBN: 0-78144-227-3). The balanced life is symbolised by the triangle which point to three essential dynamics of Christianity, orientation upwards toward God, inwards in fellowship and discipleship and outwards into service and mission in the world. Download Discussion notes
Up, In, Out: Up, The Lord - Rob Scott-Cook. Revelation 2:1-7. Mike Brean, formerly the vicar of St Thomas Crooks, Sheffield, uses ‘life shapes’, kingdom geometry to help visualise some dynamics of discipleship (c.f. the Passionate Church by Brean and Kallestad ISBN: 0-78144-227-3). The balanced life is symbolised by the triangle which point to three essential dynamics of Christianity, orientation upwards toward God, inwards in fellowship and discipleship and outwards into service and mission in the world. One of the scary research facts about Christian leaders is how little time they spend in prayer, and this can seem to be reflected in the life of Churches too. Download Discussion notes
Up, In, Out: In: The Church - Nigel Savage (Ephesians 2:11-4:16). Ephesians is a book for and about the Church and in it Paul encourages believers, because of the richness of their inheritance in Christ to have rich relationships with one another. The ‘Up’ strengthens the ‘In’. The Church is not always regarded as essential by contemporary Christians, particular in the ‘individualistic’ culture of the western world. Yet commitment to the Church is intrinsic to commitment to Christ by the nature of His own commitment to the Church. And the nature of the In element of Church is about the expression and practice of distinct community. Download Discussion notes
Up, In, Out: Out, The City - Rachel Riddall(Matthew 28:19). The earthly ministry of Jesus was to ‘the lost sheep of Israel.’ Yet in his teaching and lifestyle Jesus always demonstrated a priority for those on the edge, those on the outside, those who did not belong. His ‘famous last words’ to his followers were to go, to all nations, all people groups. Download Discussion notes
How to get involved with Hope Bristol 2018
Tracey's Story
"I thought after all this time, can I be baptised, should I be baptised'? Tracey shares with us her baptism story.
Spiritual Disciplines: Baptism - Rob Scott-Cook
January 28th 2018 Spiritual Disciplines: Baptism. Matthew 28
Spiritual Disciplines: Baptism - Rob Scott-Cook (7pm Podcast)
January 28th 2018 Spiritual Disciplines: Baptism - Matthew 28
Up, In, Out: Out, The City - Rachel Riddall
January 28th 2018. UP IN OUT: OUT (Matthew 28:19).
The earthly ministry of Jesus was to ‘the lost sheep of Israel.’ Yet in his teaching and lifestyle Jesus always demonstrated a priority for those on the edge, those on the outside, those who did not belong. His ‘famous last words’ to his followers were to go, to all nations, all people groups. Download Discussion notes
Up, In, Out: Out: The City - Rachel Riddall (am Podcast)
January 28th 2018. UP IN OUT: OUT (Matthew 28:19).
The earthly ministry of Jesus was to ‘the lost sheep of Israel.’ Yet in his teaching and lifestyle Jesus always demonstrated a priority for those on the edge, those on the outside, those who did not belong. His ‘famous last words’ to his followers were to go, to all nations, all people groups. Download Discussion notes
Up, In, Out: In: The Church - Nigel Savage (am Podcast)
January 21st 2018. UP IN OUT: In. Ephesians 2:11-4:16. Ephesians is a book for and about the Church and in it Paul encourages believers, because of the richness of their inheritance in Christ to have rich relationships with one another. The ‘Up’ strengthens the ‘In’. The Church is not always regarded as essential by contemporary Christians, particular in the ‘individualistic’ culture of the western world. Yet commitment to the Church is intrinsic to commitment to Christ by the nature of His own commitment to the Church. And the nature of the In element of Church is about the expression and practice of distinct community. Download Discussion notes
Spiritual Disciplines: Simplify - Nigel Savage
January 21st 2018. Disciplines. Spiritual Disciplines: Simplify. Matthew 6: 19-34. Luke 10:41. Life is complex and seems to be increasingly so. We experience information overload, and technology designed to serve us distracts or drives us. Morally life seems more complex too, relativism and post-modern scepticism about absolutes undermine consensus about right and wrong. Materialism and the multitude of possessions deemed necessary for modern life crowd our lives. Download Discussion notes
Spiritual Disciplines: Simplify - Nigel Savage (7 pm Podcast)
January 21st 2018. Disciplines. Spiritual Disciplines: Simplify. Matthew 6: 19-34. Luke 10:41. Life is complex and seems to be increasingly so. We experience information overload, and technology designed to serve us distracts or drives us. Morally life seems more complex too, relativism and post-modern scepticism about absolutes undermine consensus about right and wrong. Materialism and the multitude of possessions deemed necessary for modern life crowd our lives. Download Discussion notes
Up, In, Out: In: The Church - David Mitchell
January 21st 2018. UP IN OUT: In. Ephesians 2:11-4:16. Ephesians is a book for and about the Church and in it Paul encourages believers, because of the richness of their inheritance in Christ to have rich relationships with one another. The ‘Up’ strengthens the ‘In’. The Church is not always regarded as essential by contemporary Christians, particular in the ‘individualistic’ culture of the western world. Yet commitment to the Church is intrinsic to commitment to Christ by the nature of His own commitment to the Church. And the nature of the In element of Church is about the expression and practice of distinct community. Download Discussion notes
Up, In, Out: In: The Church - David Mitchell (am Podcast)
January 21st 2018. UP IN OUT: In. Ephesians 2:11-4:16. Ephesians is a book for and about the Church and in it Paul encourages believers, because of the richness of their inheritance in Christ to have rich relationships with one another. The ‘Up’ strengthens the ‘In’. The Church is not always regarded as essential by contemporary Christians, particular in the ‘individualistic’ culture of the western world. Yet commitment to the Church is intrinsic to commitment to Christ by the nature of His own commitment to the Church. And the nature of the In element of Church is about the expression and practice of distinct community. Download Discussion notes