25th February 2018. Hope for Bristol. 1 Thessalonians 1 v 2-10. How do we have hope for our communities, individuals and ourselves and do we believe that everyone in Bristol would be better off with Jesus as the centre of their lives? Download Discussion notes
25th February 2018. Hope for Bristol. 1 Thessalonians 1 v 2-10. Start off with feedback from Sunday's message. What did those that were there - or those that have caught up online - take away from it? What encouraged them, what informed them and what challenged them? Spend some time discussing the response to the message and the issues that it raised. Download Discussion notes
February 18th 2018. Amazing Grace: Grace for Sin. Romans 5:15-21. We sing the hymn, but we may not often reflect on how amazing Grace is. The quality of grace should never become over familiar, rather it should continue to surprise us if we have a realistic understanding of how much we need it! And if we have received grace we should become a ‘gracious’ people. (By the way, one of my personal niggles is the way commonly these days people confuse the word gracious with graceful. I try to be gracious but I’m too clumsy to be graceful!). Download Discussion notes
February 18th 2018. Amazing Grace: Grace for Sin. Romans 5:15-21. We sing the hymn, but we may not often reflect on how amazing Grace is. The quality of grace should never become over familiar, rather it should continue to surprise us if we have a realistic understanding of how much we need it! And if we have received grace we should become a ‘gracious’ people. (By the way, one of my personal niggles is the way commonly these days people confuse the word gracious with graceful. I try to be gracious but I’m too clumsy to be graceful!). Download Discussion notes
February 18th 2018. Hope: Hope for the hurting. Ruth 1:20-21. Faith hope and love last forever. But hope is hard to sustain in times of waiting and pain. Ruth is a beautiful story of restoration of hope to a family and a mother who have lost hope. The final outcome of the story prepares the way for the story of King David, which in turn leads to Jesus the son of David where we can all find hope for our future. Download Discussion notes
February 18th 2018. Hope: Hope for the hurting. Ruth 1:20-21. Faith hope and love last forever. But hope is hard to sustain in times of waiting and pain. Ruth is a beautiful story of restoration of hope to a family and a mother who have lost hope. The final outcome of the story prepares the way for the story of King David, which in turn leads to Jesus the son of David where we can all find hope for our future. Download Discussion notes
4th February 2018 9.15am, Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing
February 11th 2018. Hope: Hope for Justice. This Sunday Ben Cooley, founder of Hope for Justice was speaking at Woodlands. Hope for Justice is an organisation that not only helps the victims of people trafficking, but seeks to bring the perpetrators to justice. Biblically, God is a God of Justice as well as mercy and is the one to whom all must give account. Yet Christians are often shy about getting involved in justice issues. Download Discussion notes
February 11th 2018. Hope: Hope for Justice. This Sunday Ben Cooley, founder of Hope for Justice was speaking at Woodlands. Hope for Justice is an organisation that not only helps the victims of people trafficking, but seeks to bring the perpetrators to justice. Biblically, God is a God of Justice as well as mercy and is the one to whom all must give account. Yet Christians are often shy about getting involved in justice issues. Download Discussion notes
8th February 2018 An evening of prayer and teaching; with Carla Harding (GB director of 24-7 Prayer)
4th February 2018. Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing.
4th February 2018. Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing.
4th February 2018, Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing
4th February 2018, Fire Break: Local Vision Sharing
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)
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 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
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.
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.
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