We hope you enjoy hearing Andrew share his story - it's incredibly moving and amazing to see what God has done in his life. This was shared with our church family before his baptism at Woodlands Central in August.
First Things First Series
Our September series is looking at how we cultivate Kingdom priorities…
This month, we’re taking some time to reflect on the priorities in our lives and how they affect our walk with God. Do our priorities help or hinder us when it comes to discipleship and being active in Church? What is the Kingdom cause in our generation?
We hope you can join us in person or online throughout September as our leaders unpack these thought provoking topics. You can go deeper with each message by using our discussion notes on your own or in your small group, just look for them on each talk webpage below.
You no longer need to book to come to church in person. Children do need to be booked in to help things run smoothly. We hope to see you soon!
TALKS FROM THIS SERIES
Featured
Life Messages: Who are we becoming? | Matt Dobson at 7pm | 22 August 2021
Our summer series is an open theme…
22 August 2021 - 7pm Service
Life Messages
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church. Matt is sharing with us about how character is important to him and asks us to think “Who are we becoming?”.
We are also very excited to be baptising Andrew in tonight’s service, who has a truly moving testimony and we are so glad to have him in our church family.
Life Messages: Reaching Out | Richard Pollard at 11am | 22 August 2021
Our summer series is an open theme…
22 August 2021 - 11am Service
Life Messages
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church. Richard Pollard is talking to us today his passion for reaching out to the unchurched, to those who don’t yet know God, to make disciples of all nations. It is the Great Commission!
Student Accommodation at Woodlands
Woodlands is an exciting place to be as a student and a place to call home during your time at University.
As a church, we have unique student accommodation in the top floor of our building on Woodland Road right in the heart of Clifton and the University of Bristol campus. We believe that living in community is a great way to really enjoy your time at university.
The student accommodation is made up of 16 study bedrooms, a shared kitchen/diner, a lounge and shared bathrooms. Each study bedroom is for an individual, has it's own basin and and comes furnished with a bed, desk, desk chair, comfy chair, wardrobe and drawers, bookshelf and two small tables.
We have a live in senior resident who welcomes new residents and is the first port of call for any questions.
The flats have been COVID-19 risk assessed and the communal areas are cleaned once a week by our cleaning team.
FIND OUT MORE
If you’re interested in arranging a viewing or finding out more information, please fill in the form below and our Accommodation Manger will be in touch.
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION: VIRTUAL TOUR & PHOTOS
Holiday Club in August
Woodlands Church is running a Holiday Club full of Fantastic Feats!
Tuesday, 24th August - Thursday, 26th August 2021 from 9:30am - 12.00pm daily.
Come and join the Circus for three days of Storytelling, Worship, Teaching, Crafts, Games and Silliness. It is going to be fantastic!
Featuring: Acts of Faith, Hope and Courage, Crafts, Worship and impossible challenges from the Ringmaster himself!
For children in reception to year 6.
We're really excited to be able to offer this opportunity for children to connect with God and each other again and are praying they have a great time.
Spaces are limited, so be sure to book your kids in soon!
Life Messages | Dave Mitchell at 8.30am | 22 August 2021
This summer we have an open theme…
22 August 2021 - 8.30am Service
Life Messages
Dave shares a life message about mercy, closeness with God and the analogy that Church is the bride of Christ.
Life Messages: The Church | Dave Mitchell at 7pm | 15 August 2021
Our summer series is an open theme…
15 August 2021 - 7pm Service
Life Messages
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church. Dave is sharing with us his passion and vision for the Church.
We hope you can join us in person or online throughout August as our leaders share with us what’s on their hearts right now.
Life Messages: Prayer | Rob Scott-Cook at 11am | 15 August 2021
Our summer series is an open theme…
15 August 2021 - 11am Service
Life Messages
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church. Rob is talking to us about his passion for prayer today.
Life Messages: God's Love | Laura Harris at 7pm | 8 August 2021
Our summer series is an open theme…
8 August 2021 - 7pm Service
Life Messages
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church.
We hope you can join us in person or online throughout August as our leaders share with us what’s on their hearts right now.
Life Messages: Jesus | Rachel Riddall at 11am | 8 August 2021
Our summer series is an open theme…
8 August 2021 - 11am Service
Life Messages
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church. Rachel is talking to us about Jesus today.
Life Messages | Nigel Savage at 7pm | 1 August 2021
Our summer series is an open theme…
1 August 2021 - 7pm Service
Life Messages
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church.
We hope you can join us in person or online throughout August as our leaders share with us what’s on their hearts right now. Tonight Nigel is talking to us about spiritual authority…and drumming too!
Life Messages: Wholeness | Clare Thompson at 11am | 1 August 2021
Our summer series is an open theme…
1 August 2021 - 11am Service
Life Messages
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church.
We hope you can join us in person or online throughout August as our leaders share with us what’s on their hearts right now. Today Clare is talking to us about wholeness.
If you feel moved by today’s message - be sure to sign up for our Wholeness Course happening in the autumn.
www.woodlandschurch.net/wholeness
August EcoChallenge: Call for Change
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. This month, David Parker shares the some helpful tips for how to get involved.
August 2021: EcoChallege - “Call for Change”
In November the UK is hosting the UN international climate change conference, COP 26. It is of vital importance because it is at this meeting that countries are expected to make further commitments towards keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees, as outlined in the Paris agreement of 2015.
We need to be praying that this is a success and that countries make real, significant commitments.
We can also call on our government to lead the way. The Climate Coalition, which is made up of many different organisations, including among many others Tearfund and Christian Aid, has launched a petition and campaign called The Time Is Now asking the government to commit to:
Invest in clean energy revolution in the UK.
Protect, restore and expand our green spaces.
Leave no one behind: increase support to the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change at home and abroad.
You can sign the Climate Coalition’s declaration ‘The Time Is Now’ and find out more using the links below:
Tearfund website: https://www.tearfund.org/forms/reboot-declaration
The Time is Now campaign site: https://thetimeisnow.uk
For a greater impact you could consider writing to your MP, the Prime Minister or the Chancellor. Watch the video below and consider sharing it with your friends and family and on social media. #TheTimeIsNow
GET INVOLVED WITH PEOPLE + PLANET
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:
Offering for The Ballards
On Sunday, the 1st of August at our 11am and 7pm services we will be taking time to pray for Steve & April Ballard from our team as they move on from Woodies.
Steve & April are leaving Woodlands to start a new Church plant with the West of England Baptist Association called 'Open House', where they will be supported by a small core of people, including a number from the Woodlands Group of Churches.
Steve & April have had a big impact on our life as a Church and we will miss them and want to thank them for the many ways they have served.
We will be taking an offering towards the cost of setting up the new Church. This offering will go towards ministry expenses, premises rental and equipment hire, etc.
To donate, use the link below:
If you are a UK tax payer, please remember to tick the Gift Aid Box!
Life Messages Series
Our summer series is an open theme…
On Sundays in August, a different person will be sharing a LIFE MESSAGE each week, we've asked the team to think of the thing they would most like to say to the Church.
We hope you can join us in person or online throughout August as our leaders share with us what’s on their hearts right now.
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:
TALKS FROM OUR LIFE MESSAGES SERIES
Featured
Heart of David Series: Repentance | Clare Thompson at 7pm | 25 July 2021
How can we all be people after God’s own heart?
25 July 2021 - 7pm Service
The Heart of David Series: Repentance
In the Bible, King David is called ‘a man after God’s own heart’. This July, we will be looking at how David’s heart is revealed as much in the Psalms as in the amazing narratives of his life in 1 & 2 Samuel.
The sermon series aims to invite us to examine our own hearts and ask how we can cultivate and guard a heart of worship.
Also - remember our others services today also looked at the same topic. Check it out!
DISCUSSION NOTES
INTRODUCTION
Read 2 Samuel 12 andPsalm 51
David certainly had stuff to repent of. For someone described as a man after God’s own heart, it is alarming to read about his adultery and subsequent murder to cover his tracks.
His psalm of repentance in Psalm 51 however is one of the great milestones of the Bible in helping us return to God.
‘Above all else guard your heart says the proverb. What was it about David’s life that allowed him to become so hear hearted, so blind to right and wrong in the story of Bathsheba?
It has been said that the greatest spiritual danger comes when we no longer sense the need to repent. What are the stages that you recognise in becoming hard hearted? How could that progression be stopped?
In Psalm 51 David says ‘Against you, you only have I sinned’ v 4. What does that mean? Surely he sinned pretty big time against Bathsheba and Uriah?
What was it that brought a change of heart, repentance to David? What place does prophetic or preaching ministry have in challenging sin today?
It has often been said it’s good to keep short accounts with God. Consider the Lord’s prayer as a discipline to keep your heart soft and repentant.
Heart of David Series: Repentance | Tim Dobson at 8.30am | 25 July 2021
How can we all be people after God’s own heart?
25 July 2021 - 8.30am Service
The Heart of David Series: Repentance
In the Bible, King David is called ‘a man after God’s own heart’. This July, we will be looking at how David’s heart is revealed as much in the Psalms as in the amazing narratives of his life in 1 & 2 Samuel.
The sermon series aims to invite us to examine our own hearts and ask how we can cultivate and guard a heart of worship.
Also - remember our others services today also looked at the same topic. Check it out!
DISCUSSION NOTES
INTRODUCTION
Read 2 Samuel 12/Psalm 51
David certainly had stuff to repent of. For someone described as a man after God’s own heart, it is alarming to read about his adultery and subsequent murder to cover his tracks.
His psalm of repentance in Psalm 51 however is one of the great milestones of the Bible in helping us return to God.
‘Above all else guard your heart says the proverb. What was it about David’s life that allowed him to become so hear hearted, so blind to right and wrong in the story of Bathsheba?
It has been said that the greatest spiritual danger comes when we no longer sense the need to repent. What are the stages that you recognise in becoming hard hearted? How could that progression be stopped?
In Psalm 51 David says ‘Against you, you only have I sinned’ v 4. What does that mean? Surely he sinned pretty big time against Bathsheba and Uriah?
What was it that brought a change of heart, repentance to David? What place does prophetic or preaching ministry have in challenging sin today?
It has often been said it’s good to keep short accounts with God. Consider the Lord’s prayer as a discipline to keep your heart soft and repentant.
Heart of David Series: Repentance | Dave Mitchell at 11am | 25 July 2021
How can we all be people after God’s own heart?
25 July 2021 - 11am Service
The Heart of David Series: Repentance
In the Bible, King David is called ‘a man after God’s own heart’. This July, we will be looking at how David’s heart is revealed as much in the Psalms as in the amazing narratives of his life in 1 & 2 Samuel.
The sermon series aims to invite us to examine our own hearts and ask how we can cultivate and guard a heart of worship.
Also - remember our others services today also looked at the same topic. Check it out!
DISCUSSION NOTES
INTRODUCTION
Read 2 Samuel 12/Psalm 51
David certainly had stuff to repent of. For someone described as a man after God’s own heart, it is alarming to read about his adultery and subsequent murder to cover his tracks.
His psalm of repentance in Psalm 51 however is one of the great milestones of the Bible in helping us return to God.
‘Above all else guard your heart says the proverb. What was it about David’s life that allowed him to become so hear hearted, so blind to right and wrong in the story of Bathsheba?
It has been said that the greatest spiritual danger comes when we no longer sense the need to repent. What are the stages that you recognise in becoming hard hearted? How could that progression be stopped?
In Psalm 51 David says ‘Against you, you only have I sinned’ v 4. What does that mean? Surely he sinned pretty big time against Bathsheba and Uriah?
What was it that brought a change of heart, repentance to David? What place does prophetic or preaching ministry have in challenging sin today?
It has often been said it’s good to keep short accounts with God. Consider the Lord’s prayer as a discipline to keep your heart soft and repentant.
Heart of David Series: Courage | Rob Scott-Cook at 7pm | 18 July 2021
How can we all be people after God’s own heart?
18 July 2021 - 7pm Service
The Heart of David Series: Worship
In the Bible, King David is called ‘a man after God’s own heart’. This July, we will be looking at how David’s heart is revealed as much in the Psalms as in the amazing narratives of his life in 1 & 2 Samuel.
The sermon series aims to invite us to examine our own hearts and ask how we can cultivate and guard a heart of worship.
Also - remember our others services today also looked at the same topic. Check it out!
DISCUSSION NOTES
INTRODUCTION
Read 1 Samuel 20 and Psalm 55
One of the most iconic friendships in Scripture is the friendship of David & Jonathan. (1 Sam 20).
There is a covenantal love that goes beyond self-interest, or the grave. Yet David who was clearly capable of great loyalty and great love, also experienced and practiced betrayal in relationships. Psalm 55 expresses his sense of pain at broken relationship (v 14).
Friendship is extremely powerful in our lives, and Jesus himself said to his disciples ‘I no longer call you servants, but friends’. How can our friendships sustain us and enrich us including in our discipleship? How do we handle the pain of loneliness or betrayal?
In marriage we make solemn covenantal promises to one another. Is there a place for that kind of covenant in other relationships? What are the relational loyalties in your life right now? How do they affect your faith?
How did Jonathan & David handle the ‘comparison trap’, and their own personal ambitions, in walking out their friendship?
Jonathan’s friendship with David angered his father, Saul. Have you ever experienced conflict when your friendship (and faith) loyalties have angered your family? How have you navigated those tensions?
What does ‘betrayal’ in friendship look like? How can Church handle breakdown in relationship between two people in community? What happens when a dating couple in a small group split up for example?
How can great friendships avoid becoming cliques?
It’s worth thinking in our small groups how we can build deep and trusting friendships, but also make room in those communities for new people. How do we make that work in practice?
C.S. Lewis writes brilliantly on friendship and relationships in his book ‘The Four Loves’.