I like Fun.’s latest song. It’s so convivial. What? No I didn’t just use a thesaurus to obtain a synonym for fun. No, you’re a thesaurus. If you’re done harassing me over my word choices, allow me to present you with Fun.’s second single release, ‘Some Nights’: It’s hard not to be lifted by the…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 15 January 2012 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. EPHESIANS 4:25-32 – THE NEW SELF LOOKS LIKE THIS Ephesians 4:17-24 17Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 08 January 2012 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. EPHESIANS 4:25-32 – THE GOSPEL RESPONSE Ephesians 4:17-32 17Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the…
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This Easter, we will be presenting four special services entitled, The Passion and the Glory. The services will run as follows, Good Friday, 19:00-20:15 Easter Saturday, 19:00-20:15 Easter Sunday, 10:30-12:00 and 18:00-19:15 The first three services will use drama and worship to lead us through the Passion and Resurrection narrative. The services will culminate, on…
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This week, our challenge to love God and love others was to help support Hope for Justice and the men they have freed from slavery. Hope for Justice recently asked Churches to help by putting together packs of basic supplies to be given to rescued people who currently have nothing. This week, as an individual…
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This is week three of our challenges to live out the command of Jesus to love God and love others. Last week, Ronnie spoke on the call for God’s people to lay aside their pride and entitlement, and look outwardly for opportunities to serve others. This week, our challenge is one small way that we…
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George Bernard Shaw, following in the footsteps of Sinclair Lewis, once challenged God to strike him down in order to prove the existence of the divine. He gave God three minutes, much less than the ten minutes proffered by Lewis, as he declared that he was ‘a very busy man’. Three minutes passed, and God…
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As we enter the second week of a year of practical challenges in our faith, we move from the personal to the communal. In Jesus’ command for us to love God and love others, he shows that our faith is not something to be lived out on our own, in isolation, but in a family…
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Over the next twelve months we will be thinking about different practical ways in which can live out the gospel call to love God and love others. In order to provide support and encouragement, we will be regularly sharing ways in which we, as a church, can better pursue Christ in our daily lives. This…
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During the Monday’s Bible Study we are currently working through an 11 part series based on John Piper’s Desiring God. The handout notes (which pertain to the Chapter Three: Worship: The Feast of Christian Hedonism) are posted below. Please note that this handout is adapted from Desiring God Study Guide and Desiring God Study Guide for Groups which can be…
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