Community Church Edinburgh: Sermons

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 4th May 2025.This sermon reflects on the feeling of loneliness and fear when stepping into a new beginning, and how building community helps draw us closer to God. It comments on parallels between personal experiences and the early disciples after Jesus’ ascension,  how they formed strong fellowship rooted in teaching, prayer, and shared life (Acts 2:42–47). Through small steps of courage and openness, believers can find support, share faith, and experience God’s presence together. The journey of faith is not meant to be walked alone, but with a community grounded in love, truth, and mutual encouragement.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 27th Apr 2025.‘The entire Bible is generated by and is all about God’s mission.' Christopher J.H. Wright Caroline Tyler explores God's mission to and for the world. What is God's mission and how are Jesus' followers invited to take part in that mission?

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 20th Apr 2025.This Easter Sunday Rupert Ward brings us a talk called ‘Bound to Life’ and looks at what the resurrection means for us in 2025.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 13th Apr 2025.On Palm Sunday Andrew and Kirsty will take us through Jesus’s processional entry into Jerusalem. He rides a young donkey through a noisy mixed collection of crowds who have gathered for Passover, and for differing reasons. What might Jesus do and say? Will he now announce his claim for kingship and a change of order? This sermon includes reference to images, so we do recommend watching it via the YouTube link.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 6th Apr 2025.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 30th Mar 2025.Rupert Ward concludes our ‘I am’ series and looks at Jesus’ statement I am the true vine.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 23rd Mar 2025.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 16th Mar 2025.This Sunday we welcome Mark Michael from New International, a US based missions agency. Rupert Ward interviews Mark along with Jeremy and Erin Ferguson who are part of New International and have been involved in CCE since August last year.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 9th Mar 2025.In John 10, Jesus presents Himself as the Good Shepherd, drawing on the rich Old Testament imagery of God as the shepherd of His people. He fulfils the messianic prophecies of a ruler who will lovingly care for His flock with the divine authority and compassion only God can provide. Unlike hired hands, Jesus is utterly trustworthy and fully committed, even laying down His life for His sheep. In Him, we find the perfect shepherd who leads, protects, and knows His own by name.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 2nd Mar 2025.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 23rd Feb 2025.This week Andrew Strutzenberg continues our ‘I AM’ series. Andrew looks at the passage in the gospel of John when Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. This is an incredible story in itself but Jesus also says ‘I AM the resurrection and the life’. So, what does this mean for us today?

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 16th Feb 2025.Kirsty Hook leads us in a guided reflection, as we consider some of the engaging content that we’ve covered so far in this series.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 9th Feb 2025.One of our stated purposes in our community is to be a Christ centred community. This suggests some form or way of being that is shaped by the shape of Jesus' life. Looking at and round John 14:6 we will consider Jesus as the way (lifestyle, pattern), the truth (trustworthy and grounded as a guide to living and existing well) and the life (all synergy and energy).

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 2nd Feb 2025.Malcolm continues the “I AM” series, considering Jesus’s statement – “I AM the Light of the World”. Malcolm explores why Jesus compares himself to light, drawing on several scriptures, particularly in John’s gospel. He focuses on three themes; light as the source of all life, light as the means by which we see clearly and light as the overcomer of darkness. And finally asks the question what it means for us, as followers of Jesus, to be the light of the world.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 26th Jan 2025.Jesus makes this extraordinary claim, that he himself is the bread of life. What kind of life does he bring? And in what circumstances? And how do we eat this bread?

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 19th Jan 2025.Who am I? And who is God? This week we look at the text where Moses has an encounter with God which changes his whole perspective and the course of his life. God describes himself to Moses in two different ways: first a very personal intimate way; second in a mysterious and transcendent way. “I am that I am”.  This sermon explores these two ways in which God reveals himself to people, and have that impacts the deep questions humans ask about themselves: who am I?

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 12th Jan 2025.Jesus' ‘I AM’ sayings in John's Gospel are more than words—they are windows into His identity and mission. They reveal and connect us to the God who is present, faithful, and life-giving. In this series, we'll explore what these powerful declarations mean for how we know and follow Him. This week Rupert Ward gives us a introduction to the series and looks at Isaiah 55. It is an invitation by God to come and listen, to drink and receive.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 5th Jan 2025.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 8th Dec 2024.Sometimes we catch a glimpse of something fresh about God, and different responses within us are evoked: how amazing and how awesome at the same time. This sermon explores the process of unlearning and relearning about God whilst pulling together the threads from this series.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 1st Dec 2024.Looking at the account of the relationship between Jesus the Messiah and the expectations of the Messiah generated by John the Baptist in Matthew 11, we reflect that God is unfettered and free having volition and personality, whose Otherness and Wildness asks for vulnerability, and a suppleness of faith, of outlook and of belief on our part.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 24th Nov 2024.As part of the series exploring a Christ like God, we explore the troubling story of Noah and the flood found in Genesis 6-9. We ask how do we read this story in the light of the God we see in Christ, one who is ‘poured out' and cruciform. Where is Christ in this story of the flood and how does this scripture form us in his image?

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 17th Nov 2024.Rupert Ward continues our current series asking how can a God of love support the violence of the Old Testament?

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 10th Nov 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 3rd Nov 2024.In this week's sermon we explore what shapes us as human beings. We consider the different forces which influence the way we see ourselves, each other, the world and God. And we reflect on what it means to see things the way our Christ like God sees them.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 27th Oct 2024.If God is a God of love, then what do we make of phrases such as ‘the wrath of God' and ‘the day of judgement' which we find scattered throughout the whole of scripture? In this sermon Rupert unpacks an understanding of God’s love and human brokenness, and how we might therefore reimagine the wrath and judgement of God.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 20th Oct 2024.This week Joy Heenan continues our series ‘A Christ like God’ contemplating this story and inviting God to speak to us through it. By placing ourselves in the story, we can often see things very differently. In John 8:1-11 we see the woman caught in adultery being brought before Jesus – the law said she should die, how was Jesus to answer. Rather than taking one side or the other – we see him challenge her accusers.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 13th Oct 2024.In her sermon Bella talks about three ways in which God, the landowner, acts outrageously in this parable and how we can Jesus see live out these same qualities:  by outrageously welcoming people. By giving in abundance and by displaying utter confidence in his plans and in who he is.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 6th Oct 2024.Rupert Ward continues our current series ‘A Christ Like God’ with a talk titled ‘Falling into Love: How Jesus Changes Everything’. In the talk Rupert delves into Luke 12:4-7, and explains how there is a much deeper meaning to the passage.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 29th Sep 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 22nd Sep 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 15th Sep 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 8th Sep 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 1st Sep 2024.This week the speaker is Richard Anniss. Richard leads Kings Church in Greater Manchester with his wife Judith and he is also part of the Pioneer Network leadership team. Richard looks at the importance of being fruitful and discusses what fruitfulness looks like.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 25th Aug 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 18th Aug 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 4th Aug 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 28th Jul 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 14th Jul 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 30th Jun 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 23rd Jun 2024.Rupert shares a ten-minute devotional word. (With two baptisms and a dedication our service was different to usual this week!) He talks about the importance of listening. We often hear what others are saying, but have we actually listened? What is the difference? How do we hear from, and listen, to Jesus?

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 16th Jun 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 9th Jun 2024.In his talk John speaks about embracing the power of the Holy Spirit and stepping out knowing we have this immense power within. He refers to a variety of instances throughout the bible where we see the Holy Spirit at work. John then shares from experiences within his own life where the Spirit has moved and changed him personally.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 2nd Jun 2024.Christa Lyth continues our current series ‘Adventure with Jesus and his Good News’. She encourages us to consider the different ways that people connect with God and how that might impact the way we think and act when it comes to sharing our faith with others.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 26th May 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 19th May 2024.Joy and Rupert facilitate some conversations around our current series ‘Adventure with Jesus and his Good News’ . We hear some encouraging stories from Doug Allen at the Link Church in Dunfermline about what they have been doing to reach out to and serve their local community. Lesley Helfer also shares two pictures and a poem from the prophetic community. (You can download the pictures and the poem via the PDF below).

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 12th May 2024.Andrew Strutzenberg continues our current series ‘Adventure with Jesus and his Good News’ looking at some misconceptions around mission. He challenges us to first teach ourselves the Good News and then live it out. We are delighted to have Andrew visit us. Andrew is from the States and works for Communitas – a fantastic missional organisation that has had connections with the Scottish Network for a long time. He also is involved in Mustard Seed church in Abbeyhill.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 12th May 2024.What if we see mission as listening to the Holy Spirit at work in others lives and joining in with that process, rather than us telling others about Jesus? We’ll look at the story of Zacchaeus to see Jesus doing this in practice.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 28th Apr 2024.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 21st Apr 2024.This week we have a student take over! Bella Sutherland and Pascal N’konzi look at the issues surrounding social justice and what this means for us as followers of Jesus.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 14th Apr 2024.Over the decades of our life in community, building bridges to believers in Jesus not of our tradition has been part of our story. Here Colin seeks to share how unity in the Holy Spirit has shaped us in the past and continues today.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 31st Mar 2024.Who is responsible for the death of Jesus? In one sense it is a very human story of jealousy, judgement, ambition and selfishness. The weapons of empire came against Jesus but three days later we discovered that the greatest weapon of them all, death, couldn’t hold Jesus. What does this story have to say to us in the midst of our losses and griefs and disappointments?