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Weekly talks from Highgrove Church, Sea Mills, Bristol. Part of the Woodlands Group of Churches.

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    OUR CULTURE: Empowered | Dave Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025


    Dave Mitchell looks at how being filled with the Holy Spirit enables us to live an empowered life.

    OUR CULTURE: Expectant | Tom Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025


    Tom Carter looks at why we should be expectant and what we should expect to see as we put God at the centre of our lives.

    OUR CULTURE: Authentic | Deborah Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025


    Deborah Marsh explores what it means to be authentic as a church.

    OUR CULTURE: Welcoming | Charli Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025


    Charli Williams introduces our new series, looking at what it means to be a welcoming church, and why this should be a priority for us.

    PROPHECY: Test everything | Deborah Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025


    Deborah Marsh concludes our two-week series on prophecy.

    PROPHECY: The water we swim in | Clare Thompson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025


    Clare Thompson delivers the first talk in our two-week series on prophecy.

    WHO IS JESUS?: All hail King Jesus | Naomi Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025


    Naomi Clarke explores what happened at Easter and what it means to us today.

    WHO IS JESUS?: Our atonement | Ed Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025


    On Palm Sunday, Ed Marsh continues our Who Is Jesus? Series by looking at Jesus' final hours. In Matthew 27 we read how Barabbas, a guilty man, was released instead of Jesus, the only innocent man. What does this exchange mean for humanity and what does it mean for each of us personally?

    WHO IS JESUS?: Prophet and provocateur | Dave Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025


    Dave Mitchell continues our Who Is Jesus? series.

    Mothering Sunday 2025 | Jo Sinton-Hewitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025


    WHO IS JESUS?: Miracle Worker | Rob Scott-Cook

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025


    Rob Scott-Cook continues our Who Is Jesus? series.

    WHO IS JESUS?: A new Moses | Peter Hatton

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025


    Peter Hatton continues our Who Is Jesus? series.

    WHO IS JESUS? : Son of God | Matt Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025


    This series is based in Mathew's gospel. A concern of the gospel is ‘Who do you say I am'? and the question of ‘Who is Jesus' is of utmost relevance today. In this second talk of the series, Matt Smith looks at what it means for Jesus to be fully human and fully God.

    WHO IS JESUS? : Prepare the way of the Lord | Tim Dobson and Keziah

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025


    This series is based in Mathew's gospel. A concern of the gospel is ‘Who do you say I am'? and the question of ‘Who is Jesus' is of utmost relevance today. In this first talk of the series, Tim Dobson is joined by Keziah from the Woodlands Discipleship Year to look at how John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus.

    INFLUENCERS: Mary | Charli Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025


    This month, we are looking at stories of women in the Bible who shaped the course of human history by their faith, strength and courage. This series invites us to read their stories and be challenged and inspired into greater devotion towards the God they loved and served. In the third talk of the series, Charli Williams looks at the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and what we can learn from her about humility, trust and obedience.

    INFLUENCERS: Mary & Martha | Rachel Noyce

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025


    This month, we are looking at stories of women in the Bible who shaped the course of human history by their faith, strength and courage. This series invites us to read their stories and be challenged and inspired into greater devotion towards the God they loved and served. In the third talk of the series, Rachel Noyce looks at the story of Mary and Martha.

    INFLUENCERS: Esther | Deborah Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025


    This month, we are looking at stories of women in the Bible who shaped the course of human history by their faith, strength and courage. This series invites us to read their stories and be challenged and inspired into greater devotion towards the God they loved and served. In the second talk of the series, Deborah Marsh looks at the story of Esther.

    INFLUENCERS: Ruth | Dave Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025


    This month, we are looking at stories of women in the Bible who shaped the course of human history by their faith, strength and courage. This series invites us to read their stories and be challenged and inspired into greater devotion towards the God they loved and served. In this firs talk, Dave Mitchell looks at the story of Ruth.

    PRAYER: Intercession | Ed Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025


    Our physical influence is usually limited to the people and situations we're directly involved with, but our spiritual influence can stretch to the other side of the world. In this talk, Ed Marsh looks at intercession.

    PRAYER: Revelation | Rachel Clark

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025


    Prayer is talking to God - it can be so simple that even a small child can do it. But we want our prayer life to mature and deepen. Prayer is not a one-way conversation. As we pray to God we position ourselves for God to speak to us. What are some of the ways God reveals Himself, His heart and His plans to us? And how can we get better at listening?

    PRAYER: Authority | Deborah Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025


    Prayer is talking to God - it can be so simple that even a small child can do it. But we want our prayer life to mature and deepen. In this series on prayer, we're looking to develop our understanding and experience of prayer.In this first talk, Deborah Marsh looks at how we can understand our authority in prayer and how can we use that authority in our daily prayer lives.

    TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY: Joy | Ed Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024


    We hear so many different messages at Christmas, things we're meant to be doing, or feeling, or being. This advent at Highgrove Church, we're go going back to the true message of tidings of comfort and joy that only Jesus can bring. In this talk, Ed Marsh asks how joy differs from happiness, and how we can share the joy that only Jesus can bring with others.

    TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY : Hope | Charli Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024


    We hear so many different messages at Christmas, things we're meant to be doing, or feeling, or being. This advent at Highgrove Church, we're go going back to the true message of tidings of comfort and joy that only Jesus can bring. Jesus brings hope. But how can we hold on to hope when things don't go the way we've planned? And how can we bring hope in a world where many are disillusioned?

    WHEN STORMS COME: Promise of provision | Peter Hatton

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024


    Peter Hatton continues our series by looking at what God promises around our needs and our wants.

    WHEN STORMS COME: Promise of trials | Rob Scott Cook

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024


    Rob Scott Cook continues our series by looking at what the Bible tell us about the problems we'll face, especially as followers of Jesus, and how we can find comfort in God's promises.

    WHEN STORMS COME: Promise of forgiveness | Clare Thompson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024


    Continuing our 'When Storms Come' series, Clare Thompson asks how the promises of God can help us to deal with regrets and sorrow around the past.

    WHEN STORMS COME: Promise of peace | Chloe Parker

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024


    Trigger warning: contains mentions of OCD, intrusive thoughts and anxietyIn the second talk of this series, Chloe Parker looks at how we can know peace inside of us, no matter what wars rage around us.

    WHEN STORMS COME: Promise of eternity | Deborah Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024


    We'll all face challenges and problems throughout our lives. So where do we turn and who do we depend on when life gets tough? In this series, we'll be looking at some of the most significant promises that God has made which can help us to stand firm when the storms come.In this first talk, Deborah Marsh looks at the promise of eternity.

    Discipleship | Dave Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024


    In this standalone talk, Dave Mitchell looks at the area of discipleship.

    THIS TIME TOMORROW: Making disciples at work | Deborah Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024


    If we're not careful, we can become so content that our work has intrinsic value in itself, that we rarely take the fantastic opportunities it presents to speak about Jesus. In the final talk of our series, Deborah Marsh looks at how we can be equipped to make disciples in our work context.Additional resources for this series can be found HERE.

    THIS TIME TOMORROW: Your vocation is calling | Tim Dobson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024


    Tim Dobson continues our series by looking at how we understand our vocation/calling and how we can unearth it. Additional resources for this series can be found HERE.

    THIS TIME TOMORROW: At work, as in heaven | Rachel Clark

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024


    Rachel Clark continues our current series by asking how we can bring Godly values into our daily work.Additional resources for this series can be found HERE.

    THIS TIME TOMORROW: Working for the smile of God | Tom Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024


    Rick Warren defines worship as ‘bringing pleasure to God'. Our work is one of the main vehicles through which we worship. In the second talk of our series, Tom Carter asks how our can work bring God pleasure and what this might look like?Bible verses for this talk are 1 Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:23-24, and Colossians 1:10.Additional resources for this series can be found HERE.

    THIS TIME TOMORROW: Does It Matter? | Ed Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024


    We learn from the very first pages of the Bible that we were created to create, and in this series, we'll be looking at how work fits in to the big story of God's purposes. (Bible references for this talk are Genesis 1&2, 1 Corinthians 15:58)Additional resources for this series can be found HERE.

    HELPFUL HABITS - Contentment (rather than envy) | Tim Dobson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024


    Paul tells us that ‘godliness with contentment is great gain'. How do we flee from envy and pursue an attitude and lifestyle of contentment? (1 Timothy 6, Galatians 5: 19-26)

    HELPFUL HABITS - Generosity (rather than greed) | Lara Morris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024


    We live in an age that wants, even expects, more! It's not just confined to money, but possessions, holidays, food etc. But there is something that can break the power of more. In this talk, Lara Morris looks at what the bible teaches us about the helpful habit of generosity,
(Bible references for this talk are Luke 18:18-27; Luke 19:1-10; 2 Cor 9:6-15.)

    HELPFUL HABITS - Forgiveness (rather than anger) | Dennis Arvevalo-Squire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024


    Anger is not a sin, but how we handle our anger can often lead to us bringing hurt to others, ourselves or our relationship with God. Forgiveness can be unbelievably hard, but it's the only way to experience freedom and peace. What are some of the steps we can take to help us to forgive? Dennis continue our Helpful Habits series by looking at this. (Bible references for this talk are Matthew 6:14-15, Colossians 3:13-14 and Romans 12: 17-21.)

    HEALTHY HABITS - Hope (rather than cynicism)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024


    Dave Roderick kicks off our new series by looking at why as Christians we should be choosing hope and perseverance rather than cynicism.

    GRAND DESIGNS - Friend

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024


    Clare Thompson concludes our Grand Designs series by looking at what it means to be a friend of God.

    GRAND DESIGNS - Citizen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024


    Rachel Clark continues our Grand Designs series by looking at what it means to be a citizen of God's kingdom.

    GLOBAL PARTNERS SUNDAY 2024 - God's heart for the world | Dave Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024


    As we celebrate Global Partners Weekend 2024, Dave Mitchell looks at God's heart for the world.

    GRAND DESIGNS - Child

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024


    In our Grand Designs series, we're spending time looking at what the Bible tells us about our identity, about who we are. In this first talk, Ed Marsh asks what it means to us to be called a child of God.(The Bible references for this talk are 1 John 3, John 1 v.2 and Galatians 3.)

    HOLY SPIRIT - The Presence of the Holy Spirit | Charli Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024


    The Apostle Paul explains our dilemma as humans by saying: ‘what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do'. Charli Williams concludes our current series on the Holy Spirit by asking how we can change the narrative at work in us and live the way we were always designed to live.(The Bible references for this talk are Galatians 5:16-26 and Romans 7:15-8:17.)

    HOLY SPIRIT - Comforter and Teacher | Naomi Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024


    On Pentecost Sunday, Naomi Clarke looks at how the Holy Spirit can comfort us and use us to be a comfort to others. (The Bible references for this talk are John 14 v15-18, John 14 v26, John 16 v7 and John 16 v12-14.)

    HOLY SPIRIT - The power of the Holy Spirit | Deborah Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024


    God has designed each one of us with different gifts and abilities. But when we are filled with His Holy Spirit, God gives spiritual gifts that mean we can live life in a naturally supernatural way. But we need to know what they are and how to develop them!In the second talk of our Holy Spirit series, Deborah Marsh looks at what it means for the Holy Spirit to work with power. (The Bible reference for this talk is 1 Corinthians 12 v1-11.)

    HOLY SPIRIT - The promise of the Holy Spirit | Rob Scott-Cook

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024


    As we look at some of the promises of the Holy Spirit throughout the Old Testament, we see those promises were fulfilled at Pentecost. As we kick off our new series on the Holy Spirit, we look at how God gave this amazing gift to the Church to empower and guide believers.(The Bible reference for this talk is Acts 2 v1-21.)

    WHISPERS OF HOPE - Listening to the minor prophets: Haggai | Ed Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024


    In the final talk of our Whispers of Hope series, Ed Marsh explores the book of Haggai, looking in particular at a renewed commitment to God.

    WHISPERS OF HOPE - Listening to the minor prophets: Micah | Dave Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024


    In the third of our Whispers of Hope series, Dave Mitchell explores what the book of Micah says about justice.

    WHISPERS OF HOPE - Listening to the minor prophets: Hosea | Rachel Riddall

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024


    In the second of our Whispers of Hope series, Rachel Riddall explores the story of Hosea and how God's grace can transform our lives once we repent of our sins.

    WHISPERS OF HOPE - Listening to the minor prophets: Jonah | Peter Hatton

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024


    Peter Hatton introduces our new sermon series, Whispers of Hope, and gives us insight into the importance of the story of Jonah.

    THE JESUS YOU NEED TO KNOW: Jesus - the God who came back to life | Rachel Noyce

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024


    Rachel Noyce explains the events of Easter, and what it means to us that Jesus came back to life.

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