River Church UK

The Gift of Discernment.. Learning what Discernment is, and how discerning the spirits can impact us.

• All spiritual practices are meant to transform us into people of love. • When we mistake the 'how' (spiritual practices) for the 'why' (becoming people of love) in our spiritual formation, we do not bear fruit. • Our maturity (or fruit) as apprentices of Jesus is evidenced by love practically expressed through service. • To become a person of love is to be a first-fruits of God's Kingdom on earth. • We step toward this by serving where we are, starting today

We live in a world of lies where people are tossed about by the views of the spirit of the world. We are Christians and we hold ourselves to a higher standard. We live in accordance with the teaching of the Bible and the nurturing of the Holy Spirit who was sent to teach us about all things. John 14:26

Holiness & Purity How can we fulfil God's command to 'Be holy as I am holy?

Gifts of Service Looking at what the Gifts of the Spirit are really designed for.

What's your addiction? Gary looks at how we choose what we do through the lens of addiction and how that affects our relationship with God.

Members of the Leadership Team lay out the aims and plans for 2026, including key priorities, refreshed values, new strapline and new branding. Exciting!

Gifts of the Spirit An overview of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, what they are, what they are used for. The beginning of an on going series of teachings.

Jonah was commanded to take forgiveness of his enemies to the next level, and bless them

Anthea leads us in an Examen Prayer.

Christmas a time to celebrate A look back at why it's so important a celebrate Christmas time

Some highlights of our Christmas celebration gathering: a testimony (Brett), a poem (Lily) and a reflection (Anthea). With thanks to everyone who participated, most of whom aren't featured, and all who worked so hard behind the scenes.

Andy brings the final part of our series with a talk entitled 'The Church and the New Kingdom, Now but Not Yet.' He considers what God's Kingdom is, and the fact that it is here now, but is still to come.

Believers are encouraged always to continue to contend for the faith once delivered to them by the Holy Spirit through Christ Jesus.

Believers should have the same attitude Jesus had when He became man, died for mankind, and rose again for the glory of God.

Nigel brings the eighth talk of our series, looking at Jesus, The Messiah. What is a 'Messiah', and how can we live in the same anointing that Jesus embodied, and where are we (individually) called to work it out?

The Still Small Voice of God Drawing on Elijah's experience, Gary challenges us to pursue God through the wind, earthquake and fire as we seek to hear his voice.

Emanuel brings the seventh talk of our series looking at God's Revelation Through the Bible, by considering the so-called 'Unholy Trinity' - the World, the Flesh and the Devil - and how we can overcome them.

How our lives can reflect God to others when we KNOW we are made in His image!

Guest Speaker Matt (ex World Vision, now works for Medair www.medair.org) brings the sixth talk of our series looking at God's Revelation Through the Bible, considering Righteousness and Justice. What would it look like if the church really stepped up and modelled these virtues?

Anthea brings the fifth talk of our series, considering some key characteristics of God's People; we are, or in any case should be, Communal, Inclusive and (keen) Contributors.

Deborah, a woman who trusted in God's Word, and saw Him turn the impossible into the miraculous

Anna brings the second of our two part look at Covenants in the Bible, focusing on the new Covenant God made with humanity. We are so privileged to live under the protection, and know the blessings, of a promise that will never be broken. God's faithfulness to us is utterly extraordinary and totally undeserved.

A Sure and Certain Hope Taking a look at the difference between Certainty and Unity

Geoff brings the first of a two part look at Covenants in the Bible, in which he focuses on the Old Testament. Covenant relationships, covenant blessings, covenant values. Let's choose Life!

Thanksgiving through the 'Even thoughs' By offering thanksgiving even though things are tough we 'enter His gates' to peace and joy. Psalm 100 Enter His gates with thanksgiving

Be Still Ann looks at the ways God brings peace in our lives through his word and his promises.

Andy speaks on Creation and New Creation - Created for Purpose: relationship created, relationship broken, relationship restored. Genesis 1:26-28

Paul introduces our new teaching series by considering The God who is: the God who is real, the God who reveals, the God who relates.

Wrestling with God Gary looks at Jacob's wrestle with God and asks how this can apply to our lives.

Tale of the 10 Virgins What happens when we run out of oil!

Daniel was an amazing man of Godly character, and we can learn a lot from his life story by reading Daniel Chapters 1-6. In response we should • Reflect: What areas of our lives need more conviction? • Resolve: Like Daniel, we must purpose in your heart to honour God. • Respond: We must Step into your calling with boldness, trusting that God is with us—even in our lion's den experiences.

Paul and Anthea, along with Amy and Tim, are delighted to welcome Matt, Paul, Anna and Emanuel to the team.

Nothing compares to the love that God has for us, and we can offer to others

THE Spirit of God is the guarantee that the believer has to carry on the work of God here on earth.

Al asserts that although we're all flawed, God sees beauty in us; He encourages us to look for the same in others, and to call it out.

Resisting Temptation Gary looks at some of the common temptations we face and the strategies we can use to combat them.

Baptism of Holy Spirit There's always more, when we come back to the source

Never Be Enough Even if we have the whole world, it will never be enough... Enough only comes from God

Nigel brings the final talk in our series in the Book of James with a look at the last chapter. We cannot walk the way of the world if we want to live lives that are pleasing to Jesus. Will I choose to walk His way?

Nicodemus, The choice Jesus told us we have to be 'Born Again'. Becoming a new creation means a choice from us

Anthea reflects on this extremely hard-hitting chapter which calls out some faults that we all tend to display. Let's be humble and submit to God.

The parable of the prodigal son is about redemption, restoration, and reconciliation, and has a lot to say to us about the love of God for us today. Although we make mistakes and do things that are wrong God the Father is waiting for us to return to Him. Jesus has already redeemed/saved us, we are part of God's family, He always wants to bring us back into a good relationship with Him God has given us free will, we can reject or walk away from Him if we want although this is painful for Him if we do.

Blessed are the Persecuted.... Do not be surprised when persecution comes when we stand for GOD's Righteousness!

Geoff guides us in considering the impact of our own words, the words of teachers, and the words of Jesus.

Andy highlights that this Chapter has a very simple message - showing favoritism is bad, treating people equally is good. But it's a considerable challenge!

Five Psalms The books of psalms comprises of 5 sub books. Gary discusses the first psalm in each of the 5 books and how they describes 5 stages in our walk with God.

Blessed are the Peacemakers Seeing how we can become more like our Father by being Peacemakers

Anna explains how it can be possible to “Consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds" and how we can be transformed by them.

Jesus was murdered, he rose from the dead and he met up with two friends walking to Emmaus. They were grieving because of His death. They didn't recognise him. He let them share their story and then explained to them why Jesus had to die. The road to Emmaus story in Luke 35:13-35 has so much in it that we can think about and learn from. God Loves His people, He values the scriptures, He has sent the Holy Spirit to help us live good Christian lives.

Inspired by her new grandson Baby G, Alison talks about the Fear of Missing Out and what we can do to avoid it affecting our lives negatively.