St Matt's Bath

21/Jan/2018: Paul Wakely speaks from Eph 4.1-16 on God's call to: (1) GROW THE CULTURE - 'be completely humble and gentle, be patient, bearing with one another in love'. God is wanting to establish His culture in His family, in complete unity - 'one Body, one Holy Spirit, one Hope, one Lord Jesus, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of all'. (2) RECEIVE THE GIFTS - 'Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and teachers'. (3) REMEMBER THE GOAL - 'to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up'.

14/Jan/2018: Tim Buckley speaks from Psalm 27 on living in faith and not in fear, and on the opportunity to make New Year realignments. Tim highlights seven steps taken by King David to live in faith and not in fear: Prayer, Vision, God’s Word, God’s protection, Worship, Rest, Determination.

07/Jan/2018: Jenny Buckler speaks from 2 Peter 3.1-16 on our Christian perspective - we have died to our earthly way of seeing things, we now have the opportunity to see things from God's perspective as we eagerly await the return of the Lord Jesus.

26/Nov/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Acts 20.17-24 on God's call to run and finish the race: "My only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace."

19/Nov/2017: Martin Geake speaks from Acts 19.1-20 on being filled with the Holy Spirit.

12/Nov/2017: Mary Udale-Smith speaks from Acts 16.6-40 on how we respond to doors that God may be opening and closing for in our lives.

05/Nov/2017: Jenny Buckler speaks from Acts 15:1-11 and Genesis 17:1-14 on God’s call for us each to live in His Grace.

22/Oct/2017: Paul Wakeley speaks from Acts 11.19-30 on the call be a Barnabus .. ‘a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith’ ... to have a heart full of God's encouragement for others.

15/Oct/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Acts 8.26 to 8.40 on God’s call for us each to follow Philip’s example, as ’sent ones’ as Philip was sent by God to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to a person who was seeking God, who 'had gone to Jerusalem to worship’.

08/Oct/2017: Mark Nish speaks from Acts 4.32 to 5.16 on the call to holiness of heart, bringing all of our life humbly into His light, to receive His grace. As Francis Frangipane says: 'Victory begins with the name of Jesus on our lips, but it will not be consummated until the nature of Jesus is in our hearts."

24/Sept/2017: Jenny Buckler speaks on the calling of Elisha by Elijah and the calling of Matthew by Jesus.

17/Sept/2017: Louise a member of the St Matt's family shares her testimony - 'from fear to freedom in three days', speaking from Genesis 22.1-18.

03/Sept/2017: Victoria Jones shares from Psalm 23 how the Lord Jesus is our Good Shepherd, and how King David knew the Lord as his Good Shepherd.

13/Aug/2017: Tim Buckley shares on his mission trip to Sri Lanka and speaks from Matt 14.22-33 on Peter walking on the water

23/July/2017: Jenny Buckler shares something of her journey into ministry and Widcombe, speaking from Psalm 30.

16/July/2017: Paul and Albana Alkazraji speak on their work in Albania and on The Great Commission from Matt 28.16-20: Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

02/July/2017: Tim Buckley speaks from Acts 10 on God's paradigm shift then - with Peter and Cornelius, and now. Tim asks 'are we willing for God to challenge our thinking? can we imagine doing church differently?'

25/June/2017: Mary Udale-Smith speaks from Acts 17.16-34 on Paul preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection in Athens.

18/June/2017: Jane Mitchell speaks from Acts 9.1-19 on Saul’s Conversion

11/June/2017: The Ven. Andy Piggott speaks from Matt 28.16-20 on the The Great Commission, to remember always the mission of God - we are those who are sent - to go and make disciples. And wherever we go, each day, we go as Jesus disciples to live and tell his story, to remember that we are His friends and disciples, to grace others with the knowledge of Jesus as we have been graced. Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us. As John Henry Newman said: 'God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission'. Matt 28.16-20: 'Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have