A tale of two gardens
Sam Marsh continues our Easter series, looking at the events in the Garden of Gethsemane.
As we start our Easter preaching series, our children’s pastor Jo Sinton-Hewitt looks at The Last Supper, what it means, and why we still remember it today.
It can be easy to accumulate and develop unhelpful or toxic thinking patterns and very difficult to get rid of them.
God designed us to be peaceful, joy filled and empowered people. The Bible is full of commands, encouragements and advice about being ‘transformed by the renewing of the mind’.
In this talk, the final one of our series looking at mental health from a Christian perspective, Richard Pollard looks at what God says about renewing our mind.
Small Group Notes
You can find the small group notes for each of the three weeks by clicking here.
Whole Minds
The Whole Minds website is a new resource from the Woodlands Church family and features contributions from people at Highgrove. Visit https://wholeminds.org.uk for stories of challenge, hope, encouragement and to see how God has been at work in real lives.
Anxiety is the most common mental health issue of our age. It dominates many people’s lives, robbing them of joy and peace.
For Christians, anxiety seems to be a long way from Jesus teaching us to live ‘life in all its fulness’ (John 10:10).
Fear is a normal emotion and we need to learn to respond to it with skill and faith. In this talk, Tom Carter looks at three practical ways we can do this in daily life.
Small Group Notes
You can find the small group notes for each of the three weeks by clicking here.
Whole Minds
The Whole Minds website is a new resource from the Woodlands Church family and features contributions from people at Highgrove. Visit https://wholeminds.org.uk for stories of challenge, hope, encouragement and to see how God has been at work in real lives.
Had Enough?
The last two years have challenged hope for many people. One result of this has been an increase in poor mental health, with many people suffering anxiety and depression.
Mental health has carried huge stigma over the years, but Christians are not immune from poor mental health any more than poor physical health. But God, through the Bible, offers help and hope!
In this three week series, we’re looking at what the Bible says about these issues.
Clare Thompson begins the series by looking at the story of Elijah in 1 Kings.
What can we learn from Elijah’s struggles and from God’s response?
Small Group Notes
You can find the small group notes for each of the three weeks by clicking here.
Whole Minds
The Whole Minds website is a new resource from the Woodlands Church family and features contributions from people at Highgrove. Visit https://wholeminds.org.uk for stories of challenge, hope, encouragement and to see how God has been at work in real lives.
Firm Foundations
Naomi Clarke ends our series by looking at the story Jesus told about the wise and foolish builders.
How does this apply to modern life?
What lessons can we learn?
What can we do differently as a result?
Reflection
Once you watched or listened to Naomi’s talk, you may find it helpful to spend some time reflecting on the three questions at the bottom of this page.
In The Way of Jesus series, we’ve been exploring the Sermon on the Mount, looking at what Jesus said about certain aspects of life.
Despite the many years that have passed since this teaching was first given, Jesus’ words are still just as relevant and applicable to modern life as they were when he first spoke them.
In this talk, Deborah Marsh looks at what Jesus said about judging people.
Reflection
Once you watched or listen to Deborah’s talk, you may find it helpful to spend some time reflecting on the three questions at the bottom of this page.
Priorities
In The Way of Jesus series, we’re looking at the words of Jesus from his Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew's gospel.
In this talk, Rob Scott-Cook looks at what Jesus said about priorities.
After listening to Rob’s talk, why not spend some time reflecting on the three questions at the bottom of this page?
Continuing our ‘The Way of Jesus’ series, Ed Marsh looks at what Jesus said about money and its priority in our lives.
Once you’ve watched or listened to Ed’s talk, why not spend some time reflecting on the questions that can be found on this page below the video and audio?
One Rule?
Continuing our ‘The Way of Jesus’ series, Rachel Noyce looks the importance of rules and why there was one rule that Jesus said was the most important one of all.
Once you’ve watched or listened to Rachel’s talk, why not spend some time reflecting on the questions that can be found on this page below the video and audio?
Drawn by Holly Wilson
Love Your Enemies
Continuing our ‘The Way of Jesus’ series, Lara Morris looks at Jesus’ command to love our enemies.
Once you’ve watched or listened to Lara’s talk, why not spend some time reflecting on the questions that can be found on this page below the video and audio.
Is it okay to be angry?
In The Way of Jesus series, we’re taking a deep dive into the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew's gospel.
In this talk, Ed Marsh talks about a recent cinema trip, his experience collecting a car from Manchester, a quote from The Guardian newspaper and the words of Jesus in Matthew 5 v21-30 to get a clearer view of what God thinks about anger.
Once you’ve watched or listened to Ed’s talk, you may like to reflect on the questions that can be found on this page below the video and audio.
In The Way of Jesus series, we’re taking a deep dive into the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew's gospel.
In this talk, Deborah Marsh looks at The Beatitudes, which can be found in Matthew 5 v1-12.
Once you’ve watched or listened to Deborah’s talk, you may like to reflect on the questions that can be found on this page below the video and audio.
In The Way of Jesus series, we’re looking at the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew's gospel.
In this talk, Dave Mitchell looks at the importance of prayer and fasting, and the link between them.
Once you’ve watched or listened to Dave’s talk, you may like to reflect on the questions that can be found on this page below the video and audio.
The most important thing you can do this year
In The Way of Jesus series, we’ll be looking at the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew's gospel.
In this first talk, Ed Marsh looks at what it means to follow Jesus.
In his talk, Ed mentions the value of making reading the Bible a daily habit. Two resources he mentions to help with this are:
Bible In One Year - https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/
Lectio 365 - https://www.24-7prayer.com/resource/lectio-365/
Once you have watched or listened to the talk, you may like to reflect on the four questions that can be found below the video and audio.
The Greatest Gift?
We all love giving and receiving gifts at Christmas. The Magi brought baby Jesus treasures, bowed down and worshipped him.
What will you bring to Jesus this Christmas?
Peter Hatton looks at the visit from the Magi, and what their unexpected appearance in the Christmas story means to us today.
Matthew 1:18-25
Continuing our series, Robyn Coleman looks at how Joseph reacted to, and trusted God with, being told that his soon-to-be-wife would become pregnant.
It must have taken real courage for Joseph to have looked beyond the logical conclusion that his fiancee had been unfaithful,and to trust that God was at work in a very deep way.
How can we have courage to trust that God is at work in situations that seem less than ideal?
Matthew 1:1 - 1:17
At first glance, Matthew’s genealogy just looks like a bunch of names. Look more closely and you’ll see a long line of men and women who waited to see the faithful God fulfil his promises.
So how do we wait faithfully for God? Tim Dobson investigates!
Sam Marsh continues our look at racial justice.
