Ed continues our series on Paul’s letters to Timothy by looking at how money factors into our discipleship.
Lara introduces our new series by looking at what Paul’s letters to Timothy teach us about discipleship and mentoring
At the beginning of her talk, Lara mentions listening to the Bible. On this website, you can select the book of the Bible you want to listen to (for the purposes of this talk, 1 or 2 Timothy).
Acts 3:1-10 describes the story of Peter healing a person who had been lame from birth.
How can we reconcile a view of a God who heals with the reality of illness, disease and suffering that we see in the world today?
Tom Carter navigates us through this tricky area as he ends our Holy Spirit series by looking at the gift of healing with three questions:
Why does God heal?
Does God heal today?
How does God heal?
Acts 2:17-21; 1 Corinthians 14:1
Dave Mitchell continues our Holy Spirit series by looking at the gift of prophecy.
(Please note that towards the end of this talk, Dave asked members of the congregation to share any words or pictures they had. Their responses were not caught on a dedicated microphone so are quite hard to hear. We’ve boosted the volume as much as possible, but please do accept our apologies for the limitations.)
Showing what God has done for us
On Global Partnership Sunday, Ed Marsh continues our series on the Holy Spirit by looking at the very beginning of the book of Acts (ch 1:4-8)
Nigel Savage introduces our new series on the Holy Spirit by looking at the events of the first very Pentecost Sunday (recorded in the book of Acts).
How (and why) did the Holy Spirit come?
What difference did it make to the lives of those present?
How can we be filled with the Holy Spirit today?
In his talk, Nigel mentions the Alpha Holy Spirit weekend. If you’d like to find out more about Alpha, please visit this page on our website.
1 Kings 19: 1-18
With just a spoken threat from Jezebel, Elijah’s confidence and faith fell crashing down. He ran and hid in a cave as his emotional state spiralled, until God pulled him out.
Robyn Coleman finishes out series on Elijah by looking at the challenges he faced, and how God spoke to him in the silence.
1 Kings 18: 16-46
Philip Jinadu continues our series on Elijah by looking at the events on Mount Carmel and asking what it shows us about living out our faith today.
Kings 17:7-24
Elijah had no way of looking after himself. He was completely dependent on the provision of God and the kindness of a stranger, who would normally be the last person Elijah would look to.
In this talk, Rob Scott-Cook asks what can we learn from who God used and how He acted, as well as Elijah’s obedience to God’s commands?
1 Kings 17:1-6
We see in 1 Kings 18 a major showdown with Elijah and the prophets of Baal and a miraculous encounter with the power of God.
But how did Elijah get to Carmel?
What had God been doing in preparation for this point?
And what can we learn about how God wants to be preparing us?
Deborah Marsh introduces our new series!
In the final talk of our Easter 2022 series, Jamie Davies looks at Luke chapter 24 - On the Road to Emmaus.
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Please note that there was an issue with the audio for a few minutes during Jamie’s talk. We have tried to enhance the audio to make his words as clear as possible, but please accept our apologies for the problem.
Deborah Marsh looks at the events of the very first Easter and what it means to us today.
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.
