St Mary’s Attenborough Church

Holy Spirit: Gifts and Ministry ( Talk + Interviews)

Toby Artis rounds up the series introducing Spiritual gifts, and the different roles followers of Jesus have to play in the life of the Church. As part of this, several people from the Church Family share the ministries they're involved in, and encourage us to consider whether our gifts might contribute to these ministries. 

Holy Spirit: Fruit of the Spirit

Jo continues our series, thinking about what it means to truly love as Jesus did by practising the fruit of the Spirit, as Paul lays out in Galatians 5. For this to become real in our lives, we need the Holy Spirit, because we need the heart of Jesus for others, and we need to be open to the change the Holy Spirit wants to work in our hearts.

The Holy Spirit: Divine Interruptions

Liam O'boyle continues our series on the Holy Spirit, looking at how the Holy Spirit interrupts our day to day plans, leading us give our time to have meaningful, live giving faith conversations with other people and see lives transformed.

Holy Spirit: Anointed

Toby Artis continues our sermon series looking at the baptism of Jesus, and His fulfilling of the prophecy from Isaiah 61. Toby unpacks three essential components for a spirit filled life: humility, anointing, and the voice of God's love.

Holy Spirit : Creativity and Wisdom

Jo Stephens continues our series on the Holy Spirit looking at how Bezalel was the first person mentioned to be filled with the Holy Spirit in order to use skills, wisdom and creativity to build an extra-ordinary and ornate place of encounter with God.

Holy Spirit - Inviting in, Flowing Out

In the second part of our series on the Holy Spirit, Toby Artis shares with us both the invitation to step more deeply into the life of the Spirit, and the power that the Holy Spirit has, flowing out from us. We are encouraged to recognise that we can be both dwelling places of God's presence, and vessels for the new life that Jesus wants to bring through us and into the world He loves.

Holy Spirit: The Giver of Life

Toby Artis introduces our new series on the Holy Spirit. In this talk he explores the person and work of the Spirit in creation breathing life into the physical creation and into humanity. From he goes on to explore how the Spirit is continually longing to breathe new redemptive life into us as followers of Jesus, making us more like Jesus.

Holiness and Hope in a Hostile World: Christian Community (Walking with others)

Oliver Towlson concludes our series on 1 Thessalonians in chapter 5. By drawing on Paul's theology of a new creation, we learn that living in community as children of the day and the light, means to live in the reality of the new creation as if it has already come. Even though we are still looking to the redemption and renewal of all things, our community life will be shaped by living in this new reality, through how we are lead, how we lead, how we take care of the vulnerable and needy, how we recognise God in everything we do, and the encouragement that God will accomplish is perfect plans to transform us from the inside out. 

Hope and Holiness in a Hostile World: Christian Holiness ( Living it out)

Toby Artis continues our series on Thessalonians looking at what it means to continue to live out our faith in a hostile environment. These often means living counter culturally which comes with its challenges, but living for Jesus and becoming more like him is the greatest reward we can experience.

Hope and Holiness in a Hostile World: Christian Friendship ( Longing to Share)

Liam O'boyle continues our series looking at the theme of friendship. In this Pauline Letter Paul builds deep friendships with his fellow ministers and with the community he loves and nurtures. Jesus calls us friend, he longs to build a close personable relationship with us, made possible through the cross. Friendship is the most universal connection we can have with others. How might we be intentional in building and developing meaningful friendships with others?