Shows
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksZ's Baptism! // Luke 3:21-22 // Rich Pitt // Shenley Community Church 22.6.25We celebrated our first baptism as a new church community. It was epic! In this message, we dived deeper into the reasons behind this special morning.2025-06-2323 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDevoted To Prayer // Acts 2:42 // James Ashley // Shenley Community Church 15.6.25James helps us understand more about different types of prayer, and what it can look like to do this alone and together.2025-06-1826 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDevoted To Worship // Acts 2:42-47 // Blake Sherman // Shenley Community Church 8.6.25What does it mean to worship God? Why is this a central part of being a Christian? What's the dynamic between doing this TOGETHER, or in our own lives?2025-06-1822 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDealing With Despair // Psalm 88 // Jonathan Bell // CC South 15.6.25Desperate times come to us all, even God's people. What do we do when everything goes dark? Jonathan explores.2025-06-1733 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksCultivating Passion For God // Psalm 66 // Rich Pitt // CC South 8.6.25We begin a new series in the ancient prayers of the Bible, known as the Psalms. In this Psalm, Rich explores how we can cultivate passion for God when we don't feel naturally in love with God every moment!!2025-06-1526 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Son King // Luke 9 // Sarah Williams // CC North // 8.6.25Sarah explores how our understanding of Jesus identity impacts our understanding of our own identity2025-06-0928 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksBig Stories and Big Signs // Luke 8 // Dave Williams // CC North // 1.6.25Dave Williams explores the stories and signs from Luke 82025-06-0437 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksFishing & Shepherding // John 21 // Jonny Mellor //CC South 1.6.25Jonny wraps up our series in the Gospel Of John. We see two images for Christian activity in the world, and hear Jesus' call for us to embrace both as his church.2025-06-0133 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDevoted To Seeing The Supernatural // Acts 2:43 // Rich Pitt // Shenley Community Church 1.6.25We spend the morning dreaming and yearning for what the Bible calls 'signs and wonders' (the miraculous stuff!). After looking at dozens of spiritual stories from friends in Shenley and beyond, we think about two stumbling blocks and three building blocks if we're to become a community that sees the supernatural.2025-06-0123 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDevoted To Mutual Care & Generosity // Acts 2:44-45 // Blake Sherman // Shenley Community Church 18.5.25The first church were radically generous with what they had! Wow, it raises a mix of emotions in us straight away, right? Blake helps us navigate that, and see the beauty and blessing in being crazily generous together.2025-05-2227 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksAbundance // John 21:1-14 // Jonny Mellor //CC South 18.5.25Jesus gives his disciples - and us - an exciting picture of the abundant life he invites us to.2025-05-2135 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksFreedom From Shame // 2 Kings 5:1-19 // Tim Brown // CC North // 18.5.25Tim explores what we can learn from Naaman and the people around him.2025-05-1827 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksDealing With Doubt // John 20:24-31 // Jonathan Bell // CC South 11.5.25An early disciple struggles to believe that the resurrection can really be true. Relatable? YES! How does Jesus approach this 'doubter', and what can we learn for our own inevitable times of doubt?2025-05-1625 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksFinding Your Place In The Story // Luke 6:12-49 // Dave Williams // CC North // 11.5.25Dave explores how Luke is telling not just Jesus' story, but also the story of God's people.2025-05-1231 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDevoted To The Lord's Supper // Acts 2:42-47 // Rich Pitt // Shenley Community Church // 11.5.25The verse says the early disciples loved sharing meals, including something called 'the Lord's supper!' Rich explains what this is, shares some new possibilities for how we think about it in our church family, and invites us to share our own wisdom around living this out well.2025-05-1212 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksSabbath Rest // Luke 6:1-11 // Zoe Yeo // CC North // 4.5.25Zoe explores what Jesus approach to the Sabbath can teach us about rest in our lives2025-05-1231 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDevoted To Sharing Meals // Acts 2:42 // Kirsty Evans // Shenley Community Church // 11.5.25Kirsty superbly guides us through three barriers we often face to the ancient Christian practice of sharing food together - the caviar barrier, the alphabetti spaghetti barrier and the ice lollies barrier!2025-05-1114 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDevoted To Each Other // Acts 2:42 // Blake Sherman // Shenley Community Church 4.11.25Blake helps us think through the early church's radical approach to community together, and what it could look like to take a step towards that.2025-05-1122 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksWhen Jesus Is In The Room // John 20:19-23 // Rich Pitt // CC South // 4.5.25Jesus turns up in a room of disciples, and does seven things. We take time to notice them, so that we can be on the lookout for the same stuff when we gather!2025-05-0430 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksEncouragement - Why & How! // Jonny & Emily // CC South 27.4.25As part of our regular rhythm of Generosity Sundays, we turn our attention in this training session to being generous with our words! Why is encouragement so important? How do we do it? Jonny and Emily bring us some teaching and equippping.2025-05-0146 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Body & Burial of Jesus // John 19:31-42 // Jonny Mellor // CC South 13.4.25A horrid passage today, where the crucified Jesus is taken from the cross, and buried. What do we learn in the darkness of this story? How does the light of God shine through even this?2025-05-0136 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDevoted To The Word Of God // Acts 2:42 // Rich Pitt // Shenley Community Church 27.4.25As we begin our look at the key habits and passions of the early church, we start with their devotion to the 'apostle's teaching'. We're translating that to mean, devoted to the Bible. Why does this old book matter? Rich offers a tour, a warning and a reset.2025-04-2726 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Difference The Resurrection Makes // John 20:1-18 // Dave Williams // CC North // 20.4.25Easter Sunday: Dave explores the difference the resurrection makes in our lives2025-04-2130 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus On The Cross // Romans 5:6-9 // Blake Sherman // Shenley Community Church 13.4.25As we head toward's our first Easter as a church community, we set aside this gathering to look closely at the death of Jesus. What does it mean? Why did it happen? How can it help us? Blake teaches.2025-04-1622 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksSaying No to Temptation // Luke 4 // Emmanuel Eromosele-Ojo // CC North // 13.4.25Emmanuel explores Jesus temptation and what we can learn to resist temptation in our lives2025-04-1344 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus With The Distressed // Mark 6:47-52 // Cara Sherman // Shenley CC // 6.4.25The disciples experience a storm, and they can't row their way out of it. What do we learn from Jesus' response to them? Cara teaches.2025-04-0718 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksKilling Jesus // John 18:27-19:30 // Rich Pitt // CC South // 6.4.25In this passage, Jesus is tried and killed. John doesn't explain all the theology, rather he gives us a narrative. Not a creed, but characters. So we explore eight tones and trends in the story that lead to Jesus being killed.2025-04-0728 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksRepentance // Luke 3:1-20 // Chris Yeo // CC North // 6.4.25Chris explores what John's message of repentance means for us2025-04-0626 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksA City With Poverty // Luke 10:27-35 // Chris Yeo // CC South 30.3.25Chris Yeo from Churchcentral North came to help us think about following Jesus in a city with poverty. How would Jesus have us be in this city? With help from Michael & Ali McMillan who share at the end some of their experience and wisdom.2025-04-0132 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksLearning From Peter // John 18:12-27 // Jonny Mellor // CC South 23.3.25We get a zoomed-in look at Peter in this passage. We see some great things and some eye-watering failure! Let's learn from him together.2025-03-2532 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus With The Religious // Matthew 23:1-33 // Blake Sherman // Shenley Community Church 23.3.25Jesus pours out 7 big warnings to the religious leaders. How are we at risk of the same errors? How can we avoid them? Blake teaches us.2025-03-2323 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksMary's Song // Luke 1:46-55 // James Mellor // CC North // 23.3.25We learn how to respond to God in praise2025-03-2332 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus With The Devoted // Matthew 26:6-13 // Rich Pitt // Shenley Community Church 16.3.25Someone comes to Jesus and shows him extravagant love and enthusiasm. He says we have plenty to learn from this moment, so explored it together.2025-03-1922 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksWill You Stand? // John 18:1-11 // Jonathan Bell // CC South 15.3.25So much of life is a battle to stand. How do we find strength to stand? And how can we stand before God? Jonathan helps us explore these crucial questions.2025-03-1933 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksReliable Witnesses // Luke 1:1-4 // Chris Yeo // CC North // 16.3.25Chris introduces Luke's Gospel and shows why we can trust God's word.2025-03-1625 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus With The Successful // Mark 10:17-27 // James Ashley // 9.3.25 Shenley Community ChurchA rich, young, powerful man turns up in this week's conversation. He's quite different to many of the character's we've been learning about. So, how will Jesus react to this man? James shows us.2025-03-1225 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksThat They May All Be One // John 17:20-26 // Rich Pitt // CC South 9.3.25As Jesus prays before his arrest, he pours out a request to the Father, that the church may be one! What does this mean? Why is it important? How do we apply it? Rich explores.2025-03-1127 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksLazarus // John 11:1-45 // Jonathan Bell // CC North // 9.3.25Jonathan explores the question "Why doesn't God do something about that?"2025-03-0939 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus With The Grieving // John 11:1-44 // Rich Pitt // Shenley Community Church 2.3.25A family is torn apart by grief. It's a story replicated around the world every day. What does Jesus do when he interacts with such a family? The answer is astonishing.2025-03-0324 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksNot The Ending We Hoped For? // Nehemiah 13 // Dave Williams // CC North // 2.3.25Not The Ending We Hoped For? // Nehemiah 13 // Dave Williams // CC North // 2.3.25 by Churchcentral Birmingham2025-03-0229 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksBecome Like A Child (South Baby Thanksgiving) // Matthew 18:4 // Jonny Mellor // CC South 23.2.25At our Baby Thnaksgiving celebration, we saw why Jesus uses children as one of his key illustrations of what being a Christian is all about.2025-02-2732 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksHow Jesus Found Peace // John 17 // Jonny Mellor // CC South 16.2.25After a review of the story so far, Jonny takes us through Jesus famous prayer in John 17, and draws out some lessons for hard times.2025-02-2736 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksJoy // Nehemiah 12 // Chris Yeo // CC North 16.2.25Chris explores what it means to be a joyful people.2025-02-1627 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus With The Hurting // Mark 5:21-43 // Annabel Hale // Shenley Community Church // 16.2.25When Jesus meets not one, but two hurting people, how will he respond? Annabel shows us that for a powerful man and a powerless woman, Jesus has everything they need.2025-02-1619 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksOpen Your Eyes And See // John 4:1-42 // Andrey Bondarenko // CC South 9.2.25Guest speaker Andrey Bondarenko joined us for the morning. Andrey is a Ukranian church planter and movement leader, now based in the UK. In this talk, he encourages us to look and see the harvest fields around us.2025-02-1448 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksSomewheres and Anywheres // John 4:1-7 // Jonny Mellor // CC North 9.2.25Jonny explores what we can learn from the evangelical success of the Samaritan woman.2025-02-1037 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus With The Children // Mark 10:13-16 // Rich Pitt // Shenley Community Church // 9.2.25What will Jesus do when he is confronted by a load of kids? How does this moment in his life shape our home lives and our church life? We see lessons about children, parents and communities of disciples.2025-02-0926 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksDraw Closer // Nehemiah 11 // Dave Williams // CC North 2.2.25What is better than winning the lottery?2025-02-0426 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksBeware Distraction // Various Passages // Jonathan Bell // CC South 2.2.25Whatever destination we're heading to, a common problem that can throw us off course is being distracted! How do we stay focussed on the right things, to ensure we travel to where God wants us for the future? Jonathan takes us through various passages to explore.2025-02-0435 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus With The Desperate // Luke 5:17-26 // Blake Sherman // Shenley Community Church 2.2.25What do you do when you've got nowhere else to go? In this story, see some desperate actions from some desperate people, and Jesus' amazing response to their crazy steps of faith!2025-02-0221 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksWisdom For The Journey // Proverbs 3:5-6 // 1 Kings 3 // Jonathan Bell // CC South 26.1.25In part 3 we learn how to avoid making stupid decisions!2025-01-2833 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksLooking Ahead // Proverbs 27:12 // Jonathan Bell // CC South 19.1.25In Part 2, we explore what it means to look to the future in a wise way.2025-01-2635 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksTrue Repentance // Nehemiah 9 & 10 // James Mellor // CC North 19.1.25James shows us how true repentance is always followed by action2025-01-2434 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksComing Empty, Leaving Full // 2 Kings 4:1-7 // Jonathan Bell // 10.9.23 CC NorthJonathan Bell - team leader for the wider Churchcentral family of churches - joined us for the morning to open God's word. We explore a strange story in the Old Testament to see what we should do when we're running on empty.2023-09-1334 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksCommunities That Demonstrate The Gospel Part 1 // David Devenish // Weekend Away 2023 Session 2David Devenish - a long-time friend and father in the Churchcentral story - joined us for two sessions exploring what it looks like for communities of disciples to demonstrate the gospel in an ungodly environment. The two sessions hang together, so to get the best out of it, listen to both.2023-07-0431 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Exposing, Explicit, Exonerating Gospel of Christ // Galatians 1 // Chris Yeo // 4.6.23Chris opens a new series for Churchcentral North in the book of Galatians. Freedom in Jesus is our theme!2023-06-1527 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksPrayer Fuel // Episode 1: Engaging with brokenness // CC South Week Of PrayerAs part of the Week Of Prayer at Churchcentral South, we're uploading a short episode of fuel to help us pray.
Slightly longer in this episode, Rich sets the scene of the section of the Bible we'll be in - Nehemiah chapter 1 - and shows one bitesize lesson to put into practice.2023-05-2207 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Heart Of Eldership // 1 Peter 5 // Jonathan Bell // CC North // 7.5.23As Dave comes into eldership at Churchcentral North, what is eldership really all about? How does the Bible speak of those in leadership in the church? What does it mean for each of us in our lives today? Jonathan Bell, who leads our family of churches, came to North to share.2023-05-0927 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksTime To Dream Again Part 1 // Weekend Away 2022 // Jonathan Bell // Saturday Morning Main SessionAt our Churchcentral-wide Weekend Away, we had two sessions from Jonathan exploring the theme of 'Time To Dream Again...'.
In part 1, we saw the staggering story of Joseph and his dreams. We learned that things tend to turn out 'very different' to how we imagine.2022-06-2228 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksJesus Sees You And Sends You // Mark 5 // Churchcentral North // 12.6.22Do you feel like an outcast? Do you feel too far gone? Do you feel no good for anything? You're exactly the sort of person Jesus loves to meet, as we see in Mark 5!2022-06-2228 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksChurch Update to CC South: Endings & Beginnings // Isaiah 6 // Jonny Mellor // CC SouthTo the CC South family, Jonny shared important and difficult news from our wider Churchcentral family. From Isaiah 6, he then called us to look to God in a time of endings and beginnings...2022-04-1039 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Realities Of Heaven // Colossians 3:1-17 // Owen O'Brien // Churchcentral West // 9.1.22In light of the realities of heaven, we are urged to take off the old and put on the new. In this talk at CC West, we explore what this means, and how we can live this life in the light of our true identities.2022-01-1228 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksBaptised In The Holy Spirit // James Mellor // CC North // 9.1.22At Churchcentral North, James gives a dynamic overview of the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives!2022-01-1219 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksTemple Building // Ezra 3:7-13 // Chris Yeo // CC North // 2.1.22Chris kicks off the new year at Churchcentral North with this inspiring talk on temple building, and how it relates to what God's doing in the church right now in the north of Birmingham.2022-01-1227 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksPeople Of Patience // Galatians 5:22-23 // Nana Opong // Churchcentral North // 14.11.21What does it mean to be patient? How does God help us with this character trait? Nana Opong preached for us at Churchcentral North on these themes.2021-11-1630 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksImagine A World Fully At Peace! // Galatians 5:22-23 // Zoe Y // CC North // 3.10.21At Churchcentral North this term, we're exploring different aspects of the fruit of the Spirit. Here Zoe opens up the theme of peace, exploring how Jesus can help us experience this beautiful reality...2021-10-0724 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksAbiding = Delighting In Jesus | Psalm 1 | Jonny Mellor | Abide Talk 1 | 11.7.21At Churchcentral South, we begin a new series in the Psalms, exploring how we can remain near to - or 'abide' with - Jesus. Jonny opens up the first Psalm to get us started...2021-07-1121 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksRelationships In The Church | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 | Rich Pitt | Keep Going Talk 11 | 20.6.21What does it look like to build a healthy relational culture in your corner of Churchcentral? We look at some practical wisdom from Paul into two major types of relationship within a local church.2021-06-2019 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksPrayer Top Tips | Becky Deare | 40 Days Talk 6 | 9.5.21Prayer Top Tips | Becky Deare | 40 Days Talk 6 | 9.5.21 by Churchcentral Birmingham2021-05-1410 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksFacing Jericho | Joshua 5-6 | Tope Koleoso | Churchcentral Together | 31.1.21We were thrilled to welcome Tope Koleoso, lead Pastor of Jubilee Church London, to speak to us as the whole Churchcentral family. Tope spoke to us about how to thrive in the face of 'Jerichos' in our lives.2021-01-3125 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksThree Invitations from Psalm 23 | Rich Pitt | Churchcentral West | 03.01.21The year at CC West started with Rich taking us through Psalm 23, and looking at three invitations God has for us within the fog of 2021.2021-01-2027 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksChurchcentral Adoption Sunday | Talk & Q&A with Krish KandiahKrish Kandiah (activist, author and Founding Director of Home For Good) joined us for our online Adoption Sunday service. Krish speaks to us from Romans chapter 8 and it's followed by a time of Q&A.2020-10-2039 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksEpisode 3: Father | Praying The Lord's Prayer PodcastEpisode 3 of 10 across the fortnight. Today, Jonathan unpacks the word 'Father', and Wei En Tan of Churchcentral South sings a brand new song on the theme, written for this series.2020-08-0510 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksHope In Lockdown | 1 Peter 2 | Andy MartinWe were thrilled to have Andy, a former elder at Churchcentral, back to preach to us from the Middle East. He brings a message of hope. From June 282020-07-1725 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksWhat Is This Crisis Teaching Us About Ourselves? | Talk & Interviews | Jonny Mellor and friendsWhat Is This Crisis Teaching Us About Ourselves? | Talk & Interviews | Jonny Mellor and friends by Churchcentral Birmingham2020-06-0338 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksQ&A | What Is This Crisis Teaching Us About Ourselves?Q&A | What Is This Crisis Teaching Us About Ourselves? by Churchcentral Birmingham2020-06-0331 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksPlay Your Part | Jonathan Bell | Foundations @ CC SouthJust before lockdown, Jonathan delivered this talk at Churchcentral South, the fourth in our Foundations series. He shows us we all have a part to play, we can all belong, and urged us to use our gifts for the common good.2020-04-0833 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksSeven Scriptures to Cling To | Owen O'Brien | Churchcentral WestAt our last Sunday gathering for some time back on March 15th, Owen considered how we can anchor ourselves in the word of God to find wisdom for the current Coronavirus challenge.2020-04-0731 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksPruning & Planting | Adrian Hurst @ Churchcentral TogetherWe were thrilled to welcome guest speaker Adrian Hurst to bring us God's word at Churchcentral Together. By unpacking some plant imagery in the teaching of Jesus, he encouraged us to have faith for being pruned by God and faith for planting the love of Jesus in our city.2020-03-1038 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksHow Do I Care For Others When I'm Scared Of Burning Out? | Dawn Keong | Big QuestionsWhatever our faith, most of us desire to show care and love, over the long haul, to the people around us. But showing care and love is difficult and draining. How do we engage in caring for others without burning out? Dawn Keong shares her insights in this talk at a Churchcentral South Big Questions morning.2020-03-1033 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Mission | Foundations @ South Talk 3 | Jonny MellorAs we continue our look into the foundations of Churchcentral South, Jonny opens up the subject of mission. What are we here for as a church? What does God have for us? How do we play our part?2020-02-2744 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Church | Foundations @ CC South Talk 2 | Jonathan BellIn the second of our Churchcentral South Foundations talks, Jonathan unpacks the whole subject of 'the church'. Where does the church come from? Where is the church heading? What does it look like to take a next step in our relationship to the church? Jonathan explores...2020-02-1942 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Story Of God's Mission | Belonging In God's Story | CC West & CC North | Jonny MellorIn this talk for Churchcentral West and North, Jonny takes us into another angle on the story of God, the story of God's mission. Could it be that there's a glorious job for us to join with in our Father's family business? (The start is missing, where Jonny asks us to imagine our dream job...)2020-02-1944 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Gospel | Foundations @ CC South Talk 1 | Rich Pitt | Ephesians 1:3-14In this series of Churchcentral South talks, we're looking at the truths that underpin everything we are and do as a church, our foundations. In this first talk, Rich shows us the foundation of all foundations, the gospel / the good news and invites us to respond.2020-02-1243 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksA Call To Community | Churchcentral West | Jonathan BellNow that Churchcentral West is a church in it's own right, what does it look like for us to grow as a community? Jonathan unpacks some of the helps and hindrances to deep community and invites us to keep growing in this area.2020-02-0528 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksNew Year, New Me: Why is it so hard to truly change? | Big Questions @ CC South | Rich PittAs the initial optimism of New Year fades away, many of us realise (again!) that lasting change is difficult. As part of Churchcentral South's Big Questions morning on change, Rich looks at this and opens up some of the essentials of lasting change.2020-02-0432 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksAn Invitation To Discipleship | Jonathan Bell | Churchcentral South | Mark 8 & Mark 10As Jonathan outlines some of the vision for Churchcentral South in the coming year, he invites us to a deeper discipleship to Jesus.2020-01-2943 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDoes Christianity Have A Problem With Race? | Misha Martin | Big Questions @ Churchcentral SouthMisha Martin opens up the theme of race in the church during one of our Big Questions mornings at Churchcentral South.2020-01-2921 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksLiving Free Of Anxiety | Owen O'Brien | Philippians 4:4-7 | Churchcentral WestAnxiety has become the air we breathe as 21st century humans. But is there a way of living free of it? The Bible's answer is Yes! Owen explains how.2020-01-2838 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksAppointing Elders | Jonathan Bell | 1 Peter 5:1-6 | 1 Peter Part 10As we celebrated the appointing of seven new elders across the three churches of Churchcentral, Jonathan unpacked Peter's instructions firstly to elders, and then to the rest of the church community. The recording is from the South eldership appointment.2020-01-2126 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksVision Update & Life Group Launch | Churchcentral West | Joshua 4Owen reflects on where we are at as Church Central West and what God is saying to us at this time. He also launches the Freedom in Christ course, with the help of others.2020-01-2137 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksKaren's Story & Q+A | Disappointment Big QuestionsAs part of the Churchcentral South Big Questions morning, Karen shared two stories of disappointment from her life, and gave insights on what it has looked like to walk in the midst of those events. Followed by a Q+A session. ***Includes a story of suicide***2019-11-1230 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksHow Do I Deal With Disappointment? | Rich Pitt | Luke 24:13-21 | Big Questions |How do we walk through the disappointments that come our way? What helps? What doesn't help? Rich explores as part of our Big Questions morning at Churchcentral South.2019-11-1230 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksSouth Eldership Update | Jonathan BellRecorded at the South prayer meeting, Jonathan gives an update on leadership at Churchcentral South, announcing proposed new elders while encouraging all of us to play our part. *Apologies for the poor quality of the recording*2019-10-2923 minChurchcentral Birmingham: TalksWest Eldership Update & Following Jesus | Jonathan Bell | Mark 1&2Jonathan unveils the new proposed elders for Churchcentral West, shares some further important news, before turning to Mark's gospel and calling each of us to follow Jesus in this next season.2019-10-2248 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksWhat Does Jesus Offer A 21st-Century Student? | Rich Pitt & Dan Sutherland | Big QuestionsWith so much potential freedom, why would a modern student follow Jesus? Rich, teaming up with 3rd-year student Dan, shows us that Jesus offers life to the full, identity and a way to change the world. Part of Big Questions at Churchcentral South.2019-10-0727 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksThe Road To Emmaus | Andy Martin | Luke 24:13-35 | West Site TalksIn a world of trouble and difficulty, what can we learn from Jesus' encounter with two disciples on the road to Emmaus? Andy helps us in his final message as part of Churchcentral before he and Heather head to their new adventure.2019-09-2639 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksA Call To Community | Jonathan Bell | Churchcentral South"If God sets the lonely in families, individualism sets the lonely in tribes". With isolation and loneliness at record levels as our culture creaks, Jonathan uses various passages to call us to something gloriously different, to true community.2019-09-1134 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksChurchcentral News | Jonathan Bell | Weekend Away 2019On Saturday morning, Jonathan shared some of the ways God has been using us as a church before looking to the future, and announcing two key bits of news for the next stage of our journey together...2019-07-0243 min
Churchcentral Birmingham: TalksDiversity | Rich Pitt | Weekend Away 2019 Talk 2 | Ephesians 4As Jonathan taught in Talk 1, the church is to be one. But what SORT of oneness should we want to establish in Churchcentral? Rich explored Paul's genius image of church as 'the body', and unpacked its implications.2019-07-0232 min