As we begin our new teaching series, on the book of Acts, Simon introduces us to a simple framework to help us understand the whole book. Acts is the story of the mission of God, carried forward by the people of God, empowered by the Spirit of God.

In our all-age gathering to start the year Simon helps us think about Jesus stepping down to save us, from Philippians 2.

In the conclusion of our advent series Dan unpacks what is going on in an interesting scene at the threshing floor between Ruth and Boaz.

This week Lesley etaches as we continue our advent series looking at the story of Ruth – this week we are in chapter 2 where Ruth meets Boaz in the grain field.

Simon begins our advent series as we follow the journey of Ruth.

This week we finish our series in Jeremiah. Dan takes a look at the closing paragraph of this great prophetic book and explores what makes it such a brilliant and beautiful ending.

As we celebrate baptisms this Sunday - Simon shares the good news we hold to and helps us understand baptism a bit more.

In Jeremiah 32 God tells Jeremiah to buy a field. The situation seems hopeless, so why would God tell him to do such a thing? And what does it say about the nature of hope and our response today?

Probably one of the most well known verses in the whole of Jeremiah. Simon takes a look at Jeremiah 29:11 as we learn what is really going on with this much loved verse from the context and our own cultural lens.

Simon continues our series on Jeremiah in chapter 24 looking at what God says through the picture of figs.

This week as we continue our series on Jeremiah we look at the vital, and sometimes overlooked, topic of lament.

As we continue through our series on Jeremiah we have seen how far the people have fallen away from God. How could this have happened?

Dan unpacks Jeremiah 23 where we see who is at fault and where our hope is, even today!

Simon dives into Jeremiah chapter 19 to teach on God's judgment. This sermon is AKA "The Sermon I Didn't Want to Preach".

A challenging passage which raises many questions around the nature of God. A helpful guide to us as we grapple with how the Bible reveals God to us.

In this weeks message Simon looks at the covenant making God. Starting at Jeremiah 13 we read and then seeing examples of the faithful God who binds Himself to His people.

What happens when God’s people put their trust in the building instead of the Builder? In Jeremiah’s famous Temple Sermon, he calls out a dangerous lie: that going through the motions of worship can never cover over a life of compromise.

It’s not a feel-good message — it’s a wake-up call.

In this teaching, Dan explores the context of Jeremiah and how he exposed the gap between appearance and reality, and why the same warning speaks powerfully into our lives today. Together, we’ll understand and become more aware of the dangers of spiritual hypocrisy and cultural syncretism.

In this second part of our series in Jeremiah, we see how God confronts His people about idolatry.

Israel had exchanged the living God for worthless idols - trading a fountain of living water for broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Idols in the Old Testament were carved images and false gods, but today they often take subtler forms: success, comfort, approval, or control.

In this message Simon explores how Jeremiah’s message still exposes the idols of our own hearts and points us back to the only source of true life - God Himself.

Simon introduces the our new teaching series looking at the Prophet Jeremiah.

How should we understand tricky people and passages in the Old Testament?

In the final part of our Esther series, and in an all-age gathering, Dan looks at a model we can use to try and find Jesus, even in the tricky people and passages of the Old Testament.

The story of Esther brings us face to face with the reality of God’s hidden work and our place within it. In this message, Hannah Moulton draws out three takeaways for us today.

First, an encouragement for those who feel like God is distant or unseen, a reminder that His silence does not mean His absence.
Second, a challenge for those wrestling with whether to step forward: what might it mean to be part of God’s plan, even when it feels risky or overwhelming in everyday places like work or relationships?
And third, a reassurance that God’s purposes will not fail; His plans will come to completion, whether through us or despite us.

This is a call to courage — to trust, to act, and to rest in the God whose providence holds all things.

The book of Esther never mentions God by name, yet His providence is woven throughout the story. What looks like a string of coincidences, the “just so happened” moments, points us to a God quietly at work even when He seems hidden.

In this message, Daniel Leeves reflects on how Esther invites us to trust that God is present in ways we may not immediately see. He looks at Mordecai’s grief and lament in chapter 4 as an honest example of bringing questions and suffering before God, and sets this alongside Hebrews 4, where we are shown that in Jesus we now have a true and better way to approach the King with confidence.

This is an invitation to hold together both faith in God’s providence and honesty about our struggles, trusting that His hand is at work even when it feels unseen.

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