Autumn 2025: Community Living

What can we learn from the early church and all that is described about them in the book of Acts? How are we called to be a community centred on Jesus?

19th Oct 2025:
Community Living - Shared Stories & Black History Month

Acts 9: 20-31
Luke 4:16-21

Neil Masih starts our series on Community Living, thinking about the stories we share and linking it to racial justice as part of Black History Month. How does God use the outsider and the outcast?

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26th Oct 2025:
Community Living - Sunday Communion

Acts 2: 42-47
Luke 22:14-20

Revd Abby sees how our Sunday services connect with the early church in Acts. Why does it matter that we gather each week and what can we gain from our Sunday services that we can't get alone?

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2nd Nov 2025:
Community Living - Prayer

Acts 4: 23-31

Rosie Lee looks at how prayer can transform us. What does praying boldly mean for us? How can that help shape us as a community? What did the early church in Acts see happen as a result of their bold prayers?

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9th Nov 2025:
Community Living - Remembering

Acts 8: 1-8
Luke 20: 27-38

Revd Mary shares the story of Simon the Sorcerer and the bitterness that stopped him receiving the fullness of all that God had for him. What is bitterness holding us back from? How will our community benefit from removing bitterness?

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23rd Nov 2025:
Community Living - Signs and Wonders

Acts 5: 12-16
Matthew 10: 1-8

As we remember that Christ is King on this last Sunday of the church year, Sharon Rodman looks at how the community Jesus built was given the authority to perform miracles and wonders in his name. How does that look for us 2000 years later?

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16th Nov 2025:
Community Living - Worship

Acts 3: 1-10
John 4: 19-26

Revd John thinks about how a community can be built and strengthened when there is worship at the centre. What does it mean to worship in all circumstances? And, as he prepares to leave us, how has John's journey been shaped?

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