Sermon Date: 25 March 2007
Location: London Congregational service, Friends House, Euston
Title: Our calling in Christ
Speaker: Steve Staten (Chicago)
Notes: This sermon examines four new testament cases and their responses to God's calling. It deals with the questions of "How do I know what God's will is for my life?", "How do I know what God wants me to do?", "What am I good at?", "How do I contribute my talents and my abilities to the work of God in the world?"
Steve examines four types of calling found in the scriptures - General calling, the primal calling, missional calling & crucial calling.
Sermon Date: 7 January 2007
Location: London Congregational service, Friends House, Euston
Title: ... and so we came to Rome
Speaker: John Louis (Singapore)
Notes: This sermon calls us to grow in our faith and rely on God in 2007. It looks at the Apostle Paul's example, examining the role of faith in prayer and different ways in which God answers prayers.
Lesson Date: 6 January 2007
Location: Family group leaders retreat, London South, East & South East
Title: Friendship
Speaker: Karen Louis
Notes: A straight forward lesson for women on the subject of dealing with friendship in a post "firestorm" climate.
Sermon Date: 12 November 2006
Location: Edinburgh & Glasgow joint service
Title: Living and Active
Speaker: Barry Lamb
Notes: This sermon calls us to engage with the scriptures rather than just read the Bible in a casual manner. It also brings to life the calling of the first disciples and encourages us to reflect on the implications for us.
Sermon Date: 5 November 2006
Location: South East London congregational service with East & South London
Title: Who is this God, who reveals himself to us? How does he reveal himself to us?
Speaker: David McAnulty
Notes: Sermon that deals with the issue of our humanistic desire to build "big & impressive". The sermon calls us to examine our motives and immitate the heart of Jesus who made himself nothing.
Sermon Date: 8 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Be Shepherds of God's Flock
Speaker: David McAnulty
Notes: Leaders' Workshop: Peter says that overseers should serve out of willingness and not compulsion. In these present times we need godly leadership more than ever; a leadership modelled on Jesus and with the patience and humility to learn from our past mistakes.
Sermon Date: 8 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Strong, Firm & Steadfast
Speaker: David McAnulty
Notes: Sunday sermon. What does it take to stand firm in our faith?
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Because He is Conscious of God
Speaker: Huw Macartney
Notes: Christianity on Campus: A Christian student has a unique opportunity to be a witness for Christ to some of the minds who will help to shape the future of our country. 'Because they are conscious of God', disciples on campus must recapture the vision of God.
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: The Strength God Provides
Speaker: Ben Brady
Notes: Christianity in the Face of Health Challenges: People with physical or mental health challenges face unique pressures and in many ways are greater testimonies to the power of God than us all. This class will encourage these brothers and sisters to live and witness through these challenges. (Overcomers)
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Born of Imperishable Seed
Speaker: Malcolm Cox
Notes: Christianity and the Environment: Everything will fade and decay eventually, even God's beautiful creation. Christians will receive new bodies at the final resurrection and the earth as we know it will be remade into perfection. But just as we care for the bodies we have now, so God expects us to care for the earth as we have it now. This class explores the Christian response to the challenge of the environment and the created order.
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Him Who Called You from Darkness
Speaker: Ian Joseph
Notes: The Christian Response to Poverty: All Christians have been called from the darkness of the world and into the wonderful light of Christ. The poor, needy, marginalized and compromised of this world live every day in that darkness. How should God's people respond?
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Of Greater Worth than Gold
Speaker: David McAnulty
Notes: Rearing and raising Believing Children: As parents, our children are the converts we most dearly want to win. Our children are our students, but what are we teaching them? This class is for all those seeking wisdom to raise Christian children in decidedly un-Christian times. (Parents' class)
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Not Greedy for Money, but Eager to Serve
Speaker: Chris Watkins
Notes: Christianity and Business Enterprise: People start businesses to make profit, and there is no necessary conflict between Christianity and an entrepreneurial spirit. How though, do Christians express their faith whilst running a business and guard against the love of money, which Paul says underpins all manner of ungodliness? This class aims to provide fellowship and feeding for Christians who own or are setting up private business ventures.
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Aliens and Strangers
Speaker: Mulligan Price
Notes: The pressures for single people to conform to the static standards set by the masses have been intensifying since the 60s and show no sign of letting up. Come then, singles, and celebrate the joy and beauty of Christian singlehood. (Class for singles)
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Such Good Lives Among the Gentiles part 1 : Such Good Lives Among the Gentiles part 2
Speaker: Dwight Lawrence
Notes: Even though the priority for the believer is not money or materialism, the average Christian will spend half of their waking life in their place of employment. We must, thus, be equipped to live as God's people in such a secular environment. How should we be as Christians in the workplace?
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: So Nothing Will Hinder Your Prayers
Speaker: David McAnulty
Notes: Peter mentions several times how Christian living should be exemplary to the world, and this is certainly true of our marriages. This begins with our ability to connect as disciples, lovers and friends. (Marrieds class)
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: An Inheritance Kept in Heaven
Speaker: Andy Boakye
Notes: The content of Jesus' preaching can be summed up in one phrase - the Kingdom of God - but what does this mean? It has been incorrectly equated with the church, heaven or some earthly political entity, though it is not completely unrelated to all three. How should the term be understood, and what implications does this have for the church today?
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: Like a Roaring Lion
Speaker: Toks Sowoolu
Notes: 'We fight not against flesh and blood'; the church needs men who will stand up and lead the real fight - the fight against sin and the devil, so we might advance the agenda of God. (Class for men)
Sermon Date: 7 October 2006
Location: UK Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
Title: A People Belonging to God
Speaker: David McAnulty
Notes: Peter quotes the prophet Isaiah when he declares that "the Word of the Lord stands forever", come what may. Our dedication to embracing, living, preaching and celebrating that healing and saving word must never dwindle or fade. This class aims to uplift us and unify us around the vision of being God's people according to His will.
Sermon Date: 16 July 2006
Location: London Churchwide Service
Title: Faith & Fear
Speaker: Douglas Arthur
Notes: This sermon deals with the challenges of faith and how fear can stifle our faith. It reminds us that the goal of our faith is the salvation of our soul and remembers the story of the Israelites wandering in the desert and how their fear hindered them from entering into the promised land.
Lesson Date: 14 July 2006
Location: London Womens Meeting, Conway Hall, Holborn
Title: Three things I know for sure
Speaker: Joyce Arthur
Notes: In this lesson Joyce talks about three certainties of the faith and reminds the women that (1) Our relationship with God is our responsibility (2) Hard times are good times, they are the times we grow and mature (3) We don't need to know why, we just need to know God.
Sermon Date: 19 March 2006
Location: East London Church of Christ
Title: The nature of church
Speaker: Barry Lamb
Notes: This sermon was given to deal with questions over issues of membership. Questions of "Why do we need a membership?" "Who is a member?" & "What is expected of a member?" are explored against a backdrop of the first two chapters of the book of Acts and placing them in a modern cultural context of having endured a firestorm in the church and attempting to re establish a membership to advance the work of rebuilding having learned lessons from history.
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