Speaker: Sam Morris

As our communities face the impact of the cost of living crisis, we believe this is a pivotal moment for us to prepare ourselves to support people in our churches and our town.

In week two of our series, Sam spoke on Matthew 6: 5-34 as we listened to Jesus words about the providence of God.

As our communities face the impact of the cost of living crisis, we believe this is a pivotal moment for us to prepare ourselves to support people in our churches and our town. God’s people have always been called to be a people of kindness and mercy and over the next six weeks we’re expectant that we will grow in this calling, as we search the scriptures and pray together.

In week 1, we begin with Micah 6:8 and consider what it means to be people who do justice.

The song that Sam played can be found here: bit.ly/3W2EGLq

This Sunday we spent our morning together exploring what it is to be the family of God.

* The story Sam reads is from The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones.

* We’re also very grateful for other resources used throughout the morning by Sam and Sarah Hargreaves from Engage Worship.

On Sunday we took some time to pause and reflect on what we had been exploring together as a Church over the summer months.

As we continue with our ‘Love Faversham’ focus, Sam led us through a time in Matthew 22 as we explored Jesus answer to the question of what is the greatest commandment.

This morning, Sam shred the heart behind our ‘Love Faversham’ summer focus. He started by taking us to 1 Corinthians 13 as we asked the question, ‘What’s love got to do with it?’

There are questions around whether the theme of Romans 8 is ‘assurance’ or ‘the Holy Spirit’. This morning, as we explored Romans 8:1-17, we saw that the closest truth is when we put them together.

On Pentecost Sunday we celebrate Jesus sending the promised Holy Spirit, the Helper, to dwell in, and among, the Church.

This Sunday also sees the start of a season where are seeking to grow in being a people who are living by the Spirit,

We have started a news series where, over the next four weeks, we will be looking at the ascension of Christ and asking what Jesus is doing now and what does it mean for us today.

Sam got our series started in Acts 1:1-11 as we looked together at how Jesus, as the ascended prophet, is building His church and it’s witness in the world.

Book recommendation for this series: The Ascension of Christ by Patrick Schreiner