Hope Baptist Church, Plymouth

[Palm Sunday] Palm Sunday

It was great to welcome Stephen Beach to lead us through our Palm Sunday service. Stephen read from Matthew 21:1-17, with the challenge of how, more than anything else, we desperately need the presence of God in our lives

[Compassion Sunday] Mike Robbins

This week, we were joined by Mike Robbins from Compassion UK. Mike kindly shared a word with us, reading from John 15:9-15

[Stop. Start. Continue] Continue

A slight change to the schedule saw Luke Mansfield conclude our latest sermon series; Stop. Start. Continue.  Luke looked at how God is a God who works in seasons, how there is a time for everything but it’s good to reflect and review to allow God to do new things. ‘Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.’ What a wonderful challenge as we reflect back on the sermon series, what will you be stopping or starting or continuing?

[Guest Speakers] Dr Ruth Valerio - Just Living

Following on from the wonderful Just Living event on Saturday, we welcomed Dr Ruth Valerio who spoke from Psalm 146, talking further about environmental issues and how we live them out in our lives

[Stop. Start. Continue] Start

Reading from Isaiah 43:19, Luke continued our Stop. Start. Continue. series. Luke questioned ‘what if the greatest move that we are to expect of God is on the other side of something new?’ Is God calling us to experience a new move of his spirit? Are we ready for the new thing that he’s about to share with us?

[Stop. Start. Continue] Stop

As we start a new month and prepare for Lent, Luke Mansfield leads us into our new sermon series; ‘Stop. Start. Continue.’ Luke read from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, and asked ‘What if there are things that we need to give up in order to embrace something new together’

[Baptism Sunday] Hope

What a fantastic service we shared yesterday, baptising 4 of our church family and celebrating new life with them. Luke shared a short message on hope. Hope is something that can feel uncertain, but hope is not dead! God is still moving and he’s not finished with you yet!

[Go: Living out the great commission] Living a life that speaks

Zoe concluded our sermon series: ‘Go: Living out the great commission - Living a life that speaks’. Recapping on the past few weeks, Zoe shared 3 clear descriptions of who Jesus says we are and looking at how we live a life that speaks of Christ?

[Go: Living out the great commission] Building Bridges to Share the Gospel

Luke Mansfield continues our ‘Go: Living out the great commission’ series and reading from John 4:4-26 and 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. This week’s topic was ‘Building Bridges to Share the Gospel’ and Luke asked where and who is God calling you and us to reach, what bridge is he asking us to build today so we can be a church that grows and shares the gospel

[Go: Living out the great commission] Overcoming Barriers to Evangelism

Continuing our ‘Go: Living out the great commission’ series and reading from Matthew 10:16-20, Zoe looks at the question; ‘How does Jesus say we will be received as we step out in sharing our faith?’