Hope Baptist Church, Plymouth

[Joel] Joel 1

This Sunday, we were joined by Jon Bush who kicked off our 3 part series on Joel

[Lent: Giving It Up] Death!

Wow! What an amazing Easter Sunday we had, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Having spent the past few weeks looking at Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem, Luke Mansfield concluded the Lent series; ‘Giving It Up: Death!’ - looking at the different encounters of 3 witnesses to the resurrection - asking if we’re like any of those witnesses 

[Lent: Giving It Up] Our Lives

In the penultimate week of our Lent: Giving It Up series, Luke preaches from Matthew 16:21-28. This week’s topic was ‘Our Lives’, continuing to look at what it means to give up the things that won’t necessarily help us in the short term but will help us be more like Jesus in the long term

[Lent:Giving It Up] Enemies

This week, Luke Mansfield continues our ‘Lent: Giving It Up’ sermon series, reading from Matthew 5:43-48  - breaking down the meaning of the word ‘Enemies’ and what it would look like if the Holy Spirit did work in us to bring healing, learning to love as Jesus loves

[Lent: Giving It Up] Superiority

Zoe took to the stage to pick up our ‘Lent: Giving It Up’ series, reading from Genesis and James and looking at how we can make a commitment together to lay down our superiority as we worship and serve together as a church

[Lent: Giving It Up] Expectations

While we may be giving up something specific for 40 days, Luke looks at how long term sacrifices could help and impact us on our walk with Christ, making us more like Jesus.  We read from Genesis 12:1-4 and John 3:1-17 and looked at the topic of Expectations

[Lent: Giving It Up] Control

Luke Mansfield launched into our latest sermon series, reading from Genesis 2:15-17 and Matthew 4:1-11. As we travel through this Lent season together, we’ll be focusing on how Jesus resolutely sets his face towards Jerusalem - becoming focused on why he came to Earth

[Foundations of Faith] Equipping for a Lifelong Faith

Concluding our 'Foundations of Faith' series, Zoe Lane read from 2 Timothy. Looking at the topic 'Equipping for a Lifelong Faith', drawing together the strands of the past few weeks and highlighting the responsibility we have as a whole church to raise our children and young people in faith

[Foundations of Faith] Active Faith, Active Participation

It was great to have Luke continue our latest sermon series, our focus being the Youth & Children who come to Hope throughout the week, the responsibility we have as a church to point them in the direction that they're called to go. Luke was preaching from Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Foundations of Faith: Active Faith, Active Participation 

[Foundations of Faith] Walking the Talk

Luke Mansfield leads week 3 of our ‘Foundations of Faith’ series; looking at the topic ‘Walking the Talk’ and how our Youth & Children are often guided in faith by what they witness us doing and the part we play in their journey