Entries by Mark Groombridge

FIVE Community News – 28th April 2016

Right on the Money In our final talk on our series on money and possessions, we will be hearing what God has to teach us through his Apostles in the New Testament epistles. What is the right attitude to possessions? How might we worship money? How did Jesus’ disciples demonstrate contentment with what God had given them? Please […]

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At Church this Weekend This Sunday we’re continuing our series on ‘The Generous Gift of God’s Written Word’. This week we’ll be thinking through how God’s word was given through human writers, while simultaneously being authored by God’s word. It’ll help us explain to others why they should read the Bible! Christianity Explored Do you have […]

FIVE Community News – 21st April 2016

Right on the Money   What did Jesus Christ have to say about money? Try listing all the passages in the Gospels that refer to Jesus’ comments about money: God’s blessing on the poor widow who gives out of her poverty verses boasts of the Pharisees, Parable of the Rich Man, the danger of trying to serve both God […]

FIVE Community News – 14th April 2016

Right on the Money Everything we have is a good gift from God, including our lives, finances and possessions. Consequently as Paul says, it should be received with thanksgiving… For everything created by God is good,  and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving (1 Timothy 4:4 HCSB) However we live in […]

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At Church this Weekend – New Series This Sunday we’re kicking off a new four week series on ‘The Generous Gift of God’s Written Word’. This week we’ll be thinking through why God gave us the Bible, why it’s different from every other book, and what that means for how we read it. A key […]

FIVE Community News – 6th April 2016

Right on the Money Following on from our last talk at our Weekend Away, this week at FIVE we are starting a new series on money. Adrian will be speaking on Money and Creation. Please read Genesis 1 and 1 Timothy 4:1-5 in preparation for our gathering on Sunday at 5pm. We will have the […]

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At Church this Weekend – John 21 This Sunday we’re finishing off John’s gospel, with a chapter that ties up a couple of loose ends. It’s a challenging passage that forces us to reflect upon what following Jesus will mean for us. Christianity Explored We are offering a Christianity Explored course starting either Tuesday 5th April or […]

FIVE Community News – 30th March 2016

FIVE Weekend Away This year’s theme for our weekend away is The Path of Discipleship. Mark Fairhurst will be leading us through Jesus’ teaching from Luke 9-12. What does it mean to follow Jesus, especially as he heads towards the cross and then glory? What are the dangers and obstacles we face as his disciples as we walk […]

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At Church this Weekend – Easter Celebrations! What was happening on the cross, when Jesus died? What does it mean for us now? On Good Friday we’re looking at the crucifixion of Jesus as recorded in John’s gospel (John 19:16-42). It will be a great time to think again about why Jesus died. It’ll be a wonderful […]

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At Church This Sunday In the weeks leading up to Easter, we’ll be returning to the book of John. We’ll be following Jesus on his journey to the cross, and it will be a great series, particularly for those who don’t know why Jesus’ death on the cross is so important! So please be thinking […]