Riverside Church, Birmingham, Uk

Title: Rest By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of Mathew (Chapter 11, verses 28-30) Recorded: Sunday 05/04/2020 (Online Service) Rest: For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline (Main talk begins at 27.18 and ends at 41.27) What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.

Title: The Hope Is Real By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Book of Romans (Chapter 8) Recorded: Sunday 29/03/2020 (Online Service) The Hope Is Real: For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline Note: Subtitles/closed captions are available in this video. (Main talk begins at 29.03 and ends at 40.37) What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.

Title: Love In A Time Of Coronavirus By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of 1 Thessalonians (Chapter 3, verse 9-13) Recorded: Sunday 22/03/2020 (Online Service) Love In A Time Of Coronavirus: Full video of our 'livestream' service - https://youtu.be/HR0tdW6syaY~ Note: Subtitles/closed captions are available in this video. (Main talk begins at 32.13 and ends at happens at 47.27) A video of the main talk with subtitles can also be viewed from: https://vimeo.com/399384994/24dc45cc9d What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.

Title: CommUNITY By: John Auger Bible Reading: Book of Ephesians (Chapter 4, verse 1-6) Recorded: Sunday 15/03/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. CommUNITY: Video - https://vimeo.com/396984442 To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.

Title: Here's To The Crazy Ones By: Andy Mackie Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verse 12-42) Recorded: Sunday 08/03/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! Here's To The Crazy Ones: Video - https://vimeo.com/394947044 In every generation, there are one or two people who change the rules. They are game-changers, with such vision, that everything that comes after them is completely different. William Wilberforce, Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King. It’s easy to see how important these people are. But, what we so easily forget is the pain and opposition that they had to endure as they went about changing the world. And that’s the thing with challenging and changing the status

Title: The World We All Want By: Andy Worthington Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 4, verse 42-47) Recorded: Sunday 08/03/2020 at our Moseley Kings Heath Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! The World We All Want: Video - https://vimeo.com/384231047/7b2746b4b3 Everywhere we look, people want to change the world. From climate change to poverty, from political reform to issues of security, everyone wants a better world. What about you? What kind of world do you long for? When you dream about the kind of world that could be, what is it like? How do people relate? What happens? What doesn’t happen? In the ancient world, life was very hard. With no welfare state or NHS it was up to you, and those around yo

Title: Here's To The Crazy Ones By: Andy Mackie Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verse 12-42) Recorded: Sunday 01/03/2020 at our Moseley Kings Heath Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! Here's To The Crazy Ones: Video - https://vimeo.com/394947044 In every generation, there are one or two people who change the rules. They are game-changers, with such vision, that everything that comes after them is completely different. William Wilberforce, Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King. It’s easy to see how important these people are. But, what we so easily forget is the pain and opposition that they had to endure as they went about changing the world. And that’s the thing with challenging and changing t

Title: The Masks We Can Take Off By: John Goodliff Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11). Recorded: Sunday 23/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! The Masks We Can All Take Off Video - https://vimeo.com/392963977 Bible Reading - Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11). There’s no doubt that we live in an age of the individual. An era when everyone is valued and empowered to dream big dreams and achieve big things. At least that’s what we want to believe is true! When you look at the evidence, though, our age of greater independence and apparent empowerment has actually led to greater and greater emotional and relational strain. It’s almost as if the more pressure

Title: The Masks We Can Take Off By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11). Recorded: Sunday 23/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! The Masks We Can All Take Off Video - https://vimeo.com/392963977 Bible Reading - Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11). There’s no doubt that we live in an age of the individual. An era when everyone is valued and empowered to dream big dreams and achieve big things. At least that’s what we want to believe is true! When you look at the evidence, though, our age of greater independence and apparent empowerment has actually led to greater and greater emotional and relational strain. It’s almost as if the more pressure we

Title: How Much Is Too Much? By: Sarah Auger Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 32-37 Recorded: Sunday 16/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! How Much Is Too Much? Video - https://vimeo.com/391244485 Imagine that one day you receive a large inheritance from a long-lost uncle. What would you do with it? Your immediate answer can be quite telling! Yes, sure, we know we’re supposed to want to give it away...but so often we immediately think of things we would buy. It’s almost as if money and possessions have a greater hold on us than we dare to admit. In the 16th Century, the German priest Martin Luther described how people go through 3 different conversion experiences in their j

Title: How Much Is Too Much? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 32-37 Recorded: Sunday 16/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! How Much Is Too Much? Video - https://vimeo.com/391244485 Imagine that one day you receive a large inheritance from a long-lost uncle. What would you do with it? Your immediate answer can be quite telling! Yes, sure, we know we’re supposed to want to give it away...but so often we immediately think of things we would buy. It’s almost as if money and possessions have a greater hold on us than we dare to admit. In the 16th Century, the German priest Martin Luther described how people go through 3 different conversion experiences in their

Title: Does Prayer Make Any Difference? By: Harry Hewitt Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 23-31 Recorded: Sunday 09/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! Does Prayer Make Any Difference? Video - https://vimeo.com/388228991/2d964a852c In survey after survey, most people admit to praying at some point in their lives. Whether or not people do it as some sort of superstition, or genuinely believe that prayer works, most of us pray. Why? Perhaps it is because we all need hope beyond ourselves. As a society, we want to believe we are in control of our destiny. But at some point we all realise that we aren’t. Things happen, life doesn’t work out how we planned. And it is then that we

Title: Does God Heal Today? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 13-22 Recorded: Sunday 02/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! Does God Heal Today? Video - https://vimeo.com/386940128/cd99d3c637 Have you ever felt utterly helpless? A situation when circumstances are completely out of your control, and you just have to hope that something, anything, happens to change those things and you can’t do anything about it. When we look at the ancient world, we easily forget that they lived lives that were largely out of their control. When illness came, or difficult times, there was often nothing they could do about it. They knew both what hope looked like, and what fals

'Title: Does Prayer Make Any Difference? By: Val Egan Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 23-31 Recorded: Sunday 02/02/2020 at our Moseley Kings Heath Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! Does Prayer Make Any Difference? Video - https://vimeo.com/388228991/2d964a852c In survey after survey, most people admit to praying at some point in their lives. Whether or not people do it as some sort of superstition, or genuinely believe that prayer works, most of us pray. Why? Perhaps it is because we all need hope beyond ourselves. As a society, we want to believe we are in control of our destiny. But at some point we all realise that we aren’t. Things happen, life doesn’t work out how we planned. And it is then t

'Title: Does God Heal Today? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 13-22 Recorded: Sunday 26/01/2020 at our Moseley / Kings Heath Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! Does God Heal Today? Video - https://vimeo.com/386940128/cd99d3c637 Have you ever felt utterly helpless? A situation when circumstances are completely out of your control, and you just have to hope that something, anything, happens to change those things and you can’t do anything about it. When we look at the ancient world, we easily forget that they lived lives that were largely out of their control. When illness came, or difficult times, there was often nothing they could do about it. They knew both what hope looked like, a

Title: Whats Your Story? By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 3: verse 11 & Chapter 4: verse 12 Recorded: Sunday 26/01/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! What's Your Story? Video - https://vimeo.com/386514421/ee8114f027 In a recent interview, a Silicon Valley executive confessed that "I don’t want the world to be fixed, if I’m not the one fixing it". It was an honest admission that many of us can identify with. We want to be in on the action, playing our part in history. We want our lives to really count. We want the story of our lives to be one that is worth telling! But what if the story of our lives is actually not about us at all? What if we are really part of

Title: Whats Your Story? By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 3: verse 11 & Chapter 4: verse 12 Recorded: Sunday 19/01/2020 at our Moseley Gathering. Video: https://vimeo.com/386514421/ee8114f027 Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! What's Your Story? In a recent interview, a Silicon Valley executive confessed that "I don’t want the world to be fixed, if I’m not the one fixing it". It was an honest admission that many of us can identify with. We want to be in on the action, playing our part in history. We want our lives to really count. We want the story of our lives to be one that is worth telling! But what if the story of our lives is actually not about us at all? What if we are really part of a m

Title: I Believe in Miracles By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 3, verses 1 - 10. Recorded: Sunday 19/01/2020 at our Bournville Gathering. Video: https://vimeo.com/384179577/e31ef22eb6 Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! I Believe In Miracles: When you hear stories of miracles, what kind of person are you? Do you get excited by it and instantly believe? Or, are you like most of us...a natural skeptic? In 1975, the band Hot Chocolate sang the famous lyrics “I believe in miracles, that’s what you are...’ (We all know the next lyric!! Ahem.) Of course, it’s a song about relationships and desire, but what if we all actually do believe in miracles? I mean, whether or not you’re a believer in God, where did ever

Title: The World We All Want By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verse 42-47 Recorded: Sunday 12/01/2020 at our Bournville gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! The World We All Want: Everywhere we look, people want to change the world. From climate change to poverty, from political reform to issues of security, everyone wants a better world. What about you? What kind of world do you long for? When you dream about the kind of world that could be, what is it like? How do people relate? What happens? What doesn’t happen? In the ancient world, life was very hard. With no welfare state or NHS it was up to you, and those around you, to survive and get by. We can easily forget just how precarious life

Title: I Believe in Miracles By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 3, verses 1 - 10. Recorded: Sunday 12/01/2020 at our Moseley / Kings Heath Gathering. Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us! I Believe in Miracles: When you hear stories of miracles, what kind of person are you? Do you get excited by it and instantly believe? Or, are you like most of us...a natural skeptic? In 1975, the band Hot Chocolate sang the famous lyrics “I believe in miracles, that’s what you are...’ (We all know the next lyric!! Ahem.) Of course, it’s a song about relationships and desire, but what if we all actually do believe in miracles? I mean, whether or not you’re a believer in God, where did everything come from? It either came fro