2017 Talks
We work hard to ensure our Sunday teaching is always Biblical, accessible and directly life-applicable. All our talks are recorded, not just so that if you miss a Sunday you can catch up, but because we believe that our Sunday teaching is a valuable resource that should be available for anyone at any time.
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Listen to our Vision Sunday talk, where Nick talks about where Coventry Vineyard is heading.
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In the beginning a relationship began between God the Creator and Humankind. Made in the image of God, humans were in perfect connection with God, called to rule and reign, to be the agent’s of God’s Kingdom in the world for the sake of the world. And then we decided to go it alone, to reject God and rebel, to go our own way. On that day God made 'The Promise'.
He would make a way back home for those who turned away. He would return as King to bring peace and reconciliation. To pay the price for our rejection and rebellion. To live as a human. The Promise takes place throughout the story of the Old Testament and finds it’s fulfilment in the birth of Jesus. This is how God became King. |
01 Abraham - The Call and The Promise
Whenever God calls someone to do something, He gives an implied or stated promise. Whether it is to a new land, job, relationship or to walk with Him. We look at Abraham, how God called him and made a promise that contained the promise of the coming of Jesus. [Recorded 01-10-17]
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02 Moses - Life in the Waiting Room
Sometimes in life we find ourselves in a waiting room. Does God hear? Does God care? Listen as Serena explores life in the waiting room through the narrative of Moses and the Israelites. And the promise thot God has heard and God has seen. [Recorded 08-10-17]
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03 David: The Inconveninet Kingdom
Life is full of opportunities to bless people and do the right thing. But is it always that easy? Chris explores how doing the right thing can be the inconvenient thing. We look at King David and how he was called to be more than ordinary. He was a person who demonstrated the love and grace that we find in Jesus, even in the most trying situations. [Recorded 08-10-17]
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04 Ruth: The cost of Committment
The story of Ruth, starts from a from a position of grief, loss and abandonment, and we see Ruth making a commitment to Naomi at great personal cost. In this talk, Clair explores what this means when we consider the Promise of the Kingdom in Jesus, and asking what is your next step forward right now when we think about the cost and the commitments we need to make in our journeys with Jesus, like Ruth did. [Recorded 22-10-17]
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05 John the Baptist
Do you know your place in God’s story? Have you found your way to that relationship with God that you were created to have? In this talk Mark explains how John the Baptist pointed to Jesus to the one who was sacrificed for our sins once and for all, to bring us back to our relationship with our creator, to find our place again in his story. And asks, are you pointing others to Jesus?
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06 Isaiah: The Joy of Salvation
The book of Isaiah is epic in scale; A great symphony. In this talk, Nick challenges us in how we respond to the goodness and salvation of God and asks how do we play our piece in the great symphony of peace?
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07 Mary: Receiving or Doubting the Promise
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What does that fulfillment look like? In her song, she looks ahead with total certainty to what God will bring about through her Son. The promise of the Old Testament is coming to fruition. Every hopeful prophecy from every OT prophet is about to be realized. And the promise has a name. His name is Jesus In this talk, Nick brings our series to a close and asks how do we respond to the promises of God
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Equip - how the local church transforms the worldThe key objective of following Jesus (and belonging to a church) is to become more like Him. In church we are equipped for "works of service". In effect, this is how we 'grow up'. In this series we will look at how we exercise the gifts or functions that Jesus gave the church, under the power and direction of the Holy Spirit?
"He (Jesus) handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christ’s followers in skilled servant work, working within Christ’s body, the church, until we’re all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God’s Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ." Eph 4:11-13 (The Message) |
01 Filled Beyond Measure
In this talk, John, challenges us to think big. God wants to do immeasurably more in you and through you, than you can possibly imagine. The Holy Spirit strengthens and equips us with power to transform the world around us. Are you ready? [Recorded 03-09-17]
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02 Grow Up! and make a difference
Back from Sabbatical and ready for the next stage of our adventure, Nick explains how essential it is for us to Grow Up and be the people we have been called to be, to serve others and make a difference. [Recorded 10-09-17]
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03 Let the APE out of the church!
The five gifts of Ephesians 4 are given to equip the church. Today Nick addresses the first three: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists (APE) and encourages us as a church to 'GET OUT!' and continue the Great Commission to go and make disciples, teaching them to obey everything Jesus commanded. [Recorded 17-09-17]
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04 Share your life not just your faith As we continue our series on equipping the church for works of service, Nick explains how we cannot separate evangelism from discipleship. We are all called to share our life and not just our faith. To share our Story and His Story. [Recorded 24-09-17]
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05 Called to Care and Change
God gives each of us an individual calling and a communal calling to bring transformation through our local church. As pastors and teachers, all of us have a responsibility to the communities in which we live and work by caring and bringing Kingdom change. [Recorded 29-10-17]
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06 How to hear from GodGuest Speaker, Mark Iles, speaks to us about looking for and recognising God's promting to speak propehtcially to others in our everyday life. To speak God's works of life and love, encouragement and challenge to those around us.
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Previously at Coventry Vineyard...
Kingdom LifeEvery church is distinctive. We are just one small part in the wider Church, the body of Christ. As a part of the 'Vineyard' family of churches there are some key distinctives in what we believe that determine what we do. These distinctives define our personality in the wider Church, and carry our unique way of doing life as followers of Jesus.
In this series we will look at some key values that help us to live out this Kingdom Life and continue to extend God's Kingdom together, everywhere in every way. |
The Resurrection Changes EverythingIn these three talks, Mark Harbour explores how, through the death and resurrection of Jesus, God’s future Kingdom breaks through into the present. The resurrection changes everything. It changes who we are and what we do.
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What is at the centre of your life?
What is most important? Whatever is most important, whatever is your ultimate love, will shape you, ultimately. This short series introduces some key and essential ways we can live the Jesus-Centred life from the book of the same name by Rick Lawrence. Click here for talks |
God has a mission. A mission to save the world. A mission of transformation. A mission of Grace and Love. Every follower of Jesus is called to join God's mission. In this series of talks we will look at the Mission of God and how each one of us are can cooperate and contribute to what God is doing, locally, nationally and internationally. Click here for talks |
Who are you meant to be?
"The most important task of your life is not what you do but who you become. " -John Ortberg. There is a 'you', you want to be. A picture in your mind of who you want to become. Ironically, becoming the person you are meant to be will never happen if your main focus in on the ‘me’. Only God knows who he has made you to be. And He is guiding you towards the best version of 'you' all the time. Click here for talks |