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Friday 30th October - Sunday 1st November 2026

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This month we're supporting the incredible work of Hill Valley Life Church in Malawi through prayer and financial giving. The church there provides homes, school support and discipleship to children who have no home or family. If you would like to give you can transfer your giving to our church account with the reference "Malawi".

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On Sunday we looked at Jesus’ famous teaching on the mount, from Matthew 5, and we discovered that this passage isn’t so much a standard we are to strive for but instead Jesus showing us that we could never live up to the law of God. Through this what we found was that we all need Jesus, the only one who can be for us all that we fail to be, the only one who has come from Heaven to make a way for us to live as children of God in the Kingdom of Heaven. See you tomorrow for Matthew 6 🎉

💡 Children's Church 💡
You are the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hidden. And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. They put the light on a lampstand. Then the light shines for all the people in the house. In the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do. Live so that they will praise your Father in heaven.
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭14‬-‭16‬ ‭ICB‬‬

On Sunday Matt shared with the adults from Matthew 2, where we discover some amazing truths about Jesus and that He is worthy of our worship. But Matthew 2 also forces us to ask how we will respond to Him, will we be a monarch (like Herod) and want the throne for ourselves? Or will be Magi, those who will commit our lives to the journey of the praise of Jesus!?

Check out our Instagram highlights to see what our children and young people got up to this week 🚸

Here comes 2026 💚 here's to another year worshipping Jesus together!

Have a little look at our 2025 Instagram highlight and thank God for what's behind and what's ahead. See you Sunday 🎉

Thank you all so much for joining us for our Christmas Carol Service on Sunday 🎄 what a joy it is to worship Jesus in this season!

Matt shared about joy... did you spot the word “joy” in your language on the screen!? (See the last image if you want to check again)

We’d love to see you again. Join us any Sunday (including this week!) at 10.30am Oasis Academy John Williams or Christmas morning at 10am ❤️

December is whizzing by! Baptisms, Christmas curry night, street evangelism, Christmas wreath making.... and now we're getting ready for our Carol Service! 🎉

We can't wait to welcome you to join us on Sunday, 14th December at 7pm for our Christmas Carol Service at Oasis Academy John Williams... followed by mince pies!! Everyone is welcome 🎄🎶

✉️ Here's your invitation ✉️

Join us for our Christmas carol service! Sunday 14th December at Oasis Academy John Williams. Everyone welcome... see you there!? 🎄🎶

On Sunday, Matt took us to the book of Ephesians. Ephesians tells us that we were dead in our sins. It’s a reality that we’ve all felt, life without hope or peace, life filled with brokenness and pain. Yet Paul, the writer, also tells us that there is another reality, one with blessing, freedom, forgiveness, wholeness and joy. It’s a reality that’s only found in Jesus and Paul tells us that the amazing news is that it’s a reality that God predestined for us in Jesus - a way for all humanity to be made new.

You can catch up with this talk or any of our Sunday morning preaches on YouTube, Spotify or our website... or join us on a Sunday morning! 💚

🎵 Rain came, wind blew, our house is built on You 🙌

On Sunday, Matt shared with us from Romans 12:1-2, looking at how in view of what Jesus has done for us on the cross we are invited to spend our lives now being with Him, learning from Him and becoming like Him.

We looked at the same passage of scripture in Children's Church and Youth Church too!

Our young people talked about what "patterns of this world" we might feel pressured to follow, and how God's Spirit transforms the way we think. Our children talked about how it sometimes takes courage to stand up for Jesus, and how the Holy Spirit helps us be brave for Him 🙌

📖 On Sunday Glenys shared with us from Romans 4 looking at the hope we have as Christians. Not hope like the worlds hope, a vague wish that something might happen. But biblical hope, a hope that is confident in what will be because of who our God is.

To listen to this or any of our other Sunday morning talks, search "Counterslip" whenever you get your podcasts or head over to our website 🎧

This is your invitation 💚

Sunday, 10.30am, Oasis Academy John Williams in South Bristol. We'll be there!

📖 On Sunday, Ann-See shared with us from 2 Corinthians. She shared how Paul was able to be honest with the church about his struggles in life because he had discovered what it meant to live unveiled before Jesus. And she shared with us how Jesus calls us to come as we are and allow Him to lift the veils we often hide behind so that we too can come face to face with Him, the one who loves us.

🚸 On Sunday in Children’s Church we read 2 Corinthians 3. We were learning that Jesus has come to remove the veil so that we can know Him fully and reflect His glory in our lives. We have the Holy Spirit who brings us freedom.

The Children used torches (in the dark!) and put veils over their faces just like Moses in the Old Testament. We talked about how Jesus came to remove the veil so that we have freedom by the Holy Spirit. The children made mirrors to remind them that they reflect Jesus in their own lives.

😎 In Youth church, we talked about how our faith is grounded in the resurrection of Jesus and how this gives us hope and strength even when life feels difficult. We read from 1 Corinthians 15 and 2 Corinthians 4 and discussed what Paul means when he calls us “jars of clay”. We talked about God choosing to show His power through our weakness, and thought about times when life feels overwhelming... what difference does it make to know that “our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us eternal glory”?

POV: You had a hard day at school but you head to youth homegroup to talk about Jesus and play the most intense game of Mafia you've ever played ✌️

Here's the video we played on Sunday morning from Ruth at @houseofwordandspirit, who we're supporting this month 💚 if you missed it or you'd like to find out more, chat to Claire!

🚸 On Sunday, Children’s Church looked at 1 Corinthians 13 and we learnt what the Bible says about love; how it can be hard to love others and three only way we can do that is to recieve love from God first. God’s love for us is perfect - and we take our example of how to love from Him.

The children enjoyed a water activity where we used empty cups and filled them from a big jug of water. When we are filled with God’s love it overflows out of us and onto others. The children decorated paper cups with our key verses, and we had a special ministry time where we spent time in God’s presence and responded to his love for us.🚰

Youth Church dove into 1 Corinthians 12!
👃👁️🖐️🦵We ran in a body part relay, and talked about what Paul meant when he said we are all parts of one body in Christ.

We discovered that the Word says that without love, even great gifts or actions don’t matter, and we talked about how love can guide the way we use our different gifts as one body ❤️

On Sunday, Andy shared with us from 1 Corinthians about how God’s wisdom is very different to man’s wisdom and how, very often, God’s ways can seem like foolishness. We then explored how God reveals His wisdom by His Spirit and invites us into a revelation of what Jesus has done for us, whilst also considering how we live in the good of it. 📖

🚸 In Children's Church on Sunday we read 1 Corinthians 3. We were learning about the letter that Paul wrote to church at Corinth. We learned that Jesus is the foundation that the church is built on - and we are the bricks that fit together to make the church! We are all different, but when we come together we are part of God’s family.

The children completed some challenges where they had to work together as part of a big team! The younger children used some toy figures to describe their families, and the older children read the verses in the bible and talked about how we can build each other up. We made some paper people to represent ourselves and then placed them together as a sign of unity and togetherness. We sang the song The Blessing over each other, and over the paper figures which represented our church.

👉 Talking points
· Spend some time with your child talking about your family - about the different people who make it up, and the strengths you have when you are together.

· Take time to pray for your family, but also to pray for the wider church too. Ask God to bless the different generations of people that make up our church, and pray for Pastor Matt and the leadership team too.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might 👐 Ecclesiastes 9:10 👐

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