VPBC Sermon 28th Nov 2010

JTH Spoke on the theme 'SHARE the light' as part of the first in a series of four Advent talks.

She spoke about the returning of christ and of people who have walked in the darkness have seen the light.


Reading - Isaiah 9:1-7


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21st November 2010

Ken Donaldson, CEO from Crossroads Counselling Service ( one of our linked charities)
spoke to Isaiah 61:1-3, the founding scripture of the organisation, and then of the Good Samaritan via John 10:10. He explains how the outreach element of Crossroads helps fulfil this expression of mission and service in our borough of Tower Hamlets.

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7th November 2010

Jane spoke about Peter and Cornelius and crossing boundaries. As we all live parallel lives we have to intentionally make cross over points.

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24th October 2010

Jane spoke to the challenge and God's desire for a multi cultural ( not just an international ) church which shows the manifold(multi coloured) wisdom of God achieved through the death of Christ on the cross. The reading was from Ephesians 2:10-16 and verse 18.

VPBC Sermon 17th Oct 2010

JTH spoke about oppression suffered by the Hebrews under King Pharoah's rule. She went on to talk about 'building bricks without straw', and the chrsitian request to the lord to provide straw so that we may build.


Reading from Exodus 5:6-19


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10th October 2010

Building Outreach & Belonging. Jane continued the theme and spoke from Philippians and the need to reach out to others.

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3rd October 2010

Geoff spoke on the third of a series of three sermons looking at the conversion stories in the Roman colony of Phillipi as a basis for looking at the mission and outreach paradigms they illustrate in building a " church from scratch." This week the hardest and most difficut of the tales in tersm of reaching urban commmunities. Breaking into the institutions of urban life, and the jailor's tale from Acts 16:16-34.