The Shore Community Church

This week Alister shares from James and speaks of how we can use our words in helpful and unhelpful ways, and how God can help us with that!

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Our full Sunday service from 18th June 2023.

Message: What We Say - Alister Williams

This week Alister shares from James and speaks of how we can use our words in helpful and unhelpful ways, and how God can help us with that!

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
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This week Jamie focused on the account in Genesis 1 of the creation and unique calling of humankind. These passages make some profound claims that are absolutely central to some of the most important issues that face us in the 21st century. Primarily we considered the assertion that humans are made in the ‘image and likeness’ of God: What would this have meant to an ancient audience, and what might we infer regarding the status and purpose of human beings? Secondly, we looked at what might be implied by the mandate to ‘subdue’ and ‘rule’ the created world. Tragically, these phrases have been used to excuse environmental exploitation. However, this is totally at odds with the character and commandments of God as revealed though the rest of Genesis 1, which instead leads us to good news summed up as capacity, dignity, and responsibility.

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
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Our full Sunday service from the 11th June 2023.

Message: Capacity. Dignity. Responsibility. - Jamie Fredricks

This week Jamie focused on the account in Genesis 1 of the creation and unique calling of humankind. These passages make some profound claims that are absolutely central to some of the most important issues that face us in the 21st century. Primarily we considered the assertion that humans are made in the ‘image and likeness’ of God: What would this have meant to an ancient audience, and what might we infer regarding the status and purpose of human beings? Secondly, we looked at what might be implied by the mandate to ‘subdue’ and ‘rule’ the created world. Tragically, these phrases have been used to excuse environmental exploitation. However, this is totally at odds with the character and commandments of God as revealed though the rest of Genesis 1, which instead leads us to good news summed up as capacity, dignity, and responsibility.

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theshorecommunity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshorecommunity/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shore_church

This week, our guest speaker from Youthworx Africa, Ian Wardle, talks to us about how as Christians we are not immune to treating people differently according to their positions and their perceived privilege in the church. He reminds us that in fact what really matters are our positions in Christ, being loved and held in him, equally.

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
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Our full Sunday service from the 4th June 2023.

Message: Our Position in Christ - Ian Wardle

This week, our guest speaker from Youthworx Africa, Ian Wardle, talks to us about how as Christians we are not immune to treating people differently according to their positions and their perceived privilege in the church. He reminds us that in fact what really matters are our positions in Christ, being loved and held in him, equally.

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theshorecommunity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshorecommunity/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shore_church

This week we continued our series through Genesis, looking at the six days of Creation. Once again we tried to approach these famous verses with fresh eyes, noticing their careful and artful construction, all pointing to some beautiful insights into the character of God. Jamie commented on how God creates by separating and gathering, but also by filling with teeming, overflowing life. In this we might see echoes of the opening verses - the interaction of guiding order and wild potential. The interplay between these elements perhaps encourages us to seek a more nuanced understanding of the world, resisting black and white interpretations. And thus to navigate our way, we should pray for the gift that Scripture constantly points us towards… Wisdom!

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theshorecommunity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshorecommunity/
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Our full Sunday service from the 28th May 2023.

Message: Forming. Filling. Overflowing. - Jamie Fredricks

This week we continued our series through Genesis, looking at the six days of Creation. Once again we tried to approach these famous verses with fresh eyes, noticing their careful and artful construction, all pointing to some beautiful insights into the character of God. Jamie commented on how God creates by separating and gathering, but also by filling with teeming, overflowing life. In this we might see echoes of the opening verses - the interaction of guiding order and wild potential. The interplay between these elements perhaps encourages us to seek a more nuanced understanding of the world, resisting black and white interpretations. And thus to navigate our way, we should pray for the gift that Scripture constantly points us towards… Wisdom!

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theshorecommunity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshorecommunity/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shore_church

We continued our new series exploring the book of Genesis, building on last week's introduction to the background of the book. This week we looked at the iconic first stanzas that follow on from “In the beginning…” and started to unpack them in all their richness. The ‘ordering’ Spirit of God interacts with the ‘chaotic’ depths of possibility: An idea that resonates across many spheres of life. Jamie illustrated how these reveal a God who works sympathetically and lovingly with his creation. His power is displayed not in coercive domination, but in ordaining freedom, and calling the Creation into fullness of life and flourishing. It is the power that we see most decisively at the Cross, and in the person of Jesus.

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theshorecommunity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshorecommunity/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shore_church

Our full Sunday service from the 21st May 2023.

Message: Order. Chaos. Speech. - Jamie Fredricks

We continued our new series exploring the book of Genesis, building on last week's introduction to the background of the book. This week we looked at the iconic first stanzas that follow on from “In the beginning…” and started to unpack them in all their richness. The ‘ordering’ Spirit of God interacts with the ‘chaotic’ depths of possibility: An idea that resonates across many spheres of life. Jamie illustrated how these reveal a God who works sympathetically and lovingly with his creation. His power is displayed not in coercive domination, but in ordaining freedom, and calling the Creation into fullness of life and flourishing. It is the power that we see most decisively at the Cross, and in the person of Jesus.

To find out more about The Shore Community, visit our website: http://www.theshorecommunity.church
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIYIaHy0uL57K_OwIJAxUA
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theshorecommunity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshorecommunity/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shore_church