Talks And Sermons From St Matthew's

An encounter between Jesus and some Pharisees led to Jesus showing a new way of living, one of humility, compassion and a free obedience to God. Join us as Elizabeth encourages us to follow Jesus' example.

When life becomes too much we need to remember what God has done for us in the past, what He has done on the cross and what He has promised us for the future.

When Jesus asked His disciples to feed 5,000 people with two fish and five small loaves, it seemed like an impossible task. Join us as Andrea shows us how Jesus is always with us, helping us with our impossible tasks.

When bad things happen in the world we naturally ask why God allows it to happen - why doesn't he fix things now? Join us as Pads shows us that the Bible teaches us that he loves us enough to be patient, but he will bring justice.

Join us and Pads Dolphin and Carol Morgan speak to us about the Parable of the Sower and the value of Perseverance during out all-age family service

Life is all about choices - who we choose to live with, work with, where we live. Jesus chose to come to Earth to save us. Join us as Kirstie Dolphin encourages us to consider our choices and how we might serve God through them.

Sometimes when we're watching a film or reading a book we're left unsure who are the goodies and who are the baddies. But what about ourselves? Are we goodies or baddies? Join us as Pads Dolphin shows us how, before God, we have all done wrong but can be made right through faith in Jesus.

When Jesus lived upon the earth, he revealed God the Father to us through himself. Join us as Pads Dolphin shares his story of how Jesus did that in his own life and continues to do so for countless others today.

Since its beginning, the Church has bought shared the resources that each member has, according to their individual means, to further the work of God's kingdom on Earth. Join us as Pads Dolphin invites us to consider how we might be able to do that today.

Discovering and using our gifts is key to finding fulfilment, learning who we have been made to be as we serve God's Kingdom. But serving God isn't about doing God works to please Him but our response of love to His gifts of grace.

Filled with the Spirit at Pentecost, Jesus' disciples became united in God’s mission to bring the good news of Jesus to the world. Join us as Pads Dolphin tells us how we can join in this mission today. Please note, this talk has been re-recorded after losing the original, live, talk.

Many of us will say that we want to know God more and draw closer to Him and the Holy Spirt promises to help us do just that, but when it comes to making time for God, and choosing to prioritise getting to know Him, how preapred are we to make that cost? Join us as Carol Morgan speaks at a special evening service where we join wtih other churches in Southcote, The Grange and The Mission.

Was Jesus the first astronaut in history? Are we to believe that Jesus was catapulted through the earth’s atmosphere and out into space where he eventually arrived at a distant place called Heaven? During his resurrection appearances, Jesus moved between these two realms, appearing and disappearing; and so, although Jesus had no need to ascend, the importance of the ascension was to make sure his disciples didn’t hang around waiting for his next resurrection appearance. They were to get on with doing the

The gospel of John records that the disciples didn’t initially recognise the risen Jesus. Mary Magdalene mistook Him for the gardener until he called her by name. Thomas only recognised Him when he touched His wounds, and the disciples on the road to Emmaus only recognised Him when He broke bread with them. The disciples still don’t recognise Him when He appears to them for a third time by the Sea of Galilee! They are out fishing, only they haven’t caught any fish, and it’s only when Jesus turns up on

The death of Stephen shows how God can bring amazing good out of even the worst situations, though it's not always easy to see at the time. Join us as Pads Dolphin encourages us to trust our trials to God and pray for Him to bring good from our tragedies.

The character of the early church sets a challenge for us today - to become more loving, more keen to learn, more worshipful and more evangelical. Join us as Carol Morgan encourages to take up the challenge and follow their example.

What Jesus sacrificed on the cross is so far beyond our understanding and yet we are called to live in response to it. Join us as Jo Harbidge encourages us towards a life style of choosing what is good in response to the Cross.

When Jesus reveals to us who He is we are left with a choice of how to respond. Join us as Pads Dolphin shows us that this isn't a take-it-or-leave-it choice, but the most important choice we will ever make.

Conventional wisdom says that faith should be a private matter and is not something to share with others but this is not a Christian idea and is certainly not set as an example by Jesus and the Apostles. Join us as Pads Dolphin encourages us to think about how we might share our faith and be witnesses to Jesus and His resurrection today.