New City Church Milton Keynes

An all-age introduction to the book of Jonah (when the live stream didn’t work!)

What can we learn from Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane about the importance of praying through trials?

Mark continues in the second half of the Lord’s Prayer.

Looking the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-10.

Continuing the evening series considering what it means to pray together as a church family. This time – what is prayer? What does it mean to call on the name of the Lord?

Mark begins a new Sunday evening series looking at what it means to be a church that prays together. Looking mainly at how the early church prayed in the book Acts, Mark challenges us to show our trust in the Lord in the way that we pray to Him.

The next part in our series in 1 Peter.

What is our confidence in Christ?

How should Christians and churches engage with the State? See Peter’s challenging answer in 1 Peter 2:13-25.

We continue in our evening series in the book of 1 Peter.

We continue in our evening series in the book of 1 Peter.

The second part in our Sunday evening series in 1 Peter on the important subject of holiness in the life of the believer.

The first in a new Sunday evening series in the letter of 1 Peter. We see that, just like these 1st-century believers, we are both elect (chosen by God) and exiled (strangers in this world).

This week for Women’s Bible Study we will be looking at Ruth chapter 4:13-22. If you are able to read or listen to the fourth chapter of Ruth first, please do! It will help you get the most of the study. We have reached our last week in Ruth.  What a great book it has been to study! There is so much in here, more than we were even able to touch on in the study.  I hope that you have been challenged and encouraged through studying the book of Ruth.   This week we spoke of leaving a legacy.  The people in this story, Naomi, Ruth and Boaz were all normal people who lived in faith and hope of their God and this spoke volumes of who they were, who their God was and affected history. What a legacy!  Kelly Minter puts it: “Faithful obedience and love to God during our earthly years can affect things long after we are gone.”  I would love for you to spend some time looking through this book and thinking about what has changed, encouraged, challenged by this book of the Bible.  Take time to journal about this! It help

This week for Women’s Bible Study we will be looking at Ruth chapter 4:1-12. If you are able to read or listen to the fourth chapter of Ruth first, please do! It will help you get the most of the study. I hope you were able to listen to the talk on Ruth and below you will find further questions and thoughts to help you dig deeper into some of the things talked about.  Why not ask a friend to do the study with you and talk about these things?   Kinsman-Redeemer This week we talked about how Boaz became Ruth and Naomi’s kinsman-redeemer. Remember a kinsman-redeemer needed to be: someone near the kin, able to redeem and willing to redeem. We saw that Naomi and Ruth’s nearest relation, was near kin, able to redeem but not willing to redeem. Which was a blessing really as it allowed Boaz to become their kinsman-redeemer.   This makes me think of our own redeemer, Jesus Christ! He chose to become a man, making him like us, he was able and willing to redeem and he did!   Romans 5:6-8 says: You see, at jus

Click here to listen to Ruth chapter 4.

This week for Women’s Bible Study we will be looking at Ruth chapter 3. If you are able to read or listen to the third chapter of Ruth first, please do! It will help you get the most of the study.   This week, we’ve a bit more of a personal reflection with the Lord. So I’ve planned 3 short meditations for us to consider. Each meditation is about 10 minutes so you might want to do just one or all three, but grab your bible, some paper or post-it notes and a drink and get ready! Ruth taught us about the characteristics of trust, self-control and patience. As we think about these today, let’s listen to a song based on Psalm 130. “I will wait for you” (Psalm 130) [LIVE] by Shane & Shane https://youtu.be/l8pCbtLeXzc PART ONE There is something both dull and draining about waiting. But when I look to God and look to him for strength, I find him.  Isaiah 40:31 Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will

Click here to listen to Ruth chapter 3.

This week for Women’s Bible Study we will be looking at the rest of Ruth chapter 2. If you are able to read or listen to the second chapter of Ruth first, please do! It will help you get the most of the study. Below you will find a few questions to go along with the talk above. We hope they will help you to further explore the Bible passage for this week. Why not ask a friend to do the study with you and talk about these things? Question 1 ‘And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.’ 2 Corinthians 9:8 Complete the sentence: Today, God has given me….   Question 2 ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.’ (Joseph when forgiving his brothers, Genesis 50:20) List (share) examples of times when it was in looking back that you saw God’s providence in your struggles.    Question 3 ‘Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situati

This week for Women’s Bible Study we will be looking at Ruth chapter 2. If you are able to read or listen to the second chapter of Ruth first, please do! It will help you get the most of the study.    Below you will find a few questions to go along with the talk above. We hope they will help you to further explore the Bible passage for this week. Why not ask a friend to do the study with you and talk about these things? Question 1 Romans 5:3-5 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that sufferings produce perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.  As we saw in chapter 1, Ruth is definitely perseverant! Her character is constant in every aspect of her life and it is this integrity that earns her Boaz’s notice when she needs help. Some of the aspects of Ruth’s character we’ve seen over the last two chapters are:  Caring In