HTK & St S Podcast

Nigel Stirzaker is a Christian and a Software Engineer.

In our continuing series on Faith at Work, we hear what this means to Nigel in his workplace.

In the third of our series asking what is it like being a Christian in the work place, we hear from Brian Appleton. Brian is an accountant - and as he say's, they do have a reputation to live up to.

So what does his faith mean to him in the workplace?

This is the second in our series asking what is it like being a Christian in the work place? Do we hide our light away, or do we proclaim our faith openly. Do our work colleagues even know that we have a faith?

In this series, members of the congregation of Holy Trinity and St Saviours churches share the stories of their walk with God in their place of work.

Our second talk is by Lyn Nunnerley, a youth worker working with local kid who have real issues.

Lyn's talk helps to tackel the pre conceived ideas we might have about youth issues, and also helps us to better pray for those involved in such work. Again, and excellent talk on Christianity in the work place.

The parish of Knaphill with Brookwood as a strong tie to the work of the Turning Point Trust, a charity working with street kids in the Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya.

(http://www.tptrust.org/index.html)

The two Field Directors, Jon and Jo Parsons are well known to the congregation, and as a body we actively support their work through prayer and giving.

Each year they come back to the UK for some well earnt R&R, and also to meet with and brief on details of what has been happening in the project.

At HTK, these visits have been come all the more special for the messages that Jo brings to us when she takes the opportunity extended to her to preach in our morning service.

This sermon, recorded in July 09 talks about moving on despite opposition, and constantly reminds us that 'Never the less', the Lord took the opportunity and used it.

What is it like being a Christian in the work place? Do we hide our light away, or do we proclaim our faith openly. Do our work colleagues even know that we have a faith?

In this series, members of the congregation of Holy Trinity and St Saviours churches share the stories of their walk with God in their place of work.

Our first talk is given by Christine Grew, who has the unique situation of being the wife of our vicar Nick, and also a practicing physiotherapist.

This is a unique and moving talk, and sets the scene well for what should be an excellent and relevant series.

Jeremy Watson looks at the difficult book of Amos.

On Sunday 28th June 2009, Holy Trinity hosted the annual Civic Service for the Mayor Councillor Christina Liddington and Consort Mr Steven Dodd.

Rev Nick Grew the Mayor's Chaplain led the service and also participating was the Moderator of Churches Together and a representative of the Shah Jahan Mosque.

A Civic Procession of 100 strong was led by a representative of Surrey Police along with the Divisional Officer of Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. The VIP guests' included the High Sheriff of Surrey, The Freeman of the Borough, Woking's MP, Chairman of Surrey County Council, and Visiting Mayor's from Surrey, Past Chairman and Past Mayors of Woking, Members of the Council, County Cllrs and Surrey Magistrates.

The service hosted 300 members in the congregation, which included personal guests of the Mayor, representatices from the uniformed, ex-service and youth organisations with a large selection of voluntary and general organisations.

This recording is of the address Nick gave at the service.

As has been previously mentioned, I have unfortunatly had to post this sermon out of sequence due to a technical issue with the previous recording, however, that should not detract from this excellent teaching.

Recorded on Sunday 21st June, David Gale looks at I Thessalonians 4, and especially on what the Bible teaches us about sex, and the Christian attitude to it.

You might be surprised at his conclusions.

My apologies, but unfortunatly the recording of Val Harris' excellent sermon on I Thessalonians 3 will not be posted for a few more days due to an issue with the recording.

However, in the mean time, Dave Gale's teaching on chapter 4 will be posted shortly.

Regards, SB

Continuing our teaching series looking at 1 Thessalonians, this is the second sermon presented by Jeremy Watson.

In this recording made at our 9:30 Hands Free service, he looks at 1 Thessalonians 2, making a stong case that in our lives, we should be looking forward to new great things, rather than dwelling on the failures of the past

Recorded on the 10th May 09, Rev Nick Grew brings a message to us that is a responce to God's prompting.

Previously, one of our congregation had a picture from the Lord, she described it like this:

"I had a picture where I was looking up at a land mass as if I was under water seeing it floating on top. Underneath I could see that there was virtually nothing holding it up & it looked like it was going to collapse. I felt the land represented our nation and that God was showing me that the foundations on which our society / way of life is built are virtually non-existent and about to break because they haven’t been laid in Him. I felt that foundations had been laid with a ‘total disregard’ attitude."

"I felt frightened by this and a sense of urgency that we need to do something quickly. Again I repented and asked God for mercy. I then kept thinking about scaffolding being put underneath to hold the land up and a real sense of urgency to try and do something to stop collapse. I felt like this scaffolding needs to be the church, on behalf of the nation, holding the land up until correct foundations can be laid – that the scaffolding needs to be our cries for mercy and repentance and prayers, but felt like just one very small voice on my own doing this."

Nick looks at how the church should respond to this. He asks us if the suggestion of God’s people being the scaffolding to uphold our society in this time of crisis is Biblically sound & reasonable, and if so, what do we need to do?

This Sunday we started a teaching series looking at 1 Thessalonians, with the first sermon presented by Val Ward.

In this recording made at our 9:30 Hands Free service, she looks at 1 Thessalonians 1, and especially at verse 3:

“We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

In this clear and concise sermon, Val pulls much from this passage and makes us think very hard about our way of life when she points out that you can not bolt being a Christian onto your life – it is your life.

In this sermon recorded on the morning of Sunday 26th April, Rev Nick Grew looks at the storey of Peter’s denial of Christ.

The sermon gets into the nitty-gritty of the love between the two men, and the way that is reflected in the dialogue and actions that follow.

The sermon makes us think about the level of our own relationship with Christ, and the love we have for Him, our fellow believers, and mankind as a whole.

Recorded on Sunday 26th April 2009, Rev Peter Thompson tackels the very difficult subject of what happens when we die. Not and easy subject, even for those of us who profess a faith and look forward to meeting with our Lord God.

Certainly worth listening to, and meditating on....SB

Recorded on the evening of 12th April (Easter day), Bob Bailey expands on 1 Corinthians 15: 1 - 11.

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