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Basingstoke Church

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FOR THE PEOPLE OF BASINGSTOKEWe are one church across four locations in the town of Basingstoke.

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  1. 18th October | Growing Community | Acts 11

    Libby helps us look at how ordinary believers in Acts, scattered by hardship into Antioch, become the ones who start something new - a church so alive that it can't help but multiply. Three thousand, five thousand, a great number, more added daily, and so it grows! What might God have each of us…

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  2. Vision Sunday 2: God Got There First | Acts 10

    In part 2 of Vision Sunday, John looks at what it means for us to notice what God is already doing across Basingstoke and make room for it. That includes a 150-year-old prayer discovered in our own library, now written above our door, and the stories of people meeting God on dog walks, in…

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  3. Vision Sunday 1: Making Room to Grow | Acts 6

    In Acts we see the early church struggling to cover all the ministries that needed to happen as they grew so rapidly. Similarly for us today, we need to be releasing more people into ministry, to make space for more and more people to come fully alive in Jesus through the Holy Spirit. That is…

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  4. 27th September - Kingdom Community: Acts 5:12-16

    The apostles in Acts don't only talk about God's kingdom - people fall under its shadow and get healed. What does it look like for us as a church today to expect the supernatural as normal, to show the invisible King as visible. Where do we want God to demonstrate and show his power? Where do we...

  5. 20th September - Generous Community: Acts 4:32-36

    Having received everything, the early church hold nothing too tightly: money, homes, whatever's needed, wherever the need is. This is grace with nowhere else to go but outward. Generosity is a direct result of grace freely received. What should our response to the grace of God be today?

  6. 13th September - Prayerful Community: Acts 4:23-31

    Matt and Hannah from Beacon Church Blackpool join us to share faith-filled stories of the power of prayer. In Acts too, we see the early church, although under pressure, are filled with the Spirit and praying in faith for God to provide and deliver. What would change for us today if we actually...

  7. 6th September - Spirit-Led Community: Acts 2:1-13

    Everything begins here - Jesus' promise landing as wind and fire on an unremarkable room of people, giving them ability to speak different languages to let everyone know in their own native tongue that they belonged. Pentecost is the ignition point of the church. Today we too are sent out, full…

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  8. 30th August - Building on The Rock: Matthew 7:24-27

    Reading the story of the wise and the foolish builders, we're called to hear God and act accordingly - intentionally building our life on Jesus, not anything else. Both builders in this story heard God, so the difference wasn’t in the hearing, but it was in the choice of what and where to build.

  9. 23rd August - Staying connected to the source: John 15:5

    How is your spiritual battery level? We are called to keep close to God, spending time in His presence, as that’s where our power comes from - being connected to Jesus the source, continually filled with His Holy Spirit.

  10. 16th August - Creation’s Voice: Psalm 19:1–6

    Karen closes the series by looking outward at how God speaks through nature, and the wonder and beauty of creation - with an encouragement to look for and notice God's presence in that.

  11. 9th August - Hearing God In the Stillness: 1 Kings 19

    John Hudson speaks on the moment when God turns up. Drawing on the story of Elijah who was crying out to God when he felt all alone, John unpacks what we can expect as God comes to be with us in the hard times. This a shorter talk for our Summer All-In series.

  12. 2nd August - Learning to Listen: Luke 24:13–35

    On the Emmaus road Jesus walks alongside two disciples who don’t recognise him, their hearts burning within them before they understand why. We too want to be more aware of God's presence walking with us by day by day through His Holy Spirit.

  13. 19th July - Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: Acts 2:17–18

    How does the Holy Spirit actually speak to us in practice? Acts 2 gives the theological foundation for God speaking in different ways - including prophesy, visions and dreams, so we can ask and be prepared for God to speak to us, even as we sleep.

  14. 12th July - Hearing for Others: 1 Corinthians 14:1–4

    A biblical, communal, and personal introduction to prophecy, defined simply as hearing God’s voice on behalf of yourself, another person, or a group. Paul’s measured, community framing here shows that prophecy is not for an elite, it is the most accessible of the gifts, oriented entirely towards...

  15. 5th July - The Book That Reads Us: Psalm 119:103–112

    Scripture is a lamp for our feet, as we find the rhythm of reading or hearing it as a regular part of our life. We can practically root our lives in God’s word and allow it to impact us.

  16. 28th June - More Than Words: 2 Timothy 3:16–17

    Scripture is the most reliable and most frequent channel through which God speaks. When we open our hearts to God as we read it, it is powerful - revealing the wisdom and character of God by the Holy Spirit.

  17. 21st June - The God Who Speaks: John 1:1–4, 14

    Jesus is the Word made flesh. God’s speech is not merely information but personal presence - communication is at the heart of who God is. Before we ask ‘how do I hear God?’ we need to be captured by the fact that God speaks, and that the fullest expression of his speaking is a person - Jesus.

  18. 14th June: Trust in God When Hope Feels Small - 1 Peter 5:6–11

    God is the one who restores, strengthens, and sustains us. Hope allows us to release anxiety, humility lets us submit to God’s care, and trusting in him secures us even in trials. We can confidence that hope is enough - for life, witness, and endurance.

  19. 7th June: Hope That Speaks in Action - 1 Peter 4:8–11

    Watch the podcast John refers to in his sermon here, from The Diary Of A CEO: https://youtu.be/dLrvJeSugkM?t=4978 The clip starts at 1:22:58 in that video. Love is the natural evidence of hope. Above all things, love covers over a multitude of sins. Hope doesn’t require us to “add something else”...

  20. 31st May: Living Hope Out Loud - 1 Peter 3:13–17

    Our hope becomes visible in daily life. People notice the difference hope makes, and when they ask, we are ready to explain it : not with arguments or doctrine, but with the simple story of hope in our lives. Your life is your testimony : hope is your answer.

  21. 24th May: Living Hope With Others - 1 Peter 3:8–12

    Hope forms a distinctive community: compassionate, humble, forgiving, and committed. Even ordinary believers shaped by hope live visibly different lives that reflect God’s presence and character.

  22. 17th May: Hope That Endures Pressure - 1 Peter 2:19-25

    When life is unfair or difficult, hope changes how we respond, enabling us to continue to live in the reality of a world with broken systems. We follow Jesus' example as he endured injustice and stood against it, knowing the victory was already won in God.

  23. 10th May: [Baptism Sunday] Standing Out Without Standing Apart - 1 Peter 2:11–12

    Celebrating the baptism of 6 people at our 11am congregation and hearing some of their stories. Ordinary lives shaped by hope become a quiet but powerful witness to others of the power of God at work by his Holy Spirit.

  24. 3rd May - Standing Strong When Life Shakes: 1 Peter 2:4–10

    Jesus is the cornerstone. Hope gives us a stable foundation in identity, belonging, and security. Building our lives on him allows us to face the instability of life with confidence and trust.

  25. 26th April: Hope That Restores Who You Are - 1 Peter 1:22–2:3

    Hope restores us into the people God created us to be. Love flows naturally from hope; it’s not something extra we have to add. Purification is about letting go of what blocks love and stepping into our true selves.

  26. 19th April: Hope in the hard times - 1 Peter 1:13–16

    Because of the security of the hope and grace we have in Jesus, we can step out of things that we are still held to. God is inviting us in to being made holy - by being found fully in him, not by working harder but by allowing God to change us.

  27. 12th April: Finding Hope That Lasts - 1 Peter 1:3–9

    Hope is alive, real, and grounded in the resurrection. Even when life feels ordinary or faith doesn’t feel dramatic, hope is enough. This sets the foundation: you don’t need anything else to make faith meaningful.

  28. Easter Sunday - He knows your name - John 20

    We celebrate that Jesus is alive today, and He knows you by name.

  29. 29th March: Invite everyone in - Matthew 22: 1-14

    Everyone is invited into the Kingdom, and the invite is to come as you are and receive the best from God, freely given, clothed in His righteousness.

  30. 22 March: Only for the Kingdom - Matthew 19: 23-30

    Jesus gives you an invite, not an invoice. We don't have anything to add to his grace, as he's already done it. We can't buy a place in the kingdom, or earn or serve our way in, in fact it involves laying down everything. Jesus is calling us to ditch the idols and gods of this world instead trust...

  31. 15th March : Great power and humility - Matthew 18: 1-5

    The great power that is given to us as we take the keys to the Kingdom is to be held with great humility as ones called to serve God. How we hold the keys to the Kingdom is as important as the power within them.

  32. 8 March: Keys to the Kingdom [Vision Sunday] - Matthew 16: 13-20

    The pivotal passage of the whole series which shows the power and authority that is vested in Jesus is shared and given to the disciples –which includes us in Basingstoke in 2026. We hold the keys to the kingdom, and are invited to play our part in all God is doing here.

  33. 1st March: The change we want to see - Matthew 12: 22-32

    Jesus was performing miracles, healing and setting people free, but some failed to recognise where that power came from, and that freedom was only available by the Spirit of God. Jesus’ triumph over darkness happens as we unlock the power of the Kingdom here on earth.

  34. 22nd February: The gift of knowledge of the Kingdom - Matthew 13: 10-23

    Jesus invites us to respond to the truth of the Kingdom, not what we want it to be. Are we listening, are we letting his word take root in our lives? Are we open to the challenge that comes when we live fully for the upside-down, unexpected Kingdom

  35. 15 February: You can have great impact - Matthew 13: 31-35

    Mustard Seed: In the Kingdom of God, even the small things you might offer and the seeds of prayer and good news that you plant can make a huge impact

  36. 8 February: The Kingdom Advancing - Matthew 11: 11-19

    The Kingdom is growing, it’s advancing and the world is standing forcefully against it. Jesus is telling us that this won’t be easy, there’s a battle ahead and not everyone will see and hear the good news and join in. But as Jesus says ‘wisdom is proved right by its deeds’ so we too, as we stick...

  37. 1 February: The Kingdom Power - Matthew 9:35 - 10:8

    Jesus sends the disciples out, a bunch of ordinary people whom he has called, with huge power and authority that is gained from, and demonstrates, the Kingdom that is here. They are called to declare it and to show it, and we have that same power now.

  38. 25 January: The fruit of the Kingdom - Matthew 7:15-23

    When we have the keys to the Kingdom it produces good fruit in our lives. Being religious, just coming to church doesn’t mean anything until we unlock the goodness of God and see it flow in our lives.

  39. 18th January: First things first - Matthew 6:25-33

    If our ambition is for worldly things, then the concern and worry over those will consume our first thoughts and stop us from living in the fullness of what God has for us in the Kingdom. So Jesus calls people into seeking first the Kingdom, then getting to everything else afterwards! When we...

  40. 11th January: Members of the Kingdom - Matthew 5: 1-12

    Kingdom culture is one that is paradoxical in relation to the world’s power, so as we enter into the Kingdom, Matthew 5: 1-12 explores the ways we are to be as citizens and holders of the keys that wield great power.

  41. 4th January: Announcing the Kingdom - Matthew 4: 17- 25

    Here we see the announcement, the heralding of something new that is to be unpacked over the coming chapters; namely the Kingdom. Here its key markers are a call for a decisive response in repentance, the call to follow Jesus, and the breakthrough of healing (wholeness/completion/salvation).

  42. Following The Cloud - The Cloud Fills The House - 14th Dec

    The journey ends in God’s dwelling among His people. When Solomon dedicates the temple, the cloud fills it; a picture of God’s permanent dwelling. Revelation shows the ultimate fulfilment: 'Now the dwelling of God is with men.' The goal of following the cloud is not endless movement but eternal...

  43. Following The Cloud - When The Cloud Is Missing - 7th Dec

    In 1 Samuel, Israel carries the ark into battle, assuming God will go with them, but His presence is not a tool to be used. True power comes from relationship, not ritual. A reminder always to do everything moving with God’s presence.

  44. Following The Cloud - When the Cloud Lifts - 30th November

    The presence of God moves toward the Jordan, and the people must follow into the unknown. Faith requires stepping into the waters before they part.

  45. Following The Cloud - Led by the Spirit - 23rd November

    God’s Spirit leads His children. What was external for Israel is now internal for believers. The same Spirit who led Israel by the cloud now leads us as sons and daughters of God. The Spirit’s guidance is rooted in relationship, not formula.

  46. Following The Cloud - Waiting When Nothing’s Happening - 16th November

    God is working even in the waiting. Moses waits six days on the mountain before God speaks. Waiting seasons are not wasted; they form faith, trust, and dependence. The waiting place is still holy ground.

  47. Following The Cloud - When the Cloud Moves - 9th November

    The people of Israel didn’t decide when to move; they followed the cloud. The same is true for us - our direction, timing, and security come from staying close to His presence. Following God starts with learning to watch for His movement.

  48. Fruitful: Working together - Romans 12:4-8 - 2 November

    Look around you, join a team, get together with others, serving God isn’t an individual thing, we are created to make an impact when we work together in unity, each playing our part.

  49. Fruitful: What’s in my hands? - 1 Peter 4:10-11 - 26th October 2025

    Don’t compare, don’t try and be someone else, you are called to use what God has given you but always rooted in using that in a way that glorifies God.

  50. VISION SUNDAY - 19th October 2025

    John shares how each of us can play our part in the work God is doing here in Basingstoke. If you feel God stirring you to give financially to support the work happening here, either as a one off donation or a regular amount, the easiest way is through https://www.basingstoke.church/give

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