The SPSJ Podcast

Come and join the conversation with Grace, Andy, Heather and the team as they have a chat with National Leader of New Wine, Rich Johnson and discuss this theme of what is God saying to the Church?

Heather is joined by Grace who has spent some time catching up with Rev Andy Morgan, Vicar at SPSJ and his wife Claire who have given us an insight into ministry life.

There's power in taking Jesus with you into mission, but so much more in acknowledging that Jesus is already in that place.. Join Grace and Heather as they reflect on an interview with Chris Lane, who shares about his work on an estate in Salford, Greater Manchester.

Join Grace as she shares with us from Mark 1:1-11

Following on from our previous episode about a Theology of Place and what it means to talk about the place in which we live, this episode explores the second part of our interview with Rev Dr Alison Walker. In this episode, we explore this theme from a geographical point of view rather than a sacramental one in the first episode.

Join Sheila for the first of our Lent series exploring Faith

How do you talk about the place you live?  What would it mean for us if, instead of owning the places we lived, we saw them as God given and God going before us in them? In Part 1 of Being Christ in B&Q, we're starting conversations around how we see God and can be vessels of God's love and grace in the places we live.

Join Sheila as we hear about God's call to Samuel. Our Bible passage is 1 Samuel 3:1-10.

Listen here for our Vicar's take on The Baptism of Jesus and what that has to say to us today

How would you cope having to leave everything you know behind? It's that age old ice breaker question of what 3 things would you take with you? Join Heather, Luke, Grace and Andy who are joined by one of our SPSJ staff team Sandra Zhukova, a refugee from Ukraine, as she shares her experiences and how her faith has both been challenged and grown on her journey to life in Hereford.

This Advent, we are going to be looking at how we can show Jesus as Lord in our care, starting today by looking at a sacrificial kind of care.

One of our basic needs as human beings is to be cared for and to care about others. So how does this look from a Biblical perspective and what does it mean for us in the church as well as in the wider world? Join Luke, Grace, Heather and their friends Liz and Tanya as they grapple with this and encourage us to be creative in our care for others.

God has a relationship with non-human creation and so there is great intrinsic worth in nature that we don't realise. We can't love something we don't know so join Luke, Grace and their friend Regina as they explore the hidden gems of creation, the wider eco system of God's creation and our role in looking after it!

Chris Lane joined us on our Church Weekend Away this month to share with us. Take a listen to his session on the power of prayer!

Chris Lane joined us on our Church Weekend Away this month to share with us. Take a listen to his session on the work of the Holy Spirit!

Chris Lane joined us on our Church Weekend Away this month to share with us. Take a listen to his session on the messiness of mission!

What does the Bible have to say about the many challenges we face in today's world, both as individuals and as a community? The SPSJ Podcast seeks to encourage us to start thinking and talking about these things. It encourages us to engage with our faith, engage with the Bible. To not be afraid of bringing God into these issues by thinking theologically about them, knowing that God cares deeply about us and our world.