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Our current series continues , looking at the Context Lens. Context is so important to how we understand the Bible, and also how we understand our Christian lives. This week we explore the importance of context and use it to interpret what the Bible says about the role of women in a way that shows that maybe Jesus and Paul were feminists after all.

Join us as we continue our new Series , looking at the Flourishing Lens, one of the 4 different lenses that we are using to help us to discern what are good ways to interpret the Bible and the Christian life. Jesus came so that we could live an abundant, flourishing life and yet sometimes our interpretations of the Bible lead to teaching that do not promote flourishing. This week we will think together about how to use the idea of flourishing to discern how we follow Jesus

Discernment: The fruitfulness lens - 12/04/26 by Oasis Hub Hull

Easter Sunday: What does Easter mean for us today? 05/04/26 by Oasis Hub Hull

Join us as claire explores how we can share our faith with other- Being humble, just and kind

Join us, as Nath Jones, Senior Minister at Oasis Church Waterloo, continues our series Everything Good about God is True by talking about Jesus.

Join us as Ralph continues our series Everything Good about God is True by talking about how Spirit guides, informs and draws us into faith. This week we will explore how the Holy Spirit moves us- with prodding or with gentle whispers; compelling us to action, reminding us of God’s presence, sustaining us, helping our faith to grow and flourish, and for us to grow into who God wants us to be.

Join us as Claire continues our series Everything Good about God is True by talking about what it means to believe in Creator God. We may find it difficult to prove that God exists, but it can help to make God real by thinking about how Creator God exists in the rhythms of life. So this week we think about how we belong to God, how this changes the way we live, and how God believes in us. We continue creating our faith montages as we think together about all the good things about God

This week, we started a new series of talks focusing on what we choose to believe. Too often we focus on what we don’t believe, or what we disagree about. So in this series, we are going to focus on what we do believe, what we can believe, or what we choose to believe- using the book ‘Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith’ by Bruce Reyes-Chow. So if you’re new to faith and want to take some time to think about exactly what it is about God you believe, or if you’ve had faith a long time and want to think again, refresh your beliefs, or remind yourself of all the good reasons you choose to have faith- this series is for you, and we would love to see you. This week, Claire introduces the topic by talking about the role of faith and doubt, certainty and trust as we explore together the good things about God.

This Sunday we had Guest Speaker Jill Rowe, Oasis Ethos & Formation Director with us. Jill talked to us about how 'Hope and love are ‘doing’ words.’

This week we have a guest speaker- Kat Agar who is CEO of Oasis Community Partnerships. Kat continues our series of talks looking at some of the people who lived with Jesus, and her subject is "Learning from people who lived with Jesus: Mary the Mother"

We continue our series of talks looking at some of the people who lived with Jesus. Ralph talks this week about "Learning from people who lived with Jesus: Peter the Rock"

Join us as we begin a new series exploring and learning from those who knew Jesus- starting with Mary Magdalene

This week is the last in our 'Becoming Christian' series and we are joined by Danielle Welsh from Oasis Church Waterloo who is also the Chief Operating Officer for Oasis UK. Danielle's topic is Activism and bringing the Kingdom of God into our world. Following the way of Jesus means sharing his activism too. What can we learn from Jesus about being radical and making a difference in our world? This week we talk about how we are the ‘hands and feet’ of God, bringing the Kingdom of God into today’s world through social activism, politics, and community action

Join us as we discuss what's church got to do with becoming christian? We talk about how church and living in community isn't always easy yet why it's worth it. How and why do we do church together?

It’s too easy to think that being Christian means we need to be against other religions. This week we explore this topic, thinking about what we can learn from other religions, and how we can have good relationships with people from other faiths as well as develop a strong Christian faith ourselves

Our guest speaker Symon Hill helps us to think about how we can use the Bible appropriately, and make it relevant to today’s world. We want to take the Bible seriously, and this means understanding what it is for, and what it is not for, and how to make sense of it today.

We explore whether the Christian faith is based on a 1 off decision that means we are 'in', or whether it's more helpful to think about a process of belong & becoming or modelling our lives on following the way of Jesus

Daniel unpacks the creation story as part of our summer series of talks, asking what's your favourite Bible story?

Claire shares the story of the Prodigal son as part of our summer series of talks, asking what's your favourite Bible story?

Claire continues our series of talks looking at the Sermon on the Mount: Living well in the Kingdom of God - Living well with others. Matthew 7:1-12 Judging others 'Do not judge, for in the same way as you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ‘Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, “Let me take the speck out of your eye,” when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. ‘Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Ask, seek, knock - ‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. ‘Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Steph continues our series on Living well in the Kingdom of God - Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 6:19-34 Treasures in Heaven - “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Do Not Worry - “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Ralph unpacks Matthew 6:1-18 as part of our series on the Sermon on the Mount Matthew 6:1-18 ~ Giving to the Needy: 1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ~ Prayer: 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ’ 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. ~ Fasting: 16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Nathan Jones from Oasis Waterloo joins us to give the next in our series of talks about the Sermon on the Mount. This week's topic is: Living well in the Kingdom of God. Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount. Loving as God loves (Matt 5:21-48)

Claire starts a new series of talks based on the sermon on the Mount. Starting with, 'Living well in the Kingdom of God. Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount. Introduction: we’re all included in God’s Kingdom (Matt 5:1-20)'

Continuing our series on how to be fully alive, Steph talks about her topic: Pride, from individualism to community and dependence.

Kat Agar, who leads Oasis Youth and Community work, continues our series on how to be fully alive. Her topic is envy, from status anxiety to belovedness and shalom

Ralph continues our series on how to be fully alive. With the topic of listlessness, from distraction to attention.

Jill Rowe from Oasis Church Waterloo joins us to continue our series of talks 'Being fully alive'. Talking about Avarice, from stuffocation to generosity and letting go.

Rev Simon Cross from the local URC Church joins us to continue our series of talks 'Being fully alive' by talking about Wrath: from polarisation to welcome and peacemaking.

Starting our new series of talks called Being Fully Alive, Claire thinks about what it means to live life in all its fullness, acknowledging that sometimes we mess things up, and how we can use our freedom to pursue a full and meaningful life.

Steph joins us for our final talk in the series, looking at Herod and the Wise people.

Continuing our series of talks Re-imagining Christmas, Claire talks about the birth Jesus.

Danielle Welch from Oasis Church Waterloo joins us as we start our new series of talks where we will be reading the Christmas story using Wil Gafney's womanist translation to help us see the story with fresh eyes.

Claire reflects on Mother God and thinks about some of the feminine characteristics of God.

We conclude our series of talks about re-imagining our certainties with Claire and John talking about re-imagining worship.

Claire continues our series, talking about Re-imagining prayer and thinking about what our questions are about prayer, how it works, how God acts in the world and whether we can change God through our prayers.

We welcome Rob Trickey from Bath who continues our series of talks, with the topic Re-imagining the Spirit.

Dave Parr, CEO of Oasis UK, joins us as our guest speaker. Dave continues our series of talks about re-imagining our certainties by exploring the topic of having a prophetic voice in the world.

Ralph continues our series of talks by "Reimagining healing".

Nathan continues our series by talking about 'Reimagining Baptism'.

Claire introduces a new series of talks where we think about some of our beliefs and practices and reimagining what we think about those things. The first of these is called 'Reimagining our certainties'

Claire talks about 'how we can look forward with hope'. Thinking about our vision and hope for our church, and our community in the coming months.

Jo Dolby, Leader at Oasis Church Bath, joins us to talk about toxic relationships.

Steve Chalke, founder of Oasis is with us, talking about what Christians think about education.

Steve Chalke talks about how faith communities, local charities, and grassroots movements can get involved in transforming our communities for the better. Listen to the conversation about how we may approach a different way of thinking. We need a new social covenant between government and local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups – one designed to create a less bureaucratic, more collaborative and imaginative approach to community development, and transform the life chances of countless children, young people and families.

Claire continues our series of talks with the topic 'What Christians think about poverty'

Ralph talks about what Christians think about climate change.

Claire talks about the day everything changed.

Claire talks about how our theology changes the way we see other people, with a focus on what this means for social justice and activism whilst Kat joins us digitally and talks about the social action projects Oasis is involved in across the UK.