by David Cole | May 3, 2018 | General Teaching
“My experience of communion has been completely transformed.” I said this (or something pretty similar) to Sam Evans the other day, after we’d shared communion with a group of Gateway friends. And it really has. The last few times I’ve taken communion, it’s had a...
by Sam Evans | Apr 12, 2018 | General Teaching
Reading the Bible: The Interpretative Journey (Part 1) can be found here. I want you to imagine a large map, with (1) an ancient village on the left, (2) a river in the middle, (3) a bridge over the river, (4) a signpost just past the bridge and (5) a modern village...
by Sam Evans | Apr 5, 2018 | General Teaching
I don’t know about you, but sometimes reading the bible can feel really difficult. In fact, it can seem not abnormally difficult: reading a passage and instantly forgetting what it was about. Why is this? After years of thinking that ‘I should’ read it or pushing...
by Gateway Church | Mar 29, 2018 | General Teaching
Elizabeth shares about why Easter Sunday is so important and why we need to go beyond traditions. Easter. Just the mention of the holiday invokes thoughts of chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and Easter egg hunts. Growing up in the southeast United States, Easter was...
by Gateway Church | Mar 8, 2018 | General Teaching, Teaching Series
We have just started a new sermon series called Counter Culture, with titles like consumerism, cynicism, tribalism and individualism. So many –isms sound a bit theoretical, not to mention hard to understand. Is it relevant? What does it all mean for us? Culture is not...
by Sam Evans | Feb 15, 2018 | General Teaching, Worship
Have you ever come to church on a Sunday and felt like you’ve not connected with God? Have you ever gathered with the congregation to sing and pray and just gone away feeling like you didn’t receive? Have you ever finished a service and just wondered: what was that...