Standalone Talks: Carol Service 2025 - Andy Tilsley

Acts 8:26-40Liam Thatcher speaks on being ready for revival, based on the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Official. He explores how this story is a prophetic picture of the moment we’re in. A spiritually open individual meets a spiritually ready individual, and what was once a desert place gets transformed into a harvest field. We’re encouraged to be like Philip: following the Spirit, spotting the openness, and seizing the moment.

Revelation 2:8-11At the start of 2026, we're exploring Jesus' instructions to the 'Seven Churches' in Revelation (chapters 2-3). As we long for a move of God in our city, we can often feel the cost of following Jesus in testing times. Revelation offers a practical message to stay faithful to Jesus, despite the pressures to compromise.

Our vision as a church is to follow Jesus together, for the renewal of London. But what does that look like in practice? If we long to see London transformed, what is our role in that transformation? At the start of the year, co-senior leader Joel Wade guides us through both biblical narrative and CCL's story to introduce our 'Heart Project'.

Revelation 2:1-7At the start of 2026, we're exploring Jesus' instructions to the 'Seven Churches' in Revelation (chapters 2-3). As we long for a move of God in our city, we can often feel the cost of following Jesus in testing times. Revelation offers a practical message to stay faithful to Jesus, despite the pressures to compromise.

Matthew 2:1-12Andy looks at the visit of the wise men to the infant Jesus in Matthew 2. He unpacks the significance of the gift of myrrh and how it speaks to Jesus meeting us in the harder moments of the Christmas season.

Prayer is more than just something we do, it’s what forms our way of life with Jesus. In this five-week series, we’re unpacking how Jesus taught his disciples to pray in Matthew 6, known as ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. This week at our Central service, Joel looked at Jesus’ teaching to pray against temptation and evil in our daily lives.

Prayer is more than just something we do, it’s what forms our way of life with Jesus. In this five-week series, we’re unpacking how Jesus taught his disciples to pray in Matthew 6, known as ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. This week at our Mile End service, Adnan looked at Jesus’ teaching to pray for God’s daily provision in life.

Prayer is more than just something we do, it’s what forms our way of life with Jesus. In this five-week series, we’re unpacking how Jesus taught his disciples to pray in Matthew 6, known as ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. This week at Sutton, Andy looked at Jesus’ teaching to pray for forgiveness, and our radical need to both receive and extend forgiveness to others in order to live in light of God’s Kingdom.

Prayer is more than just something we do, it’s what forms our way of life with Jesus. In this five-week series, we’re unpacking how Jesus taught his disciples to pray in Matthew 6, known as ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. This week, Catherine (Sutton Service) looks at Jesus’ teaching to pray for God’s kingdom to come on earth as in heaven.

Prayer is more than just something we do, it’s what forms our way of life with Jesus. In this five-week series, we’re unpacking how Jesus taught his disciples to pray in Matthew 6, known as ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. This week, Adnan kicks off our series by looking at Jesus’ teaching to pray to ‘Our Father in heaven’ – exploring the heart and purpose of prayer.