Lifecentral Church

Baptisms October 2024. There’s lots of wisdom that is about in our general language and culture, but how much of it can we actually shape our lives around? What’s your life built on? And is it sustainable? Is it strong enough? Today, people are choosing to build their lives on Jesus. It’s a decision that shapes every part of their lives. And it’s the same message Jesus gave when he talked about building on rock versus sand. —Speaker: Andy Hancock.

Life is not measured in minutes it’s measured in moments. This October is our 45th Anniversary as a church from our beginnings in 1979. Over the years we've taken steps of faith and experienced times of great sacrifice, crisis and celebration. But it’s not only the moments that make our story worth telling... it’s the people! — Speaker: Lead Pastor, Leon Evans

You reap what you sow... You reap more than you sow... You reap after you sow. This law is not just agricultural, it’s about the story you want your life to tell. — Speaker: Lead Pastor, Leon Evans

Church hurt is not a new phenomenon —we see it all through church history. We see it all around the world in all types of churches, styles and traditions. The impact of church hurt cannot be underestimated... however the Church that Jesus started is a place where we carry one another’s burdens, where we stand alongside one another in good times and bad, where we literally 'one another' one another. Community can be where we experience the deepest hurt, but also where find the deepest healing. — Speaker: Lead Pastor, Leon Evans

This October, we celebrate 45 years since the founding of Lifecentral Church! In this episode of The Lifecentral Podcast, Debs sits down with Leon and Allison to look back on the mission, history and the incredible things that God has done over the last 45 years.

When biblical replaces Christ-like we have missed it! The Church is a movement - we need to make sure that it doesn't get stuck and becomes just a monument. For the movement to keep on moving we need more contributors than commentators, and the best investment of our time outside of our families is the local church that’s outward facing.

When The Church Gets It Right | Lifecentral Church Speaker: Lead Pastor - Leon Evans. Next Steps - I’ve made a decision to follow Jesus or I’d like to join a Connect Group https://lifecentralchurch.org.uk/next-steps Alpha - Got questions about faith and life? Alpha is the perfect place to explore all the big questions you might have in life. https://lifecentralchurch.org.uk/alpha Giving - I’d like to give financially to Lifecentral Church https://lifecentralchurch.org.uk/give/ Prayer - I’d like someone to pray for or with me https://lifecentralchurch.org.uk/sayoneforme/ Social Media - Follow us on Instagram & Facebook Lifecentral Church - @lifecentralchurchuk Kids - @lifecentralkids @lifecentralyouth  @lifecentralcollective

Everyone has an opinion about what Church is... Irrelevant? Incomprehensible? Institutional? We believe the Church is unstoppable —an outward facing, multicultural, multi generational, multiplying movement. When we lose sense of this, we lose who we are and who we were meant to be! How can we adopt the tone, posture and approach of Jesus? —Speaker: Lead Pastor, Leon Evans.

How good are you at ignoring? We all have times when we ignore others, when we just don’t want to hear what they have to say, or we're distracted, or aren’t sure we care about their opinion. This story, heads up, is a bit wild and wacky... but we should all see ourselves in the way Jonah responds and reacts to God.

In this episode of The Lifecentral Podcast, Debs sits down with Laura and Gareth to discuss the topic of spiritual gifts. We ask what is the difference between spiritual gifts and natural talents? How do our individual backgrounds affect our beliefs around this subject? Do we all have a spiritual gift? Where do love and the fruits of the Spirit come in? We round off the episode by looking at how as christians, we fulfil our mandate of helping others to find and follow Jesus in the context of using our spiritual gifts.

Ever feel like you’re being dealt blow after blow by life? Like being punished for something? How many people in our world feel ‘not loved’? ...the hurting, the broken... How do they feel? Like outcasts. Like they don’t belong. But you know what? While we were still a mess and when we’re in the middle of the tunnel of pain, Christ died for us. —Speaker: Andy Hancock

Sometimes we need a bit of help to SEE. And one thing that stops us seeing or even accepting what we are seeing is PRIDE. We all have moments where we are faced with our pride. How can we deal with it when it rears it’s ugly head? —Speaker: Jayne Sargeant

Disappointment is part of the human condition, a part of what it means to be human. Whether you're a believer or not - disappointment will build a wall in your life. Is God a problem-solver? Dream-maker? Desire-fulfiller? Something else? In our disappointment we need to look beyond ourselves... —Speaker: Lead Pastor, Leon Evans

Where is God in disappointment? Margaret’s story is one of disappointment, sadness and grief, yet through it all she has felt closer and closer to Jesus. How is this even possible? Listen to her story to find out where God is when life deals you punch after punch.

Waiting patiently develops character. According to psychologists, patience, it turns out, is a pretty helpful attribute. It’s important that we recognise that before anyone had to wait for anything, God was already waiting for us... —Speaker: Allison Evans

It's human nature to build and create —it’s what we do. But is what we’re building close to the original pattern of what God intended..? Or, have we settled for building something smaller, less impressive and less impactful? Let's ask God to show us, and be prepared for an answer. —Speaker: Laura Hancock

In this episode of The Lifecentral Podcast, Debs sits down with Stephen and Gareth to discuss how we can feed ourselves spiritually. We discuss what a hungry spirit looks like and how we start to feed ourselves spiritually (as well as the importance of it). We round off the episode by looking at the obstacles we can face and things we can do to stay motivated.

A talk not just for the men... Women, you should listen in on this too. Every single one of us has had handed to us, an opinion of what it means to be a man. Commitment, faithfulness and loyalty are sadly not often things the women in our culture experience from men. Let's shed toxic masculinity and look to Jesus as a model of what the perfect picture of a man should be like. —Speaker: Andy Hancock

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Our choice is to either live with the familiar or embrace the new that God offers. 'New' requires faith, and without faith it is impossible to please God! You don't need faith to stay in the old but you do to step into the new. —Speaker: Lead Pastor, Leon Evans

We can think listening as being so passive but it is active! We don’t just hear with our ears or even just with our brains —we hear with our hearts, and that’s what makes it so powerful. People should be better off for talking with us. How do we build with kindness and compassion? —Speaker: Jayne Sargeant