Speaker: Olivier BanzaRecorded from our Sunday morning service 23-11-25Session 5 in our series exploring some of the prayers of the bible.Metro Christian Centre - BuryPutting Jesus at the centre of everything:Our lives,Our church,Our community,Our worldwww.mccbury.org.ukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metroccbury

Speaker: Tristan SherwinRecorded from our Sunday morning service 16-11-25Session 4 in our series exploring some of the prayers of the bible.The lovely autumn sun has overexposed our video again. We are looking into this. An issue with the sound recording has meant a few minutes of the beginning of the sermon has been missed. See below text for the missing portion :"I still remember my first day of primary school—more than forty years ago now.I can vividly remember my mum holding my hand as she led me into a room full of strange faces… and then letting go. Passing my hand into the teacher’s and then turning to leave.To go from the tightness of tenderness to the distance of detachment was more than I could handle.To say I cried would be an understatement.I erupted. I bawled.I screamed at my mum not to leave me, to come back, to take me with her. But she kept walking toward the door, not turning around. The moment I didn’t see her face anymore, something inside me broke. I tore my hand from the teacher, ran for the door, but before I could reach her, she was through the doorway and the classroom door closed between us. I tried to grasp the handle, but the teacher scooped me up and carried me to my chair, where I sat, crying my eyes out for most of the day.Please don’t misunderstand, my mum was a caring mother. And as a parent, who has since experienced that emotional day from the other side, I understand that, had my mum turned around, I would have witnessed tears rolling down her face, too.But that day was my first experience of what I would call despair. My first experience of abandonment.Not my last.That moment has echoed throughout my life— especially in the area of my faith."If you would like to read more, this sermon with additional content can be found on Tristan's blog https://tristansherwin.com/2025/11/16/utter-despair-ps-77/Metro Christian Centre - BuryPutting Jesus at the centre of everything:Our lives,Our church,Our community,Our worldwww.mccbury.org.ukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metroccbury

Speaker: Dave King, from the Gather MovementRecorded from our Sunday morning service 9-11-25As part of our series on prayer, Dave King shares the extraordinary story of the prayers that led to the revitalisation of Salford.Metro Christian Centre - BuryPutting Jesus at the centre of everything:Our lives,Our church,Our community,Our worldwww.mccbury.org.ukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metroccbury