Jonathan Armstrong from Diss Baptist Church talks to us about Paul's third missionary journey when he stopped at Troas from Acts 20 verses 7 - 12.

• The ordinary takes place in a gathering of believers
• The ordinary uses means of grace - The Bible: read, sing, pray & preach

- Pray

-The Lord's Supper & Holy Communion

• The ordinary is often despised
• The ordinary is foundation for something extraordinary

Sam talks from 1 Corintians 1 verses 8 - 9:

• God’s Faithfulness Is Defined in His Character. Faithfulness is not just what God does; it’s who He is. God will never fail, never break trust, and never abandon us.
• God’s Faithfulness Depends on God. If God’s faithfulness flows from His very nature, then it isn’t dependent on us. God doesn’t operate in contracts; ones written with clauses. He operates in covenants; He totally gives Himself to us.
• God’s Faithfulness Is Demonstrated by Our Salvation. The greatest display of God’s faithfulness is seen at the cross. He has already fulfilled the most painful promise of all; to save you through the cross. The cross is God’s ultimate act of faithfulness.

Pastor Daniel from 24-7 Prayer Peru spoke to us (translation by Andy Taylor from 24-7 prayer Peru & Hope Church) from John 11, the story of Lazarus. A word God gave him in September 2025.

Pastor Daniel looks at how the two sisters, Mary and Martha responded to Jesus' arrival - Martha went to Jesus and Mary stayed at home.

We are encouraged when hard things happen to stay close to Jesus - Mary sat and listened to Jesus, stay close to your family -don't escape from your family when you need each other. and keep believing in the power of Jesus because when we show faith He shows His power.

Pastor Daniel finished by saying that today 19th October 2025, Hope Church stopped being a name and started being our identity.

John McGinley speaks to us from Acts 19: 1 - 12 when Paul went to Ephesus and instead of following a well-worn strategy, he followed the Holy Spirit direction instead.

Don't try to systemise but create an environment where God can come into. It's about our posture and position.

Our challenges:

• Put Jesus in His rightful place as our Lord
• To be filled with the Holy Spirit
• Healing, we have been set free by Jesus to heal.

Sam concludes our series from the book The God Story looking at Acts 3 when Peter and John heals the lame man at the Beautiful Gate.

We are challenged to not miss moments and pay attention to where God is leading us because when we pay attention to others' stories, we create space for God's story to be written in their lives.

Don't close the book, keep playing our part.

Steve speaks on the penultimate chapter of The God Story from Revelation 5.

In a world that is fighting for our attention on social media, TV and the internet we have a survival guide in the book of Revelation. The seven churches John sent letters to faced the same pressures we face today.

In a world full of lions, follow the Lamb.

Sam continues with our series The God Story looking at The Church.

He shows us from Acts 10 in the story of Peter meeting Cornelius, that church isn’t supposed to look like us but like God. God cares about our heart not our race, position or appearance.

We are challenged to check our heart, choose welcome over comfort, declare Jesus clearly and invest, don’t just inform.

Graham continues with the next chapter of The God Story looking at the Garden of Gethsemane in Matthew 26 verses 36 - 39.

Graham challenges us.... Which way wins? Life is about choices. And the most important choice is the YES to God