On Sunday we continued our series in 1 John, as we entered into the penultimate session. Jamie McMillan was with, exploring how we have a faith that can overcome the world. Jamie highlighted three key elements in this text; Eternal Life, The World & Being Reborn. 1 John 5:1-12

On Good Friday, we gathered to remember and mark the events of Jesus' crucifixion with worship, teaching and prayer. Dave Dickinson spoke about the Horror & the Hope of the Cross, and how our sin was truly dealt with on the cross. Isaiah 53:3-6; 1 Peter 2:23-25

On Easter Sunday, we gathered again to round off our the Easter season, as we gathered to celebrate the resurrection of our Saviour. John Dickinson was with us and reminded us of who Jesus is – the Generous, Intimate & Present, before leading us in communion. John 21:1-14

On Sunday, we began our Easter series as we celebrated Palm Sunday and remembered its significance as part of the Easter story. Dave Dickinson was with us and highlighted that Palm Sunday was about The Crowd & The King. John 12:12-19

On Sunday, we took a break from our series in 1 John as we welcomed Michael McClenahan, Principal of Union Theological College, as he shared on The Aspostle's Creed and it's importance in our lives. Romans 10:1-13

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan continued our walk through 1 John, as we explored the theme of Loving One Another. He challenged us to remember that we are loved by God – His children, and because of that love, we must show that love to the world around us. 1 John 3:11–24

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series in 1 John, as we looked at the theme of Truth & Lies. John unpacks some of the lies that are in the world and in us, and how we need the truth of Jesus to counteract those lies in our lives. 1 John 2:18-27

On Sunday, we continued our walk through 1 John, as John Dickinson unpacked the third part in our series. He unpacks the the two tensions that the Apostle John writes about; the tensions in the Church & the World. 1 John 2:12-17

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our new series in 1 John, as we looked at the next part, On Loyalty & Love. The Apostle John writes that that knowing that we are in Christ is about Trust & Trajectory. 1 John 2:1-11

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson launched our new series This We Know – an exploration through the book of 1 John. As John writes this book, he writes to the present church. He reminds them of what it means to be followers of Jesus and that knowing God looks like a Word & a Way. 1 John 1:1-10

On Sunday, Jess McCarroll continued our Psalms for the season series, as she unpacked Psalm 34. She challenged us to Seek God and Fear God as we live as His disciples here on Earth. Psalm 34

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan walked us through Psalm 10 as he continued our new year series in the Psalms. He highlighted that this Psalm is a complaint Psalm; that we have to acknowledge the culture that we live in and invited us to be restless in our prayer for justice. Psalm 10

On Sunday, John Dickinson kicked off our new series, Psalms for the Season, a we take some time unpacking various Psalms and reflecting on their application for our lives. Psalm 116

On Christmas Eve, we gathered for worship as Dave Dickinson led us through the penultimate part of our Behold series, unpacking the story of Simeon as he receives Jesus.

On New Years' Eve, Dave Dickinson closed out our Christmas series, looking ahead to the year to 2024. John's vision in Revelation 21 is a life that is Personal & Together. Revelation 21:1-5

On Sunday, we continued our Behold series, as we gathered for our All-Age Carol Service. We had it all from, songs, prayers, readings and a video led by our kids, before Jamie McMillan shared a short message about the Angels. Luke 2:1-15

On Sunday, we kicked off our Christmas series, making or way through the Advent season. This year, our theme is Called 'Behold', as we look into the many ways that beholding takes place in the Christmas narrative. Helen Warnock got us started, laying the land of what the series has for us, through the lens of Malachi 3:1-5.…

On Sunday, we concluded our series 'GO', on mission as Stuart Newburn unpacked the ultimate reality for the people of God. God will redeem all things, and with that, there are future and present implications: our future one of hope and restoration when were God will dwell with us. But until the, there are present implications - we are to be a peopl…

On Sunday, we moved into the penultimate part of our GO series, on mission. Dave Dickinson was with us, challenging and encouraging us to think more intentionally about the world in which we live. We are to Care, Share & Declare; We must be a people who care for this earth, that we share in the same purpose as the earth - to glorify His name, and a…

On Sunday, Stuart Hawthorne, Minister of Carnmoney Church, led us in the next part of our series GO. We looked at how God's mission is both an invitation and command, that it is sourced in the incarnation of Jesus and that there are no 'no-go' areas. Matthew 28:16-20

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our new series 'GO', as we looked at the theme of God's People. We are all apart of God's mission for the world, as we live as His people. Dave highlighted that there are 4 marks of God's people; Chosen, Redeemed, Restored & Distinct. Various Readings

On Sunday, we kicked off a brand new series called 'GO', looking at the broad picture of mission. Over the next 5 weeks we will be exploring a range of topics relating God's mission in the world. This week, Helen Warnock kicked us off by looking at mission through the whole spread of Scripture, from Adam to the present day.…

On Sunday, we finished our series on our values. Dave Dickinson was with us, sharing on the last of 3 core values - Witness. He remained us that being a witness is less about what we do, and more about who we are. And if we are to be a witness, we need Power, Belonging & Allegiance . Luke 24:45-49 Acts 1:6-9…

On Sunday, we continued our series on our values, as Jamie McMillan unpacked the second value that we hold here at Central; Community. He helped to dispel some myths about community and unpacked Jesus' vision of community. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 Romans 6:3-4 NB - we had technical difficulties while recording part 2 of this series, so we have no pod…

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson kicked off a new series in our core values here at Central. This was an introductory week, as we looked at the theme of authenticity, and how authenticity on the Inside and Outside is what is needed if we are to bare witness to who Jesus is and what He can do in our world. Psalm 143:1-6 1 Peter 1:3-7…

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson finished off our series on the Holy Spirit. We were looking at how the Holy Spirit gives us Access to God, and how His Spirit becomes a Dwelling Place, were He works. Ephesians 2:11-22

On Sunday, we moved into the penultimate week of out Holy Spirit series. Dave Dickinson was unpacking the theme of transformation, and how, through the power of the Holy Spirit, transformation looks like Freedom & Fruit. Galatians 5:16-26Kirjoittanut CENTRAL Belfast

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series 'Holy Spirit', as we explore the breadth of the Holy Spirit throughout all of Scripture. This week, we were looking at the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Dave summarised this exploration in 7 principles: The Gifts are of grace (not maturity) The Gifts are given by the Spirit The Gifts are for the benefit of…

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our walk through out series on the Holy Spirit, as we look at the breadth of the Holy Spirit in the full canon of Scripture. This week, we were looking at the work of the Holy Spirit through Paul's letters, and specifically Romans 8. Dave unpacked how Paul writes that the Holy Spirit works against the desires of …

On Sunday, we landed in week seven of our series in the Holy Spirit. Dave Dickinson was unpacking Jesus' words in John 16, as we looked at how the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin. The Holy Spirit's conviction reminds us that it's not our job, things are worse than we thought and there is a wide open space. John 16:1-11…

As we continued our way through the next part of our series on the Holy Spirit, Dave Dickinson unpacked the theme of Paraklētos, through some of the last words of Jesus before He would go to the Cross. He chooses, in has last words, to talk about the Holy Spirit and how He will help them when He's is no longer with them. Helper, Comforter, Counsel…

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson was sharing on the work of the Holy Spirit and salvation. We looked at two stories in John's Gospel; Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman at the well. He highlighted that it is the Spirit that Starts & Shapes, in the work of salvation. John 3:1-10; 4:7-26

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson was back with us, walking us through the next part of our series on the Holy Spirit. This week, we were looking at the Holy Spirit & Jesus, and how the Spirit Authenticates, Affirms & Accompanies Jesus through His ministry, and how the Spirit does the same for us today. Luke 1:35 Luke 3:21-22 Luke 4:1-15…

On Sunday, John Dickinson continued our series 'Holy Spirit', as we looked at how the Holy Spirit was alive and active in Creation. Genesis 1:1-3

On Sunday, Stuart Newburn concluded our series through Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians. Paul signs off this letter with a call to worship. We unpacked that this kind of worship is both Holistic & Holy. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-28

On Sunday, we worked our way through the penultimate part in our series in 1 Thessalonians. Dave Dickinson was sharing on how the Apostle Paul was urging the Thessalonians church towards community that was both Vertical & Horizontal. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson guided us through the next part of out series in 1 Thessalonians, as we entered the final chapter of the letter. The theme of death continued, as we looked at the topic of the end days, and who Paul urges the Thessalonians (and us) to be as live until the day of Christ's return. We are to be people are Alert, Awake & A wit…

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our way through the next part of our series through 1 Thessalonians. This week, the topic that we unpacked was death; an issue that the Thessalonians church were hung up on. The Apostle Paul reminds the church that we have A Reason To Hope & A Hope to Live For. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18…

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan continued our series in 1 Thessalonians, looking at the topic of work. Jamie highlighted that we live in a world were work is everything. However, for the Apostle Paul, work was just work, and the Gospel was everything. Jamie challenged us with four questions: What is my relationship with work? Is work my identity? Are we …

On Sunday, we moved into the fifth part of our series in 1 Thessalonians, and Dave Dickinson unpacked the topic of sex, that the Apostle Paul outlined in this letter. As Paul urges the Thessalonians towards God's best, he places a high value on sex, marriage and personhood. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

In the middle of this letter to the Thessalonians, we find a prayer that Paul writes, as he expresses his longing to be with the church in Thessalonica. Helen Warnock was with us on Sunday, unpacking these few verses, challenging us to think about how God might be at work within us, and how He could be calling us into even greater relationship with…

On Sunday, we continued our series in 1 Thessalonians, and Jamie McMillan unpacked the theme of Paul's ministry. There were many things that made Paul unique, but three specifically were his Power, Pattern & Prize. 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:10

On Sunday, we moved into the second part of our new series, 'It's Going Well?', unpacking the the book of 1 Thessalonians. Dave Dickinson was looking at the first part of chapter 2, specifically at the theme of integrity. He highlighted that a life of integrity is In Christ & On Purpose. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12…

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson kicked off our brand new series in 1 Thessalonians. We are calling this series, 'It's Going Well?', as we look at the Apostle Paul's first letter to the church in Thessaloniki; a church was going well. In this first teaching, Dave highlighted Ingredients & Imitation as the standout themes of 1 Thessalonians 1. 1 Thessaloni…

On Sunday, we finished our series walking through the Easter Season. We had John Dickinson unpacking Jesus' encounter with Thomas, after His resurrection. Thomas was witness to two things; Incarnation & Identity. John 20:24-29

On Sunday, we finished our Easter series as Dave Dickinson led us in our Easter Sunday service. He highlighted three areas of the Resurrection story as found in John's Gospel, and they are, People, Perceiving & Purpose. John 20:1-10;19-23

We continued our Easter series as we gathered on Good Friday to remember the death of Jesus. John Dickinson was with us, unpacking the events of that evening through the lens of what Paul writes to the church in Corinth. He reminded us that in order to grasp the events of Good Friday, we are to understand its Devastation and Danger. 1 Corinthians 1…

Following on from our final part of out Lent series, this week we began our Easter series, as we landed on Palm Sunday. The theme of new life continued, as Dave Dickinson unpacked two main points; Life, But Not of our Dreams & Life For All. John 12:9-19

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson finished our Lent series. We unpacked the theme of New Life, and how we have to be Really Dead, in order to be Fully Alive. This was a significant gathering for us as we acknowledged the parts of our lives that need to be put to death so that Jesus' resurrection power can take place in our lives. John 11:1-44…

On Sunday, Helen Warnock walked us through the penultimate part of our Lent series, looking at the theme of healing. She reminded us that healing can happen in a range of ways, as we encounter Jesus. John 9:1-12; 35-41