Services at MSCC during 2025
(Recordings of services from 2011 to the present day are available here. For this year, in the links below.)
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Where (if not MSCC) |
Speaker Leader | Info | Link(s) | |
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| Not recorded for January to March 2025 | ||||
| Friday 30 May |
Funeral of Martin Ansdell-Smith.
See below for Martin's service to the church and his Lord for over 40 years.
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| 6 Apr | ||||
| 13 Apr | ||||
| 20 Apr | Luke 19:28-44 "The Meaning of Palm Sunday: What would be missing from God's Plan if Palm Sunday had never happened?" | |||
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Andrew Basden Gill Morgan | Video | |||
| Thu 24 Apr | Reflective service | |||
| Paul Wintle | 7:30 pm | |||
| Fri 25 Apr | Good Friday. Walk with Cross to Frodsham Head. | |||
| MSCC | All churches | 10:00 am | ||
| 27 Apr | Easter Sunday Service | |||
| Paul Wintle | ||||
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| 4 May | Trusting God 1. Gen 12:1-3. Abraham | |||
| Paul Wintle | Text of talk (docx) | |||
| 11 May | Trusting God 2. Gen 32:9-12, 22-30. Jacob | |||
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Paul Wintle Moira Curry | Text of talk (docx) | |||
| 18 May | Trusting God 3. Joshua, Joshua 1:1-9, and other pieces of Scripture | |||
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Andrew Basden Gill Morgan | Audio recording (.wma) | |||
| 25 May | Trusting God 4. Dan 3:12-17. Shad, Mesch, Abed | |||
| Paul Wintle | Text of talk (docx) | |||
| Friday 30 May | Funeral of Ricky Littler. | |||
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| 1 Jun | Trusting God 5. Esther 4:14-16. Esther | |||
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Philip Turner Jo Meek | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 8 Jun | Trusting God 6. Mark 5:27-34. | |||
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Paul Wintle Moira Curry | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 15 Jun | Trusting God 7. Luke 1:5-7. Zechariah, Elizabeth | |||
| Philip Turner | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 22 Jun | Trusting God 8. Romans 8:35-39. Nothing separates us from the love of God. | |||
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Paul Wintle Ishbel Faraday | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 29 Jun | Sermonless Sunday. Topic TBA | |||
| Discussion Groups | ||||
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| 6 Jul | Philippians 4:11-19; Psalm 25:1-9. | |||
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Andrew Basden Phil Turner |
Youtube Video Sermon notes, with extra material (.pdf) | |||
| 13 Jul | Isaiah 58 "Rebuilding walls" | |||
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Paul Wintle Moira Curry | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
Click to see full size. | ||||
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You can see Main Street Community Church building in the middle. This picture was generated by ChatGPT with the following instruction: "create a pictorial version of Isaiah 58, with special emphasis on verse 12; Make the background from Frodsham Hill, Cheshire and Frodsham's Main Street being the rebuilt walls with dwellings; make the builder an older man, with older community members and one or two younger or middle aged people. Use Main Street Frodsham as the street, along with natural trees, flowers and benches." Copyright (c) Paul Wintle 2025. (The copyright of any picture generated by ChatGPT is with the user.) | ||||
| 20 Jul | ||||
| Paul Wintle | ||||
| 27 Jul | Mark 4:35-41. Facing storms in life. | |||
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Phil Turner Moira Curry | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
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| 3 Aug | Luke 5:1-10. Encountering Jesus 1. | |||
| Paul Wintle | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 10 Aug | Encountering Jesus 2, Bartimaeus. Mark 10:46-52. | |||
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Paul Wintle Gill Morgan | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 17 Aug | Encountering Jesus 3, the Centurion. Matthew 8:5-13. | |||
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Phil Turner Ishbel Faraday leading Communion. | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 24 Aug | Encountering Jesus 4, Zaccheus. Luke 19:1-10. | |||
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Paul Wintle Gill Morgan | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 31 Aug | Encountering Jesus 5, By the Well. John 4:4-26. | |||
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Paul Wintle Moira Curry | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
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| 7 Sep | Encountering Jesus 6, At Night. John 3:1-21. | |||
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Paul Wintle Paul Wintle leading Communion. | ||||
| 14 Sep | Encountering Jesus 7, On a Trip. Luke 24:13-22. | |||
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Phil Turner Ishbel Faraday | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 21 Sep |
Creationtide 1, The work of the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:16-26, Romans 8. In the form of a testimony. | |||
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Andrew Basden speaking, Ishbel Faraday leading Communion. | Version 1: Youtube with informative animated screens. Download (.mp4). Version 2: Unedited youtube recording of Service (unedited, with low volume). | |||
| 28 Sep | Creationtide 2, Water. Ezekiel 47:6-12. | |||
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Paul Wintle Gill Morgan | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
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| 5 Oct | Harvest Service; Dedication of Teddy; Soup lunch afterwards. | |||
| Paul Wintle | ||||
| 12 Oct | On Mission; Luke 9:1-9; 'Second Sunday' | |||
| Paul Wintle | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 19 Oct | Knowing God, Isaiah 30. | |||
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Gill Morgan Moira Curry | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
| 26 Oct | Lost and Found; Zacchaeus and Others. Luke 16, 19. | |||
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Phil Turner, Gill Morgan | Sermon notes (.docx) | |||
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| 2 Nov | Looking at Christian Songs and Hymns | |||
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Andrew Basden Phil Turner | Audio recording (.mp3, 48Mb), Talk text (.pdf) | |||
| 9 Nov | Remembrance Sunday | |||
| Paul Wintle | ||||
| 16 Nov | What is Church? Hebrews 10 | |||
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Paul Wintle Ishbel Faraday | ||||
| 23 Nov | Habbakuk - and how his argument with God relates to today | |||
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Dick Curry Moira Curry | ||||
| 30 Nov | Advent 1: Hope. Matthew 19:12-26/30 | |||
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Paul Wintle Gill Morgan | ||||
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| 1-5 Dec |
Christmas Journey. For Year-2 children at local schools. No other church activities this week, including no Thursday Coffee. | |||
| 7 Dec | Advent 2: Peace. Colossians 3:12-17 | |||
| CJ | ||||
| 14 Dec | Advent 3: Joy. Psalm 98 | |||
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Phil Turner Paul WIntle | ||||
| 21 Dec | Advent 4: Love. I John 4:7-12 | |||
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Paul WIntle Moira Curry | ||||
| Wednesday 24 Dec | Christmas Eve Carols | |||
| Paul WIntle | ||||
| Thursday 25 Dec | Christmas Day | |||
| Paul WIntle | ||||
| 28 Dec | Short Communion Service | |||
| Paul WIntle | ||||
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On Monday 17th March, 2025 we celebrated the life of our dear brother, Martin Ansdell-Smith, MBE, who went to be with his Lord, Tuesday 4th March, after over 40 years in this church. He was a humble follower of Jesus who was also a consummate theologian and Bible scholar, who preached in the church many times. He was also an expert in computer security and other related fields, for which he was awarded MBE for his services thereto. Talks by Martin Ansdell-smith:
For others, see Recorded talks. Martin was the original designer and maintainer of this website, until May 2024. |
Talks were recorded during the Pandemic up to the end of 2022. Then there was a hiatus, with only a few talks being made available, which will be supplied when available. From April 2025 we hope to provide material to at least some of the talks.
Available Talks from 2025
- 13 April 2025: Andrew Basden on "The Meaning of Palm Sunday: What would be missing from God's Plan if Palm Sunday had never happened?"
- 6 April 2025: Philip Turner on Philippians 3:4-14. Written version.
- 23 February 2025: Philip Turner on II Chronicles 20:6-12 - Jehsohaphat. Written version.
- Some earlier ones to be supplied.