Parkstone Baptist Church

Sunday mornings

Parkstone Baptist Church gathers together each Sunday morning from 10.30am.
We usually meet for about 70 minutes. Most folk stay on for a while longer since we enjoy each other's company, usually with a drink of tea, coffee or water in hand.
Folk tend to start arriving from around 10.15am, to greet each other and have a chat together before we begin at 10.30am.   

What's coming up on Sundays? 
During the summer we took our first steps into the book of Acts, which records how the apostles and disciples made steps toward forming a new community of faith which would continue to follow the teachings of Jesus. 

En route to Acts we spent a couple of weeks taking an overview of Luke's gospel as we see a clear connection between the two books based on the very first verse of Acts:
"In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach".
We pondered just who 'Theophilus' might be and how Luke's gospel is good news, especially for anyone who feels like an outsider looking in (you can view a summary on YouTube here).

We are now moving deeper into Luke's account in Acts to see how Jesus' actions and teaching continue on through his followers as the new church community spreads across the many different boundaries within and beyond its beginnings in Jerusalem! 

Acts chapters 3-6: the new community grows

with Adam Hills 

Luke's 2nd milestone (Acts 6:7) So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly , and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts chapters 6-9: the new community crosses borders

Sunday 13th September - Journeying through Acts  

Chapter 6:7-8:3 - The church crosses borders
Growing tensions (part 1): Stephen is arrested 
with Ben Lucas (including communion)

Sunday 20th September - Journeying through Acts  
Chapter 6:7-8:3 - The church crosses borders
Growing tensions (part 2): Stephen addresses the crowd
with Ben Lucas

Sunday 27th September - shared service with Waypoint Church 
We will be meeting at our Loch Road Centre (at the usual time - 10.30am)
with our partner church to learn more about the ministry of "Open Doors" 

Sunday 4th October - Journeying through Acts
Chapter 8:1-40 - The church crosses borders: The Apostles spread the good news of Jesus
with John Good (Ocean Church, Poole)

Sunday 11th October - Harvest Sunday
We are joining with Longfleet Baptist Church for our Harvest Thanksgiving celebration
NOTE: We will be meeting from 11am at 138 Wimborne Rd, BH15 2EQ 

Sunday 18th October - Journeying through Acts
Chapter 9:1-19 - The church crosses borders: Saul encounters Jesus
with Adam Hills 

Sunday 25th October - Journeying through Acts
Chapter 9:19-31 - The church crosses borders: Saul speaks for Jesus
with Chris Downey 

Luke's 3rd milestone (Acts 9:31)
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord, and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

Where were you before embarking on the journey through Acts?
We recently completed our journey through John's Gospel, an epic adventure for us as church, lasting nearly two years! We took time to read together, to learn from the encounters that many different people had with Jesus which John then wrote about for us. We discovered afresh how John helps us to believe more in Jesus as the Son of God, and by believing in Jesus we have discovered more about life in his name. This is the reason that John gave for writing his Gospel (John chapter 20 verse 31). 

We have put together a series of very short videos covering the key things that we learned, and questions we posed, while working through the opening chapters of John's gospel. 
We have posted them up to our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

There should be a new video posted every few days, as we catch up with our Sunday mornings.