St Albans Podcasts

07.08.2022 - Filled and Ignited by the Spirit Part One - Ps. Paul Edlin by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

Par The Rev. Janice Krause

Mark Helvadjian • Psalm 63 Have you ever asked yourself whether your soul is thirsty? Looking at Psalm 63, we see that we were created to thirst for God and yet for many of us, we rarely consider this question as we instead pursue quenching our thirst for the things of this worl

Elspeth finds out this week that Jonny was training to be a lead singer in musicals until the lockdown stopped live shows, but their loss is the gain of those who go to Forest Town Church, (Off the Hatfield Road and opposite the sports field.) He is part of the leadership, and regularly leads their bands in worship as well as serving the students f…

Par The Rev'd Jim Quigley

Laurence talks about two of our Network values: 'Reversing the gravitational pull of church', and 'The people revolution'. A link to his slides is below.Par Laurence Singlehurst

On today’s show, Alan Bellinger brings us another edition of Health Matters. To find out more about the topics he covers, and to find any relevant links, check out his article https://www.stalbanspodcast.com/2022/07/20/health-matters-july-2022/ Also on today’s show, Matt Adams from the Herts Advertiser shares the latest local news. To find out more…

31.07.2022 - Going Deeper Part 2 - Anna Button by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

Par The Rev. Blair Lundborg

Jenna Heyns • 2 Corinthians 10:5, Colossians 2:6–7, Jeremiah 17:7–8 What does it mean to be ‘rooted’ in Christ? This talk looks at how we can live our lives to ensure we are rooted in Christ and challenges us to think about any areas that may need ‘digging up’ and re-rooting in Him.

24.07.2022 - Jesus Style: Engaging through asking - Christine Harding by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

Par The Rev'd John McDuffie

Par The Rev. Aaron M. G. Zimmerman

Trevor Marr • 1 Corinthians 12:12–26 As we continue our ONE series, and the prayer of Jesus for all believers to be one as Christ and the Father are one, we look at the how can serve one another by playing our part on the body of Christ.

17.07.2022 - Going Deeper - Anna Button by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

For this podcast, Elspeth talks to a man whose main job is being a handyman, specialising in fences. In between struggled to dig through a rock-like surface to put in the poles of the fence, he chatted to me of how lonely people appreciate his company, and he does just more than build fences. His full name is Diarmuid Walsh. (Yes, he is Irish. and …

Par The Rev'd Geoffrey M. St J. Hoare

Par The Rev. Kara Leslie

Ruth tells us all about Azalea's work and ethos, and shares thoughts about prayer, evangelism, and trusting God. Below is a link to her slides.Par Ruth Robb

Mark Helvadjian • Ephesians 4:4–6 As we continue our ONE series, and the prayer of Jesus for all believers to be one as Christ and the Father are one, we look at the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of unity in Christ.

On this week’s edition of the show, Matt Adams from The Herts Advertiser talks about the latest local news. Also on the show, we get the latest book recommendations from regular correspondent Clare Hobba. Here are her choices for July, inspired by her recent visit to Hadrian’s Wall The Wall: Rome’s Greatest Frontier Alistair Moffat, 2009 Hadrian’s …

10.07.2020 - Renew Together (part 2) - Steve Hills by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

Par The Rev'd Geoffrey M. St J. Hoare

Par The Rev. Aaron M. G. Zimmerman

Richard Gathard Does being a Christian mean you have to be better at things? Or perhaps he called us to be different, to be more like him – and that can only happen as we love how he loved Today we appreciate those who create spaces to help us grow in this.

Matt Adams from The Herts Advertiser joins us for another look at the biggest local news stories. Find out more on their website. Anna from Communities 1st also joins us. She spoke about meetings for Ukrainian refugees. Find out more on the Herts With Ukraine website www.hertswithukraine.org.uk/local-activities She also spoke about two health suppo…

Piet Ackerman has been active in getting children involved in the church for many years. He firmly believes that even young children can believe in God and ask Jesus into their lives and talk to Him. In his current church, all children, except the very young, stay in the main service for the worship, which is led by one of the several groups of mus…

03.07.2022 - Renew Part One - Ps Paul Edlin by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

Par The Rev'd John McDuffie

Par Karen Pettit

Justin gives this his fourth talk at Network about Movement in Worship, this time with the theme of breathing God in and out. A link to his slides is below.Par Justin Watkins

Jonathan Taylor-Cummings, Andrea Taylor-Cummings • James 3:17–18, Ephesians 4:31–32, Colossians 3:12–14 Jesus commanded us to love each other in a way that resembles His love for us. It’s easier to love well when things are going great. But if we want to develop a robust community characterized by unity, we must do the hard work of getting along wi…

26.06.2022 - The Power of Prayer - Ps Paul Edlin by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

On this week’s edition of the show, Matt Adams from The Herts Advertiser talks about the latest local news, including plans for the Alban Arena and an update on our Charter Market. Also on the show this week we get the latest book recommendations from regular correspondent Clare Hobba. Here are her choices for June: Andrea Levy – Small Island, 2004…

Par The Rev'd Jim Quigley

Par The Rev. Aaron M. G. Zimmerman

Mark looks at this topic from our 'one anothers' series. Below is a link to his slides.Par Mark Shephard

Mark Helvadjian • John 17:20–24 Have you ever wondered how God the Father and God the Son are ONE, yet different? Have you ever asked why we are called to be ONE as He and the Father are ONE? Answering these and many more questions, we start a new Talk Series looking at Jesus’ prayer to the Father in John 17, and ask the question, what does it mean…

On today’s show, Alan Bellinger brings us another edition of Health Matters. To find out more about the topics he covers, and to find any relevant links, check out his article Also on today’s show, Matt Adams from the Herts Advertiser shares the latest local news, including a story about the Book Of St Alban, arguably an ancient graphic novel. To f…

19.06.2022 - Matthew 7:12 "The Golden Rule" - Ps Paul Edlin by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

In this St Albans podcast, the Romans are under the spotlight, and especially the ones in this local area of St Albans. Elspeth talks to David Thorold, curator of the Verulamium Museum, about the excitement of discovering new sites, and even new items to display. His particular interest is in the Romans, and we share the fascination of seeing the l…

Par The Rev. Kara Leslie

Par The Rev'd Geoffrey M. St J. Hoare

YanYan shares some thoughts on this next topic in our 'one anothers' series. See below for a link to her slides (the pictures have been removed to avoid copyright issues).Par YanYan Liu

Mark Helvadjian • 1 John 3:1 On Father’s Day we reflect and celebrate our dads and father figures in our lives, but do we pause to reflect on our Heavenly Father? Looking at 1 John 3:1 we learn what it means to be His child and the love that He lavishes upon us.

05.06.2022 - Matthew 7 - Robert Norriss by St Albans Baptist ChurchPar St Albans Baptist Church

Par The Rev'd Yoimel Gonzalez Hernandez

Par Dr. Brian C. Brewer

Mark Helvadjian • 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 Don’t know how to pray? Feel like your prayer life is in a rut? You’re not alone! Mark provides some insights and practical tips on how we can effectively use prayer models to kick-start our prayer life into gear.

Anna from Communities 1st talked about communities 1st and the volunteer centre, you can find out more about what opportunities are out there by visiting https://www.communities1st.org.uk/volunteer-centre. If you need some support to get into volunteering you can come see Anna to discuss the Supported volunteering project able2enable at the civic c…