Hope Sunday Sermons

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The weekly sermons from Hope Church Lancaster, each week we hear God speak through the bible into our daily lives, as we encounter him week by week he lifts our eyes to live in a new and fresh way.

  1. Aug 2

    Building His Kingdom - Can we help build God's kingdom? - Genesis 2:8-25 - Stephen Baines

    Hope Live | Building His Kingdom | Genesis 2:8-25 | Stephen Baines What if God didn't just create the world — he danced it into being? And what if that same creative, passionate, laughing God hasn't changed — and still wants you involved? In this opening message of All Age August, Stephen takes us back to the very beginning. Not just to the list of what God made in Genesis 1, but to the wildly beautiful, deeply personal picture of Genesis 2 — where God plants a garden, breathes life into a man, and then does something extraordinary: he invites him to join in. To name the animals. To tend the garden. To be part of the story. God didn't have to do it that way. He could have managed creation perfectly well on his own. But that's not who he is. From the very first pages of scripture, God is not a distant, abstract force — he's a Father who creates with intimacy, names his children, and walks with them in the coolness of the garden. And the invitation he gave to Adam is the same invitation he gives to us today: come and build something beautiful with me. Drawing on the Great Commission, the book of James, and a stunning children's retelling of Genesis 1 that captures just how joyful and extravagant God's creating really was, Stephen lands on a simple but powerful challenge: saving faith doesn't just change your behaviour — it produces kingdom-building behaviour. Your gifts, your time, your creativity, your ordinary Monday morning — all of it can become holy ground when it's offered back to the God who gave it. So what are you going to build this week? Key themes: Genesis 1 & 2 · the Garden of Eden · God as creator and Father · kingdom building · faith in action · James 1 · the Great Commission · your gifts and calling · closeness with God 02/08/2026 Make sure to share with your friends and family! #hopemessages #genesis #buildinghiskingdom #hopelancaster #hopeisnotncanceled

    Building His Kingdom - Can we help build God's kingdom? - Genesis 2:8-25 - Stephen Baines

  2. Jul 26

    What do you do when you can't see any beauty in your season? - Ecclesiastes 3 - Simeon Lapworth

    Hope Live | Ecclesiastes 3 | Simeon Lapworth Dishes that need washing again. An inbox that's already refilling. A World Cup that ends — and then starts again four years later. If life sometimes feels like an endless loop going nowhere, you're not imagining it. And you're not alone. The writer of Ecclesiastes felt it too. In this message from Ecclesiastes 3, Sim opens up one of the most surprisingly hopeful passages in one of the Bible's most brutally honest books. There is a time for everything, the Teacher says — a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. God has made everything beautiful in its time. But what does that actually mean when the thing you're going through feels anything but beautiful? Drawing on the ache we all feel for something more than the circular repetition of life — the existential hunger that points us toward eternity — Sim explores why "you only live once" rings hollow when life is hard, and what it looks like to genuinely find peace in the season you're in. Not as a superficial life-hack, but as a deeply rooted confidence that comes from two things: knowing that God will call the past to account and that all that is broken will one day be made right, and knowing that if God could bring the most breathtaking beauty out of the cross — the most gruesome moment in history — he can bring beauty out of whatever you're walking through right now. This is a message for those who can't stop rushing ahead, for those who are stuck looking back, and for those who are struggling to see how on earth their current season could possibly be beautiful. It's also a gentle, joyful invitation to slow down this summer and receive the gift of the moment you're in. This is the main event. This is the time God has given you. Key themes: Ecclesiastes 3 · there is a time for everything · the circular nature of life · eternity in the human heart · beauty in suffering · God working all things for good · presence and gratitude · the cross as the ultimate beauty in darkness 26/07/2026 Make sure to share with your friends and family! #hopemessages #ecclesiastes #atimeforeverything #hopelancaster #hopeisnotncanceled

    What do you do when you can't see any beauty in your season? - Ecclesiastes 3 - Simeon Lapworth

  3. Jul 19

    A Vision of Glory - Is your soul more like a river or a dead sea? - Ezekiel 47 - Jamie Haxby

    Hope Live | A Vision of Glory | Ezekiel 47 | Jamie Haxby An hour and a half from a wedding. A tyre with a massive bulge on the side. And a man pacing a Leeds Park and Ride car park, phone in hand, walking back to check the tyre again — as if looking at it one more time might somehow fix it. Sound familiar? In this message from Ezekiel 47, Jamie opens up one of the most vivid and extraordinary visions in the whole Bible — a river flowing from the temple, growing deeper with every step, turning the Dead Sea fresh, and bringing life to everything it touches. But to get there, he first asks an honest question: why do we keep picking up the things we were never supposed to carry? Drawing on Ezekiel 10's haunting picture of God's glory departing a temple crowded with idols, Jamie shows that anxiety, control, and self-reliance aren't just modern problems — they're ancient ones. The Israelites weren't worshipping foreign gods because they were reckless. They were doing it because they were scared, and because everyone else was doing it too. And we're not so different. But then comes the river. Ankle deep. Knee deep. Waist deep. Until it's a current you can't walk against — you can only swim. And Jesus stands up at the Feast of Tabernacles and says, whoever is thirsty, come to me and drink. The vision Ezekiel saw is already being fulfilled. The living water is already flowing. The question is whether we'll stop pacing the car park long enough to step in. This is a message about burnout, control, bitterness, and the radical, counterintuitive rest that comes when you open your hands and let God be God. It's also a message about a church with big, expensive dreams — and the quiet confidence that when you're in the river, fruit comes without striving. Key themes: Ezekiel 47 · the river of life · anxiety and control · God's glory departing and returning · Jesus as living water · surrender and fruitfulness · John 7 · the Dead Sea made fresh 19/07/2026 Make sure to share with your friends and family! #hopemessages #ezekiel#avisionofglory #hopelancaster #hopeisnotncanceled

    A Vision of Glory - Is your soul more like a river or a dead sea? - Ezekiel 47 - Jamie Haxby

  4. Jul 12

    A Vision of Glory - What does all things new look like? - Revelation 21 - Stephen Baines

    Hope Live | A Vision of Glory | Revelation 21 | Stephen Baines What if the brokenness around you isn't the end of the story — it's the smoke before the morning? In this message from Revelation 21, Stephen brings us to the breathtaking finale of the Bible's story — a new heaven, a new earth, and a God who doesn't scrap his creation and start again, but redeems it, glorifies it, and fills it with his presence forever. No more death. No more tears. No more pain. The old order of things has passed away. But here's what makes this passage so extraordinary: Jesus doesn't say I will make all things new. He says I am making — present tense, right now, already underway. Drawing on C.S. Lewis, James Moffat, and the raw honesty of Revelation's imagery, Stephen unpacks what it means to live in the tension between the now and the not yet — to be a new creation already, whilst still groaning for what is to come. This isn't escapism. It's the most grounded, urgent, practical hope imaginable. Because if God is already making all things new, then we are called to join him in that work — in our families, our workplaces, our communities, and for those in Lancaster, in this city itself. This is a message for anyone who has ever sat in the smoke and wondered if morning is ever coming. It is. And it already has begun. Key themes: Revelation 21 · new creation · the now and the not yet · hope in suffering · God's kingdom on earth · community transformation · responding to the call 12/07/2026 Make sure to share with your friends and family! #hopemessages #revelation #avisionofglory #hopelancaster #hopeisnotncanceled

    A Vision of Glory - What does all things new look like? - Revelation 21 - Stephen Baines

  5. Jul 5

    What does it mean to actually be enough? - Galatians 3:23-29 - Jamie Haxby

    Hope Live | Galatians 3: 23-29 | Jamie Haxby Your watch is telling you to move more. Your phone is tracking your calories. Social media is showing you someone who's fitter, smarter, and further ahead. And somewhere along the way, without even realising it, you've started bringing that same exhausting pressure into your relationship with God. In this message from Galatians 3, Jamie cuts straight through the noise of a world obsessed with self-improvement and asks a simple but devastating question: who has bewitched you? Paul wrote Galatians to a church that had started drifting back into earning God's favour — trying harder, doing more, striving to be enough. And Jamie brings that same challenge into 2026, where the hustle never stops and the bar never stops moving. The gospel, he reminds us, runs in the complete opposite direction. You don't subscribe. You don't optimise. You just lean back. Drawing on the imagery of baptism — leaning back in trust, dying, and being raised — this is a beautiful and freeing message about what it actually means to be clothed in Christ. Not the version of you that ran the 5K, hit the targets, and got the likes. The version that simply said yes to Jesus. And then there's this: "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female — for you are all one in Christ Jesus." No Oscar compares. No Nobel Prize. No stage seven swimming certificate. To be called a child of God is worth more than anything the world has to offer — and nothing can ever take it away. Key themes: Grace vs. works · Galatians 3 · baptism · identity in Christ · self-improvement culture · the pressure to perform · freedom and belonging 05/07/2026 Make sure to share with your friends and family! #hopemessages #galatians #hopelancaster #hopeisnotncanceled

    What does it mean to actually be enough? - Galatians 3:23-29 - Jamie Haxby

  6. Jun 28

    How do I run the Christian race with purpose? - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 & Hebrews 12:1-2 - David Ramm

    Hope Live | 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 & Hebrews 12:1-2 | David Ramm In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the GB men's rowing eight went from perennial underachievers to gold medallists — and they did it with one decision-making filter: Will it make the boat go faster? In this message from 1 Corinthians 9 and Hebrews 12, David takes that question and applies it to the Christian life. Paul wasn't shy about using sporting analogies, and here we see why: the discipline, focus, and teamwork that produces gold medals aren't so different from what it takes to run the race of faith well. This is a practical, honest, and energising message for anyone who feels like their spiritual life isn't moving at the pace it should — and wants to do something about it. Four principles from the rowing team that apply directly to your walk with God: A clear goal — do you have one for your Christian lifeRuthless focus — what's slowing you down that needs to go?Small decisions — the daily choices that quietly shape your destinyTeamwork — why no one wins the race aloneFeaturing real stories from prison ministry, end-of-life care, and life in the local church — this is a message that brings scripture off the page and into Monday morning. Key themes: Spiritual discipline · purpose and focus · 1 Corinthians 9 & Hebrews 12 · small habits · community and shared vision · running to win 28/06/2026 Make sure to share with your friends and family! #hopemessages #1corinthians #hebrews#hopelancaster #hopeisnotncanceled

    How do I run the Christian race with purpose? - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 & Hebrews 12:1-2 - David Ramm

  7. Jun 21

    A Vision of Glory - What if you can't find the words to worship? - Psalm 22 - Stephen Baines

    Hope Live | A Vision of Glory | Psalm 22 | Stephen Baines What do you do when worship feels like the last thing you have left? In this message from Psalm 22, Stephen explores one of the most remarkable truths in all of scripture — that God doesn't just visit us when we worship, He inhabits our praise. He settles. He stays. And He does it not only when worship comes easily, but especially when it doesn't. Drawing on Psalm 22's jarring opening ("My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"), Stephen traces a thread that runs from David hiding in a cave, to Paul and Silas bleeding in a prison cell, all the way to Jesus on the cross — and asks: what does it look like to worship through gritted teeth? To declare that God is holy, not because circumstances have improved, but because His character hasn't changed? This isn't a message that promises praise will fix everything. It's an honest, pastoral, and deeply encouraging reminder that praise changes us even when it doesn't change our situation — that sometimes God comes like an earthquake and breaks the chains, and sometimes He comes in a whisper and says, I've got you. Keep going. Three anchoring truths from Psalm 22: Praise welcomes God's presencePraise declares God's kingshipPraise breaks the power of despairKey themes: Worship in suffering · Psalm 22 & the presence of God · Paul and Silas in prison · praise as spiritual warfare · God's manifest presence · honest faith in the valleys 21/06/2026 Make sure to share with your friends and family! #hopemessages #psalms #avisionofglory #hopelancaster #hopeisnotncanceled

    A Vision of Glory - What if you can't find the words to worship? - Psalm 22 - Stephen Baines

  8. Jun 14

    A Vision of Glory - Where Is God when everything falls apart? - Psalm 34 - Jamie Haxby

    Hope Live | A Vision of Glory | Psalm 34 | Jamie Haxby Where do you go when you're running for your life? In this message from Psalm 34, Jamie explores one of the most unexpected settings in the Bible — David hiding in a cave, fearful, homeless, and hunted by two of the most powerful men of his day. And yet it's in that very cave that David writes some of the most celebrated words of worship in scripture: "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." This isn't a coincidence. It's a pattern. From Moses at the burning bush, to Joseph in prison, to Paul and Silas in chains, to Jesus himself consistently showing up among the marginalised, the lost, and the least — the glory of God has a habit of turning up in the last place we'd expect. Jamie unpacks what that means for us today: if we want to encounter God, we may need to follow him into the cave. We also hear powerful stories from the Olive Branch — a local foodbank and more — where volunteers are witnessing real lives transformed not just by food, but by prayer, presence, and the tangible love of Jesus. This is a message about more than charity. It's a call to follow Jesus to the other side of the road. Key themes: God's presence in suffering · Psalm 34 & the cave of Adullam · the fear of the Lord · brokenness as holy ground · stepping out in faith · mission and the marginalised 14/06/2026 Make sure to share with your friends and family! #hopemessages #psalms #avisionofglory #hopelancaster #hopeisnotncanceled

    A Vision of Glory - Where Is God when everything falls apart? - Psalm 34 - Jamie Haxby
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The weekly sermons from Hope Church Lancaster, each week we hear God speak through the bible into our daily lives, as we encounter him week by week he lifts our eyes to live in a new and fresh way.

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    Hope Church Lancaster
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    155
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