Lifecentral Church

20 seconds of courage - Baptisms July 2024

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Our choice is to either live with the familiar or embrace the new that God offers. 'New' requires faith, and without faith it is impossible to please God! You don't need faith to stay in the old but you do to step into the new.
—Speaker: Lead Pastor, Leon Evans

Me & My Big Mouth - Week 6 | Meeting the Needs of Others

We can think listening as being so passive but it is active! We don’t just hear with our ears or even just with our brains —we hear with our hearts, and that’s what makes it so powerful. People should be better off for talking with us. How do we build with kindness and compassion?
—Speaker: Jayne Sargeant

Me & My Big Mouth - Week 5 | How to lose friends and alienate people

Gossip can seem ridiculous and childish... but it’s not is it? Many of us have been hurt, lost a friendship or been embarrassed by gossip. Talking badly about someone else when they’re not around says more about the person doing the talking than the person being talked about! Wouldn't we much rather be known as people who can be trusted?
—Speaker: Andy Hancock

Me & My Big Mouth - Week 4 | How To Stop Being Critical Of Others

Criticism —we never do this, do we...? We never speak about other peoples driving, never say to our partner, "Why do you always… leave your shoes there, stack the dish washer so badly, fall asleep during films." I’m sure we never criticise our leaders, at church, work, school? Never criticise our friends or siblings? Never criticise those people we don’t quite understand – who voted the other way, who raise their children differently, who come from a different culture, who follow a different moral code to us..? "If only everyone else was a bit more like me..."
—Speaker: Laura Hancock

Election Special

With the General Election coming up on 4th July, Leon and Andy grabbed a chat over a cup of tea to talk through how we can be Christ-like in the midst of the chaos of an election campaign. Some great advise is offered on why we should vote, how we can pray and what to do when you disagree with someone else’s politics. Watch the vodcast on YouTube —just search 'The Lifecentral Podcast Election Special'.

Me & My Big Mouth - Week 3 | Change Your Words Change Your Life

Complaining is not a new phenomena... How many of us are feeling bad today about what we’ve moaned about already?! When we succumb to complaint as a habit, a lifestyle and a default, the problem is not the issue at hand, but it's actually what we’ve allowed to happen to our perspective.
—Speaker: Leon Evans

Me & My Big Mouth - Week 2 | Why Do We Lie?

Have you ever told a lie? Say you haven’t… maybe you’re lying. Research suggests that in one day, the average person lies four times, totalling 1,460 lies each year! Perhaps we should simply tell the truth… and in lots of ways that is great advice and completely accurate. However, if it were that easy, then why don’t we do it? It isn’t enough just to know what the right thing is to do.
—Speaker: Gareth Blount

Me & My Big Mouth - Week 1 | How Words Shape Worlds

Our tongues can be weapons of mass destruction! Words can start wars; words can destroy families. Our tongues direct, destroy and display our life. How can we tame our tongues, and how can we be slow to speak yet quick to understand?
—Speaker: Leon Evans

Anxiety and Following Jesus

In this episode of The Lifecentral Podcast, Debs sits down with Tom, Hannah and Allison in a special episode honouring Mental Health Awareness Month. Tom speaks openly about his experiences with anxiety and depression and how he and Hannah navigated that time early in their marriage. We discuss the topics of stigma and guilt as well as the things we can do to stay well. We round out the episode by discussing ways we can move towards people who are struggling, and move towards God in the midst of mental health challenges and illness.
 
Resources used in this episode:
https://www.premierchristianity.com/news-analysis/91-of-christians-say-mental-illness-is-stigmatised-in-the-church-but-the-solution-may-be-simpler-than-you-think/12924.article
https://kintsugihope.com/files/mhfc/Theology_of_Mental_Health_FINAL.pdf
https://www.plough.com/en/topics/faith/discipleship/a-more-christian-approach-to-mental-health-challenges
https://mentalhealth-uk.org/help-and-information/movement/
 

The Power of Story

Stories of Lives Changed! Baptisms - May 2024.
—Speaker: Leon Evans