Crabtree Church Harpenden

All-age: Festivals

Exodus 13:5-10 (NIV) You are to observe this ceremony in this month: For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the LORD. Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seenContinue reading “All-age: Festivals”

God calls each of you

Exodus 3:1-4 (NIV) Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. MosesContinue reading “God calls each of you”

Birth of a Saviour

Exodus 2:10 (NIV)When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.” During the talk, there is a reference to the cover of Deliver Us (Prince of Egypt) by Caleb Hyles and Jonathan Young – this canContinue reading “Birth of a Saviour”

Jesus recognised when breaking bread

Luke 24:13-35 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with usContinue reading “Jesus recognised when breaking bread”

All-Age Open Air Service

Easter Sunday

The Last Supper

Luke 22:7-20 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”

Jesus eats with Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was comingContinue reading “Jesus eats with Zacchaeus”

Jesus turns things upside down

Luke 14:1-11 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”Continue reading “Jesus turns things upside down”

Jesus has some harsh words to say

Luke 11:37-54 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside ofContinue reading “Jesus has some harsh words to say”

Who is Jesus really?

Luke 9:1-21 He replied, “You give them something to eat.”They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.” (About five thousand men were there.)But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” The disciples did so,Continue reading “Who is Jesus really?”