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St Jude's Southsea

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St Jude's has a vision to make Jesus the heart of Southsea. We will do this through growing faith, offering hope and sharing God's love.All rights reserved Spiritualità
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  • Where can we find hope? – 1 Peter 1:1–12 (Andrew Walker)

    Where can we find hope? – 1 Peter 1:1–12 (Andrew Walker)
    Oct 4 2026
    This talk was given by Andrew Walker, one of the lay ministers at St Jude's Church, Southsea. The reading was 1 Peter 1:1–12. The talk is part of a series on faith, hope and love, exploring the church's values and vision. This week the focus is on hope: not the vague, wishful hope of everyday speech, but the sure and certain hope that the Bible describes as an anchor for our whole lives. Drawing on Peter's opening words about a "living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ", Andrew explores three themes: hope in trials, hope in salvation, and hope in fulfilment, touching along the way on Elisha in 2 Kings 6 and the suffering servant of Isaiah 53. With warmth and honesty, Andrew acknowledges that Christians are not exempt from difficulty — from everyday pressures to the persecution faced by believers around the world today. Yet, he suggests, trials can refine faith rather than destroy it, and the resurrection of Jesus transforms how we see everything. Beginning with the word "hopeless", the talk ends with a simple, memorable image: the cross crossing out the "less", leaving hope — hope in Jesus. Whether you are exploring faith for the first time or have believed for many years, this is a thoughtful and encouraging listen.
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    23 min
  • What does it mean to share God's love? – 1 John 4:7–12 (Richard Portlock)

    What does it mean to share God's love? – 1 John 4:7–12 (Richard Portlock)
    Oct 11 2026
    This talk was given by Richard Portlock at St Jude's Church, Southsea on 11 October 2026. The reading was 1 John 4:7–12, and the talk is the third in a series exploring the church's vision of making Jesus the heart of Southsea, following earlier talks on growing faith and offering hope. The word "love" is used in many ways in popular culture, but what does the Bible mean by it? Looking carefully at 1 John 4, Richard explores the New Testament idea of agape love: a settled, determined will to put the good of another person first, even at great personal cost. He considers three questions: what is the content of the love we are called to share, who are we to share it with, and how do we model it? Along the way he draws on John 3:16 and the background to John's letter, written to churches facing false teaching. At its heart, this is a talk about a God whose very nature is love, shown supremely in sending Jesus as an atoning sacrifice so that we might have life and relationship with Him. Richard reflects honestly on how hard it can be to love our fellow Christians, and suggests that the way believers treat one another is itself a powerful witness to the world. Whether you are a regular churchgoer or simply curious about the Christian faith, there is much here to ponder.
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    23 min
  • What does it mean to be salt and light? – Matthew 5:13–16 (Steve Clarke)

    What does it mean to be salt and light? – Matthew 5:13–16 (Steve Clarke)
    Oct 18 2026
    This talk was given by Steve Clarke at St Jude's Church, Southsea on 18 October 2026. The reading was Matthew 5:14–16, in which Jesus tells his followers, "You are the light of the world." The talk concludes a series on the church's vision and values, exploring Jesus' teaching on being salt and light from the Sermon on the Mount. It considers what salt meant to Jesus' first hearers — both a disinfectant and a fertiliser — and what that suggests about how Christians are called to live: gathered together as a distinctive community, and dispersed out into everyday life to help the world around them flourish. Drawing on Matthew 5, Psalm 119 and 1 Corinthians 13, it asks what it might mean to be "a church with glass walls" — a community others can see into, and which looks outward to its neighbourhood. With warmth and honesty, Steve reflects on the rhythm of gathering and going: meeting together to worship and pray, then being sent out into work, family and community life. Along the way there are reflections on the history of St Jude's as a beacon for returning ships, the music of Ezra Collective, and C.S. Lewis on faith as the light "by which I see everything else". The talk closes with a simple encouragement: to love like Jesus loved and live like Jesus lived — and an invitation to anyone, whatever their background, to come and see for themselves.
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    26 min
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