HTB: Focus 2015 (audio)

God's Strategy for Humanity - Evening Celebration

The Bereavement Seminar Pt. 2

Faith Questions in Bereavement. Seminar 2 of 2 accompanying the launch of The Bereavement Journey course. Yvonne Richmond Tulloch talks about the spiritual issues that people face in bereavement and how we can help.  

Made for More?

Ever felt that you weren’t quite hitting the mark? Does it seem that life isn’t all that you’d hoped it would be? Do you dream of more? Former HTB curate, Ian Dyble, Priest in Charge at St Thomas’ Norwich, looks at how lessons from King David’s early life might just help us to reach our potential.  

Q&A Panel: Amy and Frog Orr-Ewing, Simon Edwards

Many of us carry big questions about how our faith fits in with the world around us. This is a Q&A led session with our panel of apologists, offering space to discuss those challenging questions and to be encouraged in the confidence we can have in our faith.

Making All Things New - Morning Celebration

Staying Connected as a Couple

How can we stay closely connected and fully committed as a couple in the midst of busy, pressured lives? How can our partnership in marriage be a witness to the love of God and the hope we have in Christ? Steve and Mandy have been married for 16 years and run The Marriage Course at St Peter’s Brighton.

Get Confident: Focus Evening Celebration 2015

Like Gideon, you might retreat to a cave because of social Medianites surrounding you. But do you CaveIn or CaveOut? It is time to win back confidence. 

Can I Believe in the Resurrection?

Secular historians accept that a carpenter from Nazareth named Jesus (called the Christ) did exist and was crucified. This session explores the historical case for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, through the eyes of a sceptical former lawyer.

Ambassadors for Christ: Capital Vision 2020

At the heart of the London vision is the raising up and releasing of 100,000 ambassadors – disciples who represent Jesus in the whole of their lives. How can we live with power and purpose wherever we find ourselves in our daily life in the city? This seminar give you vision, calls you to a new intentionality and directs you to the resources to do this well.  

Navigating our Sexualised Culture

How do we talk to our children about pornography? How do we monitor what they see online? Romance Academy has been working with teenagers in schools for many years. They see the damage that our sexualised culture imposes on young people today, and the vital role of parents in protecting and equipping their children.  

Knowledge is Everything

The heretics who concentrated on faith as knowledge are usually called ‘Gnostics’. If Jesus is the revelation of God’s truth, we have to understand why God chose to share that truth not just as ‘knowledge’, but as a human life to follow. What does it do to our understanding of God and of ourselves if we think of faith as essentially about having all the right answers? How does our physicalness form and shape how we live and act as Christians?

You Don’t Need to Read the Old Testament

The heresy known as Marcionism is based on the belief that the character and teachings of Jesus do not fit with the God of the Old Testament. If wrath, anger, and ruthlessness are evident in the actions of God in the Old Testament, surely this God cannot be the same as Jesus, who lived and spoke of love, kindness and mercy? This session uncovers why we need the Old Testament, and how the whole Bible reveals the same God to us.  

Caring For Ex-Offenders (CFEO): The power of Mentoring

Paul Cowley and Jonathan Aitken invite you to grapple with one of the most pressing issues in our society – how we meet the spiritual and practical needs of the 77,000 men and women leaving UK prisons every year and make our society a safer place to live in. Through mentoring, the church has the power to put kingdom love into practice and you have the power to change one person’s life for good. Are you up for the challenge?  

Can I Believe in a God Who Commands Killing in the Old Testament?

In the Old Testament God commanded various wars. In some of these he appears to have condoned the wiping out of entire groups of people. Is God genocidal? In this session we look at how we can understand war in the Old Testament.

Does Jesus Turn a Generation Away From God?

Some follow. Some reject. Some can’t decide. If the gospel is good news, why are so many put off? Jesus claims to be the only way to the Father and in the process becomes a hindrance to so many who might otherwise want to know God. Our multi-faith pluralistic world demands less exclusivity, so how do we respond?  

Intimacy with Jesus - Morning Celebration

Keeping Kids Safe Online

The Internet is a wonderful and powerful tool that is changing the way we learn, but how do we ensure that this virtual world is safe for our children? Paul Lufkin, Headteacher of Wimbledon Park Primary School in London and a parent of four children aged 14–22, shares some strategies for protecting your family online.  

Can I Believe in a God Who Allows suffering?

The problem of suffering is one of the most intimidating objections a non-Christian can raise. This session looks at how suffering can open up gospel-directed conversations rather than shut them down.  

466,000 Reasons to Get Out of Bed

St Swithun’s Bournemouth was launched at Focus in 2014, with fifteen people subsequently moving from London to Bournemouth. Since then there has been an explosion of life, with hundreds of people coming to worship and transform the area. Tim shares stories of mistakes and mayhem, through which God is moving in great power.

Breaking the Betrayal Barrier - Morning Celebration

Transitioning into Parenthood

Jon and Susanna highlight issues mothers and fathers face when they become new parents. They explore how parents navigate this new season of life, with the highs and lows that come with caring for very young children.  

The Influential Woman

When God looked down on from heaven and made women, what on earth was he thinking? This session not only explores our God-given identity, but also our kingdom commission to make a difference in the world around us. We’re influential women; are we ready?  

Encounters with God - Evening Celebration

Can I be Anti-Abortion and Pro-Choice?

Does being a Christian automatically mean we are anti-abortion? What exactly do those in favour of abortion mean by the world ‘choice’? Speaking from twenty years’ experience of post-abortion counselling, Jonathan looks at the issue from an unusual pastoral perspective.  

Can I Believe in a God Who Does Not Answer My Prayers?

Sometimes when we pray, nothing appears to change. The Bible tells us that God hears our prayers and loves to answer them, so why does he sometimes seem to be silent? In this session, we look at how we can understand the times of silence, and keep hoping when God doesn’t intervene.

Does the Quran say what Isis Practices?

If not what does it say? Radical Islam is presenting unprecedented challenges and confusion. How can Christians respond and what does the future hold?

Where is God in the Valley? - Morning Celebration

The Radical Hospitality of the Family of God

Jane Williams reflects on God’s purpose for the family. Listen to stories from those who have sought to live this out practically through adoption, fostering, crisis lodging and in other ways. Network and pray with those who share a desire to see God’s kingdom come through a radical way of being family.  

The Story of Esther | Family Drama

The Focus 2015 Family Drama was all about the Story of Esther. Find out the whole story today. 

Find a Radical Calling for your Life - Evening Celebration