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Talks & THoughts
This is the section of our website where you can listen to our weekly talks, read reflections from members of the church on things the Lord is teaching them, and catch up on the latest testimonies and news from the church. We pray that you enjoy the content here and grow in your relationship with the Lord as a result.
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Sunday Sermon - The Cloud of Mystery
This week Jonny Rose takes us to the seventh stage of our climb on the mountain of Romans, based on Andrew Ollerton's book 'Romans - A Letter That Makes Sense of Life', and looks at ‘The Cloud of Mystery’. #JonnyRose #GraceVineyard #Purley #Croydon #TheCloudofMystery
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16 hours ago


Sunday Sermon - The Hope of the Resurrection
This week Mark Stoneham talked about Jesus’ crucifixion and the certainty of His resurrection. In it he explains that, because Jesus is alive, we have Hope in the Resurrection as we no longer need to fear death; we have Hope in the Resurrection now through a life changed by faith in Christ and that we have Hope in the Resurrection because our life in eternity is assured. #Mark Stoneham #GraceVineyard #Purley #Croydon #The Hope of the Resurrection
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Apr 6


Sunday Sermon - Palm Sunday Hosanna to the King!
This week Jonny Rose talked about Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, subtitled ‘Hosanna to the King!’ In it he talks about ‘The Unexpected King’ and ‘The Excited Crowd’ and poses ‘The Essential Question’ – Who is Jesus? #Jonny Rose #GraceVineyard #Purley #Croydon #Palm Synday Hossanna to the King
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Mar 30


Sunday Sermon - Romans 'The Summit of Hope'
This week Mark Stoneham takes us to the sixth stage of our climb up the mountain of Romans, based on Andrew Ollerton's book 'Romans - A Letter That Makes Sense of Life', and looks at ‘The Summit of Hope’. #MarkStoneham #GraceVineyard #Purley #TheSummitofHope #Croydon
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Mar 25


Sunday Sermon - 'Come & See'
Gill Blackgrove looks at John1 : 39 'Come & See' and that sharing our faith is more about who we are than what we say. as the quote goes “Preach The Gospel At All Times And If Necessary Use Words.” # GIllBlackgrove #GraceVineyard #Purley #Croydon # ComeandSee
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Mar 16


Romans the Ridge of Freedom
This week Jonny Rose takes us to the fifth stage of our climb up the mountain of Romans, based on Andrew Ollerton's book 'Romans - A Letter That Makes Sense of Life' and looks at ‘The Ridge of Freedom'. #JonnyRose #GraceVineyard #Purley #Croydon #TheRidgeofFreedom
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Mar 12


Sunday Sermon - The Place of Peace
This week Hannah Miles takes us to the fourth stage of our climb up the mountain of Romans, based on Andrew Ollerton's book 'Romans - A Letter That Makes Sense of Life' and looks at ‘The Place of Peace'. #HannahMles #GraceVineyard #Purley #Croydon #theplaceofpeace
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Mar 2


The Crux of Salvation
This week Jonny Rose takes us to the third stage of our climb up the mountain of Romans, based on Andrew Ollerton's book 'Romans - A Letter That Makes Sense of Life' and looks at 'The Crux of Salvation'. #Jonny Rose #Grace Vineyard #Purley #Croydon #The Crux of Salvation
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Feb 23
Sunday Sermon - Vision
Duncan Owen gives a vision for gathering new people and distils this into three stages of 'INVITE' 'BELONG' 'BECCOME'.
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Feb 16


The Valley of SiN
This week Mark Stoneham takes us to the second stage of our climb up the mountain of Romans, based on the book 'Romans - a Letter That Makes Sense of Life' by Andrew Ollerton, where we first need to go down into the 'Valley of Sin'.
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Feb 9


Sunday Sermon 1st February 2026 - The Route of the Gospel
Mark Stoneham introduces our new teaching series based on Andrew Ollerton's book 'Romans - A Letter That Makes Sense of Life' and Andrew's talk 'Route of the Gospel'.
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Feb 2


The Grace of Giving
Mark Stoneham, our chair of trustees and treasurer presented the annual financial update of the church. Rosie Deale spoke about safeguarding then Mark gave a talk on giving. #MarkStoneham #GraceVineyard #Purley #Croydon #GraceofGiving #Mark12
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Jan 27


God Throws Parties for You
God knows and actively seeks those who are lost; He celebrates when they are found and turn to Him.
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Jan 19


Self-Forgetfulness
Andy Belsey shares from what he has learnt from Tim Keller's book The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness about how we are to see ourselves. We are to be humble, not egotistical as our egos can be very fickle and dangerous. AndyBelsey #GraceVineyard #Purley #Croydon #SefForgetfulness #Ego #Humility #Transformed
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Jan 13


Give to Caesar, Give to God
Do we own what we have or are we just stewards of what God has given to us?
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Jan 5


Carol Service - From the Cradle to the Grave
Why was Jesus born? To be the sacrificial lamb so that we might live.
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Dec 23, 2025


Advent - Love
Mark Stoneham concludes the Advent mini-series looking at the last of the Advent topics - Love. What is Love, what do we consider it to be? What does scripture tell us about Love? How do we show Love? These are some of the things that Mark looks in this talk. #MarkStoneham #Advent #Love #GraceVineyard #Presents #LoveGod #LoveOthers #Purley #Croydon
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Dec 15, 2025


Advent - Joy
How do we find the presence of Joy in our hearts?
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Dec 8, 2025


Advent - Peace
Jonny Rose looks at Jesus Christ as the Prince of Peace in this second part of the Advent mini-series
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Dec 1, 2025


Advent - Hope
The season of Advent gives us Hope as we wait to celebrate the birth of Jesus the Christ-child.
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Nov 25, 2025
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