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This is the Rector’s ‘Look Ahead’ talk from the 2019 APCM in which he thanks the church, highlights the main challenges facing BPC and outlines the vision for the coming year.

This is all the APCM meeting/service less the hymns. You’ll hear the elections, presentations from the Finance, Chidren Youth and Families, Mission and Outreach and the Rector’s look ahead. A separate recording has just the Rector’s look ahead.

As Jesus enters Jerusalem the cries of ‘hosanna’ soon turn to cries of ‘crucify him!’. We look at what we should learn from this U-turn in Jesus’ ministry.

Jesus prophesies what awaits him in Jerusalem by saying that he will fulfil all that the prophets have written. What was it that was written and how and where do we see Jesus in the Old Testament?

Jesus is amazed at the faith of the centurion. We look at what must have been going on in the centurion’s head when he asked Jesus just to ‘say the word’ for his servant to be healed. We look at 10 lessons about Jesus that this passage teaches us.

Will feeds back from his recent trip to Baghdad to visit the persecuted church. He explains why he was deeply moved and encouraged by what he saw and offers some reflections on the trip.