Recorded in the Weir Chapel in Assembly Buildings, Belfast, the Moderator, Dr David Bruce, presents a series of online Sunday Services for the whole Presbyterian family while churches remain closed due to the Coronavirus crisis.
25 October 2020 – A praying church
In his closing weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland for a while, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, ends his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today, he explores the theme, ‘A praying church’.
18 October 2020 – A battle-ready church
Continuing his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, nears the end of his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today he explores the theme, ‘A battle-ready church’.
11 October 2020 – An ordered church
Continuing his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today he explores the theme, ‘An ordered church’.
4 October 2020 – A praising church
Continuing his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today he explores the theme, ‘A praising church’.
27 September 2020 – A church living in the light
Continuing his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today he explores the theme, ‘A church living in the light’.
20 September 2020 – A distinctive church
Continuing his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today he explores the theme, ‘A distinctive Church’.
13 September 2020 – A mature church
Continuing his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today he explores the theme, ‘A mature church'.
6 September 2020 – A gifted church
Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his weekly service of worship for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Recorded in the Weir Chapel in Assembly Buildings, Belfast, the Moderator will continue to bring this service to the wider Presbyterian family during the autumn time. This morning he continues with the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, exploring the theme, ‘A gifted church’.
30 August 2020 – A church full of the Holy Spirit
Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Recorded in the Weir Chapel in Assembly Buildings, Belfast, the Moderator will bring this service to the wider Presbyterian family during the summer months and into September. This morning he continues with the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, exploring the theme, ‘A church full of the Holy Spirit.’
23 August 2020 – A church with a message
In his weekly service looking at Ephesians, Presbyterian Moderator Rt Rev Dr Bruce studies Ephesians 3:1-13 under the theme, “A church with a message”. The Moderator reflects on the far-reaching implications of being a new humanity in Christ. He looks at the remarkable life of Lesslie Newbigin, a former missionary in India, and influential theologian who helped the church think about its mission in a secular world.
16 August 2020 – The place where God is found
In his weekly service looking at Ephesians, Presbyterian Moderator Rt Rev Dr Bruce reaches the end of Chapter 2, and explores how the church is the place where God is found. He traces the background to the Temple in the Old Testament, and shows how, in Christ, the Temple is no longer a physical building, but the ordinary, everyday people of God themselves.
9 August 2020 – A church at peace
In today’s recorded service Dr Bruce looks at Ephesians 2:11-18 exploring the theme, ‘A church at peace’. Joining Dr Bruce this week are members of the Presbytery of Newry.
2 August 2020 – The heart-beat of the gospel
In today's service, Dr Bruce looks at Ephesians 2:6-10, which he says, “includes some of the best-known and loved verses in the Bible that take us to very central heart-beat of the gospel – the understanding that we are saved by grace.”
26 July 2020 – A living church
Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce Dr Bruce, continues his recorded weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland family. While some restrictions are still in place, Dr Bruce will bring this service to you during the summer months. Today he explores the theme, ‘A living church’, from the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians and includes his personal testimony of coming to faith in Christ.
19 July 2020 – A powerful church
In today’s weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland family across the country, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his series on Ephesians with 'A powerful church'.
12 July 2020 – A united church
In today’s weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland family across the country, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his series on Ephesians with 'A united church'.
5 July 2020 – A redeemed church
In today’s weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland family across the country, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his series on Ephesians with 'A redeemed church'.
28 June 2020 – An adopted church
In today’s weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland family across the country, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce continues his series on Ephesians with ‘An adopted church’.
21 June 2020 – A chosen church
In today’s weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland family across the country, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his series on Ephesians with ‘A chosen church’.
14 June 2020
This is Dr Bruce's second Sunday service recorded for the wider Presbyterian family to enable Sunday worship from home during the Coronavirus crisis.
7 June 2020
Having been installed as Moderator on Monday evening, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce gives his first online Sunday service today.