Advent 4
Isaiah 7:10-16 & Romans 1:1-7.
Are you preparing your stories of witness, in the light of Jesus coming?

22-Dec-2019

Advent 3 - Nativity Service
Isaiah 35: 1-10 & James 5: 7-10
Nativity Service - Saved for heaven? Or being saved now, for now?

15-Dec-2019

Advent 2
Isaiah 11:1-10 & Romans 15: 4-13.
Creation living well together: utopian dream possibility?

8-Dec-2019

Advent 1
Isaiah 2:1-5 & Romans 13:11-14.
Sword or ploughshare. Which is your tool of choice?

1-Dec-2019

Challenge of a Lifetime Scandalous Hospitality....
Colossians 1:11-20 & Luke 23: 33-43.
Do others get surprised at your (& mine) acceptance of them & of offering hospitality to all?
If not, why not?

24-Nov-2019

Challenge of a Lifetime Life at the End
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 & Luke 21: 5-19.
How do we guard against false teaching?

17-Nov-2019

Challenge of a Lifetime No Dispute Here!
2 Thess. 2:1-5, 13-16 & Luke 20: 27-38
Unfortunately due to an equipment fault, there is no audio available for this service. The readings are shown here for reference.

10-Nov-2019

Challenge of a Lifetime - The-Outsiders
2 Thessalonians 1: 1-12 & Luke 19: 1-10
How do we show the love of God to those that society rejects?

3-Nov-2019

Ruth - Love and hope fulfilled
Ruth 4:1-22 & Ephesians 1:3-10
Foreigner and vulnerable outsider is brought in and adopted into the royal family line Wow!
Is that not what God has done for us through Christ?

27-Oct-2019

Ruth - Love and hope in action
Ruth 3:1-18 & Philippians 4:4-9
Unfortunately due to a power outage, the audio for this service is not available. Bible readings uploaded for reference.

20-Oct-2019

Ruth - Love and hope rewarded
Ruth 2:1-23 & Matthew 23:37-39
Gods economy and our economy are not always identical?
Reflect and share with someone something of Gods provision for you.

13-Oct-2019

Ruth - Love and hope challenged
Ruth 1:1-22, Romans 15:4-6 & Romans 15:13
How do you react (and act) when things don't look like, or seem to work out like, you planned?

6-Oct-2019

Harvest
Philippians 4:4-9 & John 6:25-35

Gratitude is an often-forgotten emotion.
How often to do you think about the blessings God has given
and how often do you give him the thanks he deserves?

29-Sep-2019

Obadiah - Pride comes before a fall
Obadiah 1:1-4, 15-21 & 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Why is pride such a big deal in Gods eyes?

22-Sep-2019

Amos - How God sees us today
Amos 2:6-16 & Amos 5:4-15
To ponder: In Amos we see Gods righteous judgement expressed in poetry rather than legal arguments

15-Sep-2019

Joel A wake-up call to the world
Joel 1:6-7, Joel 2:1-2, Joel 2:12-13, Joel 2:25-29 and 2 Peter 2:1-4
Do you see the righteousness of the Lord shining through?

8-Sep-2019

Hosea The worlds greatest love story
Hosea 1:2-3, Hosea 3:1-4 & Luke 15:11-23
Is Jesus our 1st love?
What others do we have that tempt us to fall into adultery from our Lord?

1-Sep-2019

Forgive one another
Colossians 3:12-17 & Matthew 18:21-35
Anyone hold a grudge?
Will you allow Holy Spirit to work on this with you?

25-Aug-2019

Confess to and Pray for one another
James 5:7-20 & 1 John 1:1-10
What is the relationship between confession and physical healing?
Who do you confess to?
Do you have a prayer partner or spiritual director?

18-Aug-2019

Encourage and build each other up
1 Thessalonians 5:11-23
Who are you passing your baton to?
What are you doing to encourage and build someone up in order that they are ready to take the baton?

11-Aug-2019

Bear each others burdens
NB. Due to a technical issue, the sermon/talk is not available in this recording.
Galatians 6:1-10 & Ephesians 4:1-13
What burdens ... whose burdens ... what about our burdens ...?

4-Aug-2019

Pentecost Power to Tell
Acts 4:1-21 & John 1:43-46

30-Jun-2019

Pentecost Power to Love
You'll be known as my disciples if you love one another.

Acts 2:42-47 & Romans 12:1-2, 9-21

23-Jun-2019

Pentecost - Power to Witness
What does witnessing to Christ look like for you?
Acts 1:1-8 & Matthew 5:13-16
NB. The sound file was unfortunately corrupted which means the sermon is not included in this weeks update

16-Jun-2019

Pentecost - You shall receive power
Godly, biblical power, is not the same as human power and a sense of authority.

Acts 2:1-21 & Luke 24:44-53

9-Jun-2019

The Life of Faith
Hebrews 11: 1-40 & Genesis 22:1-19

26-May-2019

Christs sacrifice, once for all
Hebrews 10:1-18 & Jeremiah 31:31-34

19-May-2019

Christ is greater than the angels
Hebrews 1:1-8, 2:5-9 & Psalm 45:1-9

28-Apr-2019

Mothering Sunday
1 Samuel 1:20-28 & Luke 2:33-35

In Song of Songs, the Spirit can be seen as female. Do you consider God as having mothering features?

31-Mar-2019

Come to me and learn from the past
Isaiah 55:1-9, 1 Cor.10:1-13 & Luke 13:1-9

Can you drink from the same spiritual rock as our faith ancestors (the creation-Christs rock)?
Can you live a life like David did?

24-Mar-2019

God's Compassion
Genesis 15:1-12, Genesis 15:17-18, Philippians 3:17-4:1 and Luke 13:31-35

What promises has God made to you?
Are you still waiting, or have you seen them fulfilled?

17-Mar-2019

Jesus is Lord
Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Romans 10:8b-13 & Luke 4:1-13

Jesus is Lord of what?
How much of who we are, or what we have, do we allow Jesus to be Lord over?

Big Church
10-Mar-2019

Isolation and Sorrow
Psalm 88:1-18 & Mark 14: 32-42

How is God with you, in times of struggle, strife, darkness?
Ever feel like all is lost?
You are lost?
God is nowhere?

3-Mar-2019

Enemies and Vengeance
Psalm 17:1-15 & Matthew 5: 43-48

10-Feb-2019

Righteousness and Evil
Psalm 1:1-6 & Matthew 7: 15-20

3-Feb-2019

Life in the Spirit
1 Corinthians 12:12-31 & Luke 4:14-21

27-Jan-2019