Category - Sermon Series

It’s time to see what matters most

Posted: 18 January 2019

The question of what matters most in our lives is a tough one to answer. It is hard to put our finger on just what it is that we need more than anything else. After all there are lots of important things in our life. But if there is something more important, then how would I find out? And if I did find out, what would change in my life?

I'm excited to...

This Sunday: It’s time to shut up and listen

Posted: 11 January 2019

Sometimes people get up and speak and it is all too easy to ignore them and not listen. But sometimes someone comes along and the way they speak and what they say is captivating. You can't not listen, and hang on their every word. There aren't many speakers around like that.

Come along this Sunday to see why Jesus is described as being like no other...

This Sunday: It’s Time

Posted: 04 January 2019

It's a new year and we are turning, as a church, to a new book of the Bible: the gospel of Mark. Over the next few months we will be diving into what I would consider to be the most exhilarating and breathless account of Jesus' life.

I'm not sure how 2018 was for you or how 2019 will go. If it is anything like mine there will be ups and downs and plenty...

Anything worth having is worth waiting for

Posted: 28 December 2018

Christmas is over for another year but the message of the saviour born in David’s town is still there for us to think about. This week Simeon Cumberland will say farewell to us by speaking to us from an important passage in Luke. His namesake was there in Jerusalem soon after the birth of Jesus ready to welcome the king. The challenge for us will be to...

It’s Time

Posted: 28 December 2018

The most successful election campaign ever run in Australia was the 1972 “It’s time” campaign which brought the Labour party out of the political wilderness. Most people over 45 still know the song that went with the campaign. For Australians, it was something like Obama’s famous “Yes we can” campaign.

The very first words of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark...

Christmas Services

Posted: 22 December 2018

Part of the Christmas tradition involves getting the family together. You might not have family around, but we'd love to have you part of our church family this weekend.

On Sunday we've got an amazing service lined up. I am speaking about how Christmas involves waiting: we live between the first Christmas and the second Christmas. We have peace in our...

Christmas: Disney and the real world

Posted: 14 December 2018

As we near Christmas, we are spending our time as a church reflecting on the early moments of Jesus' life. Last week we heard about Jesus' family tree. This week Al Stewart will be speaking on his birth and the way he presented a threat to the rulers of his day, and how even as a baby they sought to kill him.

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This Sunday: Sermon Impossible

Posted: 05 December 2018

We are finally in summer and into the swing of the Christmas season. We've got a bunch of special services over the next couple of weeks, the highlight of which will be our Christmas Eve and Day services which you can see here.

This Sunday and next we've got Al Stewart speaking on the gospel of Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus. This week Al is...

Passing on the message: joy in salvation

Posted: 30 November 2018

Jonathan Swift once famously said:

“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.”

That line could sum up the problem in the life of Jonah.  His hatred ate away at the walls of his soul. Nowhere is that more clear than in Jonah 4:3:

“Now, O LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to...

He’s searching for you: joy in heaven

Posted: 23 November 2018

I wonder if you've ever thought of God being happy. Yes he's loving. Yes he's compassionate. Yes he's angry at injustice. But is he happy.

The Bible's teaching is that there is no being in all the universe who is happier than God.

What does that mean? Where do we learn that? Join us this Sunday as we stop to pause in our series rediscovering joy, by...