This week we begin the season of Lent, a time of renewal and preparation for Easter. Our sermon series throughout Lent will focus on being renewed...this week we are looking at part of a well known story where God faithful promise to all creation, that he will no longer cause destruction by floods.   In our worship we will explore why this promise is so significant for us, and how God's promises renew us.   Our worship this wee...

This week's focus from Mark 1:29-39 reveals a number of things about Jesus that are helpful for us, both as people loved by God and people called to be involved in revealing His love in the world.  Jesus has care and concern for individuals, whilst at the same time he has care and concern for many people.  This week in worship we will explore how God is caring for individuals in our life and caring for many people in the world....

On a number of occasions this week I was confronted with news about someone or something that was not so good, but as I engaged further with the situation I also saw and heard some good news....in our Gospel reading for this week that is the situation the disciples are facing.   John the Baptist has been arrested because of his actions and words in trying to point people to Jesus, if his arrest was the only thing people saw or hear...

This week we continue our Advent worship series, with Waiting Well.....with grace,    Grace is foundational for our relationship with God.   As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, we are celebrating God coming into this world so He could live out grace for us.   Our relationship with God and our future with God and others totally depends on God's grace.   As missionaries in this world, as we wait for Jesus second coming our call i...

This week we continue our Advent worship series, with Waiting Well.....waiting well with discernment,    Discernment is an important activity of being a Christian.   We live in a world where there are many voices, opinions and ideas, many of which are enticing.   Our reading from  1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 reminds us to listen constantly to God's Spirit, and to reject anything that leads us away from God and His grace.  This week...

This week we begin the season of Advent....our focus throughout Advent will be waiting well.  This week we look at Waiting Well by giving thanks.   Imagine for a moment every situation you find yourself waiting, that you looked for things, people or experiences to give thanks for.  As we wait for God to come not only at Christmas but also His second coming...we will be blessed by reflecting on what we have to give thanks to God for...

This week we continue our worship series BE.....with be active, with the encouragement from Jesus coming from Matthew 25;14- not to grab what we have been given and keep it safely tucked away, but instead to grab what we have been given and actively use it to bless others in ways that help them develop and grow in a relationship with Jesus and with us. God's church. 

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This week we begin a new worship series......BE....being means to exist and have an idenity...so as we lead up to the end of the church year on 22 November...we will explore how God is calling us to BE....
 This week we come across a challenging and for some a confusing text Matthew 25:1-13, which encourages us to BE READY for Jesus second coming.   We are exploring what it means to BE READY for Jesus, and the reality that there is ...