Sermons on Romans
Gifts of God #3 – Bucket full of Blessings
Reading: Romans 5:12-21, 6:23Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Phil continues our “Gifts of God” program by going back to basics and focusing on God’s amazing gift to us; and we will tie it all together by sharing together in communion. And yes, there will be buckets and we will use them as a symbol of the wonderful, generous and excessive way that God blesses us. We will also be reflecting on the reality that sometimes it feels that there is a Read more
VISION SUNDAY 2022
Series: Vision 2022Theme: Vision Sunday 2022Bible Reading: Romans 12:1-3, 9-13Preacher: Rev Phil SwainDate: 13 February, 2022 Vision Sunday 2022 is an important day in our church year – a time where we cast a Vision of where God is leading us as a church for the next 12 months. Our pastor’s – Phil and Kevin – shared an honest reflection on how we have gone with our church’s vision over the past two years before reminding us again the core Read more
Passion Panel (Night Church)
Series: PassionTitle: Passion PanelDate: Night Church. 18th July, 2021Preacher: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Romans 6:4-11 We are continuing our series on Passion with a panel discussion with a number of people including Molk having a chat about what we are passionate about and how we can empower and release passion in our faith community. Panel Questions What are you passionate about? What gets you fired up or are totally committed to? (Question for Molk but open to others). Kenda Casey Read more
Passion (Night Church)
Series: PassionTitle: Passion – Being there | being moved | being knownDate: Night Church. 18th July, 2021Preacher: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Romans 6:4-11 We are exploring passion – not the romantic notion of passion but rather the single-minded drive or commitment where we would risk everything and sacrifice everything for. “Something that we would die for”. Passion is something which is all-consuming, powerful and deeply affects us. Kenda Creasy Dean in her book “Practicing Passion” notes that young people are Read more
Considering the Biblical Easter Story with Rob and Phil (9am)
How do we plan in a changing world, especially when it comes to our Church’s vision.
Inside Outside (10:45 Traditional)
How do we plan in a changing world, especially when it comes to our Church’s vision.
Inside Outside UpsideDown (9am)
Last Sunday – our pastor Phil shared the Vision for our Church for 2021 and tied that a little into the reading from Romans 12. This week, Phil is going to turn that upside-down and focus the sermon on Romans 12 and tie that into some concrete ideas of how we may implement our Vision or to animate our Vision – to bring our Vision to life. Theme: Inside, Outside, Upside-DownSeries: Vision 2021 Bible Reading: Acts 20:17-38 Preacher: Phil Swain Read more
Vision Sunday (10:45 Traditional)
How do we plan in a changing world, especially when it comes to our Church’s vision.
Vision Sunday 2021 (9am)
How do we plan in a changing world, especially when it comes to our Church’s vision.
Romans 8.3 The Love of God (9am)
Theme: Romans 8.2 The Love of God (Sunday 9 August 2020)Series: Romans 8 (2020)Bible Reading: Romans 8:26-39Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Kids Church Activity Sheet Download This is part 3 of looking at this amazing chapter of the Bible Romans 8 … and there is this image that I want to keep coming back to in today’s sermon that can beautifully sum up the first 7½ chapters in Romans so far … that of a court room. So far in Romans, Read more