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Grow #3 – Communities of Growth
Communities of GrowthPreacher: Rev Phil Swain Readings: Acts 2:42-47; Col 2:1-7; Heb 10:19-25 This Talk is from our annual combined worship service where all three worshipping communities – our 9am + 10:45am + Evolve congregations – will come together and worship as one. It is our third sermon in the GROW series where Phil will help us to consider what are the communities or groups that are fertile soil for our spiritual growth and how we can invest deeply into Read more
Ephesians #5 – The Amour of God
Armour of GodPreacher: Rev Kevin KimBible Reading: Ephesians 6:10-32 This Sunday, we are looking at the last part of Ephesians, Chapter 6. Paul’s final teaching towards people in Ephesus seems somewhat very strong. It is about putting on the armour of God. What might it mean in today’s world situation to encourage Christians to become soldiers for Christ? The people of Paul’s day were certainly familiar with the armour of the Roman soldiers that filled every city in Macedonia. But Read more
Ephesians #4 – Living Out God’s Call
Preacher: Daniel Gibb Reading: Ephesians 4:1-5:2 We are moving back to our journey through Ephesians and are exploring what it means to live out God’s call by looking at Ephesians Chapter 4 – and we are excited that Daniel, our new children and youth worker, will be preaching. The first three chapters of Ephesians focused on the “riches of God’s Grace” and how we are saved not by what we do, but rather through grace; a gift from God! In Read more
The Call to Shepherd (with Frontier Services)
The Call to Shepherd God’s call to love and care for all people throughout the wanderings of life Bible Reading: Luke 15:1-7 Includes sharing by: Rob Floyd (National Director Frontier Services) – Sermon + Tim Willson (Christian Union International) + the Commissioning of Daniel Gibb (TUC Children & Youth Worker)
Grow #2 – Finding Sacred Space
Grow #2: Finding Sacred Space / Connecting with God through PrayerPreacher: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Luke 11:1-19 This Sunday sees the return of the second edition our ongoing “Grow” series. In each of the months from May to September we have put aside one Sunday to focus on our church’s vision to grow in our spirituality and in our ministry and mission as a church. In the first of this series we considered how we were growing and reflected on Read more
Ephesians #3 – God’s Expansive Love
God’s expansive Love Preacher: Rev Kevin Kim Bible Readings: Ephesians 3:1-21 As we continue our series on ‘Ephesians’, we will learn from chapter 3 this Sunday. Chapter 3 speaks about the mystery of Christ revealed and the second part of this chapter emphasizes Paul’s prayer for spiritual strength. Paul was a minister of a gospel according to God’s grace (v 7). Though he was the least likely to be in this role, God gave him his calling to share Christ Read more
God the Gardiner
Preacher: Liesl HomesBible Reading: Genesis 1:1-2,1:26-2:2, 2:7, 2:15 Pope Francis writes: “The ecological crisis is also a summons to profound interior conversion. It must be said that some committed and prayerful Christians, with the excuse of realism and pragmatism, tend to ridicule expressions of concern for the environment. Others are passive; they choose not to change their habits and thus become inconsistent. So what they all need is an ‘ecological conversion’, whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ Read more
Ephesians #2 – Saved by Grace
Ephesians #2 – Saved by Grace Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Bible Reading: Ephesians 2:1-22 As we continue our journey through the New Testament book of Ephesians we are confronted with the same question that the Early Church in Ephesus was facing … how are we made right with God? Other religions had a long list of things to do (or not do) in order to get into God’s good book … but Paul in our reading from Ephesians chapter 2 Read more
Grow #1 – How are you growing?
Grow #1: How are you growing?Preacher: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Psalm 42:1-11 We are having a short break from the Narrative Lectionary and using this time to explore some topics and readings that are particularly relevant to TUC. This Sunday we are revisiting our 2024 Church Vision and pondering the question, “How are you Growing?” Do you feel that your spirituality is feeling a little flat? Are you experiencing the growth that we hoped for on Vision Sunday back in Read more
Loving Spirit
The Holy Spirit and the Church: Loving Spirit Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 This week we read Paul’s famous discussion on love from 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. We will ponder how love is the one de-constructable reality, the most fundamental principle of the universe, and the very essence of God. The sort of love that Paul calls us to in this passage goes against the world’s thinking where domination, control and pride are the logic of the Read more