Sermons by Rev Kevin Kim
Guided by God’s Promises
Sermon text As many of you know, I play tennis with some of our church members on Monday morning. Last Monday, my body was so heavy and was not hitting the ball as I hoped I would. My body was not just responding. Although I can still run faster than all of my lovely Monday tennis friends, I know I will be getting slower. I still want to improve my second serve and backhand, but my body will be ageing Read more
Being the Bad Guys
Sermon Text We are starting a new series of the book of Romans. From today for 8 weeks until 25 June, Phil and I will be going through Romans chapters 1, 5, 6, and Romans 8 on Pentecost day, in June we are going through chapters 8, 10 , 12 and 13 & 14 to wrap up this series. We hope this will be helpful and meaningful series for our congregation in May and June. In his letter to the Read more
Jesus is with us always – BELLS
Preacher: Rev Kevin Kim, Bible Reading: Matthew 28:16-20 While the resurrection is certainly life-changing news, the disciples receive that news secondhand. They have some time – all the time it takes them to travel from Jerusalem to Galilee – to settle into it. And once they arrive in Galilee, Jesus surprises them with another life-changing moment. This is the first time that the eleven disciples have seen the resurrected Jesus, according to Matthew’s Gospel. Jesus gave every one of them Read more
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday Service – Empty Promises or Good News Reading: Matthew 28:1-10 Preacher: Rev Phil Swain & Rev Kevin Kim Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus in this all-aged service! Lively singing with the Easter worship band, great joy and lots of fun as we worship the risen Jesus. Phil will be exploring whether Easter is about empty promises or Good News – a creative talk that has both a message for the kids as well as reminding all ages of Read more
Good Friday
Good Friday – The all-embracing Love of God Readings: John 12:20-33, Matthew 27:27-44, Matthew 27:45-54 & John 19:28-30 Preacher – Rev Kevin Kim, Rev Phil Swain & Liesl Homes A creative and reflective worship service which will focus on the cross of Jesus and the forgiveness, grace and life that we can find through his death. The theme of our service will be ‘The All Embracing Love of God’. The time of worship will be structured around five short bible Read more
Vision Sunday 2023
Vision Sunday 2023Reading: Matthew 13:24-35Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Vision Sunday 2023 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 – remind us again the core aspects of our Vision which we discerned last year as well as sharing some idea and planning that is in place for 2023. We hope to stir Read more
Jesus and John: Rival or Mentor
“Jesus and John: Rival or Mentor?”Reading: Matthew 3:1-17. Preacher: Rev Kevin Kim This Sunday, we are continuing the Summer Series 2023 (Edition #2). Kevin will continue to follow the set reading for this week from the Narrative lectionary. How did Jesus and John the Baptist relate to each other? Unlike the shepherds and the magi, John does not have a place in the Christmas creche or pageant. Matthew 3 begins by introducing us to John the Baptist. Matthew suggests that Read more
Forgiveness # 4 – Your Forgiveness Score
Forgiveness #4 – Your Forgiveness Score Reading: Psalm 103: 1 – 12Preacher: Rev Kevin Kim Kevin will deliver his last sermon on the series of ‘forgiveness’. “The Bucket List” is a 2007 American buddy adventure comedy-drama film, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The main plot follows two terminally ill men on their road trip with a wish list of things to do before they “kick the bucket”. Two elderly men, blue-collar automotive mechanic Carter Chambers and billionaire Edward Cole Read more
Forgiveness # 3 – The Reach Model
Forgiveness #3 – The REACH Model Reading: Micah 7:18-19, 1 John 1:5-10Preacher: Rev Kevin Kim How do we forgive? Forgiveness using the REACH model – REACH (R – Recall, E – Empathize, A – Altruistic, C – Commitment & H – Hold)Holding onto old hurts or wounds does not lead us toward healing. It keeps us stuck in the feeling of the hurt, the story of the hurt, the belief about what this hurt means. Forgiveness is not about making Read more
Forgiveness #2 – What does the Bible say about forgiveness? # 2
Reading: Matthew 5:41-48, Psalm 23:1-3Preacher: Rev Kevin Kim This week, Kevin will continue to look at Matthew chapter 5. Starting with v 41 (go with them two miles), Kevin will explain what v 41 might mean to us in terms of ‘forgiveness’ and ‘Christian perfection’. Kevin will then relate the concept of ‘Love for Enemies’ in v 43-48 with the theme of ‘forgiveness’. This chapter asks the Christian to be perfect, and as the last measurement for Christian perfection, ‘love Read more