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Hope anchored in Christ

Hebrews – Hold onto Hope. Hope anchored in ChristReadings: Hebrews 6:1-20 Preacher: Phil Swain This Sunday we are continuing exploring the New Testament in our new sermons series focusing on selected passages in Hebrews – Hold onto Hope. When we look around our world at the moment; or even around our own communities or life; there is a lot of things happening that are unsettling. It is like the storms of life have settled in and some of us are Read more

Pentecost – Living in the Spirit

PENTECOST … Life in the SpiritReading: Acts 2:1-4 and Galatians 5:13-26 Preacher: Rev. Phil Swain Pentecost is the day that we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit – the fulfilment of Jesus promise in John 14. Jesus said that he would ask the Father to send us a helper – one to walk beside us and help us in all we do. That helper is the Holy Spirit. But did you know that there is a connection between the Read more

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

Pentecost 2022

Pentecost 2022 Readings: Acts 2:1-21Preacher: Rev Phil Swain This Sunday is Pentecost – the day where the church celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit! The church will be dressed up in red, orange and yellow and we encourage you to come dressed in something of those colours too! Phil will helping us to understand the context in which the day of Pentecost occurred and how this can speak into the context the current day church finds itself. Click here Read more

Pentecost 2019 (Night Church)

6:30pm worship – Sunday 9th JunePreacher: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Acts 2:1-5, 14-21 Sermon What has been your experience of the Holy Spirit? When I was about 19 or 20, I noticed something about the way my church approached the Holy Spirit – and I think that this would be probably true for many churches, especially Uniting Churches.  I noticed that we talked a lot about the Holy Spirit: how it was part of the Trinity That the Spirit was Read more

Pentecost 2019 (Traditional)

10:45am worship – Sunday 9th JunePreacher: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Acts 2:1-5, 14-21 Sermon What has been your experience of the Holy Spirit? When I was about 19 or 20, I noticed something about the way my church approached the Holy Spirit – and I think that this would be probably true for many churches, especially Uniting Churches.  I noticed that we talked a lot about the Holy Spirit: how it was part of the Trinity That the Spirit was Read more

Pentecost

Preached at 9am worship – Sunday 9th JunePreacher: Rev Jon HumphriesBible Reading: Acts 2:1-13

Love in Action

One of the key elements of Jesus’ teaching was his commandment to love one another. As we celebrate Mother’s Day we will explore how the early church followed through with this commandment to love as well as discover an interesting quirk about the book of Acts.
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