Sermons on Relationships

Sermons on Relationships

One in Christ

Readings: John 17:20-26 & Galatians 3:23-29Preacher: Rev Phil Swain with Rev Kevin Kim We are celebrating together as a church as all three worship congregations (9am, 10:45am and 6:30pm) are joining for our annual combined worship service at 10am. The theme this year is “One in Christ” and we celebrate how God brings together a diverse group of people from different backgrounds, experiences and giftings to be a community. The two readings acknowledge our oneness in Christ and Phil and Read more

Love, Love, Love

Love, Love, Love God’s prevenient, unfailing, unconditional, amazing love for us (and a little bit of Phil & Marion’s love story as well) Reading: 1 John 4:7-21Preacher: Rev Phil Swain This Sunday is all about love! It is actual Phil and Marion’s 29th wedding anniversary and Phil is taking the opportunity to share a little of their love story (with some envelopes that have to be seen to be believed) as an analogy to ultimately point to God’s prevenient, unfailing, Read more

On the Shoulders of Giants (9am)

Theme: On the Shoulders of GiantsBible Reading: 1 Thess 5:15-27Preacher: Rev Phil Swain On Christ the King Sunday we reflected on those who have gone before us – the saints of our church and our faith whom we have benefitted from their faith, their example and their mission. We really are standing on the shoulders of giants! We will be also hear a little about the world wide church with a short presentation from Sue Bolton about the persecuted church Read more

Love One Another

Theme: Love One Another (Sunday 30 August, 2020)Series: Lovestory (2020)Bible Reading: John 15:9-17Preacher: Rev Phil Swain This Service will be run Online Only – 9am on our Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/turramurrauniting/live/ Kids Church Activity Sheet Download In our last week in our LoveStory series we are jumping into the gospels to explore some of the key friendships of Jesus and how Jesus gave us an example of how to love. Jesus lived a life of love – he had deep Read more

Lovestory #2 – Hosea and Gomer (10:45am Traditional Worship)

Theme: Lovestory #2 Hosea and Gomer (Sunday 23 August, 2020)Series: Lovestory (2020)Bible Reading: Hosea 11:1-8Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Last week I shared a love story about two people from the Old Testament book of Song of Songs who were truly, madly, deeply in love.  And we saw how their experience of love could reflect the way that God loves us … that sense of seeking and pursuing, of celebrating love and of the way that God’s love covers us, surrounds Read more

Unconditional Love

Theme: Unconditional Love (Sunday 23 August, 2020)Series: Lovestory (2020)Bible Reading: Hosea 11:1-8Preacher: Rev Phil Swain This Service will be run Online Only – 9am on our Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/turramurrauniting/live/ Kids Church Activity Sheet Download Week #2 of talking about love.  Last week we looked at a story from the Biblical book of Song of Songs – a love story of two people who were truly, madly, deeply in love.   We saw how their experience of love could reflect the Read more

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Theme: Truly, Madly, Deeply (Sunday 26 July, 2020)Series: Lovestory (2020)Bible Reading: Song of Songs 2:1-17Preacher: Rev Phil Swain This Service will be run Online Only – 9am on our Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/turramurrauniting/live/ Kids Church Activity Sheet Download Let’s talk about love. I really wanted to start this service by playing some love songs, but Facebook live is really particular about copyright and if I play a love song it would probably ping me for it. So instead … I Read more

The Joy and Heartache of Relationships

Preached at 9am Worship on Sunday 12th May (Mother’s Day)Series: Relationships Bible Readings: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Well the Federal election is less than a week away and who is excited???  It is a bit like that isn’t it.  After weeks of constant back and forth and trust me and don’t trust them … we begin to tune it out.  Don’t worry, I am not preaching politics today, but I did want to highlight something that happened on Read more
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