Sermons
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
Loopholes of Grace. (Sanctification)
The Loophole of Grace? … or the art of sanctification.Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Bible Reading: Romans 6:1-14 Last week our pastor Phil passionately preached on how we are made right with God through Grace – and how God did all of this for us before we understood. This amazing gift of Grace seems perfect but it comes with a loophole … that people seemingly could live however they wanted and as long as they ask God for forgiveness – everything Read more
Justified through Christ
Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Bible Reading: Romans 5:1-11 We will also be continuing our “deep dive” into the book of Romans we are spending the next two weeks looking at the key spiritual teaching that Paul highlights in his letter … that we are saved by faith. This week we will be exploring the teaching of “justification” but more importantly being open to the profound free gift of God’s grace to us. Our minister Phil loves preaching on Romans and 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
The Changing Perspectives of the Early Church
Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Bible Reading: Acts 13:1-3, 14:8-18 How do we respond when faced when our understanding or world view is being challenged? Last week Liesl shared how the Apostle Peter’s understanding of who was included in God’s family was turned upside-down with his “come and eat” vision and experience with Cornelius. But this episode caused ripples throughout the early church. This week our pastor Phil will explore how the Early Church’s perspectives where challenged and changed as God’s Read more
Radical Inclusivity of Gods Good News
Preacher: Liesl Homes Bible Reading: Acts 10:1-17, 34-48 We are called to share the gospel with all people. This week in our 9am worship our new student minister Liesl will be sharing with us how the early church, Peter included, started out with a narrow definition of what it meant to be a follower of Jesus, and a very limited understanding of who COULD be a follower of Jesus. It was an exclusive club with very demanding membership criteria. But 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
Parables about Judgement [Lent 4]
Lent #4 – Parables about JudgementReading: Matthew 25:1-40Preacher: Rev Phil Swain In the last of our series on “Parables Perspectives” we are faced with three confronting parables about judgement and the end times. During Lent we are considering how the parables of Jesus can help us give us a different insight of the cross and in this video our pastor Phil asks the question … “Does God judge us?” and if so, “What does God judge us on?” In the Read more