Sermons (Page 3)
Good Friday 2026 – Love Poured Out
Good Friday 2026 Worship Experience 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. There will be a number of creative elements including readings from the Bible, visuals, songs and reflections about the love that Jesus showed on the cross. Please note that some of the content can be confronting for young children.
Palm Sunday 2026
Palm Sunday Worship ExperienceReading: John 12:12-19 Preacher: Phil Swain This Sunday we begin the journey into Holy Week — and you’re invited to step into the story. We encourage you to be there by 9am (or at least 9:05am) as we’ll gather in the foyer for our first reflection and and then move together into worship, recreating Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem with palm waving and praise. Then we will be bringing together all that we have been exploring during lent Read more
Love Prays (Lent #5)
Lent #5 Love PraysSeries: Lent Love WinsPreacher: Phil Swain Reading: John 17:1, 13-23 We are coming towards the end of our Lenten journey to the cross, and after seeing examples of generous love, love that serves, and love that abides … this Sunday we reflect on how prayer can be an act of love. Our bible reading comes from John 17 – just before Jesus is arrested he pauses and prays … for himself, for his friends and for the Read more
Servant Hearted Love (Lent #3)
Lent #3 – Servant Hearted LoveSeries: Lent Love WinsPreacher: Phil Swain Reading: John 13:1-17 Our Lent journey continues this week as we keep exploring the Easter story through the lens of love. In John 13 we find Jesus kneeling with a towel and basin to wash his disciples’ feet — a powerful picture of servant-hearted love. What does it mean to follow a Lord who shows that love wins not by power, but by serving others? Sermon Text Can everyone Read more
Love Stronger than Death (Lent #1)
Lent #1 – Love stronger than deathSeries: Lent Love WinsPreacher: Phil Swain Reading: John 11:1-45 We begin our Lent journey together and our theme for this year is “Love Wins” or Easter through the lens of Love. We will be using John’s Gospel as our key source and in John’s writing we find that love underpins everything – not a simple or sentimental love but rather John present this love as strong, costly, present and deeply relational. John goes so Read more
Vision Sunday 2026
Vision Sunday 2026 – from words to lived experience Preacher: Phil Swain Reading: John 4:43-54 Get excited! It’s Vision Sunday at Turramurra Uniting Church. It’s a chance for us to as a church community look back at what God has been doing in and through our church, and look ahead with hope. Over the past year, many people from across our church have been part of a significant mission planning journey — listening to God, listening to one another, and Read more
The Gospel that began at the Well
The Gospel that began at the WellReading: John 4:1-42 Preacher: Kevin Kim In this week’s message, we continue our journey through John’s Gospel by moving from Nicodemus’ nighttime conversation with Jesus to a surprising encounter at a Samaritan well. Through the intentional contrast between a respected religious leader and a socially rejected woman, we see that Jesus meets people in every place — in theology classrooms and in ordinary daily routines. At the well, Jesus breaks barriers, offers living water Read more
Who Holds the World?
Who Holds the World? Preacher: Kevin Kim Readings: John 3:1-21 In a time when global headlines feel unsettling and the future can seem uncertain, many of us are asking deeper questions: Who is really in control? Where is God in all of this?This Sunday, we’ll explore Jesus’ nighttime conversation with Nicodemus in John 3:1–21—a story about uncertainty, courage, and new beginnings. Jesus speaks not of self-improvement or religious achievement, but of being born from above—receiving new life as a gift Read more
Jesus the Disrupter
Summer Series – Jesus the Disrupter Preacher: Phil Swain Readings: John 2:13-25 This Sunday we continue our Summer Series journeying through the Gospel of John. We will turn to one of its most confronting and thought-provoking moments — Jesus cleansing the Temple (John 2:13–25). Placed right at the beginning of John’s gospel, this story invites us to see Jesus not only as a source of comfort and hope, but also as one who challenges the status quo and calls us Read more
The Light of the World – Christmas Day 2025
Christmas Day Worship – The Light of the world made his home with usReading: John 1:1-14 Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Celebrate the birth of Jesus in a way which is full of life and love. We will be singing Christmas carols with our Christmas band, “show and tell” (a chance for people to show off their Christmas presents), a creative talk for the kids, some special Christmas prayers, and our minister Phil will share the story of how the Light Read more