Come on the journey of exploring our missional vision as a church as we remix the very first sermon series we did as a community and include some fresh discoveries since. In this third part Strahan Coleman looks at our current cultural epidemic of loneliness and the role of Biblical hospitality making a difference..
Come on the journey of exploring our missional vision as a church as we remix the very first sermon series we did as a community and include some fresh discoveries since. In this second part Dan Sheed digs deeper on how Jesus says we are “the light of the world” and looks into how we are to be witnesses who embody a story.
“Lampstands. Jesus calls these new communities in these cities lampstands. Churches are the placed people of God’s presence, the place of God’s life and the place of God’s mission.”
Come on the journey of exploring our missional vision as a church as we remix the very first sermon series we did as a community and include some fresh discoveries since. In this first part Dan Sheed introduces the missional problem we have and Hannah Bates introduces us to a bigger story of the mission of the church.
“Lampstands. Jesus calls these new communities in these cities lampstands. Churches are the placed people of God’s presence, the place of God’s life and the place of God’s mission.”
In this in-between-series moment, Dan shares on the paradigm of 1 Thessalonians 5:14 as a way of identifying how we are going with God, some growth stage theory and an exhortation to becoming patient.
“Brothers and sisters, I urge you to warn the apathetic, to encourage the timid, to care for the broken and always be patient with everyone.
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This week we enjoy Strahan Coleman sharing with us part of his ‘God in the dark’ seminar material. Strahan usually does this with Commoners Communion, his ministry with which he has just released a prayer book and daily prayer poetry. Enjoy this other side to our beloved team member.
Join us for the last of our series ‘Sacred Differences’, where we explore the vision for diversity, unity and reconciliation in the Kingdom of God. This week Amanda Pilbrow finishes the series with her own journey of reconciliation and the generous invitation to the Table for all.
Join us for our series ‘Sacred Differences’, where we explore the vision for diversity, unity and reconciliation in the Kingdom of God. This week Dan and Gab tag-teamed a talk on three things that make us diverse people: our passions, personalities and pathways of connecting to God.
“Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?”
Join us for our series ‘Sacred Differences’, where we explore the vision for diversity, unity and reconciliation in the Kingdom of God. This week we have three voices sharing their stories and lived-perspectives of cultural diversity with us: Mike, Natalie and Jesse.
Join us for our series ‘Sacred Differences’, where we explore the vision for diversity, unity and reconciliation in the Kingdom of God. This week guest speaker Luke Geraty unpacks Philippians 2 and asks how the church can be a place of unity, not uniformity.
Join us for our new series Sacred Differences, where we explore the vision for diversity, unity and reconciliation in the Kingdom of God. This week Dan and Alisha tag-team a talk on gender difference in the church, together framing up some of the issues that have been experienced and then painting a picture for a vision of the future.
“God didn’t create a world where one gender can flourish at the expense of the other. In God’s world, the true flourishing of one depends on and promotes the full flourishing of the other. In fact, God’s kingdom purposes for the world hinge on how well we both flourish and pull together to serve him.”
Join us for our new series Sacred Differences, where we explore the vision for diversity, unity and reconciliation in the Kingdom of God. This week Dan teaches on the removal of the social ladder in the early church and we hear from a couple of our own with their story of the gift of difference amongst each other.
“In Christ we now have a flattened reality to live in together.”
Join us for our new series Sacred Differences, where we explore the vision for diversity, unity and reconciliation in the Kingdom of God. We begin with Dan Sheed sharing on the scriptural movement from the chosen people of God to the open and diverse church, and what that means for us today.
“So often, our vision of a dream church is a dream of more people like us. Is this really the full expression of the community following Jesus?”
Join us for this special festival of Pentecost as for two weeks we make the most of the church season of Spirit empowerment. This Sunday Strahan takes us through the day of Pentecost and what it means for us in this current moment.
Join us for this special festival of Pentecost as for two weeks we make the most of the church season of Spirit empowerment. This Sunday Dan starts us off in the origin story of the church in Acts 1 and the revolutionary promise Jesus told them to wait for.
“‘Come, Holy Spirit’ is a direct, bold request for the Spirit to do the work the Father wants to do in us, and to be the fire that propels us out to do the work the Father wants to do through us.”
Our month of hearing different voices finishes with our very own Olivia Bray sharing her story and wisdom on grief, what to do if you’re supporting someone going through it and an encouragement for when you are going through it yourself.
Our month of hearing different voices continues with Vic Francis (Shore Vineyard, Vineyard College) sharing a talk on ‘God’s invitation to grow’ realising that every life stage you are in has opportunities to say a new and different ‘yes’ to God.
Our month of hearing different voices continues with Fran Francis (Spiritual director, SGMNZ, Shore Vineyard) sharing a talk on ‘Benediction’ and the four active thresholds of listening to God’s blessed word; recognising, realising, respecting and reflecting.
“May you learn to see yourself with the same pride, delight and expectation with which God sees you in every moment.”
Elliot Taylor (Zeal, Online Crisis Intervention) shares a talk on the call of the Kingdom and how it always taps into eternal values, it messes our lives up and it is an invitation to trust in Jesus.
Join us for our journey through the last part of Mark's gospel recording of Jesus. In this last talk of the series Dan Sheed explores the endings of Mark and the core message at hand for the readers: continue following the Jesus Way within this world of right and lefts.
Join us for our journey through the last part of Mark's gospel recording of Jesus. For Lent we are looking at four stories of Jesus’ preparation for death and what that means for us today. This week Strahan Coleman shares on the last supper – the final descent of Jesus in the lead up to Easter – and how it is a new prophetic sign we all need to see.