Here is our Sunday Gathering sermon archive, perfect for if you have missed a Sunday, want to hear something again or want to share with a friend.
Becoming - pt 2 (How do we live in a vision?)
Join us in this journey exploring the vision Jesus has for our very earthy, everyday lives, and how we set our sights on becoming what He sees. Part two sees Dan setting up the series further by answering an important question: how do we live in a vision that’s not our own?
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Becoming - pt 1 (Cultural loggerheads, misunderstandings and Jesus' vision for your everyday life)
Join us in this journey exploring the vision Jesus has for our very earthy, everyday lives, and how we set our sights on becoming what He sees. Part one sees Dan setting up the series looking at a current cultural loggerhead, misunderstandings of the gospel and Jesus’ vision for life in the middle of it all.
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Prayer Week Wrap-up
Dan finishes up our 24/7 Prayer Week by reminding us of the long story of prayer we have joined and the moment we are in now to walk forward from.
Guest Speaker - Brian Zahnd (Mystic or nothing at all)
Guest speaker Brian Zahnd exhorts us as a community as we begin our 24/7 Prayer Week, encouraging each of us to personally seek God for a mystical experience.
Renewal - pt 3 (Renewal changes old patterns)
Join us for our summer series this year as we look at Mark Sayers’ book ‘Reappearing Church’ and it’s theme of renewal. For part three Dan shares how renewal changes old patterns.
Renewal - pt 2 (Renewal and remnants of holy discontent)
Join us for our summer series this year as we look at Mark Sayers’ book ‘Reappearing Church’ and it’s theme of renewal. For part two Dan shares what renewal does through remnants of holy discontent.
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Renewal - pt 1 (What is renewal and what does it have to do with me?)
Join us for our summer series this year as we look at Mark Sayers’ book ‘Reappearing Church’ and it’s theme of renewal. For part one Dan shares what renewal is and a little of what it has to do with us.
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We interrupt this summer to tell you about...the future. (A special podcast episode)
Dan, Ella and Strahan interrupt the summer break to share this special conversation about some significant things God has been doing with us as a community and as a result, what is about to happen at Central Vineyard as we begin this new decade.
God Incarnate - pt 4 (The tactile arrival of love)
This Advent season we are digging deeply into the story of Christmas that centres around the God who “took on flesh and dwelt amongst us.” In this final week Dan shares a short homily on the arrival of God incarnate as the arrival of tactile love into history.
God Incarnate - pt 3 (The anticipation and source for joy)
This Advent season we are digging deeply into the story of Christmas that centres around the God who “took on flesh and dwelt amongst us.” In this second week Dan shares on the theme of joy, looking at Isaiah 65 and and the anticipation for God to fulfil His promises and the joy that comes as a result.
God Incarnate - pt 2 (The expectation for peace)
This Advent season we are digging deeply into the story of Christmas that centres around the God who “took on flesh and dwelt amongst us.” In this second week Dan shares on the theme of peace, looking at Isaiah 9 and the expectation for peace to come to the restlessness and dissonance.
God Incarnate - pt 1 (The voice calling from the future)
This Advent season we are digging deeply into the story of Christmas that centres around the God who “took on flesh and dwelt amongst us.” In this first week Dan shares on the theme of hope, looking at Isaiah 40 and the voice calling from the future.
Psalms - pt 7 (Wrap-up)
Join us for our series exploring the book of Psalms and what they show us about life with God, our humanity and being vulnerable. In this final part Dan lands the series sharing some of the written expressions to come from Central Vineyard and offering four pastoral words for how to continue to read Psalms in the future.
Psalms - pt 6 (Thanksgiving)
Join us for our series exploring the book of Psalms and what they show us about life with God, our humanity and being vulnerable. In this sixth part Natalie shares on the thanksgiving psalms and how they lead us to a deeper expression of gratitude amidst all the circumstances we find ourselves in.
Psalms - pt 5 (Hope)
Join us for our series exploring the book of Psalms and what they show us about life with God, our humanity and being vulnerable. In this fifth part Alisha shares on the role of hope in our rhythm of life from orientation to disorientation to reorientation.
(Apologies for the poor audio quality, we had to use backup measures this Sunday)
Psalms - pt 4 (Wisdom)
Join us for our series exploring the book of Psalms and what they show us about life with God, our humanity and being vulnerable. In this fourth part Strahan discusses how in an age of information and knowledge, wisdom only comes about through the transformation of these into revelation through the presence of God.
Psalms - pt 3 (Lament)
Join us for our series exploring the book of Psalms and what they show us about life with God, our humanity and being vulnerable. In this third part Dan unpacks the Psalmist’s expression of lament and the permission it gives us to be people of expression with God in all things and then we hear from Antony Jeffares about his own journey of expression.
Special Guests Bob and Penny Fulton: From Burnt-out to Flourishing
We are joined by special guests Bob and Penny Fulton to hear the story of how the Vineyard movement began and what they see in us as a community.
Psalms - pt 2 (Praise)
Join us for our series exploring the book of Psalms and what they show us about life with God, our humanity and being vulnerable. In this first part Dan unpacks the Psalmist’s expression of praise and the perspective they offer us to consider. We also hear from Rob about our own disruptive practice of praising God together each week.
Psalms - pt 1 (How do we handle this book?)
Join us for our series exploring the book of Psalms and what they show us about life with God, our humanity and being vulnerable. In this first part Dan Sheed sets up the journey by checking in with how we can read Scripture well with humility, a slower pace and vulnerability.
“Reading is a gift, but only if the words are taken into the soul—eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.”