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.
Famlification - pt 1 (Jesus disrupts our ideas of family)
Join us for "Famlification", a series that explores the vision for church as a new family. This week, Dan kicks off the series by examining how Jesus disrupts conventional family ideas and replaces them with an enhanced vision that can transform our entire understanding of what the church is supposed to be.
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Rhyme and Surprise
Join us for this special one-off Sunday exploring how we walk faithfully into the future by both rhyming with what has been before us and looking for the surprise of the Spirit for the future, and Dan takes this moment to invite us all to some prayer points.
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Whakapapa - pt 5 (Guest speaker Amy Tait - Te Rongopai and Aotearoa)
We're exploring our place today in a bigger story of the global and local historical Church. Join us as guest speaker Amy Tait shares some stories of the work of the gospel in Aotearoa's history.
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Whakapapa - pt 4 (Interview w/ the Co-leaders on the CV story)
We're exploring our place today in a bigger story of the global and local historical Church. Join us as Josh Kimpton interviews our Co-leaders to share the CV story.
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Whakapapa - pt 3 Guest interview w/ Lloyd Rankin and (some of) the VIneyard story
We're exploring our place today in a bigger story of the global and local historical Church. Dan interviews Lloyd Rankin (Founder of Vineyard Churches Aotearoa NZ) to hear some of the VIneyard story and names some of the precious distinctions God has put into this family.
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Whakapapa - pt 2 (Matthew 28:16-20 / The Apostles' Creed)
We're exploring our place today in a bigger story of the global and local historical Church. Dan shares part two of the series by taking us back to The Apostles' Creed and the beliefs it informs us towards today.
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Whakapapa - pt 1 (Matthew 16:13-20 / The Rock upon which we stand)
NOTE: Due to a technical problem, the final 10 minutes of this talk is unfortunately missing
We're exploring our place today in a bigger story of the global and local historical Church. Dan shares this opening talk on how we can think well about the last two thousand years of church history as whakapapa.
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Flourishing in Community
As a community we are called to be in fellowship – but what does that actually mean? Rob Wiseman draws on Paul’s letter to the Philippians and some lessons from te ao Maori to give us a bigger view of this important way of being together.
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Stewardship - pt 3 (Prov 2:10-11 / Good money praxis)
“Stewardship” is a series exploring how we practice resource handling, looking especially at our money. We finish the series with Natalie looking at some good money praxis exploring how to plan to hold money with generosity and responsibility.
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Stewardship - pt 2 (Mark 12:41-44 / Jesus' vision of generosity)
“Stewardship” is a series exploring how we practice resource handling, looking especially at our money. We continue the series with Dan looking at Jesus’ vision of generosity, and how to live towards having open hands and big hearts.
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Stewardship- pt 1 (Matthew 6:19-24 / A greater perspective, split allegiances and what we love)
“Stewardship” is a series exploring how we practice resource handling, looking especially at our money. We begin the series with Dan sharing on what stewardship is and looking at some of Jesus’ teaching on handling money.
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A Flourishing Life - pt 7 (Going on from here)
“A Flourishing Life” is a series exploring how we move from a languishing life to one of flourishing, where we desire God’s best version of us. In this final talk, Dan talks about how we can go on from here: by desiring Christoformity, seeing Christ’s life as our archetype and desiring to take a mountain.
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A Flourishing Life - pt 6 (Transforming our experiences)
“A Flourishing Life” is a series exploring how we move from a languishing life to one of flourishing, where we desire God’s best version of us. In this sixth talk, Dan talks about how we can transform our experiences - especially ones of adversity - so that we will flourish in hope.
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A Flourishing Life - pt 5 (Deepening our relationships)
“A Flourishing Life” is a series exploring how we move from a languishing life to one of flourishing, where we desire God’s best version of us. In this fifth talk, Ella talks about the importance of deepening our relationships and how to do so that they will flourish.
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To whom shall we go? (A reflection on John 6)
Rangatahi pastor, Chris Steel, shares a reflection from John 6, looking at what this revealing moment that Jesus, the crowd and the disciples have together can mean for us today.
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The Walk: Lyn, Lucy, Josh and Emma
The Walk is our special seasonal Sunday where we hear three people share their stories of walking the way of Jesus. This time around, we hear from Lyn Allan on “Holy Wednesdays”, Lucy Collingwood on “a new view of kindness" and Josh and Emma on “learning to walk”.
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A Flourishing Life - pt 3 (Renewing our minds)
“A Flourishing Life” is a series exploring how we move from a languishing life to one of flourishing, where we desire God’s best version of us. In this third talk, Alisha talks about the crucial importance of our minds being directed and transformed as we track towards flourishing.
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A Flourishing Life - pt 2 (Flowing with the Spirit)
“A Flourishing Life” is a series exploring how we move from a languishing life to one of flourishing, where we desire God’s best version of us. In this second talk, Dan talks about the first step of flourishing is flowing with the Spirit — not our secular culture’s “me-first” first step but what the Scriptures say is the path to flourishing.
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A Flourishing Life - pt 1 (Finding my identity)
“A Flourishing Life” is a series exploring how we move from a languishing life to one of flourishing, where we desire God’s best version of us. In this opening talk, Dan sets up the series looking at where we get our identity and what comes to mind when we think about ourselves and who we are becoming.
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Come, Holy Spirit - pt 4 (Walking with the Spirit)
“Come, Holy Spirit” is a Pentecost series exploring desire, the Holy Spirit and an empowered Church. Join us for this last part of the series, as Dan shares on "new cloth and old cloth" and "new wine and new wineskins" and how we can keep walking with the Holy Spirit.
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