sermon page

This is a chronological list of many of the sermons preached at our three services. You can also browse by book of the Bible, or by church season. Most sermons follow the readings of the Revised Common Lectionary.

A few short words can have incredible power. Incredible meaning. There's a gravitas about them. Think Nike back a decade or so - just do it. At heart of today's…
Do not be afraid, for see - I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people; to you is born this day in the city of…
We walk our final Advent prophetic pathway today - the pathway to hope. As we do we're confronted with a strange word: Emmanuel It's a name that comes up in…
ISAIAH 35:1-10; MATTHEW 11:2-11, LUKE 1: 46-55 THE GREAT REVERSAL We continue on our Prophetic Pathways journey … once again tapping into God’s wisdom for us through the Book of…
Advent is a time of longing; a time of anticipation. Today and over the next three Sundays, via the prophet Isaiah, we will travel four prophetic pathways; pathways that lead…

Peacemakers

23 November 2013
Today is the day each year when we celebrate that Christ is King, when we celebrate that God reigns and that God’s reign in and through Jesus Christ brings in…

Rebuilding

9 November 2013
Christi Brown reflects on building houses in Kenya with Habitat for Humanity. Here’s part of her reflection: One of my greatest achievements ever was building houses in Kenya with Habitat…

From survival to worship

9 November 2013
Have you ever felt like you were in “survival mode”? Have you? You’d have to be superhuman to somehow answer “No” to that question. We’ve all been in survival mode.…

The Ten Lepers

13 October 2013
The story of the ten lepers being healed by Jesus makes the obvious point of the importance of gratitude. Jesus tells ten lepers to go and see the priests at…

The Cost of Discipleship

7 September 2013
Today's gospel reading is about the cost of discipleship. It's a theme that runs right through the New Testament. Jesus taught it. He told parables about it. The apostles wrote…