COASTAL | Teaching

We kick off a new series through the book of James, looking at the invitation to a wise, whole life. Hot off the heels of where we live, this series is designed to furnish our imaginations for how we live faith that is textured, felt, like fabric. Text: James 1:1-8, 12-15; 5:7-11.

We wrap up our series on values, looking at Humble Curiosity as a way for our own hearts to grow, but also as an invitational posture to those asking questions of faith. Text: Acts 2:42-47

Ricky Linton creates space for us to consider Faithful Presence, where we show up faithfully in the presence of God, one another, and the community around us. Text: Acts 2:42-47

We continue in our series looking at our values from Acts 2. This week we explore hospitality and how we are hoping to practice this as a community going forward. Text: Acts 2:42-47

Chris introduces our new series looking at our values as a community. Text: Acts 2:42-47

In a standalone teaching, Chris reflects on Matthew 9:35-10:8. What images come to mind about church? What is the mission we’re invited into? Who are our people? Where is our ‘here’?

Chris wraps up our God Story series reflecting on heaven. We’re also indebted to Stu Bothwell for his thoughts on this beautiful vista of a future hope.

Chris jumps into a two parter on Revelation to finish the God Story. Join us in the throne room of heaven in Revelation 4&5 as we peek behind the veil together!

Hannah leads us through Acts 2 and the story of the birth of the church, as the Holy Spirit was poured out in power, bringing unity, fluency, and joining.

We join Paul writing to this diverse, sacrificial, normal community in Rome as we explore what kind of community we’re invited to be as the church, centred on Jesus.

Philip Agnew teaches from Acts, joining the story as these bewildered young men and women, living in the crazy days post-resurrection, doubtful and uncertain, were catapulted into the being an empowered, embodied community that changed the world - the church.

We sit with Thomas and the other disciples in their questions as they sought to make sense of Jesus’ resurrection. Questions and doubt are inevitable in life, but what will we do with them?

Donna Jennings powerfully and provocatively unpacks and invites us into the fullness of the great commission.

Enjoy a short Easter reflection from Castlerock Beach as we celebrated Easter Sunday and baptising the Blair twins together!

Chris unpacks our perspectives on the kingdom of God, and invites us to reorient Jesus as king to see the kingdom come.

We arrive in the New Testament, looking at Jesus’ baptism and temptations. What kind of King is this?

We find ourselves in exile, leaning into and learning from Jeremiah’s letter in chapter 29, recovering postures and practices for life in exile.

Wallace Bruce unpacks the prophetic literature through Isaiah 1, offering us a vision of what individuals and societies following Yahweh can look and feel like, ultimately resting in the prophet who makes it all possible.

Hannah invites us to consider the wonder of the poetic imagination as a doorway into appreciating nearly 1/3 of Scripture!

How do we conceive of leadership in these days? What might we be invited into in light of the God Story? How can we be people after God’s own heart, in the pattern of David? Join us as we explore this and more, seeking to align our hearts with the king who is truly after God’s heart.

We find ourselves joining Ruth and Naomi on the road to Bethlehem, confronted with the apparent absence of God alongside a radical triangulation of welcome and hospitality, where perhaps God is actually most vibrantly present.

What do the stones mean? As we consider the question asked of the Israelites on the banks of the Jordan, we’re urged to reflect on the altars of worship and remembrance we build in the rhythms of our own lives.

We join the children of Israel on Mount Sinai, offered the path to life - wisdom to live by and the presence of God to be empowered by. Will we lean in and hunger for the presence of God?

Chris takes us on a bird's eye view of the Exodus, inviting us to trust in the saving character of God for the miraculous and the mundane, and ultimately this is an invitation to know him.

Such a joy to have John Alderdice sharing with us as we join the God Story with Moses' encounter with God at the burning bush. What is your name?