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On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series in the God Story as we looked at how the role of the Prophets in Scripture. Dave highlighted that the Prophet's role was to tell of three things –  Burden, Presence & Imagination. Various Readings

On Sunday, John Dickinson continued our series on the God Story, as we looked at the events within Israel and how it was a nation that rose and fell. John reminded us that the Kingdom of God is always a mixture or heavenly concerns and earthly concerns, that the place where the heavenly and earthly concerns meet is often  in & through the lives of faithful people, and finally, that in this lif...

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan led us in the next part of our series in The God Story. This week looked specifically at the characters of Pharaoh, Shiphra, Puah and Moses. Jamie challenged us to think about the place that empire has in our world and our lives – even in the church – and how we are called to live as a counter-cultural people. Exodus 15:1-5; 11

On Sunday, we jumped back into our autumn series, The God Story , as we unpack the big narrative or Scripture and it's unfolding impact in our stories. This week, Dave Dickinson unpacked the theme, The Seed of Promise, looking at the life of Abram/Abraham and few key moments. Dave highlighted a God's  Voice , Promise , Presence , Covenant  through Abraham's life. Various Texts

On Sunday, we had a full day as we concluded our In-House Weekend and celebrated our 10th birthday. We also brought into land our Values series, unpacking the value of witness. Dave Dickinson shared on how to be a witness is to Announce , Embody & Demonstrate .  Acts 2:42-47

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series on our values as unpacked the theme of Worship. Dave highlighted that worship is one of the most critiqued elements of the church and yet worship was never about something to consume but what we're made for. Dave unpacked two main themes – Beholding & Ordinary Holy. Various Scripture Texts

On Sunday, we hit pause on our God Story series and are dipping into our values for the next three weeks. We had Jamie McMillan with us, unpacking our value of community. We looked at the words of Jesus in John 1:11-14. Jamie highlighted that community is both about Family & Movement . John 1:11-14

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan continued our series The God Story , unpacking the big moments of Scripture. This week, we looked at the early events of the Fall, and its implications and outworking in our lives and world. Jamie highlighted the Consequences , Operation and Response of the fall. Genesis 3:1-10 / Genesis 11:1-9

On Sunday, we jumped into our autumn series that will see us through to the Christmas narrative. This series is called The God Story – based on the book by Alain Emerson & Adam Cox. And the premise of this series is to explore the unfailing love of God in the unfolding narrative of Scripture. This week, we started at the beginning, at the origin . Dave Dickinson unpacked that in Genesis 1-2, w...

I'm Sunday, Dave Dickinson closed our series on the life of Joseph as we looked at the resolve in his life and the promise of the restoration of all things. Jospeh's story is a reminder that we have a story to live towards that is greater than ours; and that not even our worst moments are wasted. Genesis 43-45

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our 4-part series on the life of Jospeh. We looked at how his life takes a great U-turn as he finds himself being moved from prison to the palace. Joseph became one of the highest officials of the day. Dave unpacks two key themes – Perspective & Platform . Genesis 41-42

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our mini-series on the life of Joseph as we looked at his time spent in prison and the events that got him there. Dave highlighted that there is Blessing , Faithfulness & Presence  in Joseph's life, even when he was at his worst.  Genesis 39

On Sunday, we continued our summer prayer series as Jamie McMillan walked us through the prayerful practice of intercession . John 16:23-24

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan closed our series How To Pray by unpacking the theme of persistence in prayer. Psalm 84:1-4; Luke 2:36-38; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan kicked off a new series - a character study of the life of Joseph. We will look at four key parts of his life and we began by looking at The Pit. Jamie reminded us about three key things: The Gift , The Gift Giver & Grievance . Genesis 37

On Sunday, Fiona McNeill was sharing with us on the topic of confession – an incredibly important element of prayer. Confession is a gift from God because it allows us to lay down our sins. Fiona used the words of Psalm 139 to help shape our thinking about confession – Confession of Sin , Confession of Worry & Confession of Mind . Psalm 139

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our summer series on prayer as we looked at the place of adoration with our prayer, working from Jesus' words "Our Father In Heaven, hallowed be your name." This was a reminder about who it is we are actually praying to – a deeply loving Father, and was call to demote the things in our hearts that we have put ahead of God. Matthew 6:5-9

On Sunday, we kicked off a new summer series on prayer. Dave Dickinson was with us as we jumped into week one, exploring the importance of our posture when it comes to prayer. Dave highlighted that this is about Stillness & Knowing . Psalm 46

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan concluded our mini series on Romans 8 as we unpack those final verses that Paul writes to the Church in Rome. Through these verses, Jamie reminded us God is with us and that because of Jesus' victory of sin and death, we are co-heirs in His victory as supervictors, and we can be set free by Christ, and for Christ. Romaans 8:31-39

On Sunday, we moved through the penultimate part of our series in Romans 8 as we unpacked what the Apostle Paul has to say about one of life's universal experience – suffering . This is a call to live as people who live with a future hope in our present sufferings. Romans 8:18-28

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series in Romans 8, as we unpacked the next few verses. Paul writes that life in the Spirit is a life of Adoption and Expectation . Because of the life that is offered to us in Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, we can live with the assurance that we are His heirs, and we can live with an expectancy that God is deeply interested in our Christ-like formation....

On Sunday, we continued our new series in Romans 8, as we looked at the next few verses that Paul writes to the church in Rome. Dave Dickinson was sharing with us, unpacking that freedom in Christ is possible and that this freedom sets the Direction of our lives and leads to what our lives Display . Romans 8:5-11

On Sunday, we jumped into our series in Romans 8 as Dave Dickinson led us through the first four verses. Dave highlighted that the life that Jesus offers is more than just the mechanical bios life. Dave unpacked that these opening verses are all about Freedom – true freedom – and Power  to live a full life.  Romans 8:1-4 

On Sunday Dave Dickinson kicked off a new series called Life In The Spirit, that will see us walk through Romans 8. To set the scene, Dave preached from John 14:8-14 and upper room discourse of how the Spirit that Jesus gives us is both a Person & a Promise .

On Sunday, Gordon Campbell shared with us as we looked at the events of Pentecost – the birth of the Church. This was a significant Sunday for us as we also installed Dave Dickinson as minster of our church. Acts 2:36-47