Anchor South West

"Smoke, nothing but smoke. There's nothing to anything -- it's all smoke. What's there to show for a lifetime of work, lifetime of working your finders to the bone?" This is the ancient question that opens up the perplexing book of Ecclesiastes. Even though this book is around 2500 years old, it speaks to modern fears of meaninglessness, modern hopes of leading a decent life, and the deepest of al...

Thanks for joining us as Arnaldo, pastor at Anchor South West, launches a short series "Tragedy & Triumph" exploring the last week of the life of Jesus.  As Jesus approached his last week in the city of Jerusalem, he knew exactly what he was walking into; his disciples and the crowds on the other hand were expecting Jesus to lead a military coup that would overthrow the oppressive reign o...

This week Pastor Arnaldo will close our 8-week series The Way: Lives Ordered Around the Way of Jesus. It's been a phenomenal series where we've sought to help us understand that Christianity is so much more than a set of ideas or a system of philosophy. In fact, Christians were first known as "followers of the Way" - a way of life, the way of Jesus. And as we close out the series, we'll be looking...

Join us as we continue learning about what it means to follow in the way of Jesus. This week our pastor, Arnaldo, will take us on a journey through Matthew 25, around the theme of Generous Justice. This is a picture of the final judgement and you may be surprised at what Jesus uses at the litmus test of faith here.  We pray you’re blessed by this teaching and hope to see you at our of our pub...

We're continuing our series The Way this week as we explore what it means to be sent as Jesus was sent. One of the greatest mysteries in the universe is the incarnation of God in Christ; but this is exactly the paradigm we are to use as we join God in his mission to redeem and reclaim the world through his love.  Join us this week as Pastor Arnaldo opens up for us John 1 and we hope to see yo...

Jesus came from Community, He lived in Community, and Returned to Community. Living in the way of Jesus is an invitation into community. In this sermon, Sebastian breaks down how Jesus embodied community and why it’s so important to Christian walk. 

Jesus lived in attentive obedience to the Father.  What motivated Jesus to a life of attentive obedience was his unique, intimate, personal and loving relationship with the Father. We too have been invited into this special relationship with the Father through the Son. Only then we can partner with him in living the life he has called us to live, a life of attentive obedience for the sake of...

Prayer isn't a shopping trolley of requests that we ram into the gates of heaven? Prayer forms us! More than just 'asking', prayer is about communion with our Father, partnering with Him in what He's doing in the world, while he shapes us into the image of Jesus.

The only way to flourish in your faith and endure hardships is to meditate deeply on God's word! Scripture meditation is our 2nd practice in the way of Jesus.

What does it mean to "walk by the Spirit"? What does it take to actually cultivate a life in the Spirit? This week, Arnaldo will kick off our new series "The Way: Lives Ordered Around the Way of Jesus" by looking at these questions. And we'll learn that the very same Spirit that hovered over the waters in Genesis 1 was the same Spirit that empowered the mission and ministry of Jesus. And more than...

Last week Arnaldo kicked off our 2-week Vision series as we look ahead to 2022.  This week we'll be looking at the call to "grow up" in Christ. Dallas Willard called discipleship the "Great Omission" from the Great Commission. There is a depth problem in our churches and by God's grace we want to not only go out with the gospel, but grow up in it.  We pray this teaching blesses you and h...

What a year it's been! We've experienced so many highs and so many lows as a new church but by God's grace we've made it to see our very first birthday! Pastor Arnaldo will take the time to share his heart and vision for Anchor South West over two weeks and we'd love to have you as we explore what it means for us to grow up in Christ and go out in Christ. We pray this teaching is a blessing to you...

Moving into 2022 is no small thing. We've just experienced some of the most traumatic years in recent collective history. What kind of people are we going to be in this coming year? Pastor Arnaldo encourages us to keep the end in mind. As we explore Revelation 21:1-5, we'll be reminded that living out of the future will help us navigate these trying times by forming in us resilience, expectancy, a...

Christmas is an amazing time of the year. Charged with beauty, and lights, and family, and gift-giving. But was the first Christmas experienced that way? Join us as we explore some of the often overlooked realities of Christmas. We pray you're blessed by this teaching and hope to see you at one of our gatherings in 2022. And don't forget our first time back together is January 9, 2022! Blessings!

Christmas can mean a million different things to a million different people. But what is it really all about? Tune in as Arnaldo takes us through John 1:10-13 and explores the invitation that is hidden in Christmas.  We pray you're blessed by this and would love to meet you soon at our in-person Gatherings.

Christmas is one of the best times of the year. And if we need anything after a shocking couple of years ... it's a holiday season full of cheer.  But is this what Christmas is all about? What do we miss when we bypass what makes Christmas not only beautiful, but necessary. Join us, this 3rd Sunday of Advent to explore what Christmas reveals is true about us and the world. We pray you're bles...

In a culture of tearing down, we're called to stand out as Christians. In this message, we learn the central kingdom value of honouring other people and building them up, rather than tearing them down. This sermon is brought to you by James Dawson, pastor of the Anchor Northern Beaches church plant. We pray you are blessed by this sermon & we look forward to sharing the upcoming advent season...

We wrap up our 3-week Generous sermon series. We’ve looked at the generosity of God and the way that transforms a community. Today Arnaldo will help us walk through Matthew 25 as we explore what it means to steward God’s blessings.  We pray this is a blessing to you and hope to see you at one of our gatherings soon!

This week Arnaldo will continue exploring what it looks like to live in response to the abundant goodness and generosity of God. Because the Holy Spirit is divine generosity it makes sense that a community full of the Spirit will be a generous community. We seek to follow in the way of Jesus and form disciples that are radically generous.  We pray this teaching is a blessing to you and we wou...

We live in a world created out of abundance and for abundance. But that's often not our experience.  Listen in today as Arnaldo explores and wrestles with one of God's central attributes: H is generosity .  We pray this teaching is a blessing to you and hope to see you at one of our gatherings soon.

English missionary to India Leslie Newbigin once wrote this: "Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy." If the measure of our success is love, then the engine of mission is joy. We're made to not only enjoy God and his people but complete that joy as we share the good news of Jesus with the world. Listen in as Pastor Arnaldo walks us through John 4 and finishes our series RESET. We pray you...

As we continue to hit reset as a church after Sydney lockdowns, we're asking this question: What will be the measure of our success? We have a firm conviction that while full buildings and balanced budgets are great blessings, they cannot bear the weight of our existence; we need something more. And that more is love. Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 13 that we can accomplish a great many deal of...

We're one week away from meeting back together in person! But as we look at the past 18 months we've all been through, we need to ask the question: What do we need from God in order to move forward in this season?  Pastor Arnaldo will help prepare us for this next season by reminding us that the thing we need most is the peace of Christ. We hope you're blessed and hope to see you next week!

God is committed to being near and with his people despite their rebellion. God has always wanted to dwell amongst his people, from the first page to the last of scripture.

Throughout the book of Exodus, we've been asking the question: how will God dwell with his wayward people? Today, Arnaldo, pastor at Anchor South West, will walk us through the answer to that question as he unpacked Exodus 34:6-7. In the final analysis, the only thing more intractable, more stubborn, more tenacious, than the power of Sin, is the goodness, the mercy, the grace of Yahweh. We hope yo...