Cultivate Church Podcast

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. For our first series of 2026, we are looking at the Church in this series called 'Ecclesiology'. Greg dove headfirst into this by taking a look at why we need the Church, why it needs us as believers, and what actually is the Church. He looks at the undeniable importance behind the gathering of the saints through the lens of Hebrews, Galatians, and...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. It is 2026 and we are back with our first message and service of the year! We are excited for all that this year has in store and we have opened it all up with a message from Ps Daniel on humility and dependence on God. In a season full of New Years resolutions and ambitions, what a timely reminder that humility is paramount in the Kingdom of God. We are on...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This message closes out our Advent series as well as the Cultivate Church Podcast for 2025. This week, Ps Daniel shared on love to round out this series by taking a look at the life and transformation of Nicodemus and how the love of Christ unveils the full picture of our faith in light of God's glory and His Kingdom. We had such a joyous Christmas seas...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This week, in the penultimate service of Advent, Ps Daniel shared with us an important message about the joy of the Lord and the ways in which this is brought about in Scripture. We had such a fun time at our Cultivate Christmas event this last week but we would encourage all who call Cultivate home to sign up and partner in this journey as we build into 20...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. As we enter into the second week of Advent, Ps Daniel shares a message underpinned by the surpassing peace found in Christ, our Prince of Peace. What does this truly look like to rest in the peace of Jesus while we remain immersed in a metropolitan city that is shrouded in hustle and bustle of the 21st century? We have finished up our small group gatherings...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Ushering in this Christmas season, Ps Daniel leads us into Advent with a message on hope. In a world that is increasingly hopeless and nihilistic, we are reminded of the hope we have in Christ as we look forward to the celebration of His birth. Through this, we see that we are living in the fulfilled hope of His death and resurrection while also awaiting th...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. In the final week of our series on prayer, Ps Daniel narrowed in on the importance of unity within the church by winding back the clock to take a look at the Moravian Revival. Broken down into seven core components, this message dissects what unity achieves, what it requires, and how it speaks to God's heart for His people. We also just wrapped up our s...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. For week five of our series, Ps Daniel breaks down the Lord's Prayer found in Matthew 6. Talking through the model demonstrated by Jesus, Daniel speaks about six core components of prayer and challenges the church with the question: what does your time of prayer actually look like and is there something that needs to shift? We are also focusing on praye...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Ps Paul Shi visited Cultivate this week and shared a message touching on what it is that prayer actually aims to accomplish in the life of the believer. Beyond surface wants and desires, Paul looks at five shifts in our spiritual paradigm that occur when we invest wholeheartedly into a life of devoted prayer. We are also focusing on prayer across all of our...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This week in our prayer series, Ps Daniel looked back to the Old Testament example of King Josiah as a model of a life devoted to God. With King Josiah in mind, we looked at five key aspects of a life of devotion. We are also focusing on prayer across all of our fortnightly small groups currently; we would encourage all who call Cultivate home to sign up an...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Continuing on in our series on prayer, Ps Daniel shared a timely message this Sunday on why it is that we actually pray beyond mere tradition or routine. Informed by current events in his own life, Ps Daniel seeks to cultivate a deeper understanding of prayer by exploring five key reasons why we pray. We are also focusing on prayer across all of our fortnig...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. We ushered in the start of our new series this week, a series on Prayer. Ps Daniel shared an important message to frame the coming weeks of this journey, discussing our relationship with God as His sons and daughters, and how this lays the foundation for our approach to prayer. Alongside this, we just had the first week of our simultaneous small group study...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This Sunday night we had Ps Daniel share an important message about the power of the tongue and, in light of that, how to navigate areas like authenticity and gossip. This message is a practical reminder about how we can direct our speech in a way that aims to edify and build up the body of believers rather than sow discord. We are entering back into small...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This week we had Ps Greg wrap up our Community series with a message from Colossians 3. Greg looked at some of the key components of Christ-centred relationships and how these sometimes are at odds with the approach of the world. We had an incredible social night last Friday during our brief small groups break, but we are back on the week starting Monday 6...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. To celebrate two years of Cultivate Church, we shared brunch together as a church as Ps Daniel shared about the call to cultivate our hearts to produce the fruit that comes from the good soil of the Gospel. We are on a short two-week break in our small groups while we prepare for the next series; dates are available at the same place that you can still regi...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Rev Dr Michael Bräutigam stepped in this week to deliver a message centred around the life of the apostle Paul. This message seeks to express the gravity and magnitude of Paul's conversion story and what we might be able to learn from this moment as it relates to us today. This coming week is the final week of our first small group series but we will be...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This week, for the very first time, we hit pause on our Community Series and had a Pass the Mic night! We heard from Michiko, Randelle, and Olly about topics ranging from navigating distraction to understanding trials and overcoming fear. (1:47) | Drift or Distraction - Michiko Lotriet (15:20) | Building Unshakeable Faith - Randelle Anderson (26:33) | Overc...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This week we heard from Ps Daniel again for part 5 of our series on Community , continuing on from last week's message about God's design for community. This message speaks to the crucial need for humility as the foundation of the relationships that comprise our community, and how we can learn what this looks like from the life and teachings of Jesus. We ar...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This week, Ps Daniel preached part 4 for our series on Community . This message focuses in on exploring what God actually says about His design for community and His desire for the pursuit of unity over uniformity. We're really looking forward to our small groups kicking off this week on August 25th, 2025 . Join us as we grow deeper in community and our kno...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Ps Greg Kroussouratsky continues our series on Community , diving deep into how we are called to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace (Eph 4:3), as we navigate a biblical approach to godly community. We're really looking forward to our small groups kicking off on August 25th, 2025 . Join us as we grow deeper in community and our knowledge...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Ps Paul Shi continues our series on Community , exploring how our walk with God can bring growth and healing, freeing us to build stronger, healthier connections with others as we look to cultivate healthy relationships within a thriving church community. We're really looking forward to our small groups kicking off on August 25th, 2025 . Join us as we g...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Ps Daniel begins our new series on Community , reminding us that all of us are made in the image of the triune God and therefore are born to belong in relationship with one another. We're really looking forward to our small groups kicking off on August 25th, 2025 . Join us as we grow deeper in community and our knowledge of God and His Word. Head to cul...