Discovery Church

Isaiah 58:1-3a Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God. ‘Why have we fasted, and you...

On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had finishe...

Key Scriptures: Acts 1:12-14 Acts 2:1-13 Acts 2:14-41 What is Pentecost? Pentekoste (Greek) – meaning 50 5o days after Easter An agricultural festival – wheat harvest the birthday of the Christian Church and the start of the mission of the Church to the world marked by the sending of the Spirit

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts....

Who is a person who has had a significant impact your life? Whose ripples you are living in the wake of? Scripture is full of stories of people who encounter God and are changed and transformed because of that encounter. But it never stops there…. an encounter with God is never an isolated event…it always has a ripple effect.

The life of a follower of Jesus depends upon the power and presence of the Holy Spirit - but how? How does God empower us, and how does the Bible say we are changed in the process of following Him?

How fun is pottery? Forming something from a lump of clay and making something with a purpose. But this object only has purpose when it is filled. How are we being filled? And are the ways we are filling ourselves serving us well? Richard Rohr said’ Unless we are led to the limits of our present game plan… we will not search or find the real source.’ The refilling of the Spirit, ‘the real source’,...

WHO is the Holy Spirit? WHAT is he like and WHAT does He do? We worship a triune God – a God who is 3 in 1 (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) Each equally and fully God, but with a different expression of God and his nature towards us. We are designed for relationship with each person of the Godhead – with every part of who God is. When part of that is missing or lacking in some way we miss out on th...

How do we hold the tension between Friday and Sunday? Between death and life? How do we hold hope for better days for for healing, while also accepting that we’re not all healed now? How do we now live in God’s new world?

The majority of adults believe in a literal resurrection. But very few understand what that means for their life. We can mentally assent to the resurrection - yes, it happened. But the big question is - so what? Today, we will study together why the resurrection of Jesus matters. And we will walk through the seven points Paul makes in 1 Corinthians 15, to see what difference the resurrection can m...

All-powerful - All-knowing - All-present - And yet here, God seems like none of those things. Indeed, we have been influenced by Greek philosophy which has led us to accept the doctrine of impassibility - that God is separate from humankind and therefore doe not and cannot experience pain. He is literally incapable of suffering. But he came to earth as a man, to suffer for us.

The way we see Jesus for who he really is, is when we see ourselves for who we really are.

If we look at the biblical story of where God lives – what we discover is that God has lived in a few different places over the course of history. But God’s heart and intention from the beginning was always to dwell with his people… So, Garden, tabernacle, Temple 1 & 2, The Word became flesh

Acts 16:25-34 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. 27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was abo...

In this conversation we explore what it looks like to belong with others, and create belonging for others.

When has been a time in your life when you have taken a risk in your faith? Sometimes the biggest mountain to conquer when taking a risk is conquering our fear and doubts. Focus: Peter a man who was given an opportunity to step out and take a risk in his spiritual journey to leave behind what he knew, what made sense in the natural to move towards something he hadn’t done before. Matthew 14:27-35

Data tells us what things are, stories tell us what things mean. One big truth: there is one unifying story that envelops all of human history, and it finds its beginning, middle and end in the person of Jesus. One cultural crossing: We are servants, not superstars We are His church, living out His mission in the world, awaiting (and hastening) His return What does the story require of us? How are...