Encounter Church Enfield

In this one-off message 3 of our brilliant Encounter interns, Sarah, Jacob & Jemima share their stories and unpack what it looks like to have faith, hope and love in God as shared by Paul to the Corinthians. Teaching text: 1 Corinthians 13:11-13

Community is a delicate and beautiful thing. It requires sacrifice, dedication and mutual respect. In this interactive message from our first Encounter Camp, Ps Mike talks us through Paul’s use of the Body of Christ to show how in order to belong to each other, we need to die to ourselves. Teaching text: 1 Cor 12:12-27

Our sense of belonging and the love we have for each other is diminished if it isn’t nourished by the love we receive from God the Father. In our final camp message, Ps Mike unpacks part of Peter’s first letter to show us characteristics of people who belong to God - and how we’re called to live. Teaching text: 1 Peter 2:4-10

5 weeks in James: practical wisdom for living out your faith with integrity, resilience, justice and grace. Let’s make our lives count. Ps Mike closes our series on James by unpacking James’ teaching on persistence in prayer in James 5 and helping us see why it’s critical that we pray not just once, but AGAIN. Teaching text: James 5:13-20

This Father’s Day Ps Mike shares the greatest gift - the grace of God - using Ephesians 2 to unpack how we are torn between the two thieves of the gospel. Teaching text: Ephesians 2:8-10

5 weeks in James: practical wisdom for living out your faith with integrity, resilience, justice and grace. Let's make our lives count. This week Ps Mike explores James 4 and the way James challenges our hearts, calling us to humility and obedience to Jesus that is counter-cultural and totally transformative for our lives. Teaching text: James 4:1-10

5 weeks in James: practical wisdom for living out your faith with integrity, resilience, justice and grace. Let’s make our lives count. This week Ps Jen explore James 3, and unpacks the danger and value of the tongue and how it reflects the character of our hearts. Teaching text: James 3:1-12

5 weeks in James: practical wisdom for living out your faith with integrity, resilience, justice and grace. Let’s make our lives count. We continue our series on James in James 2, with Ps Mike explaining why James’ insistence on faith proved by deeds is living proof of our relationship with Jesus. Teaching text: James 2:14-19

5 weeks in James: practical wisdom for living out your faith with integrity, resilience, justice and grace. Let’s make our lives count. We kick off our new series on James with Ps Mike exploring why endurance is a critical part of our faith journey and how we gear up for that journey by focusing on what Christ has done and what is to come. Teaching text: James 1:1-8, 22-25

It all begins with an encounter with Jesus. Guest speaker Ps Josh Greenwood finishes off our series on the power of encounter by unpacking for us the ways of the Holy Spirit as guide, counsellor and illuminator - and that we find our ultimate ‘yes’ in God through Jesus, revealed by the Spirit. Teaching text: 1 Corinthians 2:9-12

It all begins with an encounter with Jesus. Guest speaker Ps Andy Hogarth continues our series on the power of encounter by sharing stories about the way the Holy Spirit has been given to us, changing lives and offering direction and wisdom. Teaching Texts: John 14-16, Acts 1.

It all begins with an encounter with Jesus. Ps Dave Hamalainen gives a message on Jesus being living water and how an encounter with Jesus can quench your thirst Teaching text: John 4:4-15 and John 4:25-30

It all begins with an encounter with Jesus. Ps Jen continues our series on the power of encounter by talking about the miracles we need in our lives, the reasons behind them and how Jesus wants to heal and restore us into eternity with him. Teaching Texts: Luke 8:43-48, Matthew 20:30-34

It all begins with an encounter with Jesus. Ps Mike kicks off our new series on the power of encounter and the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives by bringing us back to Jesus and the way he meets and transforms us: physically, emotionally, spiritually Teaching Text: Matthew 8:1-4

Championing our creative capacities for the glory of God, through the story of Joseph. Ps Mike closes off our series on creativity by showing how all great stories point to the Great Story of Jesus and equipping us to fight the three great enemies of our lives: the world, the flesh and the devil. Teaching Text: Romans 8:12-17

Championing our creative capacities for the glory of God, through the story of Joseph. Ps Katie Iles from Journey Uniting Church brings a powerful message on the creativity of God and how our responsibility is to shape the future through our own creativity. Teaching Text: Galatians 6:4-5

Championing our creative capacities for the glory of God, through the story of Joseph. Ps Jen continues our series on creativity by exposing our egos and showing how we can either submit them to God or allow them to derail our lives. Teaching Text: Genesis 37:1-11

Championing our creative capacities for the glory of God, through the story of Joseph. Ps Mike continues our series on creativity by showing us that success can be damaging, but failure is often what sparks us to our greatest triumphs and God is always ready to take us where we need to go next. Teaching Text: Genesis 39

Championing our creative capacities for the glory of God, through the story of Joseph. Ps Mike opens our new series by exploring the nature of God’s creativity and how that impacts - and guarantees - our own creative possibilities. Teaching Text: Genesis 41

Our special guest Ps Luke Rasmussen unpacks texts from Ephesians and Ecclesiastes to show is how humility and obedience to God is a necessary response to God’s love. Teaching text: Ephesians 4:1-7

At our big first birthday celebration, Ps Mike shows us the importance of needing hunger and thirst in our relationship with God. Teaching text: John 4

Rev Brant Jones shares the wisdom of understanding God as a good father and what that means for how we understand ourselves as daughters and sons of God. Teaching text: Genesis 1-3

The King has come. In this practical message, Ps Mike unpacks some of the key proofs of the resurrection of Jesus and leads us to the conclusion that the evidence about Jesus demands an experience with Jesus

The King has come. Ps Mike invites us to consider the isolation of Jesus on the cross and how our own feelings of loneliness have been effectively ended by the finished work of Jesus.

The King has come. Ps Mike brings a challenging message to us about King Jesus, the king who defies all expectations and dies so we can live.