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Ps Sean begins a new series “What are you carrying”. He begins by asking us about what Jesus asks us to carry rather than all our natural junk we tend to carry around. Matthew 11:28 say “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”. Jesus wants to give us rest, not religion and certainly not the anxieties of this world. Matthew 16:24 tells us how we need to take up our...

Today Pastor Andy speaks about the pursuit of Wisdom. In Proverbs 4, the Bible instructs us to get wisdom at any cost. Andy's message concentrates on the pursuit of wisdom form a Godly point of view. We need to ensure we do not turn our backs on God's wisdom, relying on wisdom from worldly sources. We must question ourselves regarding our philosophy here - is it correct? Where do we obtain the wis...

Pastors Sean and Paula interview May Famuditi & Shelley Parsons who both reveal life changing stories which build faith beyond belief. This could have been titled "Our God Reigns"....listen to learn real life stories of how God impacts lives here and now!

Pastor Andy continues the series called Pursuit - this week his title is The Pursuit of Life. True life is found in God! John 14:6 - I am the way, the truth and life. The word Zoe refers to life, eternal life! Abundant life - John 10:10 - the thief steals, kills and destroys, but....Jesus brings life, abundant life.  Abundant- Persisos - superior quality. He speaks of the...

Family Church Pastors gather for a Round Table discussion on the true meaning of the scripture Acts 2:42 and following.... The NIV Bible titles this ‘The fellowship of the believers’ 42 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.&n...

We have spoken a lot about the pursuit of things we desire and need. This week we look at the pursuit of breakthrough. We all need breakthroughs at different times in our lives for different things. Be inspired by this special testimony based message where Andy and Gina encourage you to carry on believing by sharing a very personal journey of their own.

Pastor Andy continues with Part 2 of the series on Pursuit - The Pursuit of Liberty. Liberty is freedom, or the state of a person being free. Liberty is not a statue in the harbour, it’s a cross on a hill! (John 8:36 ). Who the son sets free, is free indeed. The cross is a place of co-crucifixion. Free from your past - hence don’t try to revive the old life! Galatians...

Pastor Andy Elmes starts a new series titled ‘Pursuit’ today. This is part 1, dealing specifically with the pursuit of happiness. The second sentence of the American Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.  A pursuit is what we se...

Today, Ps Sean speaks about Baptism, namely Water Baptism, its meaning and why we should be baptised. The word Baptism means to undergo or be immersed. This takes place after someone accepts Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. It's an outward declaration of what Christ has done on the inside of who they are. We need to be of an understanding to do this; hence not something a child or infant can go th...

Pastor Steu begins this week speaking with the title “He will never leave you”. God promises that he will never leave us nor forsake us. This is the promise that he made to Joshua, who became the leader of the children of Israelites after Moses - no small task. Joshua needed to know that God was going to empower him and be with him every step of the way. In Deuteronomy, 31:6, God spoke to Joshua....

It’s Pentecost Sunday and we’re excited to be joined by Micah Wood, a leader at Ramp Church, Manchester, who continues our series “By My Spirit”.

Pastor Sean continues with week 3 of the 4 part series "By My Spirit". He focuses this week on the Holy Spirit being within us, in us and on us, being the same Holy Spirit who raised Jesus at the ascension. Using a motor as an analogy he illustrates that not only do we now have a new car, a new driver but also a new engine giving us power like never before. His message looks at how the Holy Spirit...

Pastor Andy continues the four part series By My Spirit. Last week he looked at being filled with the Holy Spirit – God’s plan to empower us with His presence, His ability and power. Andy speaks of God’s desire to be resident, reigning and ruling our lives. He speaks of the purposes the Holy Spirit lives inside us…to empower us, to transform us into the likeness of Christ, to comfort us in times w...

Pastor Andy begins a new series “By My Spirit”. This is the first of four parts. Zechariah 4:6 is a key verse Andy refers to where it says “Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit says, the Lord Almighty”. This series will be looking at being filled with the Holy Spirit, being led by the Spirit, being empowered by the Spirit, then the coming of the spirit and what Pentecost means for us today....

Today, Pastor Andy completes his three week series on the Will of God. This began by looking at what the will of God was in order we could then walk in His Will. Romans 12:1-2 is the key verse. Verse 2 says we must be transformed by the renewing of our minds in order we can then test and approve what God’s will is. This, of course assumes we make decisions to live not as the world lives, but to li...

Pastor Andy continues today with part two of his three part series on the Will of God. This week Andy speaks on Walking in the will of God. We can only walk in the will of God if we know what His will is. The Bible is full of the Prescriptive and Prohibitive will of God, as Andy explained last week. This week, Andy concentrates more on looking at God’s Perfect will and also His Permissive will.&nb...

Today Pastor Andy begins a new series called The Will of God. This follows on from the series on Pathways. If we are to walk on the pathways of God then we need to be walking in accordance to the will of God. But the reality is we need to know what the will of God is, in order to do this. The Lord ’s Prayer (Matthew 6:10) speaks of “thy will be done”, so it is key we understand His will for us in...

On this Easter day, Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Andy recalls the whole series of events from Good Friday through to Resurrection Sunday with scriptures describing Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. The importance of the resurrection cannot be overstated, without this our sins would never be forgiven, our faith in vain and the earlier scripture prophecies left unfulfilled. Jesus died for our si...

Today Pastor Andy concludes the three part series on Pathways by summarising the previous two weeks and also making further points about our Christian journey. Today, Palm Sunday we see Jesus walk through a gateway entering Jerusalem down a pathway of Palms to a group of noisy rejoicing folk.  Previous messages have spoken about the choices we have in order to walk a pathway of righteousness....

Ps Paula continues the theme of Pathways which began last week.  Sometimes we go wandering or are led to wander off the path we are on by another person. There is a path that Jesus wants us to follow, the path of righteousness.  God’s way, His path is best for us, He has a great track record of providing the best for us. But we do always have a choice! Psalm 23 says (NIV) “The Lord is my...

Today, Pastor Steu begins a new series titled Pathways, following our thoughts on Kairos. The Bible has a lot to say about Pathways or roads and in the Bible they were many times that God took people on a natural physical Journey, giving them direction as they proceeded. Ps Steu uses many examples from scripture where people stepped out in faith to follow a certain pathway as directed by God.&nbsp...

Pastor Paul McCulloch and his wife Elise visited us today from Hope Unlimited Church, Gosford Campus and delivered a challenging message. Following the outbreak of Covid, many churches experienced some people leaving whilst others joined. God continues to do new things! It's so easy in the world that we live in to think that we have control over our own destiny, that we have control over everythin...

Today Pastor Andy dismissed his prepared massage following a massive outpouring of God’s Spirit in church after worship inspired by the song titled Champion (Bethel Music).  The words When I lift my voice and shout Every wall comes crashing down I have the authority (yes, I do) Jesus has given me When I open up my mouth Miracles start breaking out I have the authority Jesus has given me…… …ca...

Today, Pastor Andy continues the theme of Kairos – for such a time as this. A Kairos moment, a moment of divine, God orchestrated favour and happening is most often to do with the Holy Spirit doing something new on the earth. Ps Andy references the outpouring of the Spirit in Asbury recently. When we see God moving around in different parts of the world it’s amazing, but the good news is that we c...

Pastor Sean speaks about our response to God in the Kairos moment. One of our Church Values is that we are all responsive people and responsive to God. Also, that the moment we are is all about being able to react correctly to what God is asking us to do. Ps Sean takes many examples of how people responded to God from scripture, perhaps the most notable being that of Nehemiah who led the rebuildin...