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In this message, we explore what it means to grow our capacity to carry God’s favour, purpose, and promises. Drawing from Luke 19 and the parable of the minas, we’re invited to move beyond small thinking and embrace a life of faithful stewardship, practical action, and big-hearted dreaming. Ryan unpacks how God calls us to partner with Him, to think big, pray big, love big, serve big, and grow in...

Nick reminds us of what it is to be unseen and overlooked. A place deeply precious to God. Throughout scripture of accounts of those trained, matured and anointed in private, not public. Like the Shepard Tree which survives the harshest summers in the Kalahari  because it's roots grow down further than any tree. Prioritizing downward growth over above ground growth. It's leaves are nourishment and...

Before any of us submitted to Jesus as King, we were strangers. Scripture calls this  philoxenia,  the love of the stranger and it sits at the very centre of God’s heart. Who is the stranger in Scripture? Do they need to look like us, think like us, or fit our categories to receive our hospitality? Not at all. The “outsider” could be someone homeless or someone wealthy; a neighbour or a newcomer;...

In this message, we return to the centre of our house: grace, restoration, and the calling to love one another well. We explore what love looks like when it becomes a lifestyle: devotion, honour, generosity, and a freedom that expresses itself through service. Ryan reminds us that biblical freedom is not independence, but the Spirit-empowered ability to live beyond ourselves. We are invited to red...

Bazil Sarafidis encourages us to lean on the grace that has been poured out for us. The ability to walk the hard roads and stay faithful is not from conjuring up or manufacturing it. It is by grace provided. Often we don't see the grace in time moving forward but we it looking back how God made a way, held us together. We need grace and mercy and He gives it because we are His and we are precious...

Cedric and Angie van Duyn lead a church in Gig Harbor, Washington (Seattle, USA). They are dear friends of our house, carrying a long and meaningful history with us. Cedric shares from  Ezekiel 37 —looking at what it means for  dry bones to become a body. He looks at the accountability of living tendons and muscles that  hold us together , and to the posture of a  dry-bones heart  in need of renew...

This Sunday, Ryan shares from his own testimony and from the Scriptures. In love, we  devote ourselves to one another  (Romans 12:10). In love, we carry a  continuing debt —not a financial one, but the ongoing call to  love one another  (Romans 13:8). You owe me nothing. But I owe you the continuing debt of love, the very love with which God loves me. This kind of love shifts our centre, it puts t...

God doesn’t just want to visit us for a moment; He desires to  dwell  with us to be one with us and with each other. This changes everything. Unity isn’t something we manufacture; it’s the work of God in us. This Sunday, Ryan takes us through the  “one another”  scriptures, showing how love becomes the foundation for true kingdom unity. Questions to leave you with: Who is the "one another&quo...

In this message, Ryan unpacks what it means to be a community truly connected by grace. Drawing from Ephesians 2 and 2 Corinthians 5, he reminds us that the same grace that rescued us is the grace that keeps shaping us, teaching us how to see one another through God’s eyes. The glory of God isn’t only revealed in miracles or worship moments, but in how we love. To be the kind of people through who...

Welcome to Jesus Community where we have the mandate to  contrast starkly with society. We carry a Christ-focused spirit into our days, the conflicts playing out and in places of division.  Greg leads us through the characteristics carried by those in Jesus.  When it comes to the messy parts of relationship where misunderstanding, conflict or estrangement creates in us an impulse is to isolate, we...

Alexander Venter continues on the theme of relationships, focusing on life together within the Jesus-follower community. Rooted in Ephesians 3, he unpacks God’s eternal intention to create a family—rich, diverse, and united—not defined by ethnicity or tribal factions, but by love that overcomes the powers seeking to divide. We are created by relationship (the Trinity), in relationship, for relatio...

Shame is a story we inherit, a whisper that tells us we’re not enough. But in Christ, that story is undone. To live as a new creation in community is to discover belonging that is not earned but extended, to see differences not as barriers but as a kaleidoscope of God’s image, and to let love, not fear, shape how we connect. The world tells us to compete, compare, and hide our weaknesses, but God’...

Rupture is inevitable in any place where there are people. Misunderstanding and miscommunication is a given. Rejection, conflict and disappointment are in the church as well as in the world. Our repair is the true test of maturity. Taking ownership, true apology and forgiveness are vital to keep the soil of our hearts soft. Rupture and Repair are not signs of failure because blessed are the mercif...

In their beauty, relationships reflect the heart of God, echo eternity, and leave us with joy. Yet to open ourselves to others is to risk everything, for we are most alive when we are most vulnerable. Biblical abiding and belonging begin with Jesus. When we abide in Him, His love flows through us. Before we can belong to others, we must know who we are. We do not strive to earn identity; we receiv...

This morning, Ryan and Nic walked us through Kingdom giving and stewardship, with a session (not included) on our finances as a community. Kingdom giving is a disciple's response to God's grace in our lives, an expression of worship, faith and partnership. Ryan walks us through scripture leading us up to the session with Nic.

Looking to Exodus, we see a God whose deepest desire is to be with His people. Again and again, His presence came to dwell among them, resting as a cloud, walking with the people of His heart. When Israel walked in His ways, there was a glory and a power that marked them. All through the Old Testament we glimpse this longing of God to dwell with us. Then, in the New Testament, through the death an...

In Matthew 14, Jesus withdraws to a solitary place after the loss of His cousin. Even in deep pain, when thousands press around Him, His response is compassion. As it grew late, the disciples began to realise the need. There were so many people, and they would soon become hungry. All they had were five loaves and two fish. Their thinking was earthly and governed by the world. The Kingdom of God wi...

Lisa and Bryn Oliver, currently based and ministering in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe are dear friends. They started their lives and young family in London for many year until in obedience to God's clear call to move their family to Zimbabwe at a time where things were turbulent and uncertain. Lisa ministers practically into the practise of Rest. Margin, is essential to flourishing and hearing. Our rest...

Ryan reminds us: we live in a clash of kingdoms.  But Jesus came to bring  His  Kingdom and  hunger  is the way in. Consider the woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. When Jesus walked by, hunger gripped her. All her focus narrowed to one thing: the edge of His cloak. As we reflect on this moment through the Gospel accounts in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, we’re invited to consider the posture...

In a time of national upheaval, Isaiah speaks. As King Uzziah's leadership crumbles and chaos unfolds, Isaiah begins to prophesy, pointing to Jesus, long before His birth. In moments of flux and upheaval, we often fixate on circumstances, trying to hedge our bets, and miss what’s right in front of us. Inattentional blindness keeps us from seeing God’s presence and His beauty. But God's cal...

Circumcision was once a physical sign of covenant, but in Christ, it becomes something far deeper. It is an inward transformation of the heart. When Jesus fulfilled the law, He ushered in a new way of living: not through external rituals, but through grace that empowers, not excuses. This grace isn’t a license to sin, rather it’s the divine strength to live as Jesus did. There is only One who ever...

In the midst of global turmoil, personal struggles, and the noise of everyday life, Psalm 46 reminds us that God is firmly established on His throne. In Greg's message, Mariza gave an invitation to quiet our hearts, view God, ourselves, and others rightly, and remember that He is King.  As we celebrate His victory, we open the door to deeper communion and connection. We pray that you would be...

We were honoured to have Eugene and Wendy Smith with us from 3Ci, where they serve on the leadership team alongside Rory and Mel Dyer. In this message, Eugene shares powerful stories of miraculous generosity, scripture that anchored their community through seasons of transition, and gentle words of encouragement for us as a house. He reflects on Psalm 46 and a moving moment involving gold coins—re...

 Today, we remember Pentecost—the day the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples as they waited together in the upper room. How do we live in step with Heaven’s rhythm today? Let’s go back to the beginning—God’s original intent was always to dwell with His people. But life is noisy. What is the noise around you? What is pulling and demanding of you?  What is the noise within us? The Father is always...

Ryan reminds us that there is a truth so deep, it asks us to believe—not just in mind, but in the marrow of our bones. Even when life says otherwise: Jesus is with you always. The highest holiness is learning to receive the Father’s love. And love, real love, always responds. It’s not just spoken—it’s lived, daily, in action. God made us to walk with Him, to live close, heart to heart. This world...