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Where is God when Bad Things Happen?   14 May 2023   Do you ever reach that point of frustration when you wonder if God is actually interested at all in your life?  Do you question His priorities because they don't seem to be for your 'good'?  Pastor Peter has some words of wisdom to help us rightly put things in focus.    

When God Asks for Faith  7 May 2023   When God goes missing, what do you do?  When it seems as though you've been left to the ravages of this world, how do you respond?  What is the appropriate response when we assess that the Lord has abandoned us, or we feel as though He is actually pushing us into trouble and testing?    

Rewards and Responsibilities of Family   30 April 2023   In this life we start with family, and learn to do life as family.  The same is true in God.  Our eternal calling is as children of God, brothers and sisters for eternity.  That's family.  What does it mean?  What should it mean to us in the here and now?    

Better Together   23 April 2023   There's an old saying that goes "two heads are better than one".  This saying is pointing to a biblical principle that we often forget - success and resolution are most often achieved when people work together to bring about a desired outcome.    

Every Member a Minister   16 April 2023   How does God want His church to function?  What is His plan for how we support and build His kingdom?  Pastor Matt delves into the richness of our relationships with others, and Christ, in this heart felt message.    

Easter Sunday   9 April 2023   The cross and resurrection of Jesus carry the means of forgiveness and true freedom.  How do we 'pass it on' to others?   

Who Is Your 'We'?   2 April 2023   We have people, and groups of people in our lives that we feel closely attached to.  Family, sports teams, work mates etc.  The question Pastor Joe asks us this week is - who are the people we call our own, and how does it compare with God's 'we'?    

The Illusion of Control   26 March 2023   The path of life can depend greatly upon who, or what, is in control.  More often than not we are unaware of the ways in which we are in control ourselves, or controlled by others.  Pastor Jodie takes us through the murky waters of determining where control of our lives should reside, and how to recognise where it isn't.    

Good for Something   19 March 2023   Continuing with our theme this month of 'Good for Something', Lachie Siderius asks us to consider the call God has placed in our lives, and how we can walk in it.  What is your call?  How are you living it out?    

The Creative Force   19 March 2023   God is Creator, and expresses His creative power through the Holy Spirit.  That same Holy Spirit lives in all Christians ready to work wonders of His creative power through us.  Hear Candace open this subject up to encourage us all in our relationship with all of God.    

The Creative Force   5 March 2023   We have a need to feel useful, to have a purpose in life.  For Christians, we sometimes talk of having a specific call from God on our lives.  The challenge is living out that call.  Pastor Joe talks about the battles we have to live out and fulfil the call of God on our lives.    

Healthy Habits   26 February 2023   As Christians we are called to do things for the greater good.  It's in the doing of these things that everyone benefits, It can be a little confronting, but the reward is great.  Listen as Pastor Rad opens up this topic for us all to take heart from.    

Worthy of It All   19 February 2023   Life is about priorities.  Sometimes we need to stop and consider what our priorities really are, and do we need to change them?  Pastor Ashley asks us to do exactly that in this message.    

Love Rules   12 February 2023     1 Corinthians 13:13  But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.   We are God's great work, in His image, and the image of Love is love.  What does it mean for us to be love to the world.    

You Just Don't Get It   5 February 2023   Sometimes it is the simple things that evade us.  Try as we might, we just don't get it.  Being a people that God can fully impact a community with isn't something that requires a whole lot of thinking.  Pastor Joe takes us to a place of simple challenge in this message of vision and  hope.    

Courage Beyond Bravery   29 January 2023   There are times when we need to stand up and be counted for Jesus.  What is our response in those times?  If revival is to come, how should we place ourselves to be ready for it?  Do we have what it takes to be the people God can use when He visits our communities?    

What Do People Think of You?   22 January 2023   As people, we want to be seen in the best light by others.  As children of God we want Him to help us become all that He has planned and purposed for us.  How do we bring these two together, or should we?    

Life in the Fasting Lane   15 January 2023   We seek after, even lust after, happiness and success and wealth and comfort.  We try to live a life, to the best of our ability, that we think will give us all of those things.  But what does God want?  How does He define success, and how do we obtain it?  Pastor Joe asks us to ponder the bigger picture that God has in mind for each of us and all of us...

A Fruitful and Successful Life   8 January 2023   What do we have to do to be pleasing to God?  How do we obtain His blessing?  Pastor Kevin breaks down what we might otherwise think of as a tricky issue, and clarifies how we can be pleasing to the Lord.    

Hearing God's Voice   19 June 2022   Do you want to hear the voice of God?  Do you wonder how to hear God's voice?  Do you wonder if you CAN hear God's voice?  Pastor Karen of our Salisbury campus helps us to understand all that we need to know about hearing God's voice.    

Control   18 December 2022   One of the hardest things to do in life is to give over control to someone else.  Often, we are holding on to control even when we think we have surrendered it.  Pastor Ashley talks about how we can have a true control of our lives and walk into greater things in Christ.    

The Freedom King   11 December 2022   What is freedom?  Pastor Joe takes a look at the difference between what people believe is freedom, and what freedom actually is.  Do you really want freedom?  Listen and decide.    

The Power of Identity   Comfort, Week 5 - 4 December 2022   Who are we?  How do we see ourselves?  How do others see us?  The struggle for identity in a world of judgement and competition can be a tiresome exercise.  Can we escape the grind?  Janice digs in to how we should see ourselves, and the identity that is ours for the long term.    

Christmas Day   25 December 2022   The gifts of Christmas are many and varied; as many and varied as there are people.  Pastor Joe talks about the gifts that Jesus unwraps at Christmas - His birthday.    

Being Protected   Comfort, Week 4 - 27 November 2022   What are we wanting protection from in life?  How do we protect ourselves and how should we protect ourselves? Pastor Matt asks us to take a look at the priorities in our lives and reconsider what it is we need to be protecting, and how.