Kingdom Vineyard

Luke 24: 1-49 The risen Jesus told his disciples how scripture pointed to him. Jim looks at how just some of what God gave His people beforehand was fulfilled in Jesus, and how we can approach God because of that.

Matthew 27:1-54 In this Good Friday sermon, Josh reflects on how the death of Judas leads us to take an honest look at who we are without the cross and, consequently, how we might respond to the life of Jesus Christ.

Luke 19:28-44 In response to Jesus' procession into Jerusalem, and the actions of the disciples and the Pharisees in this passage, Lucy asks us to consider how we are invited to respond to who Jesus is.

Luke 18:9-17 Looking at the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector and the teaching that follows, Caitlin explores what this can tell us about how we approach God and what questions this teaching from Jesus invites us to ask of ourselves.

Philippians 1:12-19 Pausing our Luke series for the Youth Takeover Sunday, Iona unpacks what it looks like to choose a posture of rejoicing in the face of hardship.

Luke 18:1-8 What does the story about the persistent widow tell us about what God is like? What does that mean for how we can approach our God in prayer? And what does it look like, practically, for us to persevere in prayer? Note: As part of this sermon, a congregation member shared their story of persisting in prayer. They shared openly and vulnerably and for that reason, it has been edited out...

Luke 17:20-37 As Jesus turns his course for the last time towards Jerusalem and death, He turns His teaching towards how we should live, as we wait for His return.

Luke 17:1-10 Jesus gives instructions for his followers on how to view our service to God, how seriously to take avoiding sin, how much forgiveness matters to him, and what having faith for the miraculous is like. 

Luke 16:10-31 In this passage, Jesus takes on attitudes to the temptations of “Girls, Gold, and Glory”, as we live in a Kingdom that is both fully here, and yet still not fully realised. The way we read passages like this are crucial to our understanding of Jesus, and the way we should live.

Luke 16:1-15 Carrie unpacks all things shrewdness, (dis)honesty, and the alignment of our hearts through the Parable of the Dishonest Manager.

Mark 4:35-41 Guest preacher Abi, Pastor of the St Andrews Baptist Church looks at Jesus calming the storm and encourages us to trust our faithful God in all that life brings us.

Luke 15:11-32 Toby follows on from Jim last week giving a part 2 on Jesus’ parable on the prodigal son and what it has to tell us about God.

Luke 15:11-32 Jesus tells a story about “what God is like” that is deeply challenging. God’s forgiveness and grace is outrageous, scandalous, and means that any of us can come back to Him without having to jump through hoops. 

Luke 15:1-15 As a seasonal exercise, this passage calls us not to resolutions as to what we will and will not do in the coming year. I call us to change our mindset:-radically.

Luke 2:8-20 Jim takes us through the angels' appearing to the shepherds, what it tells us about how God wanted to share His good news of Christmas, and what we can learn from it for sharing God's good news with those in our lives.

Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 God shares His good news by inviting a young women of low social standing to play her part in bringing in His Kingdom. Mary's response is staggeringly obedient and powerfully tender. What can we learn from this story as we look to share the good news with those around us?

Luke 1:5-25, 57-66 God uses two faithful but ordinary people to share the news that His rescue mission is about to begin, He shows us how He cares for both His big-picture plan and Zechariah and Elizabeth's personal story. We see how they respond to God on the move and ask what we can learn from those responses.

John 1:1-18 To kick off our Advent series, we look at how God shares his plan with his people in John 1 by sending his divine Word into the world, and what it looks like for us to join him in witnessing about his plan. 

Acts 2:42-47 Jim brings the "Holy Spirit Empowered Church" series to a close with a look at the final line of our Acts 2 passage, and asks what it would look like for Kingdom Vineyard to enjoy the favour of all the people, and for the Lord to be adding to our number those who are being saved.

Acts 2:42-27 Worship encompasses everything that we do in our lives, but it comes into focus in acts of liturgical celebration. This is an outline of the values that underlie the particular liturgies of our particular expression of church.

Acts 2:45 What it looks like to live generously, what might prevent us and what steps to take to be more like our generous God.

John 15:1-8 This week for our service we had a Youth Takeover and one of our lovely youth group members, Esther, spoke to us about stepping out in faith by remaining in God.

Acts 2:42-47, John:20-26 Carrie unpacks what it looks like for a posture of radical community to flow from an understanding of the relational, trinitarian God

Acts 2:42-47 These two, of four vital cornerstones of Early Church culture, mean more than they might seem to. Taken together, they redefine the kind of church and people we aspire to be.

Acts 2:42, 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Caitlin explores what it could look like to be a church devoted to teaching through looking at the Bible as more than a book, but a transformational meeting place with God.