Lutheran - St. Paul's Sydney Podcast

This week we celebrate All Saints Day.  Whilst traditionally this has been a day for remembering those who have passed from this earth to be with Jesus, in our services we will also have an opportunity to remember and give thanks to God for all who have brought the light of Christ into our lives.   In our services we will be exploring how ordinary people are saints because of their relationship wi...

This week we celebrate Reformation Sunday, celebrating that the reformation refocussed our understanding of God, from a God we need to perform for, to a God who comes to us an shows us grace.   This year we also celebrate 500 years since Luther and the Reformation team translated the bible into the common German language, that helped many people connect with God.      Support the show

This week we are celebrating and thanking God for all the people God brings to Australia, and what it means for us to live in a multicultural community. The service was a Multicultural celebration based on Luke 13:22-30. Support the show

This week we conclude our Jonah series, where we explore the connection of Jonah and Jesus.  Support the show

As we continue our series on Jonah, we look at chapter 4, where we see that despite God giving Jonah a second chance and that the Ninevites all turned to God and stopped evil actions, Jonah is no happy, in fact he is quite angry.   We explore why this maybe the case, and the problems this causes.      Support the show

Ever resisted doing something, then eventually you do it?   In chapter 3 of Jonah, we see Jonah do exactly what God asked him to do, and when he does it there are some unexpected blessings, not just for Jonah but also for the people he goes to.   This week we will explore how when we repent we get to be part of some unexpected blessings just like Jonah.     Support the show

Ever found yourself in a mess?   This week in our worship series we explore chapter 2,  how to pray when we find ourselves in a mess, learning from Jonah who finds himself in the belly of the fish, praying to God.     Support the show

Over the next 5 weeks we will be diving deep into the book of Jonah.   This week we explore Chapter 1, Jonah's calling and Him escaping from God's calling.     Support the show

This week in our worship series - To Belong we explore how God is essential for us so we can belong to God and belong to each other.  Sermon based on  Luke 15:1-10.   Support the show

This week we continue on our worship series, To belong, with a focus on how belonging helps us grow as Christians in this world, with a focus on God's mission.  Sermon is based on John 15:1-8.     Support the show

This week we are exploring how everyone is valuable in God's scheme of life.  Now for many this is easy to say, organisations, including churches often promote themselves as everyone is welcome, but then they act and say things which suggest we don't really want everyone to be welcome, or at best they are welcome or be valuable provided you become like us or you do what doesn't inco...

Everyone needs to feel they belong, somewhere.   And this Sunday we begin our new worship series TO BELONG, where we will explore what it means to belong to the church, God's family.   Our focus this week is that To belong....God is essential based on John 15:1-17   Support the show

This Sunday our focus is Christian freedom, exploring what does freedom mean for us as Christians based on Matthew 25:31-46 Support the show

This Sunday is Christian Care Sunday, where we will be exploring how God's care for us, influences how we care for others based on Matthew 25:31-46   Support the show

This Sunday our focus is Empowered by a Godly focus based on Luke 12:13-21.     Support the show

This Sunday our focus is Empowered by Prayer based on Luke 11:1–13     Support the show

This Sunday our focus is Empowered by listening based on Luke 10:38–42. The sermon was prepared by Pastor Richard Schwedes and read by Virginia Milla.     Support the show

This Sunday our focus is Empowered to be neighbours to everyone, with our guest preacher   Bishop Rob  Bartholomaeus based on Luke 10:25–37 Support the show

This Sunday our focus is Freed to be God's Missionaries based on Luke 10:1-20. Prepared by Pastor Richard Schwedes and read by Anthony Fawcett. Support the show

This Sunday our focus is Freed to live under Christ Jesus and we welcome Pastor Tim Zanker as our guest pastor and preacher  Support the show

This Sunday we celebrate the presentation of the Augsburg Confession.  This is an important statement of faith for Protestant Christians as it reveals more clearly where we are on the same page as the Catholic Church of the 1500s and where we have major differences and concerns.  Behind this document was that those who were leading the Protestant Reformation had the minds, hearts and eyes on Jesus...

This Sunday we celebrate Trinity Sunday - with a focus on the fact that God is interested and involved in every situation we face.      Support the show

This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost Sunday - focussing on the gift of God's Spirit for us based on  Acts 2:1-21   Support the show

This Sunday we continue living in the Easter season, with a focus on witnessing, based on Acts 1:1-11 and Luke 24:44-53     Support the show

This Sunday we continue living in the Easter season, with a focus on healing....based on John 5:1-9     Support the show