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This week, Dave continues the Better Story series by discussing knowing the better story and communicating it to the world and society in which we live through grace and truth.

Author Glynn Harrison joins us to talk about his excellent book with an excellent title, A Better Story! Glynn and Jon discuss how we can understand the stories around us and how we can share the gospel in effective ways that answer the questions people are actually asking, not just the ones we want them to be asking.

Welcome to the Better Story podcast! We’ll be inviting guests to talk about the topics we’re covering on Sundays and in our community. In this first episode Jon and Katherine discuss the response to the series so far and why these topics can be taboo in churches.

What’s the most important thing in life? Finding love? Getting married? Or is there something more important to base your life around? This week we look at why singleness can be a huge blessing and how each one of us, single or married, can make our lives count.

What's the point of sex? What's right and wrong? The stories a society tells about sex tell a lot about a society. Do we really believe that bodies are just collections of cells and that sex is just a physical act with no deeper value or meaning? Is there a better story? In this talk, explore what God says about sex, how it is a good gift in it's right place, and how we can live to the fullest, fr...

We exist to make disciples, family members, and missionaries of all nations for the glory of God. We make room for different voices. And this is why we join together and celebrate Black History Month. #newcomchurch

As people, we love stories. We love hearing them and sharing them. And stories shape what we think, believe, and do. In the midst of cultural confusion, anxiety, and the search for meaning, is there a better story? What if we weren’t just here by accident, just floating meaninglessly through the galaxy? What if we were made on purpose, for a purpose? What if there was a creator who designed us, fo...

This week, Aimee continues our gathered and scattered series by speaking about what it means to be a scattered church. Message recorded Sunday, October 15, in our Eltham 10:30 meeting.

This week, Joe Symeou interviews our panel (Chris Smyth, Rowena Smith, Tunde Olorunfemi, and Gordon Phillips) as we continue our gathered and scattered series with a discussion of corporate worship and spiritual gifts.

We exist to make disciples, family members, and missionaries of all nations for the glory of God. We make room for different voices. And this is why we join together and celebrate Black History Month. #newcomchurch

This week, James begins the Gathered and Scattered series by delving into why we gather.

This week, Dave talks about the significance of living a life full of grace and truth, as Jesus did.

This week at our one church celebration, we heard from a few different speakers about our vision, mission, and purpose of making disciples, family members, and missionaries of all nations to the glory of God.

Is Jesus worth your extravagant worship? Flag waving, wild dancing, and being dunked in a baptism pool in front of strangers—such extravagant acts are either weird or wonderful depending on what they're in response to. This week, Jon talks about Jesus, who gave everything for us. We live a life in response, where we worship him by giving him all of who we are.

This week, Dave begins the Made to Worship series by delving into the significance of worship for God's children.

This week, Hannah wraps up the Young People of the Bible summer series by looking at how Jesus is really good news for us today.

This week, Mark continues the Young People of the Bible summer series by discussing lessons from Mary's story by looking at Luke 1:26-45.

Alistair and Joel continue the Young People of the Bible summer series by delving into the story of Daniel and how it applies to us today.

Phoebe and Fran continue the Young People of the Bible summer series by looking at five lessons we can learn from Naaman's slave girl in 2 Kings 5.

This week Lola continues the Young People of the Bible series by exploring David's story and how God often trains us in humble, unglamorous places to prepare us for significant public moments when we are ready in his time.

Rachel kicks off our summer series by talking about the life of Joseph as a young boy and how, through unforeseen and difficult circumstances, Joseph was faithful to God. God’s will is always to bless us. His grace is more than sufficient, and He can use circumstances of hardship in powerful ways for His glory.

We live in a fast-paced, instant culture. This week, Hannah talks about how we keep growing as disciples on the long road of discipleship.

This week, James concludes the 1 Thessalonians series and explores Paul's final instructions to the church in Thessalonica.

This week, James continues our 1 Thessalonians series by looking at 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11.

What were Paul’s priorities in prayer? How did he actually pray, and what did he pray for? This week, Reuben encourages us to learn from the master apostle as he reveals his passion for people through the letter to the Thessalonians.