Saint Mary's Talks and Podcasts

This week guest speaker Will Van Der Hart spoke on the area of our mind, our mental health and well being , giving us biblical insight into Jesus’s encounters with his disciples, about how he developed resilience, committed to prayer and modelled freedom that is found in spending time with God.

This Sunday, Sam reflects on the growing spiritual curiosity in society, saying that while Christianity has seen a decline, a new spiritual renewal is emerging. Drawing from the story of Peter’s denial and reinstatement by Jesus, the Sam encourages us to overcome fear and comfort in order to share our faith boldly. It highlights how crisis often precedes renewal, and urges us to not let fear or pa...

This Sunday Katy talks on the theme of Wholehearted Trust – Looking particularly at the wisdom of Proverbs 3:5-6, that teaches us to let go of our self reliance, and lean more fully into God as we head into 2025.

As we start the new year together, Tom kicks off our new teaching series - Wholehearted, a short series looking at what it means to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. In week one, we look at what it might look like to live lives of unwavering devotion to Jesus as we seek to become more like him.

Following the Maji in Matthew 2:1-12; Katie compares the two Kingdoms portrayed in the passage, the Empire of Earth and the Kingdom of Heaven. How might we give our full allegiance to King Jesus, as we behold who he is and seek to become like him in our daily lives?

Abielle kicks off our Advent season by urging us to prepare our hearts for Christ’s coming by reflecting on Mary’s story of faith and fellowship, in a time of pain and shame, yet joy for what was to come. Looking at Luke 1:39-56, Mary’s faithfulness, seen in her visit to Elizabeth and her song of praise, shows us the importance of trusting God’s plan even in challenging circumstances.

This Sunday Katy shares on what it means to be a prophetic Church; a prophetic people, actively living out and enacting God's Kingdom now, as well as participating in the things of the Spirit, particularly prophecy (1 Corinthians 12-14).

Juliet continues our Awake and Dreaming series, looking at what it means to be a Foolish Church. We explored the apparent foolishness of the death of Christ and the resurrection, and considered which parts of our lives we need the Spirit to breathe new life into.

Continuing our series, Jonny explores what it might look like to be a Contending Church, suggesting that it takes participation, passion and perseverance.

Jon preaches for our second week of Awake and Dreaming. This week we looked at what it means to be a purified church. Jon shared a beautiful picture of how the pure light of God refracts through us to the world around us.

Katy kicks off our new sermon series: Awake and Dreaming. For the first week, Katy looks at what it means to be a desiring church as we read and study Psalm 63:1 together: You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

For Giving Sunday, Jon shares a message about the transformation that generosity brings. If you would like to find out more about giving financially to Saint Mary's, visit our website: https://saintmarys.church/give

This week Katy follows Jon's talk about having a Kingdom vision through the calling to love our neighbour. This kind of love changes us. Are we willing to be sent as Jesus was sent? To be filled with His love and His compassion for others, which is far deeper and greater than anything we could ever feel.

This Sunday, Tom concluded our short vision series looking at the relational spheres of Crowd, Company, Core, One, by showing us the centrality of a relationship with God - abiding with Jesus as he abides with us.

Continuing from the previous talk on living out our faith in community, Jon speaks on how we can experience deeper relationships in smaller groups of three/fours through confession, compassion and contending.

From the verses in Philippians 3 : 17-20, Sam shares the invitation to walk and live out our faith in community with one another as a church of the way of Jesus Christ.

Psalm 46 shows us who God is. He is present in everything in life, and he wants us to know that he loves us, and he wants to be involved in our lives. From this Psalm, Emily explores how we can be reignited, through certainty and surrender.

In John 17:20-26, Jesus prays for our unity and for us to see his glory. Tom shares how we can pursue unity and Jesus' glory, both as individuals and as a church.

In John 17:6-19 we read Jesus’ prayer for us from a moment of intimacy. From this prayer, Emily unpacks revelation, belonging and intercession, and shares how we can pray for these to become more like Jesus.

In a world lacking in hope, how do we keep our hope in Jesus? From John 16:16-33, Sam shares how we can trust Jesus’ promises, that are being fulfilled both now, and in the future.

How do we bear witness to Jesus, in a world full of darkness? Katy shares how God gives us the Holy Spirit, the spirit of Truth, to encourage and empower us to share his love with others.

From John 15, how do we abide in Jesus, allowing his tender care to transform us? Jon shares how we can read scripture and invite God's spirit to fill us afresh.

From John 14:15-21, Juliet shares how being obedient to a good God, who loves us, leads us to freedom.