SPARK Youth

In this seminar Dr Patricia Weerakoon helps us think about transgenderism in light of God's design for me and women.

In this talk we will consider how we receive our new identity in Christ and how we can begin to live out our new identity by looking at 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

In our last talk, we learnt that, for the secular story, you have to find yourself, your identity, by looking within. But being a teenager Is hard. More often than not, you probably find yourself, not feeling free but feeling insecurity, anxiety and pain. And so, if your placing your identity in how you feel. Then your going to be all over the place. We Need an Identity that Doesn’t Crush Us What...

Stories are the lens through which we view the world. We can all remember a story, whether a movie or a book or something in real life, that has captivated our desires and made us think – I wish that were true. Why are stories so powerful? We all look to stories to give meaning to our lives and a sense of purpose. For the last 1500 years the story of the Bible has answered the question “Who am I?”...

In this talk we will discuss the forgiveness that God can bring to those weighed down by guilt and explore the difficult topic of suicide.

In chapter 4 he gives us his three-part strategy for how we can continue Jesus' mission, no matter how gifted we are or how long we have been a Christian. Check it out.

We are skeptical of authority because all to often, people abuse their power. You only have to look at Russia right now to know this is true. As Lord Acton famously said “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” We all know someone who let power go to their head. And the more power someone has the worse they tend to become. If this is so often our experience then, is all au...

In 2016 Two of the biggest soccer teams in the world, Chelsea and Manchester city went out to play an important match People could barely tell who was who as both were wearing similar coloured jerseys Imagine going out to play an important sporting match wearing the opposing teams jersey Pause You could say that our lives function like a jersey Our lives tell the world who we are and who we worshi...

There is an expression which goes ‘the grass is always greener on the other side'. It’s a way of describing the feeling that our life would be better if did this or that or if we were this or that. People were facing a similar situation in Colossae. There were people who might have even called themselves Christians, claiming to be spiritual gurus offering something better than Jesus. In a similar...

As we looked at the Garden of Gethsemane, we reflected on suffering in general and how different worldviews respond to sufffering.

In this talk, one of our youth leaders - Josh, shares why Jesus is supreme and how this fact should revolutionize our lives. 

Hear how Abby came to trust in Jesus

Hear how Josh went from distrusting the Bible and following the crowd to trusting in Jesus while he was in High School

History tells of the power of words. For example, The Civil Rights Act was passed in Congress in America thanks in large part to Martin Luther King’s famous speech “I have a dream.” History also tells us that words, gossip, rumours and lies have cost lives. Rumours of peace have left nations unprepared when Nazi tanks came through towns and Japanese soldiers landed on the shores of California. And...

If you had to answer, who is the greatest people who ever lived, who would you say? TIME Magazine has a list of the most influential people who have ever lived. Now, of course, Jesus is number one on their list of most significant figures in history. And number 2 is, guess who? Napoleon. Followed by Muhammad in third place. But according to God’s plan of salvation in the Bible. The list of most im...

The Ganges is the biggest river in the world providing water and irrigation for a million people. The bbc did a documentary that tracked its origin. They traced it all the way up into the Himalayas, to a tiny trickle in a glacier with a small hole called the cows mouth. The entire river begins at this small point. In exactly the same way. The Bible is a story about two rivers. The river of sin, an...

How would you or your friends describe the good life? Some think it's having lots of money, great friends, a loving family, amazing experiences. And what do we think we will have when we finally achieve the good life? Often those who have achieved the success and fame and riches that many people aspire to have, express a feeling of emptiness. Why? Because they were looking in the wrong place. To t...

How should we respond when bad things happen to us? I heard of a boy, let’s call him Jack, who went to youth group, who got a scholarship to firsts rugby at an elite school in Sydney. His coach was helping him make it into the Australian team which he was close to doing. Then, one day, the mother called his youth minister in distress. He had broken his femur. After recovering. He was out for anoth...

Two years ago nobody had heard of the Coronavirus. Then in January 11th, 2020, China reported its first death by the virus. Now, the official count is that there are: 240 million Coronavirus Cases causing a total of 490 000 Deaths And it has impacted almost every area of life. Millions have lost their jobs Most of us haven’t seen our friends or family or gone to school for the last three months. A...

If you look around the world, it can easily look like evil is prospering. Over the past two months, we have heard of the Taliban's taking control in Afghanistan. As civilian executions have been reinstated. Allies of the former government have been jailed. People have been evicted from their homes. Where girls can no longer attend school. Where people live in fear. I remember hearing about three y...

Suffering touches all of us. If you haven’t experienced much suffering yet, you will. The loneliness of a broken home. The tragedy of serious illness. The cruel humiliation of being bullied. Two years ago I had to say goodbye to Josh. Josh was a 10 year old boy who was diagnosed with cancer. After the chemo, it seemed like he was in the clear. But the cancer came back. There were about 10 tumours...

On September 14th, 2007 a Nebraska State Senator filed a lawsuit against God for the suffering that has happened in the world. And we can empathize. I remember being at school when it was announced on the news that two planes had crashed into the twin towers on September 11. And the president could only use one word to describe what happened – evil. We all ask same questions: Why is all of this ev...

It’s easy to look back on your past and see how big decisions have changed your life. What’s harder to do is look back and realize how all those small everyday decisions have impacted you. Studies show that the average person makes roughly 35,000 decisions every single day. Most people give a lot of thought to making big decisions, but how many of us give much thought to the 2000 decisions you mak...

This week we are getting to know the Choi family from the 11:30 congregation and thinking about how we can be praying for them. If you have any questions please email mike.taylor@fields.org.au

The topic of predestination can be confusing and often leads to a lot of debate. Is predestination a Biblical idea? And if so, how can God be fair if he chooses some people to be saved and doesn’t choose others? Find out in this Q and A with Mike our Youth pastor. If you have any questions please email mike.taylor@fields.org.au