St Basil's Church

On Mothering Sunday, Jonah shares a New Testament understanding of motherhood. He looks at how Jesus exemplifies honouring his mother on the cross, instituting a new family marked by subversive relationships and how this act inspired and energised the early church social ethics. Jonah ends with how our material longings and fractured relationships will be made whole in the New Jerusalem.  Please n...

Dan continues our series by encouraging us to cultivate hearts that want what God wants. Fruitfulness comes from abiding in God - here we cultivate a desire to see his will come into fruition, and grow in trust that when we follow his will for us we will be fed, formed and able to participate in what he is doing.

Pete James kicks off our Lent Series "Behind Closed Doors".  Looking at Jesus in Gethsemane, Pete invites us to strengthen our inner lives in the Lord so they are robust enough for our outer lives.

Pete James closes out our series on the life of Josiah by encouraging us as a church to a spiritual defiance embodied in practices that help us live in the story of God and not let our hearts be won over by idols.

Josiah’s personal repentance led to a corporate renewal that prepared a generation to thrive in exile. Dan explores how we can cultivate a humble and responsive heart like Josiah’s, so that we also can participate in the work God wants to do in and through us.

Jonah continues our series on lessons from Josiah's life by diving deeper into the discovery of the scriptures in 2 Kings 22. Highlighting the central role of the word of God in how God brings about renewal, Jonah asks us the question: are we living off historical words of God or the living word of God?

Pete James opens up our new series on Josiah, giving an overview of the storyline and the lessons we can all take from his life. Pete walked us through Josiah's "blueprint" for renewal: taking responsibility for what happened on his watch; recognising where they had gone astray through the revelation of the word of God, repenting and removing idols; replacing with practices in line...

In the final instalment of the series, Georgi Kapepula speaks from her testimony about what is often termed a "dark night of the soul" and when it’s harder to "feel" God's presence. Georgi invites us to not give up, look for the deeper, maturing work God might be doing and trust he has not, in fact, left us after all.

Dan unpacks Jesus’ parable about waiting for the bridegroom in Matt 25, inviting us to see that God prepares us in times of waiting - He’ll grow our faith if we continue to cry out to him instead of reducing our expectations or taking things into our own hands.

Pete James continues our series of short reflections on how to prioritise the presence of God in our lives. Speaking from 1 Corinthians 10 – "everything is permissaible but not everything is beneficial" – he calls our attention to the things in our lives we hardly even notice but which are slowly decaying our soul and stealing our worship. We were made for more than wasting our lives on...

Dan Miles describes how praying The Examen can help us to see how Jesus has been at work in the day (or year) just gone, which helps us to grow in seeing him at work in each present moment. As we then choose to follow him in trusting obedience, keeping in step with the Spirit, we become the children of God.

Speaking from Deuteronomy 11, Pete James offers a brief reflection on the difference between “footpumps from the Nile or rains from heaven” and offers an invitation to not live dependant on our own strength and skill in the year ahead.

Sunday 10 November | Becky Callaghan continues our series unpacking how Jesus’ passionate pursuit for proximity both to his Father and to humanity, fuelled his mission on earth. By walking in true holiness and love, He challenged religious oppression, exposed injustice and restored people to their Father.

Sunday 17 November | As Jesus was sent proclaiming the Kingdom and demonstrating it with signs that lead to wonder, so are we. Ele Mumford unpacks this principle in a faith-stirring, commissioning talk.

Jonah Horne continues our series ‘For the Sake Of’ by looking at how we often neglect and ignore people in our lives much like Simon in Luke 7. Simon is intrigued by the person Jesus, but not captivated by him. To love those everyone else rejects we must continually return to the feet of Jesus, the one who first extends mercy and love, and empowers us to do the same.

This week we celebrated harvest festival together and Pip Campbell-Clause spoke to us – in a theologically rich and deeply practical talk - about how we should see Jesus not just as saviour but also as creator. Pip unpacked the importance of creation care in our understanding of mission and, in keeping with our harvest theme, specifically invited us to play our part in challenging broken food syst...

Sunday 22 September | Dan Miles begins a series reflecting on how we can become a church for the sake of those around us. He unpacks how God invites us as the church to participate in the movement of his love towards a hurting world. He also explores how Jesus begins his ministry and continues in it, with a particular focus on how he calls us to be found where he is found, often on the other side...

Sunday 29 September | Continuing our "For the Sake Of" series, Pete James unpacks the moment Jesus washes the disciples feet alongside the stunning theology of Philippians 2. Jesus, taking the form of a servant, redefines the culturally accepted "course of honour" from the accumulation of success, power and wealth to a life of humility and service of others. Within the beauty o...

To kick off the new term, Pete James speaks about the season we have ahead as a community, emphasising the invitation to courageous mission for the sake of the hurting world around us. He also speaks to how we are pivoting some of our structures as a church to get ourselves in the right shape to fulfil our calling and seek God's renewal in the region. If you are a committed part of this churc...

Meg Loney continues our current series by sharing how in her journey with Him, Jesus has been confronting obstacles and healing her so that He can establish His kingdom in and through her life. Content warning: This episode carries a content warning for abuse and suicide. We do not go into details but both are mentioned in Meg’s story.

Dan Miles considers perfectionism as one self-destructive and addictive belief system among others whereby we strive to earn love and avoid shame. When instead we adopt the approach of the prodigal son who recognises his lostness, repents and receives love and forgiveness, we are strengthened to take risks for God’s kingdom.

Continuing our series “Seize the Day”, Pete James looks at the topic of pain. He outlines a Christian vision for pain and how our pain can either be a prison or a portal into God’s presence; it can either be the epicentre of God’s in-breaking Kingdom in our lives or the headquarters of a resistance to that kingdom.

Becky Callaghan continues our series exploring the question: “is your fear holding back the kingdom of God?” looking at how fear can shape the way we think about God, ourselves and the world around us. Drawing upon the story of Moses, Becky looks at the way a secure attachment with God leads us away from responses to fear, such as control, and instead leads us towards a life of surrender. When we...

On Sunday, Pete James continued our series "Seize the Day" by looking at the question: "is your money helping grow the kingdom of God?". Speaking from the parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12, Pete highlights how significant a discipleship issue money is because of its destructive power but also its creative potential. He speaks about how giving can limit the former and release...

Pete James continues our series "Seize the Day" by looking at the critical discipleship issue of how we use our time. Outlining how Jesus lived from identity and toward purpose, Pete unpacks the vision of the New Testament to have our lives purposed toward union with God. Pete then explores three diversions from this way of life and how they effect how we use our time: living with a vict...