St George's Epsom

Jeremy explores the sin of envy and how envy robs us of the fullness of life Christ has for us. He explores the parable of the prodigal son as a parable directed to the envious.

Josh explores the sin of Greed and the 'never enough' drive for more, and how that diminishes the life Jesus offers us. As an antidote, we are invited to cultivate gratitude and trust erode the power of the hungers that drive us.

Jeremy explores how pride and the maintenance of our 'glittering images' gets in the way of living lives that are fully alive.

On Sunday Josh began our new sermon series ‘Fully Alive.’ Josh set the framework of our exploration of ‘sin’ being the relational disturbance of God's shalom and all that diminishes the life Jesus offers us. The path to wholeness is not moral striving but surrender to the grace of a God who loves us not because we are good, but because God is good.

Josh and Jeremy share where we feel the Spirit is blowing and what we are sensing God is inviting us into as a community.

Stan unpacks how the Trinity reveals a God whose very nature is love-in-relationship, and humanity is invited not merely to observe that love but to be drawn into it.

Jeremy interviews a few of our youth on their experiences of God, church and what their generation is hungry for.

Hayley Lewis unpacks the parable of the workers of the vineyard, and the importance of keeping our eyes on Jesus and what is ours to do rather than comparing ourselves to others.

Jeremy unpacks the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price, and we hear from Yousef and Bruce on their experiences of the Kingdom.

Josh explores the parables of the mustard seed and a pinch of yeast: how Kingdom work starts small, stays hidden, and grows by God's power. Mission Partner Neil Dunbar as well as regulars Gary and Beth share their experience of this in their lives.

On ANZAC weekend Josh called us to be a courageous, Christ-shaped alternative to a culture hungry for something real by living the Kingdom so beautifully that others want to know the source.

Jeremy looks at the unexpected increased interest in faith among young people, and how we are called to lean in and be a part of what God is doing.

Charmaine explores the story of "doubting" Thomas, and how doubt is a crucial part of faith development and coming to own our faith.

Because God raised Jesus from the dead, the self-giving love he embodied is vindicated as the deepest truth of reality. Therefore, we are freed to step out of fear and into courageous participation in new creation.

On Palm Sunday, Charmaine drew together the season of Lent exploring Lament showing that Jesus himself lamented deeply, from Gethsemane to the cross. The Easter hope that frames these laments is that God hears, acts, and saves, and that every sorrow brought to him can be planted like a seed in expectation of resurrection life.

Bonus Audio: Josh Jones sings Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Jeremy briefly examines the final poem of Lamentations, which now becomes prayer, and we bring all our community's laments to God in prayer.

Josh looks at our lament through the frame of our eternal hope, and Bryan Parry shares a powerful testimony of loss, grief and hope in the eternal perspective.

A meditation on Lamentations 3 exploring how, amid personal and global despair, the practice of "befriending faithfulness" by speaking truth to our hearts, feeding on God's goodness, and turning lament into confession, is both possible and necessary.

Josh sensitively explores the theological questions that suffering can raise. Lamentations 2 gives us permission to voice these questions, but we also must keep before us the image of God that is revealed in Jesus Christ at the centre, reminding us that God is not punishing us.

Jeremy began our exploration of the Book of Lamentations for our Lenten series looking at chapter one, and how it invites us to express our lament, pain and bewilderment (how!?) to God in prayer as an integral part of shalom and wholeness.

In a week of personal and global grief, Josh invited us to see prayer as the Spirit’s presence within our wordless sighs and aching groans, locating us in hope. And to learn through the 3 Pathways to prayer of music, art, and poetry, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and let Christ’s light push back the darkness.

Jeremy explores what it means to be a people tethered to our past, and to the wisdom passed down through the generations.

Jeremy explores what it means for the Church to be a people who express the "many-coloured wisdom of God" in the world, and all the ways we might be tempted to narrow down who are "our people."

Josh kicks off our sermon series 'Locating Ourselves' exploring how our sense of place informs our cultural identity, and what this means as followers of the One who had no place to lay his head.