Stonelaw Church

We continue our sermon series looking at the parables in Matthew chapter 13, this week focussing on the Parable of the Weeds, where Jesus warns on making sure our faith is real and not counterfeit! Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43

This week we start a new sermon series looking at the parables Jesus teaches with in Matthew chapter 13 by focussing on the 'Parable of the Mustard Seed' and the 'Parable of the Yeast'. Scripture: Matthew 13:31-35

This week we have a guest preacher, Rev. Andrew Rooney, from Compassion who came to speak to us about the charity and preach on the power of Jesus! Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

So often we tend to forget things. Thankfully, God knows this and leaves us visual reminders. None more important than the meal we share during Communion services, that causes us to remember yesterday, today and tomorrow! Scripture: Luke 22:7-20

This week in Stonelaw we reflect on the amazing miracle Jesus performs with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, and how important it is to rest and be filled up by Jesus! Scripture: Luke 9:10-17

We conclude our sermon series, FRUITFUL, looking at practices that are prevalent in fruitful congregations. This week we look at radical hospitality and how it is a key practice within fruitful congregations. Scripture: Romans 15:1-7

We continue our sermon series, FRUITFUL, exploring 5 practices of fruitful congregations. This week we focus on risk-taking mission and service and how we are all called to reach out to and serve those in our path, as if we are serving Jesus Himself! Scripture: Matthew 25:32-46 & Acts 14:8-20

We continue our sermon series, FRUITFUL, exploring 5 practices of fruitful congregations. This week we focus on intentional faith development and how our faith is an ongoing journey, alongside the need to help one another in this incredibly important work. Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

We continue our sermon series, FRUITFUL, exploring 5 practices of fruitful congregations. This week we focus on the need for passionate worship where we can delight in the Lord's presence, received the Lord's strength and trust in the Lord's promises to us! Scripture: Psalm 84

We start a new sermon series called FRUITFUL, exploring 5 practices of fruitful congregations. This week we focus on what it would look like if we were to practice an extravagant generosity to Jesus and others. Scripture: Mark 14:1-11

Neil returned from holiday to speak about the deep and profound question Jesus asks of His followers... "who do you say I am"? Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

We close out our sermon series, REBUILD, finding the book of Nehemiah come to somewhat of an anti-climatic end. However, we are able to see how important it is to never be too reliant on one person to fuel our faith but be overly reliant on a God who promises to help us develop our faith. Scripture: Nehemiah 13

We come to the second last sermon in our series REBUILD. Where last week the people proclaimed "Amen, Amen" upon giving their lives over to God, this week we find them putting something in place to ensure their Amen stays true! Scripture: Nehemiah chapters 9-12

We continue our sermon series REBUILD. This week the people gathering to hear God's Word and experiencing the joy that comes from knowing and putting into practice what they hear. We too can experience the joy of the Lord being our strength! Scripture: Nehemiah 8:1-18

We come back to our sermon series REBUILD this week, finding Nehemiah modelling a good and Godly leadership as he seeks to lock in a culture of encouraging and enabling others to step into the thing God is calling them to. Scripture: Nehemiah 7:1-7

We continue our sermon series, REBUILD, looking at the story of Nehemiah. This week we focus on the need to stand firm in the things that matter, not allowing the negativity or attacks of others from knocking us off the path and work that God has placed before us! Scripture: Nehemiah 6

We continue our sermon series REBUILD this week and we find Nehemiah showing true leadership by making sacrifices and modelling how everyone's needs must be taken care off, with no one being exploited. Scripture: Nehemiah 5

We continue our sermon series REBUILD this week, focussing on the need to all work together with all our heart in order to leave a good foundation for future generations in the church! Scripture: Nehemiah 3 and 4

Our podcast returns after Easter and we begin a new sermon series called REBUILD. We will be spending time in the Book of Nehemiah, drawing out some amazing advice and skills that will allow us to be rebuilt by God. This week we look at 'Getting Started'. Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-20

In today's Palm Sunday reading we find Jesus weeping over the city of Jerusalem and its people and we stop to reflect on whether we have the same heart as Jesus does for those who don't know Him? Scripture: Luke 19:41-44

This week we close out our sermon series on the Letter to the Romans by exploring Paul's ambitious plans for mission and how that should inspire us to go out into the mission field, sharing that Good News of Jesus with others. Scripture: Romans 15:14-33 (& Romans 16)

We continue our sermon series in Paul's letter to the Romans. This week we reflect on being dual citizens, of the world and the Kingdom of God, and how we should navigate that with the encouragement of our brothers and sisters in the church. Scripture: Romans 13:1-14, 4:1-4

We continue our sermon series looking at Paul's letter to the Romans, specifically focussed on the need to use our every day lives as an act of worship to God. Scripture: Romans 12:1-21

We continue our sermon series looking at Paul's Letter to the Romans. This week, we encounter the mysteries of God and how having taken our place in the family of God, we are all called to bring more people to Jesus so that they too can know Him like we do and receive the gift of eternal life. Scripture: Romans 10:1-15

We continue our sermon series looking at Paul's letter to the Romans this week, finding that no matter what our struggles are, we can never be separated from the love of God. That through our faith in Jesus, we are adopted into the family of God and receive a glorious inheritance filled with hope.  Scripture: Romans 8