Sunnyhill Church Messages

Continuing our 'Church Defined' series, Adam looks at how the Church is a temple. The place where heaven intersects earth and the presence of God resides. We need to understand and learn to live in this awesome freedom and also embrace the responsibility that goes hand in hand with this.

What does it mean to be The Body? How can we embody both unity and diversity as members of the body? In this message, continuing our 'Church Defined' series, Adam explores the potential of the church as a body, 'each member doing it's part' and encourages us to remain connected to the head and demonstrate love in action.

In this message, Dom looks at what it means to be the body of Christ, why unity is an essential component of being a healthy church and how we become a better church not just a bigger church.

Pastor Fru continued the ‘Church Defined’ series by exploring the metaphor of God’s church as a building of living stones which are scattered and gathered purposefully from week to week.  Linking 1 Peter and Ecclesiastics 3, she teaches how we need the church to be regularly gathered to remind us that we are God's one chosen people and how we need to be regularly scattered so we can be the li...

In his letter to the believers in Asia Minor, the Apostle Peter describes the church as ‘living stones being built together into a spiritual house’. In this sermon, Pastor Phil explores and unpacks the profound and powerful way that this imagery should impact our relationships with one another in the church.

What does it mean to be The Family of God? Being part of a family comes with both rights and responsibilities. We need to live in such a way that we understand our rights and also exercise our responsibilities, both to the world at large but especially to each other within the family.

In this message, Dom looks at the role of family and how God wants the church to think and behave like one. In fact the church’s missional endeavour and impact will be compromised until we fully embrace our family identity. God wants to set the lonely and strangers into a family....enter the church!

In this message, Dom looks at the origin of the term church and it’s implications for believers. Things may never look the same for the church but understanding the church as the Bride of Christ helps us realise that we are in a time of preparation for the return of Christ.

Beginning our new series, Church Defined, Adam looks at the traits of a bride and applies them to The Church. Are we hungry for the bridgegroom's presence? Do we desire more of God? Are we ready to make ourselves attractive in His eyes?

In this message Dom talks about two random guys who we find in the Bible who are on a walk away from the promise of God on the first Easter Sunday. Why are they walking away? Despondency, discouragement and doubt. What happens when they walk away from the promise. The promise in the form of the risen Christ searches them out. It’s time to find confidence in the truth that in those moments of despa...

In this message Dom looks at the human condition...how we are fundamentally broken, and struggle to ‘be good’ and ‘do good’ as people. This speaks to our need for a substitute, someone to live in our place and possibly even die in our place. Maybe the 'curveball' person of Barabbas in the gospels, who isn’t often spoken of, holds some insights on how this plays out. ‘I’m dying out here’ is a messa...

Life often has a way of weighing us down with pressure and expectations that are too much for us to bear, and sometimes even following God can become a wearisome endeavour. In this sermon, Pastor Phil reminds us that the invitation to follow Jesus  is first an offer of rest before it is a command to work. As we come to Jesus He accepts and loves us just as we are, and so releases us from the...

Continuing our 'Just Jesus' series, Helen Goldenberg brings a fantastic Mothers Day message encouraging us to leave a legacy to our children (and our spiritual children). We should consider our children like arrows in our hand (Psalm 127) and should be careful about where we aim them. We should be pointing them towards just Jesus.

In this message, Pastor Adam speaks about 'Explaining Jesus'. The way we share the gospel with others should always be within the context of grace, freedom and hope. We looked at a few examples from the gospels when Jesus defied the expectations of those around him and fulfilled his mission...to offer outrageous grace...the same mission he has passed on to us.

In this message, Pastor Dom talks about your infinite value and how understanding this more fully is the antidote to your deep rooted insecurities. Knowing and believing that we are the apple of God’s eye is a game changer. Listen closely and receive the truth that has the power to set you free.

How can we truly know Christ?  And can we really be joyful in suffering? Pastor Fru takes a deep dive into Philippians 3:10. 

In this message, Dom looks at what to do when we’re in a storm and it feels like Jesus is passing us by. Often we pray for relief but maybe God has something better for us. By looking at a well known passage Dom endeavours to bring fresh insights.

Continuing our 'Just Jesus' series, Pastor Dom takes us through some of Jesus' miracles plus Jehoshaphat's victory and encourages us to see that Jesus is the 'Lord of the Aftermath'! He goes far beyond simply dealing with the crisis and we see that the place of overwhelming burden becomes a place of abundant blessing.

Are you an excited follower, or devoted worshipper? Is Jesus a useful addition to your life, or the foundation of your life? In this message, Pastor Phil opens John 6 to explore some of Jesus’ most shocking and provocative teaching and challenges us to take seriously the radical call to discipleship, which demands nothing less than total submission to the Lordship of Christ.

Pastor Dom continues our 'Just Jesus' series, focusing on the area of authority. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Jesus and he has now invited believers to operate in His authority. That’s how we change the world.

Continuing our Just Jesus series, Pastor Adam encourages us to listen to Paul's advice to the Philippian Church and resist putting our 'confidence in the flesh' and put our confidence in one thing - knowing Christ Jesus - the source of surpassing worth.

Continuing our 'Just Jesus' series, Pastor Dom looks at Jesus' call to His Disciples and their amazing, immediate response. So much of our life is Jesus and...., what would happen if our focus and our followship was on Him alone?

Kicking off our new series - Just Jesus - Pastor Dom's message was a great reminder to us to put Jesus first in all areas of our life. Yes he is the 'God of the breakthrough' but He is also the 'God of the breakdown' - when things in life seem against us.

Continuing his message from last week, Pastor Phil reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas and where our Hope is found. Looking at Isaiah 8 and 9, Phil encourages us to see that this prophecy about Jesus hailed Him to be the Bringer of Light, the Bringer of Joy, the Bringer of Freedom and the Bringer of Peace.

Launching our new series for December,  Pastor Phil reminds us that Jesus, The Light of the World, came to lift us out of our darkness and give us new life. This is the Spirit and the true Meaning of Christmas.