The Centre Dural Podcast

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  The lads chat about the theology of spoken word in scripture, strategies for employing the spiritual discipline of the Examen in our own lives, and as promised, Mitch graces us with some insights into into Graeco-Roman firefighting techniques. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet a...

Welcome to DAY 31 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to pause, to quiet our mind, and to reflect on God’s presence wi...

Welcome to DAY 30 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to pause, to quiet our mind, and to reflect on God’s presence wi...

Welcome to DAY 29 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to pause, to quiet our mind, and to reflect on God’s presence wi...

Welcome to DAY 28 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath as we are filled with God’s peace and rest...

Welcome to DAY 27 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath as we are filled with God’s peace and rest...

Welcome to DAY 26 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath as we are filled with God’s peace and rest...

Welcome to DAY 25 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath as we are filled with God’s peace and rest...

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

Welcome to DAY 24 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath as we are filled with God’s peace and rest...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  The boys explore the reason for Isaiah's calling differing from all the other prophetic books, the Catholic worldview of of venial and mortal sin, and the multiple ways in which breath prayers and circle prayers can bring vitality to our own prayer lives. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/churc...

Welcome to DAY 23 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath as we are filled with God’s peace and rest...

Today’s Bible Reading comes from John 11:1-45 As we read this passage now, be listening for one word or phrase the Holy Spirit highlights to you. Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent w...

Welcome to DAY 21 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath and rest in the silence as we invite the Ho...

Welcome to DAY 20 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath and rest in the silence as we invite the Ho...

Welcome to DAY 19 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath and rest in the silence as we invite the Ho...

Welcome to DAY 18 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath and rest in the silence as we invite the Ho...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Murray and Mitch delve deeper into the importance of radical honesty in a church community. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  

Welcome to DAY 17 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath and rest in the silence as we invite the Ho...

Murray explores how a radical honesty with others through both our guilt and grief and lead to a more humble, intimate, Christ-like community. He unpacks the practices of both confession and lament and reflects on how all of us can help foster a more radically honest church. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online...

Welcome to DAY 16 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, let’s take a moment to notice our breath and rest in the silence as we invite the Ho...

Today’s Bible Reading comes from John 4:5-42 As we read this passage now, be listening for one word or phrase the Holy Spirit highlights to you. START 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. 7 When a Samaritan woman came...

Welcome to DAY 14 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, take a moment to notice your breath and rest in the silence as we centre our heart,...

Welcome to DAY 13 of the Lent Lectio Divina series Throughout these 6 weeks we will pause each day for a few moments to Read a passage of scripture, Reflect on what God is saying to us through it, and Ask the Holy Spirit to help us as we step into the invitation this passage offers us Before we begin this reading, take a moment to notice your breath and rest in the silence as we centre our heart,...