The Grove Baptist Church

Experiencing happiness is different to experiencing joy. Christmas reminds us that joy is the presence of God with His people.

Building your faith on a firm foundation will ensure it weathers the storms of life.  Pastor Steve helps us understand how to do this.

Did you know we make 35,000 decisions every day! This morning we look at the difference between a decision that feels good and one that is truly wise. Using the story of Joseph and Mary's complex dilemma, we discover that the source of our guidance is the key to making wise decisions.

This sermon explores “the gift of waiting,” showing that Christmas reminds us that God often does His deepest work in the seasons we’re most eager to rush through. Though our impatience and self-reliance make waiting hard, Scripture shows that waiting forms us—just as Israel and Mary waited for Emmanuel. By fixing our eyes on Jesus, we discover that waiting isn’t wasted but a place where God meets...

Christmas reminds us of the source of hope available for a weary world experiencing storms - Immanuel “God with us”

Pastor Dave shares his own story of how God reached out to him when he didn’t expect it.  Be encouraged to allow God to reach out to you or through you to others.

In this Thanksgiving message from Psalm 150, Pastor Martin calls us to rediscover the language of praise — to thank God for who He is, what He’s done, and how He’s at work in our church. We’re reminded that everyone with breath is invited to praise the Lord, not just with music but with the beautiful works of our everyday lives. Join us as we celebrate God’s goodness and respond with gratitude.

In a world seemingly filled with violence and war it is hard to see how peace can ever be achieved.  Pastor Ian explains why it is so hard for the world to be at peace and why real hope lies in the peace that God offers through his love for each of us.

Luke 2 gives us a surprising glimpse into Jesus’ childhood and a moment when even His parents lost track of Him. In this sermon, we explore how our habits and busyness can subtly distance us from God, and how Jesus lovingly draws us back into closeness, wisdom, and renewed life with Him.

The world can be a dark place and so often we look to light up with things we think will bring light into our lives but as Pastor Ben explains, the truth is that the light this dark world needs is the light of Jesus.

There is a new openness to spiritual things today. The Lord's Prayer models how we can pray in this time when the harvest is plentiful. It defines our Position, our Perspective and our Provision. 

What is the church's role in a world filled with loneliness? Is it to create more programs, more services, and more things for Christians to attend or is there something deeper that we are called to as followers of Jesus. This week we break down what it looks like to go deep and share wide so that we can rethink community in the light of Jesus and his kingdom.

In the last of our series in Ephesians we focus on Paul’s prayer that brings together his heart’s desire for the Ephesian church to be rooted in God’s love as they experience God’s power at work in their inner beings.

Prayer can be challenging, both practically and spiritually! But the blessings far outweigh the challenges and are foundational to our walk with Jesus personally and communally.

We all dislike feeling like an outsider and the book of Ephesians says we all start that way with God. Discover the powerful truth of how God provided a path through Jesus for us to be welcomed in and draw near to Him.

Jesus not only commands us to forgive each other, but invites us into a life of freedom through letting go of bitterness. We look at what it means to forgive and how we can walk in love and begin healing from hurt.

We were lost, following the wrong road and powerless to fix it. But God — rich in mercy and overflowing with love — stepped in. Ephesians 2:1–10 reminds us that we are not saved by our effort or good works, but by the sheer gift of God’s grace. In this message, Pastor Martin Luke shares how God’s grace brings us from death to life, from striving to resting, and how everything we do now flows out o...

In the first message in our Foundations series, Pastor Henry shares how placing the Word of God at the centre of our lives is foundational to dealing with life’s challenges.

As we continue in our Ephesians series, we look at Paul’s powerful prayer, that God would open the eyes of our hearts to truly know him. Through the Spirit, we discover the hope of his calling, the riches of his inheritance, and the power available to us who believe. When we see God more clearly, it changes how we live, how we love, and how we see ourselves in Christ.

Jesus tells us he is our friend. What does it mean to be a friend with a holy God?

At The Grove, we begin our new series in Ephesians by remembering who we are in Christ. Paul reminds us that we are chosen, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, and sealed by the Holy Spirit — every spiritual blessing already ours in Him. Even in the ups and downs of life, we can live with deep gratitude and contentment, praising God for His glorious grace.

In John 12:1–8, Mary doesn’t hold anything back—she breaks open her jar of perfume, pouring out what was most precious to her at the feet of Jesus. Her act is a picture of what it means to go all in for Christ: no half measures, no reservations, just wholehearted devotion. When you truly see who Jesus is, nothing feels too costly to give Him.

We all desire ‘dramatic’ calling moments like we read in Scripture, burning bushes and writing on the wall! But this story in Nehemiah teaches us how God speaks and calls us to service in more ordinary, but no less significant ways.

In John 10, we hear of the Good Shepherd that protects his flock. In the pen there is safety and production. But Jesus also leads the way out of the pen and into the pasture. It is in the pasture where your soul will be satisfied. Will you follow His voice into the pasture?

Have you ever felt overwhelmed and like giving up? Has your vision become foggy and you’ve become disoriented? Have you lost track of how far you’ve come and how close you are? The apostle Paul felt the same way, but learnt how to find heart when facing hardship. Let’s discover how the wonder of God’s redemption story can renew our strength to live for Him.