The Village Presbyterian Church NZ

This week we start a new thematic series looking at times in Scripture when God meets people on the Road and what implications these encounters have for us today.  Rev Luke starts off the series by looking at Luke 24:13-35, the story of the Road to Emmaus.

This episode Rev Luke takes us through Jeremiah 20:1-18, a difficult and dark passage of scripture.  Content warning: This podcast acknowledges the difficulty and heaviness of miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion and the loss of children, and abuse survivors. It also explores how we can pray to God in our darkest moments, and the how the Hope Jesus holds for us, when it feels like God is silent. 

Hospitality is a central theme in our faith. Rev Josh explores how the art of being a good neighbour involves being both hosts, and guests through the lens of our Old and New Testment readings This weeks readings are Genesis 18:1-15, Matthew 9:35-10:11

Is this a Time for New Wine in New Wine Skins? Joy Kingsbury-Aitken explores this idea with today's readings of two 'call' stories Genesis 12:1-9 The Call of Abram Matthew 9:9-17 The Call of Matthew.

This is an 'inductive' sermon, meaning to builds to and then reveals the Scripture  reading it is born from. The Gospel reading is read near the end of the Sermon, to keep the element of surprise for your listening, we haven't included the scripture reference here. 

This episode is the last episode in our five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible.  This week, we read passages from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 NIVUK Revelation 21:1-7, 22-27 NIVUK We hope you've enjoyed the series!

This episode is part four of a five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible.  This week, we read passages from 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 NIVUK and Acts 2:42-47 NIVUK

This episode is part three of a five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible. This week, we read passages from Mark 1:1-15 NIVUK and Colossians 1:15-20 NRSVue

This episode is part two of a five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible. This week, we read passages from Genesis chapters 12:1-9 and Malachi 3:6-7, 3:13-4:6.

This episode is part one of a five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible. This week, we read passages from Genesis chapters 1 and 2. This episode is a rerecording of the sermon Luke preached on Sunday 19 April 2026. We haven't been releasing episodes recently because we've had some problems with our recording equipment, So we've decided to rerec...

This episode is a rerecording of the sermon Luke preached on Easter Sunday 5 April 2026 from Matthew 28:1-15. We haven't been releasing episodes recently because we've had some problems with our recording equipment, so we've decided to rerecord and release some of the sermons and reflections from the last few weeks.

This episode is a rerecording of the sermon Luke preached on Sunday 22 March 2026 from John 11:1-45, the story of the raising of Lazarus.  We haven't been releasing episodes recently because we've had some problems with our recording equipment, So we've decided to rerecord and release some of the sermons and reflections from the last few weeks.