Verso Church Podcast.

We come to the part of the Christmas story telling us about the arrival of our Saviour Jesus. But unlike the momentous arrival of Hollywood superheroes, His arrival is a remarkably unremarkable affair, born out of sight in a overlooked manger. As we read on into the story of His birth, we see Jesus came to bring peace to all mankind; visiting them as three key groups: the insiders, the outsiders a...

As we continue to look at the arrival of Jesus this Christmas season, we come to Part 3 of our story, the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. We learn that the fulfilment of God’s plans and purposes always require us to go, and that Mary and Joseph’s journey uncovers 3 characteristics which are still relevant for us today.

In this talk our Founding Pastor, Chris Lane,  takes up the title “First Contact” and encourages us to believe that God is always reaching out to us. He concludes by asking the question “Where are you?”

Long before Marvel stories about superheroes saving the planet, and sci-fi movies with visitors from outer space, there was the story of Jesus coming to planet earth to save the human race.  Although unlike a tale of Hollywood, this is not science fiction. As we look at the story of Christmas and His ARRIVAL, we see that He came in peace, bringing His light to break into our darkness, and in so do...

Following the GIFT series we take time to listen to how Jesus has revealed himself through the testimonies of our church family. In this short talk, Richard looks at how testimonies tell us who God is and what he will do again.

Mark brings our series to a close by repeating the question he poised at the start, ‘What gift has God put in your hand?’. Looking at the story of Moses and the burning bush, we learn 5 truths that set us on a path to responding to His call and in so doing, being a gift to others.

Continuing our Gift series, Mark focuses this week on another team who serve so faithfully, the Trustees. We take some time to talk to outgoing Trustee Mark Bevis and our Chairman Tim Winfield, and we also welcome our newly appointed Trustees, Andrea-Taylor Cummings, Bruce McKinnon and Ruth Robb.

We read in the Bible of a God who is compassionate and just. What does this mean for us as followers of Jesus, how should we respond? And how can i use what is in my hands to serve our community and make  a Kingdom Impact.

Representing a third of our church each Sunday, our kids and youth are changing the world as we know it, but who will they change it for?

Continuing on from the ‘Gift’ series we focus on the Sunday teams. Denise also looks at what we give out to others often reflects what we have received.

Kicking off a new 6-part series, Mark asks the question, ‘What’s in your hands?’ God has placed various ‘gifts of grace’ in the hands of each and every one of us in order that we can serve. How we respond to this opportunity determines whether we in turn become a gift to others.

Isabel encourages us to live in the place of ‘God said’ and not limiting God by what we know.

In the finale of this series, Richard shows how embracing courage, in the face of fear, could be the tipping point to something extraordinary.

In the final part, we look at the 5 main ways God speaks today and practical tips on how to test the word is really from God.

Did you know that God is speaking to you? In this two-part talk, we look at the story of Samuel and how he positioned himself to listen to God, learning that we too can hear from Him today.

Many are sick and tired of being sick and tired…but God’s plan is for us to have abundant life in Christ through the Holy Spirit, and for His joy to be in us in overflowing measure! How do we live life to the full, and experience the power of His presence at all times, even when things are tough?

In an age where it seems people are increasingly feeling hopelessness, we learn that certain hope can only be found in Jesus. Looking at Hebrews 6:19 we learn that when the storms of life rage, our hope in Jesus is an anchor to our soul.

We all know that God commands us to love our neighbour but what does this look like in an increasingly individualistic world? What are some of the prejudices we might hold in our heart that prevent us? and how can we love our communities back to life?

Henry reminds us that Jesus chose in his last teaching to his disciples to liken himself to a vine, where his father is the vinedresser. But what does it look like to abide in the vine, to be tended by the vinedresser and pruned by the word?

How do we respond to Jesus’ invitation to ‘come and have breakfast?’ Looking at the story of Jesus appearing to the disciples and inviting them for breakfast, we learn that Jesus extends the same invitation to us today.

In this talk, our Founding Pastor Chris Lane, encourages us to let God be God!

Denise looks at what exactly is God’s Kingdom, how we enter it and our position in the Kingdom. She unpacks what we receive from the King to satisfy our needs which enables us to give to others in this world.

Kicking off our Summer Series, ‘From Me to You’, Mark asks the questions, is Jesus our Commander?

Concluding our mini talk-series, Treasure, we look at Jesus’ command to store up treasures in Heaven, asking the question, what does this look like?  Rather than a transaction devoid of relationship, we see how our giving positions reveal our heart for God and signal our devotion to Him.  And in response, He reveals His heart to us through His blessings.

In this mini two-part series, Mark asks the question, 'Where is your treasure?'. As we look at the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:20-21, we discover that where are treasure is, our heart is also. As Jesus challenges us that we cannot serve both money and God, Mark looks at 4 indicators of serving money.