Advent is the season when we prepare ourselves to receive God’s gift of Jesus. It is a time of “getting ready” for the celebration of Christmas. The mood of Advent is that of longing, expectation, and waiting. Advent is a time when we yearn for Jesus to come back to completely remake all things as the returning King.
In this season we reflect on what it means to live as disciples of the risen Lord. We learn of the upsidedown way of the cross, that the first will be last and the last will be first.
During the season of Epiphany, we seek to open our eyes to Christ in the world. The stories that we read in scripture are about the revealing of Christ to the world, as a baby and during the transfiguration.
During ordinary time in 2021, as we re-emerge from the pandemic, we are exploring the themes of returning from exile, reconnecting with God and people and re-establishing spiritual rhythms and practices in this new season.
New eyes - fresh perspective in the season of Epiphany - January 2021
The season of Epiphany begins on or near to 6 January when we remember the way that God invited even foreign astrologers to witness the birth of Christ. For those with eyes wide open, there is much to see, even in the midst of a global pandemic.
During this lockdown Easter season in 2020 we can relate to the disciples hiding behind locked doors. The risen Christ comes to stand among us at this time.
Covenant - choosing the narrow way - February 2020
Beginning with our covenant service, this series explores passages from the Sermon on the Mount which remind us of what the commitment to walk the narrow way implies.
This series continues our journey through Luke as we walk in the footsteps of Jesus, listening to his teaching and watching his actions. The words of the old Jewish blessing 'may you be covered in the dust of your rabbi' encourage us to stay close to him.
Our Luke advent series invites us to not only look back to the first coming of Christ, but to be conscious of the God who is among us now and who will return in glory.
We stay with the lectionary readings during this season of Easter which takes us through the weeks following the resurrection of Jesus and leads up to the Ascension and Pentecost
Covenant - the faithfulness of God - February 2018
This Lenten series follows the lectionary readings, picking up on the covenants described in the Old Testament, which point to the New Covenant mediated by Jesus on Calvary.
Using Trevor Hudson's little book as a guide for our journey through Advent, we are invited to pause each day in reflection for a few minutes. The four Sundays in advent focus on four characters in the Christmas story.
A five week series covering letters written to the churches in Corinth, Galatia, Colossae, Philippi and John's letters to the church. Each sermon gives a survey of the context and key issues prompting the letter and then asks what it says to us today.
John who? - rediscovering the treasures of our Wesleyan heritage - July 2017
A four week series which looks at the story of the Wesley's, the contribution of the Wesleyan movement to the Church, and what it means to be a Methodist today.
A four week series covering forgiveness, simplicity, gratitude and identity - in each case looking at something that we need to let go of, and something to take on
We begin the year with a series that invites us to explore the depths - to move beyond worship as empty ritual, relationship as superficial small talk, discipleship as legalism and mission as charity.
The face of God - revealed in Jesus - November 2016
During this advent season we are reminded that Jesus shows us the face of God. Over the weeks leading up to Christmas day we will be thinking about what Jesus reveals about the character of God.
Surprised by joy - life lessons from Philippi - October 2016
Paul's letter to the Philippians is written from a jail cell and yet its defining quality is joy. In this series we take a chapter of this letter each week as we explore the theme of joy, concluding with our annual thanksgiving service at the end of October.
Inside out - God at work in our feelings - April 2016
Using the children's movie Inside Out as a central analogy, this four week series considers our emotions - joy, anger, sadness, fear and the way that God works redemptively through them.
In the early history of the church, new believers were baptised on Easter Sunday. They had been through a lengthy process of preparation and formation as catachumens (those receiving instruction). This Lent we will journey to the cross as a catechumenate - a body of catechumens. As we approach the cross, we will remember our own baptism - that we were baptised with Christ in his death and raised with him into new life.
The first commission given to people was to care for God's good creation. In many ways we have failed in this task and the church needs to take a lead in the area of environmental justice.
The period from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday during which we follow the Revised Common Lectionary readings, this year around the unifying theme of 'giving it up for Lent'.
What is the good life? What does it mean to live well, to live with meaning, and to live in such a way that our lives have eternal significance. We explore these questions in a four week series which ends with our annual covenant service.
Since the sixth century the church has provided teaching on the seven deadly sins that separate us from God and have the potential to destroy us. In this series we examine them as well as the corresponding virtues that lead us into life.
