Friends: We love them, we need them and we all recognise the important role they have to play in our lives. But what does it mean to be a 'Godly' friend? How can we avoid settling for 'low-quality' friendships and instead have and be the kind of friends who enrich each other's lives the way God intended? James Wong shares four traits of Godly friends from Proverbs before facilitating a panel discussion with Mitch Brice and Chrystal Buckingham-Jones.

Marriage

Relationship series - Singleness 2023

Matt Sparks

After 37 chapters of apparent 'silence' - God speaks. Job encounters the awe-inspiring, terrifying God and is humbled.

The book of Job is an invitation to enter into the ancient art of lamenting. In this message James Wong explains the place of lament in the Scriptures and gives us practical steps to help us grow in this necessary yet forgotten practice.

Six things NOT to say to someone who is suffering!

God's power and goodness violently collide with the suffering of this world. How do we make sense of this tension? How does God run the world? What kind of God is he? Why do bad things happen to good people? Is there such a thing as innocent suffering? Job launches us into the heart of the human experience and gives us a God who doesn't answer our questions but is with us in our pain.

God's Vision for the world is to unite all things together under Christ. We play a part in God's mission as people who declare and demonstrate the reign of God in Christ. We also celebrate our partnership with Scott & Ruth and their work in the Philippines.

How do we endure in our faith for the long haul?

Guest preacher Adrian Tam from City To City Australia preaches on Luke 24:13-35.