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On Sunday, John Dickinson continued our series on the God Story, as we looked at the events within Israel and how it was a nation that rose and fell. John reminded us that the Kingdom of God is always a mixture or heavenly concerns and earthly concerns, that the place where the heavenly and earthly concerns meet is often  in & through the lives of faithful people, and finally, that in this life, God doesn’t give up on the people he binds himself to.

Romans 9:1-5; 11:25-36

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan led us in the next part of our series in The God Story. This week looked specifically at the characters of Pharaoh, Shiphra, Puah and Moses. Jamie challenged us to think about the place that empire has in our world and our lives – even in the church – and how we are called to live as a counter-cultural people.

Exodus 15:1-5; 11

On Sunday, we jumped back into our autumn series, The God Story, as we unpack the big narrative or Scripture and it's unfolding impact in our stories. This week, Dave Dickinson unpacked the theme, The Seed of Promise, looking at the life of Abram/Abraham and few key moments. Dave highlighted a God's Voice, Promise, Presence, Covenant through Abraham's life.

Various Texts

On Sunday, we had a full day as we concluded our In-House Weekend and celebrated our 10th birthday. We also brought into land our Values series, unpacking the value of witness. Dave Dickinson shared on how to be a witness is to Announce, Embody & Demonstrate. 

Acts 2:42-47

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our series on our values as unpacked the theme of Worship. Dave highlighted that worship is one of the most critiqued elements of the church and yet worship was never about something to consume but what we're made for. Dave unpacked two main themes – Beholding & Ordinary Holy.

Various Scripture Texts

On Sunday, we hit pause on our God Story series and are dipping into our values for the next three weeks. We had Jamie McMillan with us, unpacking our value of community. We looked at the words of Jesus in John 1:11-14. Jamie highlighted that community is both about Family & Movement.

John 1:11-14

On Sunday, Jamie McMillan continued our series The God Story, unpacking the big moments of Scripture. This week, we looked at the early events of the Fall, and its implications and outworking in our lives and world. Jamie highlighted the Consequences, Operation and Response of the fall.

Genesis 3:1-10 / Genesis 11:1-9

On Sunday, we jumped into our autumn series that will see us through to the Christmas narrative. This series is called The God Story – based on the book by Alain Emerson & Adam Cox. And the premise of this series is to explore the unfailing love of God in the unfolding narrative of Scripture. This week, we started at the beginning, at the origin. Dave Dickinson unpacked that in Genesis 1-2, we see four key themes: Presence, Family, Creation & Kingdom.

Genesis 1-2

I'm Sunday, Dave Dickinson closed our series on the life of Joseph as we looked at the resolve in his life and the promise of the restoration of all things. Jospeh's story is a reminder that we have a story to live towards that is greater than ours; and that not even our worst moments are wasted.

Genesis 43-45

On Sunday, Dave Dickinson continued our 4-part series on the life of Jospeh. We looked at how his life takes a great U-turn as he finds himself being moved from prison to the palace. Joseph became one of the highest officials of the day. Dave unpacks two key themes – Perspective & Platform.

Genesis 41-42