Relationships are Central Lockdown has reinforced for all of us how central relationships are to life. We’ve sorely missed some relationships – family and close friends interstate and oversees, or even just more than 5kms away! And for those of …

1. The Armenian people If you have even been to Beauchamp Park you would have seen an Armenian Khachkar which is Armenian cross-stone. It was installed in the park in 2015 to remember those who died in Armenian Genocide carried …

Introduction There are many things in this world that people set their hope on. We have recently had the Olympic Games in Japan to keep us partly occupied while we remain in lockdown. Now Olympians train incredibly hard. Take swimmers …

1. Hope matters Hope is part of our lives and having hope matters. It’s important. We all need hope for it is what sustains us and keeps us going through the hard times that inevitably come our way. Hope enables …

Introduction Maybe this is a familiar story to you, I pray that God will speak to you through it today in a new way We are going to go through it verse by verse – it’s one story in five …

Loving the World and not loving the world As God’s people, we are called to love God by not loving the world. That’s what we’ve been reflecting on over the past five weeks. As 1 John tells us, ‘If anyone …

Tokyo Olympics How much of the Olympics did you watch? I’m not a big fan of watching sport on TV but with everyone shut in as we have been and with most of the family wanting to watch I couldn’t …

Sexual Immorality and the Church   ‘Not even a hint’ Last week, as part of our series ‘flirting with the world’, Philip spoke on one of the most common, enduring and powerful forms of temptation in all times and places …

1. Watch out Consumerism In many countries around the world people are accumulating more and more things. We have more and more stuff and our homes are increasingly filled with things that we don’t really need or that we will …