Facing trials is tough. It is easy to float downstream. But heading upstream takes courage, tenacity, and intention. Where does one find the impulse to go upstream amidst life’s obstacles? Pastor Brett discusses the role of trust/faith and in this raw and real teaching examines how we can process suffering and trials while holding onto hope.

We live in a world with pressures all around us and it is easy for our soul to become weary. In this teaching, Jim Richards looks at the story of God speaking to a weary prophet and provides insights on how we can overcome the weariness of the soul.

We default to thinking about ourselves first and we are trained to have ambition to educate and establish ourselves. It seems life is often about climbing to greater self-achievement, self-empowerment, and self-fulfilment. Lots of self… is it working? What does Jesus have to say about this? Jesus speaks of true greatness, true living, and abiding joy and his path towards the abundant life is quite counterintuitive.

Confession & forgiveness are key practices for soul health. In this teaching, guest speaker Mike Bidell reminds us that the good news of Jesus frees us from having to hide or impress as we can bring all our shadows to him and find forgiveness and grace.

What is true human flourishing? It appears as you survey our cultural narrative true human flourishing is found in self-fulfilment. In contrast to this, Jesus makes the radical claim that true human flourishing is found in him and we experience it not through self-fulfilment but in fact through self-denial. Through this sermon we have three teachers unpack what true human flourishing is as defined by Jesus according to John 15.

Jesus invites us to life to the full and a way that is easy and light. But life doesn’t feel light, it feels noisy, hectic, and busy. We are more anxious and overwhelmed then we were a decade ago. Where is the peace? Where is the fullness of life? Pastor Brett looks at the ways of Jesus and his practice of solitude and how following the lifestyle of Jesus can help lead us to receiving life from Jesus.

What do you want in life? What do you want? It seems we find ourselves always “busy” and mostly “tired.” Why? Where are we rushing to? Who are we hurrying to become? In the midst of ourselves, Jesus invites us to peace, rest, and ease but his invitation has some challenge...it will involve some decluttering. But it is worth it.

Jesus as the king of the world, breaks into human history, and who are the people that surround his birth? Not the strong or the powerful but the unexpected characters. This triple teach unpacks the Christmas story from the perspective of the shepherd, Mary and the wise men and examines their response to Jesus and how that impacts our response in the twenty-first century.

The Christmas story has long ignited our imagination as it is full of supernatural elements, which includes the virgin birth, the guiding star and the God of the universe becoming a small child. But did this story actually happen? In this teaching, Brenden will look at the prophecy of Isaiah as he examined the prophetic, mythological and historical nature of Christmas, in which the light of our world breaks into our darkness.

If we are going to live outside the box and invest for the future of this life and the next we need to take action. Jesus is inviting us into more. He is inviting us to think and live outside the box.