The early Church broke new ground in creating a relational network so that God’s Church could grow and go!

Series: Together: the Church in Acts

Speaker: Caitlin Chambers

Date: 7/16/2023

By following the lifestyle of the Acts Church, we can choose to live in a radically generous and genuinely subversive way, that counters mainstream culture and reflects the life of the Spirit moving in us as a community.

Passage: Acts 2:42-47; 4:34-37; 20:34

Series: Together: the Church in Acts

Speaker: Mark Poniatowski

Date: 7/2/2023

Hospitality ministry is to provide a welcoming environment of love, acceptance, comfort, support, care, and unity for visitors, members, guests, and friends in order to enhance their worship experience, encourage fellowship, and help build a community of believers.

Passage: Acts 2:46; Acts 4:32

Series: Together: the Church in Acts

We focus on the story of one man. It’s a story of rescue, of an outsider becoming an insider, of someone who was excluded being included. How would God reverse this situation? By sending!

Passage: Acts 8:26-39

Series: Together: the Church in Acts

Speaker: Richard Colbrook

Corporate worship - what is it, why do we need it and how should we go about it? We’ll look at the importance of the resurrection and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Passage: Acts 2:46-47; Psalm 100

Series: Together: the Church in Acts

Speaker: Abby Sheard

How do we make our church community totally Christ centred? How does building our church around Jesus help us be radical, powerful and irresistible?

Passage: Acts 2:42-47

Series: Together: the Church in Acts

Speaker: Bekah Atkins

We begin our series in Acts with a brief look at the who, when, what and why of Luke's 'volume 2.' Then we consider the main event in the opening two chapters - the gift of the Holy Spirit. We see how his coming changed everything - the disciples' understanding of their identity, their destiny, and their ability to live a life pleasing to God.

Passages: Acts 1:4, 8; 2:1-18, 36-41; 8:1-17; 10:44-48.

Series: Together: the Church in Acts

Speaker: Rick Thomas

We started our series about the church with “We not me”. But ‘we’ is bigger than we might think – it’s ‘we’ beyond us. The church exists for the world, and we are called to be salt and light in dark places where there’s pain, poverty, injustice, sickness, violence and sin. We’re to be a beacon of God’s hope and

Passage: Matthew 5:13-16

Series: People of God

Speaker: Richard Colbrook

The angel specifically tells the women to tell devastated Peter on resurrection morning. In this we catch a glimpse of the heart of Jesus – gentle, deeply understanding, humble, lowly and accessible. This isn’t just for Peter – it’s for each of us too.

Passage: Mark 16:1-8, Matthew 11:28-30

Speaker: Richard Colbrook

The empty tomb shows that the cross is the answer. Forgiveness is total. Friendship is available. Forever is secure

Passage: Mark 16:1-7, Psalm 32:1-2

Speaker: Rich Colbrook