Oswald Chambers once said that "A life of intimacy with God is characterised by joy." This week Katie shares Part Two of a message on joy, sharing about the 'friends of joy' - Peace, Letting Go and Faith.

Enjoy this encouraging message as we move into the first week of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus at Christmas time. You can find our Advent devotional at www.curatechurch.com/advent

John Arts shares from his theological background about the importance and the power of the ascension of Jesus - where Jesus was raised from the dead after his crucifixion. John takes us through six points of what the ascension of Jesus means for us today as his followers.

Katie Milgate shares Part One of a message on joy - the oil of gladness, talking from her experiences of a journey into joy. Katie encourages us to decide where the source of our joy comes from, and suggests that it should be coming from our saviour Jesus.

In John 16:33 Jesus said “In this world you will have trouble.” Joel Milgate shares about how we all go through times of testing, explores the different sorts of testing we will encounter, and gives some thoughts on how we should respond during these times.

The Rev. Dr. Nathan McClellan shares with us from the passage of scripture found in Ephesians 3:14-21. He explains how each section of these verses is like a link in a chain which link together one after another.

Nathan also explains the background to why Paul wrote these verses (he starts with “For this reason . . .”) and references a well loved children’s picture book for good measure.

Joel shares the eighth message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 4:10-20. This passage includes the verse that starts “I can do all things . . .”. Joel shares the great ‘secret’ Paul had learnt to be able to say this, with some key ideas of how we can apply it to our lives.

Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most likely in Rome and his writing reveals the strong bond between Paul and this church. It's a letter of encouragement and is filled with theological richness that still speaks to the life of faith following Jesus today.

To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through the reflection guide that accompanies this series together. You can find out more about groups at www.curatechurch.com/groups

Joel shares the seventh message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 4:4-9. This scripture tells us to “not worry about anything”. Joel shares about how this could look, and what we should do instead.

Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most likely in Rome and his writing reveals the strong bond between Paul and this church. It's a letter of encouragement and is filled with theological richness that still speaks to the life of faith following Jesus today.

To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through the reflection guide that accompanies this series together. You can find out more about groups at www.curatechurch.com/groups

Joel shares the sixth message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 3:10-16. We are encouraged from the scripture to ‘press on’, using the analogy of a cross-country running race.

Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most likely in Rome and his writing reveals the strong bond between Paul and this church. It's a letter of encouragement and is filled with theological richness that still speaks to the life of faith following Jesus today.

To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through the reflection guide that accompanies this series together. You can find out more about groups at www.curatechurch.com/groups

Joel shares the fifth message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 3:1-11. There are three ‘W’ words in this passage that we focus on -
- Whatever
- Watch Out
- Worth Less

Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most likely in Rome and his writing reveals the strong bond between Paul and this church. It's a letter of encouragement and is filled with theological richness that still speaks to the life of faith following Jesus today.

To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through the reflection guide that accompanies this series together. You can find out more about groups at www.curatechurch.com/groups

Katie introduces our annual Vision Offering and then shares the fourth message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 2:12-18 & Philippians 2:19-30. Katie talks about ‘not grumbling’ and the importance of all of us to ‘play our part’ in the church.

Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most likely in Rome and his writing reveals the strong bond between Paul and this church. It's a letter of encouragement and is filled with theological richness that still speaks to the life of faith following Jesus today.

To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through the reflection guide that accompanies this series together. You can find out more about groups at www.curatechurch.com/groups