The Four Loves: ways to understand the depth of our relationship with God and each other.

This week Pastor Jen looks at storge - the love of family affection - and teaches us to find our true sense of family and deepest affection in God’s adoption of us as sons and daughters.

Teaching text: Genesis 43:29-30

The Four Loves: ways to understand the depth of our relationship with God and each other.

This week Pastor Mike looks at philia- the love of friendship - and challenges us to create spiritual friendships that lead us deeper in trust, accountability and faith in Jesus.

Teaching text: Proverbs 18:24

The Four Loves: ways to understand the depth of our relationship with God and each other.

In the first message of our series on Love, Ps Mike explores the idea of eros - romantic love & sexual attraction - and shares wisdom from scripture on how eros In every relationship stage can bring glory to God.

Teaching text: 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Prayer: where theology becomes experience and we have conversations with the divine.

As we finish the series, Ps Mike speaks to our greatest desire - for God to come in power in response to our prayers - and challenges us to instead long for the presence of God as our daily reality.

Teaching text: Matthew 9:1-8

Prayer: where theology becomes experience and we have conversations with the divine.

Our deepest prayer happens when nobody is looking. In this week’s message, Rev Brant Jones shares about the beauty of intimacy with Jesus in the quiet moments of our lives and how our prayer lives are driven by that intimacy, with both strategic and spontaneous benefits coming from it.

Teaching text: Matthew 6:5-8

Prayer: where theology becomes experience and we have conversations with the divine.

Spiritual gifts such as speaking in tongues and prophesying can be controversial and confronting, but in this message, Ps Jen explains why both of them are gifts in different measures and how they can bring benefit to our prayer lives and the whole church.

Teaching text: 1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Prayer: where theology becomes experience and we have conversations with the divine.

If we want to live like Jesus, we should pray like Jesus. Ps Mike unpacks Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, before showing us Jesus’ own prayer habit and how we need habits like this to prepare us for times of trouble in our lives.

Teaching text: Matthew 6:5-15

Prayer: where theology becomes experience and we have conversations with the divine.

Ps Mike kicks off our fresh new series on prayer by taking a look at why we pray and showing us why putting praise first in our lives reorients our entire lives around God and helps us find purpose.

Teaching text: Philippians 4:4-7

In this one-off message 3 of our brilliant Encounter interns, Sarah, Jacob & Jemima share their stories and unpack what it looks like to have faith, hope and love in God as shared by Paul to the Corinthians.

Teaching text: 1 Corinthians 13:11-13

Community is a delicate and beautiful thing. It requires sacrifice, dedication and mutual respect. In this interactive message from our first Encounter Camp, Ps Mike talks us through Paul’s use of the Body of Christ to show how in order to belong to each other, we need to die to ourselves.

Teaching text: 1 Cor 12:12-27