James Torrens brings you a message for the new year from Genesis 22 v 1 - 19. 

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David Hendrickse opens up Matthew 2 v 1 - 12.  

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James Torrens speaks from Matthew chapter 1 v 18 - 25 and interviews one of our mission partners Dawn Jackson during our all-age Christmas carol service from the 19th December 2021

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David Hendrickse brings you his sermon on Matthew chapter 1 v 1 - 17

For this second Sunday in Advent we go back to the prophet Micah, 700 years Before Christ, to hear his prophecy of hope amidst the darkness of the Lord's judgement on his sinful people. In Micah 2 v 12, 13 we see how the Lord himself will gather the scattered children of God to make them one and be the King who breaks open the way and goes before them, something that Jesus Christ has done for us through his life, death, resurrection and ascension

On this first Sunday in Advent, Peter Humphris opens up the message of Lamentations 3 v 1 - 33 showing us how: Disappointments (often) find their origin in the character of God (verses 1 - 18); disappointments find their purpose in the covenant love of God (verses 19 - 30); disappointments find their fulfilment in the compassion of God (verses 31 - 33).

John Calvin, the 16th century Reformer, famously called this world the 'theatre of God's glory'. But what is glory? And why did God create this world as a theatre of his glory? And what part are we as humans called to play in this theatre of glory? This message seeks to answer those 3 questions. Bible readings for this message were Isaiah 43 v 1 – 7; Isaiah 49 v 1 – 3; 2 Corinthians 4 v 4 – 6

David Hendrickse asks what it means for humans to be made in the image of God and the relevance that has for our place in God's world and the work that we do

God's verdict on creation - good, very good! - teaches us that God, as Douglas Kelly has said, loves material reality. And despite the presence of sin in the world, Paul's words to Timothy teach us that the created order is still good and to be received with thanksgiving 1 Timothy 4 v 4

If we are to make sense of the world and our place in it - including knowing how to respond to the challenges posed by climate change and the apocalyptic warnings given by some - then we need to begin at the beginning. The opening words of Genesis give us a solid foundation and mean that, as Christians, we are neither passive nor panic-stricken.