Do you remember hitting an awkward stage as a child, where your arms and legs had grown longer so that your coordination was a bit off? And because it takes time to recalibrate, you’d trip over a deceptively flat bit of floor or knock a vase off a table that had never caused you problems in the past. This week in our text in the book of Acts, we see a local church experiencing growing pains because of the significant growth that has come about. Join us as we explore the kind of adjustments needed so that the word of God will continue to increase and disciples continue to multiply!

Inadequate! Sometimes my teacher would write this on a report, especially for music. It’s how we feel when faced with a huge task in which we have neither training, nor tools, nor friends to help accomplish it. The task facing us, like the early disciples, is huge: the whole world needs to hear the Gospel. But Jesus sends his Spirit, to give us a new family, to fill us so we can proclaim the gospel, and to give gifts so the new community can grow and serve one another and the world. The truth is, we are not inadequate, but more than adequate. So much more.

Have you ever tried to appear to be something you’re not to fit in? How do you feel when a close friend turns out not to be the person you thought they were? Many of us try to put our best foot forward on social media. We attempt to hide our quirks as we start in a new job or school. But what’s the true cost of all our attempts to appear better than we are? Join us this Sunday to discover

Do you recall being invited, as a younger child, to play with the older kids? Remember the sense of exhilaration and fear, as well as the sense of ‘how am I going to keep up’? Especially when you find you’ve got the ball, the big lad is bearing down on you, and he can tell you feel outmatched! In the same way, the Lord invites us, as disciples, to take part in the great game of eternity. At times this collides with resistance from those oppose him. How then should we react? Join us this Sunday as we uncover how to persevere in our engagement with God’s mission in the ‘age of the Spirit'.

Have you ever felt like you stick out like a sore thumb? Like you just don’t belong anywhere? Or maybe you’ve found a community, but you feel a bit aimless? Like you’ve got no purpose in life? The need to belong and the need to believe in something bigger than ourselves are things with which we all wrestle. Join us this Sunday as we discover how believing in Jesus and belonging to him leads us into a new way to be human.

Bono once said, “music can change the world because it can change people”. There might be some truth to that, but there’s more music available to us than ever before and yet the world doesn’t seem like it’s getting any better. So how do you pursue change in our world? Through social activism? Political influence? Mass protests? Donating money to the right causes? Join us this Sunday as we discover Jesus’ explosive, counter-intuitive way of changing the world.

When a couple is expecting a new baby, the parents start to transition their frames of reference, even before the actual birth. They prepare a new bedroom. They start to imagine being a family and not just a couple. They begin to budget. They don’t realise all that will happen, but they are expecting to be changed. Join us this Sunday as we begin a new preaching series in the Book of Acts, looking at the days of expectation leading up to the momentous birth of the Body of Christ.

Have you ever struggled to make sense of life? Or, inversely, do you feel in control of your life, but still have a nagging feeling that something’s missing? Join us as we close out our preaching series in Nehemiah by looking at three big truths that anchor and give purpose to our lives.

How do you handle disappointment in life? Do you ever struggle to see how things will get better? Join us to explore how Nehemiah handles disappointment following significant success and what we need to know about persevering in faith.

Have you ever sung your heart out at a concert or football match? Did you notice something magical - spiritual even - about joining your voice with thousands of others? Singing together moves us in mysterious ways that few have captured with words. But the things that make us sing the loudest reveal much about who we are and what we value. Join us as we explore why we need to sing, what we need to sing about, and why we need to do it together.