It's all downhill from here...And Peter is none too sure about Jesus' call to downward mobility. How about you?

Sometimes things don’t quite go the way we expect!

We meet in the readings today three characters who discovered that what they had thought about how God worked was about to be radically changed.

We have reached the halfway point of Mark’s gospel, and not just literally. Today’s gospel passage is the hinge on which the gospel turns. Mark’s gospel, which begins with “the good news of Jesus Christ”, shifts gear. From his ministry in Galilee, focus now turns to Jerusalem, to where Jesus will be crucified.

Our focus in Lent points us in the same direction.

Cassandra orients us to the beginning of the season of Lent in the liturgical calendar. She explores the ways in which the church over time has learnt to keep company with Jesus in the wilderness.

A little dose of the wilderness is not such a bad thing, now and then…

Using three key passages of Scripture we work to establish a Theology of Children’s Ministry. We gain an understanding of why we do what we do in the context of our church services and how to lead our children in their spiritual growth.

What heals a man with leprosy – Jesus’ touch or his words? And what is the place for touch in a post-Covid, risk-averse world?

Kōrerotia tō kōrero. Tell your story.

Sermon given at our 9.30am service, Sunday 4 February 2024

I want to tell you about three men and a baby.

The first man is Philip. We read about him in today’s gospel.

The second man is Thomas Aquinas. It is his saint’s day today.

The third man is called Ethan.

And the baby is also called Ethan, the newly baptised among us today!

Listen as we explore what ‘Trust’ means, what it looks like and where we find ourselves in the two-way connection of trust between God and ourselves. What are the building blocks of Trust? How does God fulfil our trust? What does it mean to truly work on sustaining our trust in Him and overcoming the blockers we put in the way.