Stairway Church

Our formation to Christlikeness is always for the sake of others. Through the life of Jesus, we see love expressed to the poor, marginalised and oppressed—we see a life laid down for the benefit of others. As followers of Jesus, the natural expression of who we are in Him will result in an active engagement with a broken and hurting world. As a community, Stairway has a rich history of pursuing justice locally, nationally and internationally. 

Dave & Christy start our new For the Sake of Others series by setting the context of biblical justice. They share the history of Stairway pursuing justice and the development and heart of For Goodness Sake.

The Father's desire for us as His followers is that we would be one as we gather around the person of Christ. Unfortunately, we live in a polarised, fragmented and divided world, and this reality can permeate our life together as the Church—working against God's creational intent. Yet, we are called to love, to pursue oneness, and to seek unity.

This series will explore the vision of a community that is one and the postures that are required to stay at the table in the face of relational tension. May we be a community of image-bearers who are truly known by our love for one another as we become a genuine and deep community that gathers around Christ.

Matt Romano wraps up our series this week by reviewing the past six weeks. He invites Pete and Lyn McHugh to share their wisdom and experience on oneness and staying at the table to foster the oneness we are all called to.

The Father's desire for us as His followers is that we would be one as we gather around the person of Christ. Unfortunately, we live in a polarised, fragmented and divided world, and this reality can permeate our life together as the Church—working against God's creational intent. Yet, we are called to love, to pursue oneness, and to seek unity.

This series will explore the vision of a community that is one and the postures that are required to stay at the table in the face of relational tension. May we be a community of image-bearers who are truly known by our love for one another as we become a genuine and deep community that gathers around Christ.

This week Anna takes a look at the final posture of staying at the table–Joy. Joy is important for spiritual transformation, emotional wellbeing and developing a stable identity. Joy is not something that just happens to us, it is the result of living in surrender and intimacy with God and in healthy relationship with others.

The Father's desire for us as His followers is that we would be one as we gather around the person of Christ. Unfortunately, we live in a polarised, fragmented and divided world, and this reality can permeate our life together as the Church—working against God's creational intent. Yet, we are called to love, to pursue oneness, and to seek unity.

This series will explore the vision of a community that is one and the postures that are required to stay at the table in the face of relational tension. May we be a community of image-bearers who are truly known by our love for one another as we become a genuine and deep community that gathers around Christ.

Join us as Nartarsha shares on remaining at the table, in relationship with one another, we need to have a heart posture of love. We cannot do this alone, we must be filled with the love of Jesus. He is the ultimate example of what love looks like, and it is only through experiencing His love that we can truly love one another.

The Father's desire for us as His followers is that we would be one as we gather around the person of Christ. Unfortunately, we live in a polarised, fragmented and divided world, and this reality can permeate our life together as the Church—working against God's creational intent. Yet, we are called to love, to pursue oneness, and to seek unity.

This series will explore the vision of a community that is one and the postures that are required to stay at the table in the face of relational tension. May we be a community of image-bearers who are truly known by our love for one another as we become a genuine and deep community that gathers around Christ.

Matt continues our look at the postures required to maintain oneness in community with an exploration of forgiveness. We embrace a "ready-to-forgive" posture, which is by leaning forward in a ready-to-forgive posture even as we lean backward on the already-forgiven status we have received at the cross.

The Father's desire for us as His followers is that we would be one as we gather around the person of Christ. Unfortunately, we live in a polarised, fragmented and divided world, and this reality can permeate our life together as the Church—working against God's creational intent. Yet, we are called to love, to pursue oneness, and to seek unity.

This series will explore the vision of a community that is one and the postures that are required to stay at the table in the face of relational tension. May we be a community of image-bearers who are truly known by our love for one another as we become a genuine and deep community that gathers around Christ.

This week Sarah speaks on the characteristic of Humility in maintaining Oneness. This message unpacks the true meaning behind humility, not as meekness or weakness but as an act of great strength and the end goal of our discipleship.

The Father's desire for us as His followers is that we would be one as we gather around the person of Christ. Unfortunately, we live in a polarised, fragmented and divided world, and this reality can permeate our life together as the Church—working against God's creational intent. Yet, we are called to love, to pursue oneness, and to seek unity.

This series will explore the vision of a community that is one and the postures that are required to stay at the table in the face of relational tension. May we be a community of image-bearers who are truly known by our love for one another as we become a genuine and deep community that gathers around Christ.

This week Christy continues to give an overview of the theme, focussing on our oneness with one another.

The Father's desire for us as His followers is that we would be one as we gather around the person of Christ. Unfortunately, we live in a polarised, fragmented and divided world, and this reality can permeate our life together as the Church—working against God's creational intent. Yet, we are called to love, to pursue oneness, and to seek unity.

This series will explore the vision of a community that is one and the postures that are required to stay at the table in the face of relational tension. May we be a community of image-bearers who are truly known by our love for one another as we become a genuine and deep community that gathers around Christ.

Dave kicks off our new series That They May Be One with an overview of what we will dive into over the next couple of months. To partner and participate in Jesus’ prayer for oneness and unity among His church requires that we adopt postures of humility, forgiveness, love and joy.

This week Nartarsha has a conversation with Joel and Ally Dowling on Hosting God's presence.God is present everywhere: we cannot escape or hide ourselves from him. As we become aware of God’s presence and align ourselves with Him, we become a habitation of His presence. God's presence is more important than anything else. It is the compass for our lives.

Andrew leads us in a Power and Presence service. He share on how God is more interested in our availability more than our ability. When we trust in who He is for us we can step away from living for self, and move towards His Presence and power flowing through our lives.