What is Viva about? What might 2025 hold for our community?

God has a different vision for church, not check in, check out, laundered sheets and anonymity...

The Father has certain things he wants daily conversation with us about. Here's why and how to begin doing it.

Why, Lord, do you stand far off?
    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Psalm 10:1

In this workshop style Sunday, we ask:

Does God care about injustice? How would we know?

If he does, what's his plan for addressing injustice?

Are we included?

Christian identity doesn't reside in what you've done, what you have or who people or you say you are. Christian identity isn't achieved, it's received...

No one has seen God. In a world of haunting beauty and piercing pain that's a challenge. That's why Jesus came.

NB. The Sacred Romance is authored by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis. Apologies for the error on the podcast.

"When we pray come Holy Spirit, we don’t force a power.  The Holy Spirit isn’t just power, like electricity.  The Holy Spirit is a person.  So when we pray, we invite a person.  The presence of that person is where the power is." Peter Sanyon shares on the presence and the power of the Spirit.  

One of the extraordinary things that happens as we follow Jesus is that we are changed, deeply. How does that happen? 2 Corinthians 3:18 tells us it happens as we spend face time with God.

The spiritual armour described in Ephesians 6 is a popular kids church lesson. But brushing it off as just for kids would be a mistake. The battle is real, so is our armour.

Living in reality doesn't come naturally. Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, there are powers opposed to the life of faith and they want our allegiance...