Zion Church

The council that handed Jesus over to Pilate has just threatened Peter and John and told them never to speak in Jesus’ name again. A few weeks earlier, Peter denied knowing Jesus in front of a servant girl. Now he stands before the most powerful men in Jerusalem and speaks boldly. What changed? 

In week five of The Spirit & Mission, Josh looks at Acts 4 and how the early church responded under pressure. They went home to their church family. They looked up before they looked around. Then they asked God for boldness to keep going, not for a way out.

Drawing on Zechariah’s word to Zerubbabel, “not by force, nor by strength, but by my Spirit,” and on Elijah hearing God’s gentle whisper, he invites us to ask ourselves where our confidence is sitting. For the church in Acts, the building shook, but the church didn’t.

SERIES
Episode One: The Promise of the Father - https://youtu.be/HV8Pj9gCwJ8
Episode Two: Wind & Fire - https://youtu.be/mw8f8fqo-kA
Episode Three: The Helper who stays - https://youtu.be/T_ZalU5Rprg
Episode Four: Gifts for the Whole Body - https://youtu.be/Vh2sFkwff-Q
Episode Five: Not by Might - 
Episode Six: Keeping in Step - 
Episode Seven: Sent From Here - 

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Website: https://zionpeople.nz
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ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

Every believer has been given a gift by the Holy Spirit. Those gifts aren’t trophies or signs of status. They’re expressions of God’s grace, given so we can build each other up. In week four of The Spirit & Mission, Nigel looks at 1 Corinthians 12 and what it means that the Spirit works through all of his people, not just the few on a stage or in leadership. The gifts come from the Spirit, they’re given for the good of others, and they help people outside the church encounter God.

We often ask “what gift do I have?” But maybe the better question is “who is God wanting to bless through me?” With stories from Zion’s mission trip to Indonesia, Nigel invites us to be bold and step out, even when we only have the first sentence, and trust the Spirit to do the rest.

SERIES
Episode One: The Promise of the Father - https://youtu.be/HV8Pj9gCwJ8
Episode Two: Wind & Fire - https://youtu.be/mw8f8fqo-kA
Episode Three: The Helper who stays - https://youtu.be/T_ZalU5Rprg
Episode Four: Gifts for the Whole Body - https://youtu.be/Vh2sFkwff-Q
Episode Five: Not by Might - 
Episode Six: Keeping in Step - 
Episode Seven: Sent From Here - 

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zionpeople.nz
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@zionmedia3586

ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

Jesus didn’t leave his disciples on their own. He promised them a Helper, the Holy Spirit, a friend who stays when life gets hard. In week three of The Spirit & Mission, Brendan looks at what it means that the Spirit is with us forever. He’s not limited to Sunday services or big spiritual moments. He’s present on the drive to work, in the hard seasons, and in the ordinary moments where God sends help.

We often know about Jesus, but do we know that he is close? Brendan invites us to stop carrying burdens that were never ours to carry, to leave them at the cross, and to walk out lighter and free.

SERIES
Episode One: The Promise of the Father - https://youtu.be/HV8Pj9gCwJ8
Episode Two: Wind & Fire - https://youtu.be/mw8f8fqo-kA
Episode Three: The Helper who stays - https://youtu.be/T_ZalU5Rprg
Episode Four: Gifts for the Whole Body - https://youtu.be/Vh2sFkwff-Q
Episode Five: Not by Might - 
Episode Six: Keeping in Step - 
Episode Seven: Sent From Here - 

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zionpeople.nz
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@zionmedia3586

ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

If God can speak through a donkey, he can speak through you. In this message from Acts 2, Phil Brown traces how rare the Spirit’s voice was in the Old Testament, from Balaam’s talking donkey to Moses longing for all God’s people to be prophets, and shows how everything changed at Pentecost. With a roaring wind and tongues of fire, God poured out his Spirit on all people. We no longer need to cast lots to find God’s will, because his Spirit lives in us. Phil explains prophecy as simply speaking God’s truth into someone’s life to strengthen, encourage and comfort them. He reminds us that we need both the cross of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit to go out on mission. 

SERIES
Episode One: The Promise of the Father - https://youtu.be/HV8Pj9gCwJ8
Episode Two: Wind & Fire - https://youtu.be/mw8f8fqo-kA
Episode Three: The Helper who stays - https://youtu.be/T_ZalU5Rprg
Episode Four: Gifts for the Whole Body - https://youtu.be/Vh2sFkwff-Q
Episode Five: Not by Might - 
Episode Six: Keeping in Step - 
Episode Seven: Sent From Here - 

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zionpeople.nz
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@zionmedia3586

ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

Most of us aren’t good at waiting. But before Jesus sent his disciples out, he told them to stay put until they’d received what the Father had promised.

Kayla opens our new series, The Spirit and Mission, in Acts 1:4–8 and Luke 24. She looks at why Jesus wouldn’t let the disciples go until they’d been filled, and what the parable of the ten bridesmaids tells us about the oil. She also explains the “power” Jesus promised: it isn’t something we work up ourselves. It’s God’s Spirit put on us like clothing, so we can be his witnesses.

The church isn’t sent out in its own strength. God fills us with the Holy Spirit so the world would come to know Jesus.

SERIES
Episode One: The Promise of the Father - https://youtu.be/HV8Pj9gCwJ8
Episode Two: Wind & Fire - https://youtu.be/mw8f8fqo-kA
Episode Three: The Helper who stays - https://youtu.be/T_ZalU5Rprg
Episode Four: Gifts for the Whole Body - https://youtu.be/Vh2sFkwff-Q
Episode Five: Not by Might - 
Episode Six: Keeping in Step - 
Episode Seven: Sent From Here - 

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zionpeople.nz
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@zionmedia3586

ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

Has someone ever said something to you, maybe years ago, that you still carry with you today? In this final message of our Life Together series, Kayla Duckett brings two messages together into one. Encouragement is more than a compliment. It means saying what's true about God out loud to someone, right when they need it most. And the way we look after each other is how the world sees what Jesus is like.

Drawing from Hebrews 10, Jonathan strengthening David in 1 Samuel 23, and Jesus' prayer for all believers in John 17, Kayla reminds us that faith can harden slowly when we stop encouraging each other.

SERIES
Episode One: Better Together - https://youtu.be/GLSl_9T7F8k
Episode Two: One Body, Many Parts - https://youtu.be/bEj-Ilqd6XA
Episode Three: The Household of God - https://youtu.be/pJjqwMY6YgM
Episode Four: Love One Another - https://youtu.be/_McmX7zFbA4
Episode Five: Bearing With One Another - https://youtu.be/_GyhxIv2_fs
Episode Six: Forgive One Another - https://youtu.be/qcb8vMYJNE0
Episode Seven: When It Goes Wrong - https://youtu.be/0yy71xRAW9o
Episode Eight: Open Hearts, Open Homes - https://youtu.be/CveTNdZo9IE
Episode Nine: Here I Am, Send Me - https://youtu.be/un_IqjOmRLg
Episode Ten: Encourage One Another, Sent Together - https://youtu.be/twTxntzsjow

ADDITIONAL MESSAGES:
Where Is Our Wonder: https://youtu.be/m1EgtqQkYFQ
When It All Goes Wrong: https://youtu.be/0yy71xRAW9o

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
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ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

Have you ever felt there's more God has for you, but something is holding you back? In this message from our Life Together series, elder Phil Brown shows us that wherever we are in our faith journey, God has a fresh call for each of us. When we worship, when we're honest about where we're at, and when we let Him deal with what's in the way, we can answer like Isaiah did: "Here I am, send me."

Drawing from Isaiah's vision in Isaiah 6 and the rise and fall of King Uzziah in 2 Chronicles 26, Phil reminds us that we can't do faith alone. It's about walking with others, living lives of reverence, humility and service, and coming honestly to the God who meets us right in our place of need.

SERIES
Episode One: Better Together - https://youtu.be/GLSl_9T7F8k
Episode Two: One Body, Many Parts - https://youtu.be/bEj-Ilqd6XA
Episode Three: The Household of God - https://youtu.be/pJjqwMY6YgM
Episode Four: Love One Another - https://youtu.be/_McmX7zFbA4
Episode Five: Bearing With One Another - https://youtu.be/_GyhxIv2_fs
Episode Six: Forgive One Another - https://youtu.be/qcb8vMYJNE0
Episode Seven: When It Goes Wrong - https://youtu.be/0yy71xRAW9o
Episode Eight: Open Hearts, Open Homes - https://youtu.be/CveTNdZo9IE
Episode Nine: Here I Am, Send Me - https://youtu.be/un_IqjOmRLg
Episode Ten: Encourage One Another, Sent Together - https://youtu.be/twTxntzsjow

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zionpeople.nz
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@zionmedia3586

ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

Real hospitality isn't about having a perfect home — it's about having an open heart. In this message from our Life Together series, Brendan Vink shares three challenges for practicing biblical hospitality: share what you have, keep your circle open, and invite someone in.

Drawing from Abraham's welcome of three strangers in Genesis 18 and the generosity of the early church in Acts 4, Brendan reminds us that community isn't about being tidy or having it all together — it's about making room for the people around us, including strangers and those on the edge of our world.

SERIES
Episode One: Better Together - https://youtu.be/GLSl_9T7F8k
Episode Two: One Body, Many Parts - https://youtu.be/bEj-Ilqd6XA
Episode Three: The Household of God - https://youtu.be/pJjqwMY6YgM
Episode Four: Love One Another - https://youtu.be/_McmX7zFbA4
Episode Five: Bearing With One Another - https://youtu.be/_GyhxIv2_fs
Episode Six: Forgive One Another - https://youtu.be/qcb8vMYJNE0
Episode Seven: When It Goes Wrong - https://youtu.be/0yy71xRAW9o
Episode Eight: Open Hearts, Open Homes - https://youtu.be/CveTNdZo9IE
Episode Nine: Here I Am, Send Me - https://youtu.be/un_IqjOmRLg
Episode Ten: Encourage One Another, Sent Together - https://youtu.be/twTxntzsjow

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zionpeople.nz
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@zionmedia3586

ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

When It Goes Wrong — Phil Brown unpacks the difference between harmony and unity, showing that a church can look "in harmony" while avoiding the real work of unity. Drawing on Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18, he walks through how to handle conflict and offence well: going to the person early and humbly, involving witnesses only if needed, and only escalating as a last resort.

SERIES
Episode One: Better Together - https://youtu.be/GLSl_9T7F8k
Episode Two: One Body, Many Parts - https://youtu.be/bEj-Ilqd6XA
Episode Three: The Household of God - https://youtu.be/pJjqwMY6YgM
Episode Four: Love One Another - https://youtu.be/_McmX7zFbA4
Episode Five: Bearing With One Another - https://youtu.be/_GyhxIv2_fs
Episode Six: Forgive One Another - https://youtu.be/qcb8vMYJNE0
Episode Seven: When It Goes Wrong - https://youtu.be/0yy71xRAW9o
Episode Eight: Open Hearts, Open Homes - https://youtu.be/CveTNdZo9IE
Episode Nine: Here I Am, Send Me - https://youtu.be/un_IqjOmRLg
Episode Ten: Encourage One Another, Sent Together - https://youtu.be/twTxntzsjow

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zionpeople.nz
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@zionmedia3586

ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.

This Father's Day, guest speaker Tim Brown honours the earthly fathers and father figures who lead, protect, and guide us; then turns to Psalm 103 to unpack the character of our perfect Heavenly Father: tender, compassionate, and full of grace and mercy toward His children despite our weakness and brokenness. 

Tim traces that love through Romans 5 and Ephesians 5, challenging us to imitate the Father by dying to self and living a life of love.

CONNECT WITH US
Website: https://zionpeople.nz
Facebook: https://facebook.com/zionpeople.nz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zionpeople.nz
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@zionmedia3586

ZION MEDIA
Welcome to Zion Media, the home of ZION at home. As a church we believe that we can gather anywhere and experience the presence, love and Truth of Jesus. Our desire is for the content presented here to encourage and uplift you, to inspire and teach you, and most importantly, connect you with Jesus.