Stairway Church

Leif Hetland–The core of Leif’s message centres on learning to operate from the heart of the lamb rather than just the power of the lion. Transformation comes through the Lamb’s nature—love, humility, and forgiveness—which has the power to change atmospheres and hearts.

Dave McHugh–We were created for communion with God—to live in intimacy, oneness and union with Him. Robert Mulholland Jr suggests that the foundation of our communion with God lies in "His unfathomable love for us." Our communion with God begins with accepting and receiving His outrageous love for us. It begins with a posture of allowing ourselves to be—loved. Yet, there is a call that as we abide in love, that love would become our nature and we would be—love. Join us as we explore this symbiotic relationship through looking at John 4:7-21.

Michael Miatke–In the midst of the world’s noise and the busyness of our own lives, God invites us to stop and listen, drawing us into deeper communion with the Lord. This same invitation calls us to live in communion with and for one another, as a community.

Matt Romano–This message explores the table as a holy meeting place, where belonging is offered, devotion is revealed, and remembrance is formed. It confronts the pull of a productivity-driven faith and invites us into a different way of living: a life shaped by presence, love, and wholehearted surrender.As we step into a new season, this message extends two invitations:First, come and take your seat at the table of Jesus, a table of restoration, grace, and welcome.Second, to go and create tables of our own, spaces where ordinary moments become sacred, where heaven touches earth, and where others encounter the love of God through presence and hospitality.Because when Jesus sits at the table, devotion is awakened, the ordinary is transformed, and lives are forever changed.

Maurice Benington–Maurice continues our series with a look at the goal of the Christan life being loving union with God. This is the invitation to communion with Him forever. The question we must face is do we really want it?

Allen Meyer–Starting our new series, Allen describes the jealous God that we serve and what that looks like. He looks at the practises needed to continuing in developing our relationship with God.

Christy McHugh–As the advent season comes to an end, and we pack away wanted or unwanted gifts. There is a gift that remains with us throughout every season. It is the gift of Emmanuel, God with us.In the midst of tragedy, God is working his redemptive plan and fulfilling his prophecies of redeeming and renewing, he grieves at the pain of loss and yet from the humblest of beginnings comes the saviour of the world.The God of all of Creation, I AM, this God is the God who is with us Always, without exception or asterisk.Previous

Andrew Gilbert–The message of Christmas is the birth of Jesus. But sometimes the mess and pain of life can get in the way of our view of Him. What if He is Present with us in the middle of the mess and pain of life? Vulnerability towards Him is the key to access His Presence.

Nartarsha Wisewould–Emmanuel—“God with us”—is the central story of Scripture, revealing God’s desire to dwell with humanity. In Eden, God walked with Adam and Eve, but sin brought separation. Throughout the Old Testament He visited His people in temporary, powerful moments, pointing forward to the promise of Isaiah that God would one day come and dwell with His people. In Jesus, that promise was fulfilled as God took on flesh to save us, restore our relationship with Him, and show us how to live. After Jesus returned to the Father, the Holy Spirit came to dwell within believers, making us God’s living temple and assuring us that He will never leave or forsake us. Emmanuel means that God is present in our joy and sorrow, offering peace, hope, and abundant life—now and always.

Andrew Gilbert–Andrew completes our series this week. The letter to the Church of Laodicea reveals the trappings of a culture and how it can unintentionally lead us away from Jesus as Lord of our lives. For the Laodicean Church in particular, their wealth led them towards self-sufficiency and spiritual compromise. Jesus invites them back into intimacy with Him again, in order to overcome.

Dave McHugh–In a world marked by idolatry and instability, Jesus calls His people to remain faithful. Through His letter to the church in Philadelphia, He reminds us that He alone holds ultimate authority, opens doors no one can shut, strengthens the weak, and establishes His faithful people as pillars that stand firm amid shaking. Our invitation is to hold fast, endure, and step through the open doors of Kingdom mission before us.

Shane Willard–This week we had the privilege of having Shane Willard share with us on the letter to the Church of Sardis. This letter challenges us to wake up and not to be complacent in our walk and call with God. In our prosperous day age, even with its current challenges, we are positioned in God to live with an awareness to the high call of representing Him to the world.

Christy McHugh–Thyatira was known for her good works, but challenged because she tolerated the seductive teachings of Jezebel. The call here is for a discerning church, one who evaluates and decides what is in the ways of Jesus and what is not. However, we must not forget the warning to the church of Ephesus, who were commended for their right beliefs but had lost their first love. We must not seek right beliefs at the expense of love. Jesus is the victorious judge, who has pure and discerning eyes. This Jesus encourages the faithful believers to hold fast and cling to his ways, whilst he provides the strength to do this. In a culture that would invite compromise, Jesus calls for a church that discerns with wisdom and holds fast to his ways. 

This week we examine the Church in Pergamum as a mirror and map for the modern Church. Pergamum reveals the subtle dangers of compromise and syncretism, faith made convenient, comfortable, and culturally palatable. Using their story, we explore how we can resist the drift of cultural conformity, pursue undivided devotion, and experience the hope promised to overcomers: hidden manna, the white stone, and a new name.

Nartarsha Wisewould–The message to the church of Smyrna is one of comfort and assurance. It is Jesus speaking to his beloved as she is pressed down and walking through the fire and telling her to hang in there because He is walking through the fire with her. He assured them that he knew their afflictions and their poverty, but also their spiritual richness. He warned them that they would face more suffering and persecution, but encouraged them to be faithful even to the point of death. He promised them the crown of life and the victory over the second death, which is eternal separation from God.

Peter McHugh–This week Pete starts our look at the seven letters addressed to the churches. The letter to Ephesus is a call to return to love and relinquish the need to be right, both in order to protect our lampstand in the unseen world of the spirit.

Sarah Hudson–This week Sarah starts off our new series.More than a prophecy about the future, Revelation is a powerful reframe of the present. Written to a Church under pressure, it calls us to see beyond what’s visible—to shift our perspective from fear to faith, from confusion to clarity. At the centre of this unveiling are the letters to the seven churches: messages from Jesus that cut through cultural noise and spiritual compromise, realigning our vision with what truly matters.Revelation lifts the veil on what’s really real. It reminds us that Jesus isn’t distant—He is present, powerful, and walking among His people. These letters challenge us to ask: Who is shaping our reality—the culture around us, or the Christ among us?

Dave McHugh — Today Dave shares from his heart around the big idea of building legacy and what it looks likes for us as a collective community to build legacy together. He shares to inspire us to be intentional about the legacy we are building and leaving for those coming after us.

Christy McHugh — In our last week of this series, Christy takes a look at the metaphor of the Jewish wedding. There are two stages of Jewish weddings - with a long waiting period in between. The parallels in this metaphor point to the work and the cost are the responsibility of the bridegroom.Yet, we know in the paradoxes of the Kingdom of God, this does not mean we have no cost to pay. Nor do we have no work to do. There is a dear cost to pay and there are works to do. The tension becomes what order we live from. Do we live in response to his love or do we work to earn his love? As the bride of Christ, we can not get this order wrong. We have to know we are loved and only operate in response to his love.

Anna Joyce — What does it look like to be a Bride who hungers, a Bride who releases love and beauty, and a Bride who waits?God wants to release something new, something beautiful and something powerful in the world. There’s something stirring in our hearts, a passion for the lost, a longing for beauty and a deepening hunger for more.How do we partner with what God is doing? By keeping our lamps burning with hunger and passion for Him. By dwelling with Him in deep intimacy and surrender.  By being a people of love. Committed to releasing beauty into the world by the way we love God, love ourselves and love each other. By being a people committed to waiting on the Lord for His direction and leading. A people of prayer who deeply believe in the supernatural as the real, true reality and not the one around us that we can see and touch.