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.
Join us as we celebrate Resurrection Sunday with Allan Meyer sharing a message on the nature of the Resurrection of the Dead.
Flowing on from the theme of “Abide” in Term 1, Nartarsha delves into the significance of Easter as the crucial moment when connecting into the vine (Jesus) became possible and explore what it is to be In Him.
Our pursuit of being a people formed into the image of Jesus begins in a life of communion with Him. In John 15, Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him—to live a life where we remain, stay, and dwell in Him. Abiding in Him results in the bearing of fruit. Yet, the bearing of fruit comes through both pruning and cleansing. As the vinedresser, the Father cuts off every branch in us that does not bear fruit.Fruitfulness is the result of pruning and cleansing all that is not of Him in our hearts. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness—sharing the same inner essence as Christ Himself. This series is an invitation to Abide, to surrender to the pruning of the vinedresser as we seek to be a people who bear lasting fruit.Dave wraps up our series on Abide with a panel sharing their journey and story and what the Lord is doing in their world.
Our pursuit of being a people formed into the image of Jesus begins in a life of communion with Him. In John 15, Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him—to live a life where we remain, stay, and dwell in Him. Abiding in Him results in the bearing of fruit. Yet, the bearing of fruit comes through both pruning and cleansing. As the vinedresser, the Father cuts off every branch in us that does not bear fruit.Fruitfulness is the result of pruning and cleansing all that is not of Him in our hearts. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness—sharing the same inner essence as Christ Himself. This series is an invitation to Abide, to surrender to the pruning of the vinedresser as we seek to be a people who bear lasting fruit.Anna's message this week focuses on the fact that there can be no abiding without surrender. The work of abiding is a work of God's grace, but we interact with that grace by a posture of surrender.
Our pursuit of being a people formed into the image of Jesus begins in a life of communion with Him. In John 15, Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him—to live a life where we remain, stay, and dwell in Him. Abiding in Him results in the bearing of fruit. Yet, the bearing of fruit comes through both pruning and cleansing. As the vinedresser, the Father cuts off every branch in us that does not bear fruit.Fruitfulness is the result of pruning and cleansing all that is not of Him in our hearts. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness—sharing the same inner essence as Christ Himself. This series is an invitation to Abide, to surrender to the pruning of the vinedresser as we seek to be a people who bear lasting fruit.This week Pete shares his heart in that God wants all people to come to a knowledge of His love for them and be saved. We are all in a process of not just of salvation, but also of sanctification.
Our pursuit of being a people formed into the image of Jesus begins in a life of communion with Him. In John 15, Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him—to live a life where we remain, stay, and dwell in Him. Abiding in Him results in the bearing of fruit. Yet, the bearing of fruit comes through both pruning and cleansing. As the vinedresser, the Father cuts off every branch in us that does not bear fruit.Fruitfulness is the result of pruning and cleansing all that is not of Him in our hearts. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness—sharing the same inner essence as Christ Himself. This series is an invitation to Abide, to surrender to the pruning of the vinedresser as we seek to be a people who bear lasting fruit.Our Abide series continues with Nartarsha sharing on growing mature fruit. We cannot force fruit to appear. Fruit is the result of abiding with Jesus. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness.
Our pursuit of being a people formed into the image of Jesus begins in a life of communion with Him. In John 15, Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him—to live a life where we remain, stay, and dwell in Him. Abiding in Him results in the bearing of fruit. Yet, the bearing of fruit comes through both pruning and cleansing. As the vinedresser, the Father cuts off every branch in us that does not bear fruit.Fruitfulness is the result of pruning and cleansing all that is not of Him in our hearts. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness—sharing the same inner essence as Christ Himself. This series is an invitation to Abide, to surrender to the pruning of the vinedresser as we seek to be a people who bear lasting fruit.Matt continues our series looking at reimagining the process of pruning and its role in our life. Pruning is not punishment but the movement of lovingly removing parts of our world, adjusting our values and forming our character so we can be more fruitful and become more like him.
Our pursuit of being a people formed into the image of Jesus begins in a life of communion with Him. In John 15, Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him—to live a life where we remain, stay, and dwell in Him. Abiding in Him results in the bearing of fruit. Yet, the bearing of fruit comes through both pruning and cleansing. As the vinedresser, the Father cuts off every branch in us that does not bear fruit.Fruitfulness is the result of pruning and cleansing all that is not of Him in our hearts. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness—sharing the same inner essence as Christ Himself. This series is an invitation to Abide, to surrender to the pruning of the vinedresser as we seek to be a people who bear lasting fruit.This week Christy looks closely at the first six verses of John 15, reviewing the imagery these verses create, asking 'Do we see ourselves striving to be his disciple by our own effort and work?'
Our pursuit of being a people formed into the image of Jesus begins in a life of communion with Him. In John 15, Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him—to live a life where we remain, stay, and dwell in Him. Abiding in Him results in the bearing of fruit. Yet, the bearing of fruit comes through both pruning and cleansing. As the vinedresser, the Father cuts off every branch in us that does not bear fruit.Fruitfulness is the result of pruning and cleansing all that is not of Him in our hearts. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness—sharing the same inner essence as Christ Himself. This series is an invitation to Abide, to surrender to the pruning of the vinedresser as we seek to be a people who bear lasting fruit.This week Allan continues our series of Abide by looking at abiding in the vine – remaining in faithful persistence in living fellowship.
Our pursuit of being a people formed into the image of Jesus begins in a life of communion with Him. In John 15, Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him—to live a life where we remain, stay, and dwell in Him. Abiding in Him results in the bearing of fruit. Yet, the bearing of fruit comes through both pruning and cleansing. As the vinedresser, the Father cuts off every branch in us that does not bear fruit.Fruitfulness is the result of pruning and cleansing all that is not of Him in our hearts. Fruitfulness is about our formation to Christlikeness—sharing the same inner essence as Christ Himself. This series is an invitation to Abide, to surrender to the pruning of the vinedresser as we seek to be a people who bear lasting fruit.Dave kicks off our new series calling us into a great invitation for the year to operate and enter into a place of rest as we continue to truly abide in Him.
This week Pete wraps up our series by addressing the issue of seeking the face of God through the window of chaos and uncertainty.
This week Dave shares on seeking God's face when we are in time of pain and suffering through using the idea of the Lament.
Anna shares four keys as we posture our hearts when seeking the Father's face.