Today we continue in the four-part series 'one Another' where we consider sayings from the New Testament, which will, help us live as the church, to the glory of God. 

= cajoler 5:1-11 of Paul’s letter to Christians in Thessalonia, it comes as an encouragement to a struggling church. 
 We’ll explore three ways we can be individuals, and a church who build one another up as we.

i) Encourage one another by remembering how the end will come in vv.1-3
ii) Encourage one another other by living in the light vv.4-10
iii) encourage by building each other up v.11

Today we continue in the four part series 'one Another' where we consider sayings from the New Testament with help us live as the church, to the glory of God. 

Today Zane Elliott opens Philippians 2:1-11, as he helps us think through the need for the church to exercise Humility. 
As we open this beautiful passage we’re going to explore it with two questions:
 i) what is Christian humility? vv.1-4 
 ii) How is it possible? vv.5-11

Living as Church to the Glory of God

This morning Oliver Preston will be helping us think about what it means to live in Unity with One Another as he opens 1 Corinthians 1:10-18. As we consider divisions which were ripping the church at Corinth apart, and how we can avoid them today. 
he'll help us see that Christians should never divide over worldly matters but, be united to one another in the foolish gospel of the cross.

Living as Church to the Glory of God:

Today we begin a four-week series on how we relate to one another. As part of our church vision, we’re taking specific steps to be intentionally intergenerational, but we’re also committed to grow in Christlikeness as a church whanau. To help us in that we’ll explore unity, humility in fellowship, and how we can encourage one another as a church whanau.

As we consider a new command Jesus gives his followers, to love as he has loved, we are going to have an overview of i) what God’s love is like before we spend most of our time today thinking about ii) living out the new command Jesus gives his followers, to love like he loves us.

Today Zane Elliott concludes the series in Luke's Gospel. As we open chapter 24:50-53 we'll be considering what brought about the total transformation in the lives of Jesus' followers as they moved from fear to faithfulness. 

Luke shows us three reasons.
i) They have believed who Jesus is
ii) They know his blessing 
iii) They have a new hope

The Greatest Day: Behind locked doors

Today, Zane Elliott takes us through the final of our mini-series of The Greatest Day in Luke 24:36-49

The greatest day: on the Road

Today, Jesse Behan will continue in the second of our mini-series of "The end of the Beginning" in Luke 24:13-35.

The Greatest day: At the Tomb

This service will be full of joy and celebration, as we remember that Jesus is not dead  he has risen! Zane Elliott will be preaching on Luke 24:1-12, as we join the women who followed Jesus at the tomb - and explore 1) what they expected v.1 and ii) what they found vv.2-8, before we compare iii) what they and the apostles make of it all vv.9-12.

As Zane Elliott opens Luke 23: 26-56 with God on the Cross as the theme. Exploring the 3 main ideas of; A God of compassion, a God of Mercy and a God of power and promise.

As Zane Elliott opens Luke 22:66-23:25 we come to a miscarriage of justice, as Jesus is out on trial.

The trial itself raises a question everyone who comes face to face with Jesus has to answer; how will you judge him? Will you believe he is who he says he is or not?

As we answer those questions today, we’ll walk through three phases of this trial, in the first he’s before the Jewish i) Ruling council vv.66-71, who want confirmation that they have reason to put him to death. 

Then he appears before ii) the authorities, Pilate and Herod 23:1-12, who both want different things from Jesus.

Finally, we’ll come to iii) the sentence Jesus receives in 23:13-25, and the question it forces us to answer.

Today we'll be exploring Luke 22: 39-65 in a new format called a whanau service. This will be an interactive service, with discussion groups and lots of participation. We'll be trying this service on the 5th Sunday of the month. There will be reflection questions on the screen for folks at home.

The end of the Beginning series continues with Simon Martin taking us through Luke 22: 1-38 theme: the Last supper

Jean Palmer continues our journey through the series of, The end of the Beginning Theme: The last things: Luke 21: 5-38

John Palmer will continue our series of; The end of the Beginning through the Gospel of Luke 20:45- 21:1-4.

Rob Morton from the Gospel Training Trust will be helping us continue our journey in the Gospel of Luke as we come to another difficult question Jesus faces in Luke 20:20-44.

Today we continue in Luke's Gospel. We are in a series called 'the end of the Beginning' walks us through Jesus final week on earth.

Zane Elliott will be opening Luke 19:45- 48 +20:1-19.
Firstly, we’ll examine,

 i) an explosive confrontation in vv.45-48 as Jesus reacts to the rot he sees in the temple. Then we’ll come to;

 ii) an interrogation 20:1-9 where Priests try to question Jesus’ authority, before he delivers.

 ii) a distressing condemnation vv.9-19 as Jesus names the deep rot, and it's terrible consequences.

Today we come to the final block of teaching in Luke's Gospel. the series 'the end of the Beginning' walks us through Jesus final week on earth.

In Luke 19:28-44 we come to a Controversial Inauguration.
Some celebrate, while others reject his claim of leadership.
As we come to this inauguration of sorts Zane Elliott will unpack;

i) the heart of the claim vv.28-35
ii) the heart of the controversy vv.36-40
iii) Jesus’ heart for the perishing vv.41-44

We continue our journey today with Oliver Preston on the series of Consider Christ.

Today Jesse Behan will continue through our series of Consider Christ.
Today's sermon is focused on Christ our Founder.
Hebrews 12:1-3

In the third week of the series 'Consider Christ' Jean Palmer is teaching on Romans 5:1-11, where we come face to face with our great need for a mediator who can bring a rebellious people before a holy God. 

We need a mediator, because we have a very real problem - we have broken God's Law, and are rightly deserving of condemnation.
We'll see how through Christ our mediator Jesus not only deals with that problem, but he allows us to share in all of the blessings of God - they are ours, but only ours through Christ. 

In this series we are moving beyond the Christmas story of the birth of Jesus, and thinking more about his ministry, as Lord and Saviour.  We’ll be looking at a series of themes and passage that make it very clear that the Christian life is all about Jesus.

Today we are in the second week of the series 'Consider Christ.' We are moving beyond the Christmas story of the birth of Jesus, and thinking more about his ministry, as Lord and Saviour.  We’ll be looking at a series of themes and passage that make it very clear that the Christian life is all about Jesus.

The theme is 'In Christ our Lifegiver' and Zane Elliott will open John 15:1-8 and we’ll explore three { aspects of this passage:

i) The setting for Jesus’ teaching so that we can understand its significance to his first hears, and us. Then ii) Jesus’ goal for us as his followers and  iii) The implications for those who remain in him.

This week we begin a brand new series as we focus on Jesus at the centre of everything. The series is called 'Consider Christ' and today John Palmer is opening Colossians 3:1-4 to help us think about the assurance we have With Christ our Security.

Over this advent season we’ve been considering the overarching title “ The promised King, a king like no other" where we’ve looked at an Old testament promise, and then thought about its fulfilment in Jesus.

So far we’ve covered two big themes: 
Jesus is the forever king. His reign will never come to an end. He has been raised from the dead, and will rule for all eternity. 
Jesse showed us last week that that Jesus is a rescuing king. Because of his birth, life and death, we can experience true peace, and live lives which are transformed to the glory of God.

Today we open Isaiah 49, and Matthew 2 where we see  i) the scope of this New King's rule, as we think about how far it extends, and then two responses to ii) living under his reign - one which accepts his kingship, and one which rejects it.

This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent, and over the next four weeks we'll be looking at the birth of Jesus who is a King like no other. He is God's promised King. 

Today, Jesse Behan, one of our student ministers will open Isaiah 53, and Luke 2, showing us how Jesus is the Rescuing King, and what that means for us.