This week we began a new series re-launching our small sized communities which we have renamed 'Life Groups'. We look at what it means to be community and the role of community within the church.

Life Group

Life Group - Community

Simon looks at how intentionally putting ourselves in close proximity to other followers of Jesus helps our spiritual growth.

Life Groups

Life Groups - Growth

As the Life Group series continues, Jake looks at what it means to be an encourager.  Jake looks at the role of encouragement within the early church and asks Keely to give us some practical tips to help us become encouragers.

Life Groups - Encouragement

Over the next five weeks we are looking at the events in Jesus’ life leading up to his crucifixion and resurrection.  Simon starts the series looking at the entry into Jerusalem.

Passion

Passion – Jesus’ Entry Into Jerusalem

Simon concludes our series looking at two major compassion events in the life of Jesus and what it takes to continue to carry compassion to those around us.

Moved

Moved – Compassion Carriers

This week, Jake looks at the unique hope found in the person of Jesus. How can we be anchored in this hope and be carriers of this hope, even in the midst of darkness and chaos?

Unique Hope

Simon Introduces our 'Twin Tracks' series based in the book of Psalms.

Twin Tracks

Twin Tracks - Introduction to Psalms

Lianne looks at how different things can ‘eclipse’ the light of God’s love in our lives.

Family Service - Light of the World

Jake looks at how the Psalms simultaneously look back to the Torah and points forward to the person of Jesus. How Jesus both fulfils and completes the Psalms and provides to be the 'hero of the book of mess'.

Twin Tracks - Jesus and the Psalms

Simon looks at how expressing heartfelt emotion to God through praise and lament deepens our relationship and helps to keep us connected to his unfailing love.

Twin Tracks – Praise and Lament

Our guest speaker James concludes our series on the Psalms looking at building faith and hope in our lives through the three practices of Reframing, Retelling and Resisting.

Twin Tracks – Faith & Hope

Simon begins our Advent series looking at how we can mirror the exterior decorations of Christmas by decorating our interior lives with praise and thanksgiving.

Advent 2023

Advent – Decorate Our Homes & Our Hearts

This week we look at why we give gifts at Christmas, and how we can approach this season of giving in a Christ like way.

Advent - Gifts

In the final Advent talk, Jake looks at how we can reflect Jesus as we gather around the table this Christmas.

Advent - Gather

Simon explores the miracle of being fully seen and fully loved by God.

Advent

Evening Carol Service

Simon begins our new series looking at how Jesus declares us clean but we do need to remain in relationship with God to deal with things that can contaminate our lives.

Clean Me

Clean Me – Introduction

Simon continues our Clean Me series looking at how what is on the inside of our lives influences and informs what is on the outside.

Clean Me – Clean On The Inside

How can we avoid just sleepwalking into behaviours that aren’t helpful? Simon looks at how habits work and how we can break the autopilot cycle with God's help.

Clean Me – Understanding Our Habits

We conclude our Clean Me series with a baptism service at Riverside.

Clean Me – Baptism

Simon introduces our new series on the Holy Spirit looking at the Spirit of God in the Old Testament.

Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit – Who is the Holy Spirit？

Jake continues our 'Holy Spirit' series looking at how the Holy Spirit reveals himself in the New Testament.

Holy Spirit - Holy Spirit and Jesus

Simon continues our series looking at the challenge of living between Pentecost and Parousia, and how the Holy Spirit can bring us comfort and hope.

Holy Spirit – Comfort and Hope

Jake looks at how the Holy Spirit seeks to grow us into the likeness of Jesus.

Holy Spirit - Fruit of the Spirit

Simon looks at how it is trust, not certainty, that helps us hear the Holy Spirit speaking to us and Martin shares his story of how God spoke to him on a trip to New Zealand.

HolySpirit - Hearing The Holy Spirit

Simon looks at how to use the gifts given by the Holy Spirit in a normal, natural way to encourage people and deepen love and trust.

Holy Spirit - Gifts of the Spirit

Jake talks about how we can get the most out of ministry time. He looks at the foundations of prayer ministry and how God longs to draw near to us.

Holy Spirit - Prayer Ministry

Simon concludes our series looking at the overarching mission of the Holy Spirit to turn our lives outward to show God’s love to all people.

Holy Spirit - Outward

Circumstances in our life can feel like mountains – challenging, difficult to overcome, seemingly immovable. Simon begins our new series looking at navigating life’s mountains and how they can be places where we find intimate encounters with God.

Mountains

Mountains - Places of Encounter

We all have times in our lives when God’s love is obscured by difficult circumstances. Simon looks at what we can do when we can’t see past the mountains of our pain…

Mountains – Places of Crisis

This week we look at who we are and why we are here.  Jake talks about how believing truths, rather than the lies, about our identity is key to our spiritual formation, and will help anchor us when we face mountains.

Mountains - Identity and Purpose

Jake concludes our Mountains series looking at our shared calling and our unique calling.

Mountains – Identity and Purpose Pt 2

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