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GENEROSITY: PRACTICING THE WAY OF JESUS - PRACTICE 4 OVERVIEWWe throw the phrase ‘it’s better to give than receive’ around all the time. But do we actually believe it? Do we live like it’s true?What if generosity is not only an incredible gift to others, but to us?Join us as Fiona Brown kicks off our four-week series exploring the practice of generosity.SERMON SERIES‘Generosity’ Series (Week 1/4) SCRIPTUREMatthew 6:19-34; John 15:3-5; Acts 29:35b.

STAND ALONE MESSAGES OVERVIEWLent is an ancient practice of reflection in the 40 days leading up to Easter. While it's not been a big part of Baptist tradition, is it something worth exploring? Is there an opportunity here for us to draw closer to Jesus as we approach Easter?This week, Mike Riddell will help us better understand Lent and consider how we might benefit from engaging with it.SERMON SERIESStandalone (Week 1/1)SCRIPTURE—

BECOMING: AN OLD VISION MADE NEW FOR SBC OVERVIEWIn this second week of our two-part church vision series, we return to some of the most important and foundational teaching from Jesus to guide us in who we are becoming as individuals and as a church.Last week we turned our attention to what we might become if we are a people who truly love God, and this week we consider what God might do through us as a people who truly love others.SERMON SERIES‘Becoming’ Series (Week 2/5) SCRIPTUREMatthew 22:37-40; Hebrews 10:24-25.

BECOMING: AN OLD VISION MADE NEW FOR SBC OVERVIEWAs we enter 2026, there is a sense of vision for the future of our church.  We look ahead not to just who we might become as individuals, but as a family of believers.In this first part of a two-part series, Chris Danes will help us find new inspiration and direction from a very old teaching of Jesus – one which points us directly towards God.SERMON SERIES‘Becoming’ Series (Week 1/2)SCRIPTUREGalatians 2:20; Matthew 22:37-40; Mark 12:30; John 14:21; 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a; Romans 8:38-29; Romans 5:8; Luke 22:19-20; Isaiah 53:6.

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD OVERVIEWWhen God gave directions to Gideon about an upcoming battle where the odds were stacked against him, the directions were certainly unusual and unexpected. How did Gideon respond?Join us as Micah Evans explores this fascinating interaction and what we can learn from it for when God speaks to us about stepping out in faith.SERMON SERIES‘Conversations with God’ Series (Week 4/4) SCRIPTUREJudges 6:1-2, 11-12; 7:2, 3, 4-7; 1 Corinthians 1:27-31; John 10:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD OVERVIEWThe first conversations between God and humans are fascinating and important to our understanding of God, ourselves and our world.Join us as Freyja Saunderson unpacks the conversation between God and Adam and Eve and helps us better understand what we can learn from it.SERMON SERIES‘Conversations with God’ Series (Week 3/4) SCRIPTUREGensis 3:1-24; Psalm 139:1-10; Hebrews 4:13; Mark 15:38; Hebrews 10:19-20; 4:14-16.

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD OVERVIEWHagar found herself alone, rejected and with no hope in sight. Yet God spoke to her in her darkest moments and showed her she was seen and not forgotten. This special conversation tells us a lot about the God who we can still speak with today.Join us as Mike Riddell helps us understand it better.SERMON SERIES‘Conversations with God’ Series (Week 2/4) SCRIPTUREGenesis 12:1-3; 16:7-12, 13-15; Psalm 121:8.

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD OVERVIEWWhen Moses fled from Egypt after committing a crime, he may have assumed that would be the end of the story. But God had other ideas.This week, Bill Brown will help us take a look at a conversation between Moses and God that would change the course of his life, and the lives of countless others.SERMON SERIES‘Conversations with God’ Series (Week 1/4)SCRIPTUREExodus 3.

CHRISTMAS 2025 In this online only service we will spend time worshipping and praying to end our 2025, and our Pastor for the 60+ congregation, Tim Dyer, will share a message with us to help us think about how the events of Christmas can shape the year ahead.

CHRISTMAS 2025 Join us to celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus, this Christmas.Our English service on December 24th at 5pm will be streamed here and available to enjoy throughout Christmas Day.

CHRISTMAS 2025 Carols + Christmas Message

WHAT IF? OVERVIEWIf we’re talking about living out key things we say we believe, then loving our neighbour as ourselves has got to be right up there as one of the most important.  Yet, it’s also one of the things we struggle with most.  Whether our struggle is to love people we don’t know or people we find unlovable, or that we struggle to love people with the sort of priority we show ourselves, this command is a tricky one.Join us as Tom Postlethwaite challenges us to imagine what might change in a world where Jesus’ followers truly put this teaching into practice.SERMON SERIES‘What If’ Series (Week 4/4) SCRIPTURELike 10:25-37; 1 John 3:17-18; 1 John 3:13-14.

WHAT IF? OVERVIEWWhile we say we believe in an extraordinary God, if we’re honest, many of us stopped believing he still does extraordinary things a while ago. Or at least, we stopped believing he can do extraordinary things through us.But what if we’re wrong? This week, Chris Danes will explore the explosive claim of Paul that the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in us. What if we lived like we believed it?SERMON SERIES‘What If’ Series (Week 3/4) SCRIPTURERomans 8:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Ephesians 3:14-15.

WHAT IF? OVERVIEWWe know that Jesus came to seek and save the lost. We know that Jesus commissioned his followers to go out into the world share the good news about him with others. We know that is his highest priority.Yet for many of, it feels hard to believe that our friends, family and neighbours would ever be interested in Jesus. It’s hard to believe that anyone could get to know him through us. But what if we were wrong?This week, Jonathan Stark will help us ponder what life might look like if we lived like we believed people might come to know Jesus through us.SERMON SERIES‘What If’ Series (Week 2/4) SCRIPTURELuke 19:9-10; Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 15; Acts 9:1-17; Luke 19:10; 1 Corinthians 3:6-8; 1 Timothy 2:4; Matthew 5:13-16; James 1:19; 1 Peter 3:15.

WHAT IF? OVERVIEWWe’ve been told that Jesus is coming back one day. The Bible suggests that when he does, it will be a day of celebration as well as a day of mourning as the true state of the world and of hearts is revealed.What if that day was today? What might Jesus find?We say we believe that Jesus will return one day, but what if we lived like it was true?Join us today as Mike Riddell helps us ponder this big and challenging question of ‘what if?’.SERMON SERIES‘What If’ Series (Week 1/4)SCRIPTURELuke 21:25-28; Matthew 24:3, 36; Luke 12:35-40.

SEARCH MY HEART (STANDALONE MESSAGE) OVERVIEWJoin us our Senior Pastor, Chris Danes, shares a message that he senses God has given him for our church in this season.This message will be shared in English services on Sunday 16th at 9am, 11am and 5pm, and in Mandarin and Cantonese services on Sunday 23rd.SERMON SERIES‘Search My Heart’ Series (Week 1/4)SCRIPTURERomans 12:2; Matthew 22:37-40; 23:23; Jeremiah 29:11-13; Acts 2:42-25; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 14:11.

PSALMS OVERVIEWAt churches all around the world, people sing songs of praise to God together.  This is not a new practice, but an extremely old one.  The Book of Psalms hold a number of beautiful songs of praise to God, which his people have been singing for thousands of years.Join us for this final week of our Psalms series, where we learn about the role of these Psalms of Praise in the lives of God’s people both in the past and the present.SERMON SERIES‘Psalms’ Series (Week 4/4) SCRIPTUREPsalm 130

PSALMS OVERVIEWAt some point, we all find ourselves experiencing grief, sorrow or regret.  Our culture tells us to avoid such things at all costs, to run and hide from them wherever you can.But in the Bible, such things have their place.  In the Psalms, there are songs and poems dedicated to experience and expression of sadness and pain to a God who cares.This week, Mike Riddell will help us understand the Psalms of Lament and how they can give voice to our own experiences in life.SERMON SERIES‘Psalms’ Series (Week 3/4) SCRIPTUREPsalm 13:1-6; 10:12, 26; 51:1; 35:23; 22:1; Luke 23:46; Hebrews 4:16.

PSALMS OVERVIEWThere are moments in life where we find ourselves craving justice for those who have caused harm in some way.  Moments where anger and frustration at the evil in the world almost feels like it could burst from us.  In the Bible there are whole poems and songs that do just that – they pour out the anger and frustration of human experience and call on God to enact justice.  But some of these Psalms are pretty dark and intense  Are they still ‘right’?  Are we allowed to pray those sorts of things?This week, Bill Brown will help us better understand these types of Psalms and where they fit in scripture and in life.SERMON SERIES‘Psalms’ Series (Week 2/5) SCRIPTURE—

PSALMS OVERVIEWYou may know that there is a whole book of wise sayings in the Bible, called ‘Proverbs’.  But did you know that within the Book of Psalms there are also poems and songs of wisdom?  How do we identify a wisdom psalm and how do we let them speak into life today?This Sunday, Tim Dyer will help us better understand the role and beauty of these songs of wisdom.SERMON SERIES‘Psalms’ Series (Week 1/4)SCRIPTUREPsalm 73; Psalm 23; James 1:5; Psalm 119:105.