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WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? Overview A lot of people say they love God. People who go to church every week and people who don’t. People who sing worship songs loud and proud and people who barely raise their voice beyond a whisper. People who wear crosses around their necks or tattooed on their bodies, and those who don’t. What’s does true love for God actually look like? Join us this week as our guest, Sarah Beard, takes us through what answers we can find in the book of 1 John. Sermon Series What's love got to do with it?

WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? Overview There’s no shortage of opinions out there about what real love is. No shortage of books, songs, poems or paintings trying to capture it. The difficulty is that we so often find ourselves hurt, disappointed or broken by the very people who claim to love us.Or we find ourselves failing the ones we profess to love. Why can’t we get it right? What would ‘right’ even look like? Join us this week as Chris Danes helps us consider whether perfect love is even possible. Sermon Series What's love got to do with it?

DESERT WANDERINGS OverviewIt seems that we often don’t understand the significance of our choices until the final chapter of the story.So how do we keep our eyes on the destination and turn our wanderings into pilgrimages – journeys with purpose?Join us as Jonathan Stark wraps up our series ‘Desert Wanderings’ by looking at what we can learn from the last chapter of the Book of Numbers.Sermon SeriesDesert Wanderings

DESERT WANDERINGS OverviewIt never starts with a big bold move. It usually starts with a small compromise. But even small compromises can have big consequences. For a wandering Israel, the consequences were massive. This week, join us as Chris Danes tackles a troubling part of the Book of the Numbers, that we might learn from it.Sermon Series Desert Wanderings

DESERT WANDERINGS OverviewWe seem to have this tendency to forget where we’ve been and what we’ve learnt.For some reason, we find ourselves wrestling with the same old temptations, the same old mistakes and the same old regrets.Is there any hope for us?This week Chris Danes will be tackling this very important question.Sermon SeriesDesert Wanderings

DESERT WANDERINGS OverviewSometimes we can be so fixated on where we are going and what we are doing that we miss all the signposts trying to tell us we’re going in the wrong direction.We ignore them, only to find ourselves lost in a desert, wondering how we got things so wrong.How can we do things differently?What role might God play in that?This week Mandy Stark will be continuing our series in the Book of Numbers, and exploring these very questions.Sermon SeriesDesert Wanderings

DESERT WANDERINGS OverviewHave you ever had one of those moments where you made a bad choice and you wish you could go back and do it over? Moses did. And his bad choice had tragic consequences. What can we learn from his story as we navigate our own? Join us this week as Chris Danes helps us look for an answer to that question.Sermon Series Desert Wanderings

DESERT WANDERINGS Overview Many of us know exactly what we want. Or we know where we want to be. It’s so close we can almost taste it. But then we hit obstacles. We face giants. And the risk makes us wonder if it’s worth it. This week Bill Brown will be helping us think through how we might best respond in those moments, learning from Israel’s story in the Book of Numbers. Sermon Series Desert Wanderings

DESERT WANDERINGS Overview When things aren’t going how we hoped or planned, it’s easy to find ourselves looking for quick fixes and easy answers. Sometimes we even look backwards to where we’ve been and wonder if we made a mistake in choosing the path we did. When Israel found themselves wandering in the desert, they faced the same choices. This week Mike Riddell will help us learn from the choices they made. Sermon Series Desert Wanderings

I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE When our jobs have been stripped away, our social engagements and travel plan have been cancelled, and when no one can see what clothes we’re wearing or how good we look, what is left?What’s the point of it all? What purpose is there to our lives?Join us this week as Chris Danes concludes our series, ‘I know this much is true.’

I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE It’s often in those moments when we most need Jesus, that we are the least inclined to run to him.Why is that? Are we afraid our problems are stupid? Or too small? Maybe Too big?When everything else has failed us, we expect Jesus will too.But is that the truth?Join us this week as Chris Danes continues our series, ‘I know this much is true.'

I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE It’s funny how some days you can feel so ‘big’, like you can take on the world, like you have control over everything, and that you are the master of your own destiny.But then something happens. Something out of your control. Something beyond your understanding or capacity to fix.Suddenly you can feel so small in the face of a world which seems so big and overwhelming.What hope is there for us in the face of our own limitation?Join us as Chris Danes helps us consider that very question.

I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE It’s funny how some days you can feel so ‘big’, like you can take on the world, like you have control over everything, and that you are the master of your own destiny.But then something happens. Something out of your control. Something beyond your understanding or capacity to fix.Suddenly you can feel so small in the face of a world which seems so big and overwhelming.What hope is there for us in the face of our own limitation?Join us as Chris Danes helps us consider that very question.

MOMENT TO MOVEMENT They say ‘old habits die hard’.You can have the biggest breakthrough with Jesus, the greatest change of direction, but for some reason the old ways keep drawing you back.How can we invite and allow Jesus to change us in those significant moments, but also guard ourselves against letting that change fade away over time?This week, Mike Riddell will take a look at one of those key moments in the Bible and help us figure out what we can learn from it for the here and now.

MOMENT TO MOVEMENT Sometimes you can have your eyes wide open but be completely blind to what’s happening right in front of you.We can be so focused on our own agenda that we miss what God is doing, particularly when things are not going according to our plans.What might God be wanting to do in and through you us in this season - despite the circumstances we find ourselves in?This week Chris Danes will be helping us figure out what we can learn from one of the most significant moments in the New Testament.

MOMENT TO MOVEMENT They thought it was over.They thought all their hopes had been crushed.But then Jesus reappeared……and they realised the story had only just begun.Jesus is still in the business of showing up in people’s lives and offering hope.That’s why we celebrate together on Easter Sunday.

MOMENT TO MOVEMENT Good Friday represents a moment in history which changed history.It also represents a moment which can still transform our own lives – if we let it.Join us this Easter as we reflect on the events of Good Friday and consider how Jesus’ death on a cross can change everything.

MOMENT TO MOVEMENT Sometimes, two people can witness the exact same event, but see two very different things. Where one sees hope and possibility, another can see danger and threat.Our responses in those moments can lead us down very different paths.How do we respond well in those moments when God invites us to trust him or to be part of something new he is doing? What is at risk if we don’t?This week our special guest, Rob Coyle, will be helping us consider what we can learn from a group of people in the Bible who faced that same choice.

MOMENT TO MOVEMENT It’s funny how different things can look from another angle.So often we approach life and decisions from one perspective, but in those moments when we encounter Jesus, He can change our perspective completely.What do you do in those moments where spending time with Jesus means suddenly the old way doesn’t feel right anymore?This week Mandy Stark helps us look at a story in the Bible where a moment with Jesus created a huge movement of the heart.

MOMENT TO MOVEMENT There are just some things we try to keep hidden from people.Things we aren’t proud of. Things we believe will cause people to turn away from us.Imagine standing face to face with Jesus and having him name the exact thing you’ve been trying to hide…but instead of turning away he does the opposite.The question is, what’s your next move?This week we launch our new series by taking a look at a story in the Bible which tells us how one person responded in such a crucial moment and what happened next.