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Sabbath 01 - Stop

Sabbath 01 - Stop

David Armstrong begins our series Practicing the Way with our first practice, Sabbath —  a day of rest by which we cultivate a spirit of restfulness in all of our life. In part 1 we examine how sabbath is, at its most basic, a call to stop, to cease, to be done.

Faith & Peacemaking (with Jonny Clark)

Faith & Peacemaking (with Jonny Clark)

A morning with our friend Jonny Clark exploring the relationship between faith and peacemaking and his own journey into the work of mediation, public theology and peace-building.

WKOC5: A Kingdom-Oriented Church

WKOC5: A Kingdom-Oriented Church

David Armstrong teaches on what it means to be a church community shaped and oriented firstly by the values of the Kingdom of God.

WKOC2: An Ancient/Future Church

WKOC2: An Ancient/Future Church

As followers of Jesus we invited to locate ourselves in a bigger story, the story of God. This is a story with ancient roots that is still unfolding, and we are invited to embody and live out.

WKOC1: A Jesus-Centred Church

WKOC1: A Jesus-Centred Church

As we begin another church season David Armstrong begins a series that explores some of the values that give shape to our community.

Guest: Jason Miller - When the World Breaks

Guest: Jason Miller - When the World Breaks

Jason Miller speaks from the Gospel of Matthew and the strange blessings of Jesus  — often called the Beatitudes — that name our experiences of suffering and open up the possibility for hope hidden in the paradoxes.

Liberated by Love (Part 25) - Stephen

Liberated by Love (Part 25) - Stephen

David Armstrong speaks from Acts 6 & 7 on the example of Stephen who prayed for the forgiveness of the people who were stoning him to death. This radical love ethic is not easy but it is the way of Jesus flowing from a God who is love.

Liberated by Love (Part 24) - Called & Empowered

Liberated by Love (Part 24) - Called & Empowered

David Armstrong speaks from Acts 5 & 6 on the challenges emerging for this new community of Jesus and how, empowered by the Holy Spirit, they each responded to the call of Jesus.

Liberated by Love (Part 23) - Foundation & Formation

Liberated by Love (Part 23) - Foundation & Formation

David Armstrong speaks from Acts 2 starting with Peter’s remarkable spirit-led sermon on the Day of Pentecost that led to the birth of the church. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’.

Liberated by Love (Part 22) - Peter & Cornelius

Liberated by Love (Part 22) - Peter & Cornelius

John Herron speaks from Acts 10 and Peter’s remarkable encounter on a rooftop with the Holy Spirit that reveals to him the radical inclusion and border transcending nature of the Gospel leading to the addition of Gentile believers to the church.

Liberated by Love (Part 21) - Women in the Early Church

Liberated by Love (Part 21) - Women in the Early Church

Stephanie Wilson speaks on the role women played in the establishing of the early church and how the Holy Spirit liberated and empowered women to pioneer, to lead and to bring the Kingdom of God in a world dominated by men.

Liberated by Love (Part 20) - Trinity Sunday

Liberated by Love (Part 20) - Trinity Sunday

David Armstrong speaks on Trinity Sunday and the remarkable invitation we have to experience and participate in the loving communion of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’.

Liberated by Love (Part 19) - Pentecost

Liberated by Love (Part 19) - Pentecost

David Armstrong speaks on the events of Pentecost and the remarkable encounter between the disciples and the the Spirit of God come to do a new thing. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’.

Liberated by Love (Part 17) - Thomas

Liberated by Love (Part 17) - Thomas

Stephanie Wilson speaks on the encounter between the disciple Thomas and the resurrected Jesus. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’.