Practicing Presence with Sabbath

Practicing Presence with Sabbath

Stephanie speaks to the ancient practise of Sabbath and how it is relevant to the age in which we live. It is an invitation that is routed in our identity as the free children of God.

Practicing Presence with Perspective

Practicing Presence with Perspective

David Armstrong continues our series looking at how a change of perspective is key if we are to experience the power and reality of God’s presence in our lives and thrive in a self obsessed secular age. 

Advent

Advent

Ryan Hawthorne helps us understand Advent as a season of participation and anticipation through the lens of Jesus genealogy in Matthew 1.

Ruth: Borders and Belonging (part 5)

Ruth: Borders and Belonging (part 5)

David Armstrong finishes our series 'Ruth: Borders & Belonging' looking at the seemingly complicated but truly redemptive ending to Ruth and Naomi's story in Chapter 4 and the resulting implications on the community of faith to enlarge the circle of belonging further than was every imagined

Borders & Belonging (Part 4)

Borders & Belonging (Part 4)

Stephanie Wilson unpacks chapter three of Ruth and applies it to our current context, examining the hope filled message as Jesus calls us into His Kingdom of new.

Ruth: Borders & Belonging (Part 3)

Ruth: Borders & Belonging (Part 3)

David Armstrong continues our series in Ruth in Chapter 2. Ruth and Naomi have returned to Naomi’s homeland and Ruth decides to go try and meet their needs by gleaning the fields of a noble man in the community called Boaz. An encounter between Ruth and Boaz is the beginning of a remarkable turn in the story and fortune of the two women. 

Guest: Alain Emerson

Guest: Alain Emerson

This Sunday, friend and founder of the TOBAR network, Alaine Emmerson returns with teaching from Ezekiel 47, where he draws out valuable lessons for Redeemer.

Guest: Jarrod McKenna

Guest: Jarrod McKenna

This Sunday we were excited to welcome back Jarrod McKenna. Jarrod is the co-founder of First Home Project, a community welcoming, housing and “giving a hand up not a hand out” to recently arrived refugees, was a part of initiating the LoveMakesAWay movement, and is a peace award winning nonviolent social change trainer.

Ruth: Borders & Belonging (Part 2) | Adoption Sunday

Ruth: Borders & Belonging (Part 2) | Adoption Sunday

Daniel Saunders continues our series in Ruth - a book about ordinary people doing ordinary things.

Daniel interviews Rosie about Home for Good, a Charity working to find families and homes for children.

Ruth: Borders & Belonging (Part 1)

Ruth: Borders & Belonging (Part 1)

David Armstrong begins our series in Ruth in Chapter 1 which examines the love that Ruth had towards her mother-in-law Naomi and how that love challenges us today to be a people that love well and embrace the other.

Guest: Jill Weber

Guest: Jill Weber

Jill Weber - Jill leads us in asking the question “What is my heart set on?”. A beautiful message from Psalm 84.

Guest: Jason Miller - Sacred Questions

Guest: Jason Miller - Sacred Questions

Jason Miller - This week’s teaching wrestles with the complicated nature of desire, focusing on Jesus’s surprising interaction with a beggar in Mark 10.

Intro: 03 Tables

Intro: 03 Tables

David Armstrong continues our series INTRO that explores what makes us Redeemer. This week he speaks about Tables and how the table practice of Jesus informs the table practice of the church and the shape of church community as a whole.

Intro: 02 Presence

Intro: 02 Presence

Ryan Hawthorne continues our new series called Intro that explores what makes us Redeemer.
In the second part Ryan speaks about the idea of the presence of God, and explores a sacramental way of seeing the world.

Intro: 01 Story

Intro: 01 Story

David Armstrong begins a new series called Intro that is a great introduction to our community and explores what makes us Redeemer.

In the first part David speaks about the significance of stories and how we all live in a story whether we realise it or not. Stories provide meaning and help us make sense of the world but they don't always lead to flourishing. The narratives we are immersed in can be either liberating or enslaving. It is only when our story intersects with the story of God that we quickly become aware of the fictions and can begin to live our true story as our true selves.

Revelation: Se7en Letters | 7. Laodicea

Revelation: Se7en Letters | 7. Laodicea

Stephanie Wilson reads from the final letter to the church in Laodicea. The letter talks about moving away from self sufficiency and towards dependency on Jesus.