Personal Pentecost Read Acts 2:1-21 “The Spirit-filled life is not a special, deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of...

How do we understand the meaning of the gospel/good news? Is it about the cross or the kingdom and how are they different? What do we...

The King, The Kingdom and the Spirit The Expectation of the Kingdom UP Read Mark 1:14-15 – this is a summary of Jesus mission and...

The Journey of Life - Numbers 13 & 14 On Sunday we were reminded that life is a journey full of challenges, opportunities, and blessings,...

UP Mt Sinai was the place that God confirmed his covenant relationship with the newly freed Israelites. The Israelites journey to Sinai...

Think of something your really treasure. Share these things together. They can be quite deep or quite humorous. Open Exodus 19:1-8. Read...

Here are some questions to consider with your small groups, to help them think through the sermon, the scripture and to consider a...

NB: I’ve based these notes on a bunch of quotes from either Sunday’s sermon or Andrew Ollerton’s book. There’s probably more here than...

EXODUS: Encounter One of the most pivotal moments in the Biblical story is Moses and the Burning Bush. This episode highlights our vital...

Looking Back How did last week’s discussion on Freedom impact you? Has it made a difference to you, have you done anything different as a...

Exodus and Freedom: The Call of Abraham This Sunday we explored the theme of freedom via the call of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-7. We...

St John’s Church, January 2022 Happy New Year! At the beginning of this new year, I thought it would be helpful to share a few thoughts...

As we consider the origins of evil in chapter five we are reminded that God made the world good and that he created humanity as “Tov,...

Following on with Andrew Ollerton’s book, The Bible, A Story that makes Sense of Life, this week we continued with the second part of our...

In the first of our series on Origins in the Bible we look at the opening line of the Bible in Genesis and the corresponding emphasis in...

Introduction I have been wondering about how much I have processed all the emotions from the last 18 months and whether I have learned...

Rev 21:1-7, 22:1-5 Introduction At St Peter’s last week, I gave a talk on Hope: our Human Longing for Home. I wanted to share it with us...

It has been great to see the church almost full these last couple of weeks and to see some faces I haven’t seen in a long while. It feels...

Dear Church Family, I’m assuming many of you will have heard the Prime Minister’s announcement today increasing restrictions for those...