Restoring life
Bible reading John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Restoring creation
by Nigel Stowe
Bible reading Luke 19:29-44 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and […]
Restoring hope
Bible reading John 11:1-7, 17-44 The death of Lazarus 11 Now a man named Lazarus was ill. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay ill, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the […]
Restoring vision
by Jo Vickery
Bible reading John 9:1-38 Jesus heals a man born blind 9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ 3 ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said Jesus, ‘but this happened so that the works of […]
Restoring identity
by Nigel Stowe
Bible reading John 4:1-42 Jesus talks with a Samaritan woman 4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptising more disciples than John – 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptised, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now he had to […]
You must be born again
by Martin Brown
Bible reading John 3:1-17 Jesus teaches Nicodemus 3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are […]
Baptism & Confirmation Service
Testimonies: Kate Ahladeff, David Moller, Tracie Jenkins. Bible reading 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Christ crucified is God’s power and wisdom 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of […]
Gratify self or glorify God?
by Jo Vickery
Bible reading Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus is tested in the wilderness 4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to […]
Slow down and glimpse God’s glory
Bible reading Matthew 17:1-9 The transfiguration 17 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared […]
Jesus – Living the life (3)
Bible reading Matthew 6:25-34 Do not worry 25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or […]