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The Worship Centre
Our Sunday Morning Sermons are filled with Hope and Good News as our speakers share encouraging and challenging messages from The Word.
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Anxiety, worry, distress, panic and agitation. Whatever you call it, fear effects us all, can come from anywhere and can completly overtake our lives. Despite this, the bible repeats the phrase "Do not fear" 365 times, including when Jesus tells us that He has overcome the world. In this weeks message, Pastor Dan encourages us that through Jesus we can overcome fear.
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On this Baptism Sunday, Pastor Rob delves into Jesus' last words to teach on the importance and significance of baptism in water.
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There are times when everything in life goes well. Its exciting, its joyful and it makes you feel like you're on top of the world. At other times, life is tough. It can feel like everything is going wrong, or the world is against you. This week Pastor Dan looks at the plight of Isreal, surrounded by the Syrians and reveals how through faith we can face any situation, and see it turned around.
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In this weeks mesage, Mike Allen looks at Jesus' temple experience, opening the scriptures and declaring "today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing", encouraging us that the same anointing Jesus' spoke of - to set people free and heal the sick, is available for us today.
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This week Pastor Rob didn't preach a traditional message nor teach on a passage of scripture, but instead came expectant for God to move. Leaning into God's leading, Pastor Rob made space for God as we allowed the Holy Spirit to minister to us through two songs.
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This mothers day, guest speaker Jenny Wreford asks the question "who's the daddy?" Looking at the account of Hannah and her desire to have a child, Jenny reminds us that our Father is in control and we can lean into Him and trust Him.
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Everybody has a story to tell. For Chloe, that story starts as one of hurt and depression, drink and drugs, loneliness and abuse but is also a story that ends in a dramatic turn around from darkness to light. This week, Chloe shares that story, and tells how God has so impacted her life that she now radiates His light wherever she goes.
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When things are going well, we often forget to turn our thanks to God in our prayers. When things are going tough, it's often painful to pray as our emotions turn to anger and frustration towards God. In this weeks message, Pastor Dan Taylor returns to the 'Prayer of Jabez' in 1 Chronicles 4, encouraging us that even in the most painful of circumstances God is still there with us, hearing our crys, and changing our future from pain to blessing.
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In this weeks message, Pastor Dan encourages us to have a child-like faith.
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Unlike Charles Dickens' classic novel, we won't be disappointed when we look forward with expectation of what God can and will do.
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This week we set aside the day as Mission Sunday, where Trudi shared about her adventures in the rural villages of Mexico, Marie updated us about the work she does in Cambodia while Wendy tells us about her work with Safe Families reaching some of the most vulnerable in our City.
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Jesus said "I am the resurrection and the life" and in this week's message Pastor Dan looks at the life and resurrection of Lazarus and Samson, encouraging us that we too can experience and enjoy the same resurrection life today.
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"Try and try again" is an encouraging phrase that we all believe to be a good mantra, but the reality is that many feel our failure is our identity. We tried, we failed so we give up. In this weeks message, Pastor Rob encourages us that in Jesus, our failure is not our end but instead He will turn our story around.
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In His first message of the year, Pastor Rob brings a Word of direction for the Church, revealing the heart of Jesus for us as a congregation through this next season. Building on the prophecy that 'the famine is over', Pastor Rob teaches from Luke 13, encouraging us to be expecting God to move and not to put format and tradition above people and Gods power.
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On the last day of 2023, Pastor Dan looks back over the messages that have been brought throughout the year, then looks forward into the next season, encouraging us to Step into the New Thing God has instore for us in 2024 and beyond.
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Mary was highly favoured, yet the circumstances around the birth of Jesus certainly didn't appear favourable. Likewise, our lives don't always reflect the favour promised to us in the bible. In this Christmas message, Pastor Dan encourages us that the babe in a manger 2000 years ago is still with us and pouring favour upon us, even in the most unexpected of circumstances.
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Continuing to learn from Elijah, Pastor Dan looks at 4 patterns that can cause us to fall into a Negative Mindset, and encourages to heed the advice to avoid them.
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The Famine is over! This was the prophetic word spoken into our church a few weeks ago, and today Pastor Rob looks into Gods provision through the eyes of a little boy whos lunch fed 5000 men and a woman whos jars of oil kept her for three years.
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We don't always need a fresh revelation or a profound word, sometimes we simply need to strip everything away and get back to basics. In this weeks message, David Noble looks at the Characteristics of God, remembering He is Good and He does Good.
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The last few years have caused many people to go into hiding. Working from home has increased, Food deliveries have become the norm, and going out socialisng has decreased. In her message this week, Jo Taylor takes all this into consideration and encourages us to come out of hiding and instead Seek Jesus
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Each week football stadiums are packed with thousands of fans cheering on their teams, shouting from the top of their lungs, clapping and jumping with joy, while churches meet in respectful quietness, leading Pastor Rob to ask - "Are you clapped out?".
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Following on from Pastor Robs message last week on Famine, Pastor Dan brings a word of encouragement that not only has the famine come to an end, but that we are positioned ready for the rain.
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Famine is devastating. It destroys lives and communities and its reach is widespread, yet it's when we are stripped of everything and have absolutly nothing that miracles are witnessed. In this weeks message, Pastor Rob brings a timely Word that cut across our plans for todays meeting, allowing God to move in His plan.
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Many people are searching to find themselves, as they try to discover their identity in this world. But the sad truth is that this often causes people to be more lost than ever before. In this weeks message, Pastor Rob guides us in that search for identity, not in this world but in Christ.
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In this weeks message, Pastor Dan builds on Pastor Robs series looking at the life of David, and encourages us with four words that will help us move forward and avoid the resentment King Saul began to feel about David's victory over Goliath.
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Continuing from his message last week, Pastor Rob delves deeper into the account of David & Goliath, encouraging us to ignore all the voices around us and draw everything from Father God.
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"How's your day?" can seem like a simple question but yet if answered honestly can reveal a huge amount about an individual, yet most often its answered in the extreme of negativity or an unrealistic positivity. In this weeks message, Pastor Rob looks at the life of David who had every reason to be down and feel rejected yet continued to serve his father with integrity.
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"Behold I am coming soon" are the last recorded words of Jesus, and throughout history people have been studying the scriptures in order to predict when Jesus will return. In this weeks message, John Clift establishes the truth that no one knows the time nor the hour, but there are signs that point towards the end times.
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Following last weeks message bringing to our attention just how radical Jesus is, Pastor Dan continues to look at how radical it is that we should recieve the gift of Grace.
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Jesus was never coincidental. Everything He did had purpose. So when Jesus healed the man at the Pool of Bethesda, it wasn't a mistake or error in judgement that he would do it on the Sabbath. In this weeks message, Pastor Dan returns from his holidays to reveal just how radical the Son of God really was!
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When it comes to running our life, we often say "it's my life, I'll do what I want!". This week Pastor Rob opens his message with the question "is God's Word authority?" then proceeds to unpack God's sovereignty balanced with God's grace of free will.
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Following Pastor Rob's message on the importance of unwrapping the gifts we're given last week, Mo George brings this weeks message on the gift of love.
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When we're given a present most of us hurry to see what's inside, yet God's gifts to us so often get left unopened. In this week's message, Pastor Rob shares from John 3:16 and unwraps the gift of God's only begotten Son.
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We start strong, passionate and keen to change the world, but knock backs and disappointments disguised as experience often causes our fire to burn out and we lose heart. In this weeks message, Paul Worth encourages us not to lose heart, encouraging us to keep running strong the race set before us.
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In Exodus, Moses requests of God that He may see God's Glory. God's response was to hide Moses in the cleft of a rock and His Glory passed by Moses. Since that day, God continues to reveal His Glory to people and in this weeks message, Josie Stevenson shares testimony of her experience witnessing Gods Glory Cloud as she invites us to lean in and see The Glory for ourselves.
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We seem to have limited the resurrection to just one week a year - Easter. Yet the power of Jesus' death and resurrection is true and relevant all year round. This week Lee Beaumont reminds us of the reason for Hope, that the darkness and struggles of Easter Saturday are only temporary as Resurrection Sunday is coming!
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In 2020 Chris and Sarah Etherington recieved a prophetic word that seemed impossible to be true. Over the following few years everything that could stand against this promise came against them and it seemed even more unlikely that this word would ever be fulfilled. BUT GOD!! Today Sarah shared the journey that her and Chris have been on, announcing that the miracle is being fulfilled, reminding us once again that God's Word NEVER returns void.
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Ever felt that despite doing everything God has asked of you, you still end up facing a storm that feels too much to bear? Ever felt that it feels as thought God has left you to fend for yourself? In this weeks message, Chris Etherington encourages us that God sees you and is on the way!
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God is sovereign, and that means there are times when you just have to put aside your plans and schedule and just let God. Today's meeting took a spontaneous turn with God in the midst meeting peoples need, which left Pastor Dan to bring a spontaneous word of encouragment to us all.
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We all understand and agree that it's important to love our neighbour. But Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan goes far deeper than a call to social action. This week Pastor Rob looks beyond the surface of this well known scripture to reveal Jesus' heart for our salvation.
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When we invite Jesus to lead our lives as Lord and Saviour, He leads us into a new way of life with a new apetite for the things of God. This week Pastor Rob draws lessons from the Isrealites attitude to the Manna of the Wilderness, encourging us to trust Gods provision, remembering the joy of our Salvation.
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In this weeks message, Pastor Dan Taylor takes comfort from the book of Job, that despite circumstance and situations, There Is Hope!
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We live in a busy non-stop world, and as exciting as life can be, one of the most common answers to the question 'how are you?' is 'tired' or 'exhausted'. In this week's message, Pastor Dan leans into a verse from the life of Gideon that encourages us that even when exhausted, we can still pursue God.
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Storms can come at us from all directions, and we're often left looking for Jesus, anxious and worried as to how we will get through this. But the truth is, Jesus isnt absent from the Storm, He is right in the midst of it with us. In this weeks message, Pastor Rob Clift reminds us that if Jesus has said "let's go to the other side", then it doesn't matter what comes our way, we will reach our desination.
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This week Pastor Rob brings a brief introduction to the biblical principal of being baptised ahead of our baptism service.
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Taking another look at the account of Jesus calming the storm, Pastor Rob focuses on the reason why He set out to cross to the other side, and gives us biblical insight as to how to handle the storms of life as well as the attacks and scheming of the enemy.
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When life throws hard times our way, or when the circumstances we're in don't appear to marry up with the promises of God it can feel like the end. In this weeks message, Pastor Dan Taylor encourages us that God's not done with us yet, and rather than seeing things as either going well or going wrong, theres a third side to the story - God's Side!
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Many will have heard of the poem 'Footprints' which encourages us that God carrys us through tough times. This week Pastor Dan takes a look at the account of Jesus' walking on water, encouraging us that God will always catch us in the storms of life.
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This week Pastor Rob looks at Jesus' Ascension back into Heaven, encouraging us that what He promised will come to pass.
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It's Easter Sunday so Pastor Rob is sharing the Good News of Jesus' death and resurrection by going back to his favourite book, bringing part two of his teaching on Genesis.
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After a few weeks break, John Clift returns to bring the second part of his teaching on the book of Jude that he began in February.
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In a fast paced world it can be hard to find the time, but in this weeks message, Chris Etherington delves into the word 'Selah', encouraging us to pause and reflect.
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This Mothers Day, Wendy Clift brings an encourging and life changing word as she unpacks and reveals the character, strength and power of God through a short two letter pronoun - He.
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This week Pastor Rob revealed his love of the Radio program 'Desert Island Discs' saying if he could take just one book from the bible he would choose Genesis, sharing how Genesis is far more than an account of creation.
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This week Pastor Dan talks love. Jesus love for us, our love for God, and how when we share that love with others, it goes viral and spreads further and wider than we could ever imagine.
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As our meeting took an unexpected turn, Pastor Dan encourages us to come into Gods presence expecting Him to move, then not to be surprised when He does.
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This week John Clift teaches from the Book of Jude, encouraging us the contend for the Faith.
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We are often cautious to respond to a request until we are sure of what the task entails. Are there any hidden agendas, terms or conditions we weren't expecting? In this weeks message, Pastor Dan shares the hebrew meaning of both Moses' and Abrahams response, "Here I am" to reveal that they knew the answer to Gods call even before God asked it.
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We live in a world which distorts what is real in order to sell products or for people to get ahead. But every little white lie, bending of the truth, or spinning a yarn leads us into a trap we can't escpae from. In this weeks message, Pastor Rob reveals how knowing the Truth, living in Truth and speaking the Truth will set you free.
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We all long to be successful, but sometimes it's when we are at the top of our game that we are at our most vulnerable. In his message this week, Pastor Rob looks at Elijah vs the Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and how God's miraculous display of power drew the attention of those who were against Him.
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This week Pastor Dan brings a fresh revelation of Jesus' feeding of the 5000 as he looks at the significance of breaking and blessing the bread. No matter how broken we may feel, we are always in His hands.
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When God gives a promise His Word is secure. This week Pastor Rob encourages us that the fulfilment of Gods promise can happen at any moment and our responsibilty is to lean into to the One who is the Promise Keeper.
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On the first Sunday of 2023, Pastor Rob and Pastor Dan teamed up to bring the preached word together, laying down their vision for the year to come.
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Following Pastor Dans message last week about not staying stuck, Pastor Rob brings the sequel - Stuck 2!
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As the weather turns cold and the roads become very icy, many are stranded and stuck at home today, so Pastor Dan brought a message of hope to everyone who feels stuck right now.
Is there more to grace than simply a get out of jail free card? Pastor Rob delves deep into the account of the woman caught in adultury to reveal just how amazing grace really is and leaves us with a challenge that could change how we see others forever.
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We all have 24 hrs in our day, yet depending on how we fill that time we can be left feeling as though we're too busy for anything else. This week Mo encourages and challenges us to seek God in every situation, and ensure we carve time out of our day to spend with Him
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When we allow God to lead, there are times when He might interupt our plans. This week our meeting took an unexpected turn as God moved powerfully meaning our planned message from Pastor Dan didnt happen. Instead people were set free, and joy filled the room.
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Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything, and in his message this week, Pastor Dan encourgages us that God has appointed the time and the place we are in right now. This season isn't a surprise to God.
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This week Trevor McFarlane brings some thoughts around the conversation that took place between Jesus and the woman at the well.
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Wether its the woman with the issue of blood who reached out and touched Jesus, or Zacharius who climbed a tree to see Jesus, the Bible is full of people who stood out from the crowd. This week Pastor Dan continues his 'Sharper than you think' series as he looks at the friends who took their paralytic friend through the roof to get to Jesus.
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Following on from last weeks answer to the question "Who Am I?", Pastor Rob Clift reveals what the bible says about us being made new in Christ
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This world encourages us to be whoever we want to be, and yet has left so many with the biggest existantial question ever posed "Who Am I?" This week Pastor Rob draws 33 verses from the Bible to answer to that very question.
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Pastor Dan brings an encourgaing word as he reminds us that God is already at work for our good.
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Pastor Dan Taylor takes a practical look at what it means to take every thought captive in order to guard our peace in a world full of fear and anxiety.
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Taken from our Baptism Service, Pastor Rob shares what Baptism is all about and the importance of being authentic. We also have Alison Harper sharing a powerful testimony of how her journey from alcohol lead her to Jesus.
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Pastor Rob takes a fresh new look at the well known parable or the Prodical Son in Luke 15, highlighting that there was infact two prodicals that Jesus is talking about.
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