The Village Church, NZ: Recent Episodes
The Village Church, NZ
Sermons, talks, announcements, and other stuff that might be of interest to The Village Church family.
Marcus Herbert from Cornerstone Church in Johannesburg preaches on God's message on reconciliation.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 15/09/24.
Continuing our series through the foundations of the faith, Angus considers faith itself: what it is and isn't, how it works and how much if it we need.
The gospel is the great story of reconciliation, told here in four dimensions.
Preached in Ngaruawahia on Sunday 15th September 2024 by Marcus Herbert, visiting from Cornerstone Church, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rudy & Wendy Furlong from Mt Gambier, Australia shared an encouragement with us on Tuesday evening.
We have started a new series looking at the foundations of our faith. Mark kicked us off with looking at the death of Jesus.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 18/08/24.
Brennon unpacks Ezra 6, answering the question "Where on earth does God live?"
Preached at Horsham Downs on 04/08/24.
Mark brings us our final part of our series in Ezra. Preached at Ngaruawahia on 28/07/24.
The rebuilding begins with celebration, but soon stalls. One of the hurdles is nostalgia and perfectionism. God sends a couple of prophets to highlight the problem, and encourage the builders to complete what they started.
Preached by Dave at Horsham Downs on 07/07/24.
Brennon opens our new series in the book of Ezra. Preached at Horsham Downs on 30/06/24.
The rebuilding begins with celebration, but soon stalls. One of the hurdles is nostalgia and perfectionism. God sends a couple of prophets to highlight the problem, and encourage the builders to complete what they started.
Leo and Christine Nicotra spent the weekend with us, and encouraged and challenged us to keep pressing on.
Mark wraps up our series looking into advancing against the enemy with the weapons of our warfare. Preached at Horsham Downs on 16/06/24.
Brennon brings us our third week looking into the armour of God. Preached at Horsham Downs on 09/06/24.
Mark wraps up our series looking into advancing against the enemy with the weapons of our warfare. Preached at Ngaruawahia on 09/06/24.
Dave brings us our second week looking into the armour of God. Preached at Horsham Downs on 02/06/24.
Dave brings us our second week looking into the armour of God. Preached at Ngaruawahia on 26/05/24.
Phil brings part 2 in our Spiritual Warfare series. Preached at Horsham Downs on 26/05/24
Dave brings part 2 in our Spiritual Warfare series. Preached at Ngaruawahia on 19/05/24.
Mark brings us part 3 in our series in the book of Jude. Preached at Horsham Downs on 28/04/24.
Dave brings us part 2 in our series in the book of Jude.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 28/04/24.
Byron opens our new series in the book of Jude, looking into the first three verses.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 21/04/24.
Dave recaps our 7 week series on Spiritual Disciplines. Preached at Ngaruawahia on 07/04/24
Mark brings our Spiritual Disciplines series to a close with the final discipline - Submission.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 24/03/24.
Mark brings our Spiritual Disciplines series to a close with the final discipline - Submission.
Preached at Ngaruawahia on 17/03/24.
Dave preaches on our sixth Spiritual Discipline - Service. Preached at Horsham Downs on 17/03/24.
Dave preaches on our sixth Spiritual Discipline - Service.
Preached at Ngaruawahia on 10/03/24
Ian McKellar from the NCMI team in Singapore preaches a powerful word.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 10/03/24.
Mark preaches on our fifth Spiritual Discipline - Silence & Solitude.
Preached at Ngaruawahia on 03/03/24
Brennon preaches on our fourth Spiritual Discipline - Prayer & Fasting.
Preached at Ngaruawahia on 25/02/24
Peter preaches on our third Spiritual Discipline - God's Word.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 25/02/24
Liam preaches on our second Spiritual Discipline - Celebration. Preached at Horsham Downs on 18/02/24
Mark opens our new 7 week series looking at Spiritual Disciplines. Preached at Horsham Downs on 11/02/24
Nate closes our summer of Psalms with an encouragement from Psalm 34. Preached at Horsham Downs on 04/02/24
Mark brings us the final part of our Church Complete series. Preached on 10/12/23 at Horsham Downs.
Mark brings us part 5 of our series 'Church Complete'. Preached at Ngaruawahia on 03/12/23.
Liam brings us Part 4 of our series 'Church Complete'. Preached on 03/12/23 at Horsham Downs.
Liam brings us Part 4 of our series 'Church Complete'. Preached on 26/11/23 at Ngaruawahia.
Mark brings us Part 3 of our 'Church Complete' series. Preached on 26/11/23 at Horsham Downs.
Mark brings us Part 3 of our 'Church Complete' series.
Preached on 19/11/23 at Ngaruawahia
Brennon brings us Part 2 of our 'Church Complete' series. Preached on 12/11/23 at Ngaruawahia
Paul Zanardo from Melbourne Lights Church brings a powerful encouragement.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 05/11/23
The final "I am" statement in our series Christ Complete. Preached by Liam at Horsham Downs on 22/10/23
Part 6 of our Christ Complete series. Preached by Brennon at Horsham Downs on 15/10/23.
Part 2 of our series 'Christ Complete' talking about the Light of the World. Preached by Gordon at Horsham Downs on 17/09/23.
Each week we are considering another of Jesus' puzzling self-descriptions, and this time, Jesus declares himself to be "the door/gate of the sheep."
Text: John 10
Preached in Ngāruawāhia on 17/09/23
Part 1 of our new series 'Christ Complete' talking about the Bread of Life. preached on 10/09/23 at Horsham Downs.
Mark opens our new series 'Christ Complete' talking about the Bread of Life.
Preached on 03/09/23 at Ngaruawahia.
Mark brings us Part 7 of our series in the book of James. Preached at Horsham Downs on 27/08/23.
Dave brings us our final part of our series in the book of James. Preached at Ngaruawahia on 20/08/23
Cliff Cherry from Redemption Point church in Hastings brings an encouraging word.
Preached on 20/08/23 at Horsham Downs
Mark brings us Part 7 of our series in the book of James. Preached at Ngaruawahia on 13/08/23
Phil brings us Part 6 of our series in the book of James. Preached at Horsham Downs on 13/08/23
Mark brings us Part 5 of our series in the book of James. Preached at Horsham Downs on 06/08/23.
(We apologise for the sound quality of this podcast)
Angus brings us Part 3 of our series in James with the dangers of favouritism. Preached at Horsham Downs on 23/07/23
Dave brings us Part 2 of our series in the book of James.
Preached on 09/07/23 at Horsham Downs
Mark brings us the final part of our Worship series with why we do what we do.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 18/06/2023
Mark brings us Part 4 of our Worship series with The Practice of Worship. Preached at Horsham Downs on 11/06/2023
Dave brings us Part 3 of our Worship series with The Effect of Worship. Preached at Horsham Downs on 04/06/2023
Liam brings us Part 2 of our Worship series with The Reason for Gathered Worship.
Preached at Horsham Downs on 28/05/2023
Daz Chettle from Global Gospel Movement preaches a powerful encouragement! He is an evangelist, who travels the world teaching, preaching and out reaching. He has a passion for youth & the lost; and equipping the church in all forms of evangelism.
Michael visits from Faith City Church in Manukau, and takes the opportunity of Palm Sunday to call every person to pursue the king and the kingdom above all else.
Introduction to the Judges and a consideration of the theme of "faith on cruise control" that runs through the book.
Final (disturbing) episode from the book of Judges. The events described in these chapters serve to underscore the main point of the book: Israel is in desperate need for a godly king.
Final chapter in the life of Samson, and the story of the Levite gun-for-hire in the hill country of Ephraim.
A chance to revisit any missed episodes, and a small reminder to see the great acts of faith amidst the complicated characters in the book of Judges.
The original audio file for this episode was a repeat of Episode 18. Apologies for the mix-up.
A chance to revisit any missed episodes, and a small reminder to see the great acts of faith amidst the complicated characters in the book of Judges.
Finishing off John's epistles. Fun fact: The word "antichrist" appears nowhere else in the Bible apart from John's epistles. Not even in Revelation.
Catch up on any readings you missed during the week, and make a priority of hearing the Word with the congregation today. But if you're still hungry for more, there's a little bonus content for the class nerds.
The conclusion of the story of Ruth. Commentators tell us that a key role of the book of Ruth is to defend David as a legitimate ruler in the light of an obscure law found in Deuteronomy 23:2. When we understand that David is a descendent of Perez (and discover how Perez was conceived), it matters how many generations David is removed from Perez, and that, among other things, is what Ruth shows us.
The Lent Bible Binge is an opportunity to listen to a decent daily dose of raw, unvarnished Scripture during the weeks leading up to Easter. Dave explains the gist. Enjoy!
The start of the year is a good time to remind ourselves what we're about and where we are looking. Mark gives us Part 1 of a 3-part series on our vision for 2023.
Psalm 25 is a simple prayer for guidance and help to walk uprightly before God. When enemies lie in wait to see the godly fall, the faithful look to the Lord for instruction and direction. And who couldn't use some of that?
Continuing in our January series through the Psalms, Colette tackles the most famous of them all - Psalm 23. Often read at funerals, this is a Psalm for the living. If you're reading this, that means you.
Preached on a hot Sunday morning at Horsham Downs on 29 January 2023
Unfortunately the first few minutes of this sermon were not recorded so this weeks podcast starts in a strange place.
Rhonda opens Psalm 30. Preached at Horsham Downs on 22/01/23
Darren Prosser from Kingdom Life Church in Adelaide opens the Word. Preached at Horsham Downs on 13/11/22
Matt Doty from Melbourne Lights Church opens the Word. Preached at Horsham Downs on 16/10/22
Colossians 3:1 - 17 is a famous passage. It begins with a statement of fact about a Christian's foundational identity, followed up by a simple and direct call to live out of that identity. Preached by Brennon Lanigan on 2 October 2022 in Ngāruawāhia.
Text: Colossians 2:8 - 15. Mark preached this message in Ngāruawāhia on Sunday 18th September 2022.
A look at Colossians 1:1 - 7, and Paul's encouragement to stick with Christ and quit chasing fancy-sounding spiritualities. Preached by Angus Jones on 11 September 2022 at The Village Church, Ngaruawahia.
A quick survey of the hymn/poem/creed in Colossians 1:15 - 20. Heavy stuff, important stuff, glorious stuff!
Paul is serious about praying for the churches, even the ones he has never visited. In this prayer, we learn a heap about how Paul thinks about maturity and perseverance - two aspects of Christian discipleship that are more relevant than ever.
Part 1 of this new series unpacks Colossians 1:1-2 and helps set the scene for the rest of the series.
Due to some technical difficulties there is a 'buzz' noise over this recording that we were unable to remove. We apologise for any inconvenience but encourage you to still tune into this weeks message from Mark.
Take a listen to this part of our Money Matters series - Home Truths and Straight Talk.
Unfortunately the first few minutes of this sermon were not recorded so this weeks Podcast does start in a strange place. However, to give a little context, Mark is reading from 1 Chronicles 29:11-16. You are able to listen to the whole sermon that was preached in NGA the week before, please refer to 'Money [...]
God is God all the time, through every season under the sun, and He has made everything beautiful in its time.
The futility of pursuing meaning 'under the sun' - Only God gives us the capacity to enjoy life.
Join us as we look at some of Solomon's pursuits in life, pursuits that stimulated him, but couldn't satisfy. The same pursuits that people in this age believe will bring meaning to their lives.
Under the sun, everything is vapour - we are always striving, always grabbing, and yet always finding nothing in our hands.
Under the sun, everything is vapour - we are always striving, always grabbing, and yet always finding nothing in our hands.
Take a listen as Mark shares about Pentecost and encourages us to invite the Holy Spirit to empower us each and everyday.
Have a listen to the ordination of Mark Meeske as lead Elder of The Village Church, as well as the commissioning of both Mark and Colette, who together will lead the Eldership team who lead our church.
Paul Zanardo from Melbourne Lights Church encourages the church to keep our eyes on Christ.
Liam provides us with some key questions to reflect on and ask ourselves as a 'Warrant of Fitness' for our own lives.
Brennon explains the important role families play in the discipleship of children, and how the church fits in the equation.
Apologies for the poor audio quality of this recording. An encouragement to keep prayerful, or if we haven't begun, to get on with it.
Brennon unpacks the importance of Palm Sunday as we head into a new week leading to Resurrection Sunday!
Tune in to Bruce's final message as Lead Elder at TVC. He unpacks verses in Numbers 6 and leaves us with a great encouragement.
Part 3 of our First Things First series which revisits some of the first-order principles of the church.
This series revisits some of the first-order principles of the church. This week we look at a core identity marker for us as a church: we gather around Jesus Christ.
Rhonda speaks from Psalm 13 on the lessons from David on handling tough times - from despair to a song.
Taking a break in our series, Brennon talks about having a spirit of unity from Romans 15.
Dave continues on with our Exodus series looking at chapters 33-34, where Moses asks God some big things.
Even though we can’t gather in person, we can still gather with our household. Bruce continues on with our Exodus series looking at chapter 32.
Sometimes we can think the law looks like legalism, but the law looks like love. Brennon looks at how love looks like the law in Exodus 20:1-17.
Liam looked at the Church being a priesthood of believers from Exodus 19, and what we are called to offer.
Brennon shared from Exodus 13 on the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire. God's presence is permanent and pilgrimage.
Liam shared from Exodus 13 & 14 on how God leads His people perfectly, God fights for His people powerfully, and God desires & deserves all the glory.
Liam took us through the story of the Passover and explains the significance of the Passover lamb.
Working through the story of Exodus we reach part five. This week Dave looks at the Passover, a moment that changes everything.
We have reached the point in the Exodus story where there are plagues which Brennon expands on.
We have reached the point in the Exodus story where there are plagues which Dave expands on.
Looking over Exodus chapters 4-7 Liam focused in on what it means for God to be Almighty, El-Shaddai.
Brennon shared the story of Moses and the burning bush and how it was an invitation to turn aside, a detour to meet with God.
Peter introduced our new series where we will be going through the book of Exodus. Peter started by setting the scene of the historical context and talked through how we should read Exodus. All throughout Exodus God is faithful and we need to remember.
Wrapping up our series, Brennon looked at prophecy, tongues, and interpretation out of 1 Corinthians 14:1-20.
Wrapping up our series, Bruce looked at tongues, and interpretation out of 1 Corinthians 14:1-5.
It was a privilege to have Paul and Tania Kauri with us from Rarotonga. Paul shared on when Saul met the Prophet.
It was a privilege to have Dave Hagger with us from Melbourne, Australia. Dave operates in the prophetic and shared great insight on prophecy as we continue in our series on Spiritual Gifts.
Bruce shares that we are one body with many parts (1 Corinthians 12:12-31) just like a piece of a puzzle that is a part of the bigger picture. He also touched on the gift of miracles and the gift of distinguishing spirits.
Dave shares some things on spiritual gifts in general before jumping into the gift of miracles and the gift of distinguishing spirits.
1 Corinthians 12:9 “to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit” Joe talks through the gift of Faith and the gift of Healing.
1 Corinthians 12:9 “to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit” Bruce shares about the diversity but unity of Holy Spirit and talks through the gift of Faith and the gift of Healing.
1 Corinthians 12:8 “To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit” Bruce explains and shows examples from the bible of Words of Wisdom & Words of Knowledge.
This week Brennon kicked off our next series on pursuing the way of love, and eagerly desiring spiritual gifts. 1 Cor 12:1-7
Following Ascension Sunday, is Pentecost Sunday. Bruce shares three reasons to celebrate Pentecost.
We had the privilege of having Mark and Colette Meeske join us from Christ First Church in Nelson. Being ascension Sunday, Mark shared why the ascension of Jesus is significant.
Wrapping up our series, Paul spoke to us about ways to guard and guide our households. Lynda reminded us that in Christ, we do get new beginnings. We can adjust the atmosphere at home. She encourages us to make our hearts God's home and for our lives to be a Christ-like fragrance.
Wrapping up our series, Dave looks at Ephesians 4 and asks the question, what’s the spiritual aroma in your home?
Vikki looked at Genesis and fleshed out why gender matters, why men, maleness, and masculinity are good things, and how Mothers are called first and foremost to Christ.
Mothers play a huge role in our households. Bruce looks at some attributes of a mother that we can all learn from.
For the next few weeks, we will be looking at what God intends for household dynamics, starting off with men.
For the next few weeks we will be looking at what God intends for household dynamics, starting off with men.
Finishing up our short series Gospel on the Ground, Dave speaks from the final two chapters in Romans.
It's Easter Sunday, He is risen! Brennon shared about resurrection reality, reading from Acts 2:29-36
It's Easter Sunday, He is risen! Liam shared about the resurrected Lord, reading from Acts 2:22-36
Dave speaks from chapters 14, 15, and a little bit of Thirteen too, looking at what we should do when we differ from another believer.
We took a break in our Romans series as Bruce shared his heart on what it means to do life together.
We took a break in our Romans series as we had the privilege of having JD, from the Station Community Church in Hawks Bay, share his heart with us.
We are jumping into a short series as we lead into easter, looking at the last few chapters of Romans. Brennon fleshed out Romans 12 looking at Love without Hypocrisy.
We are jumping into a short series as we lead into easter, looking at the last few chapters of Romans. Dave started by looking through Romans 12
Bruce shares from Jeremiah 29:4-13 on how God Plants & Anoints His Kingdom of Priests to display His Splendour & Minister His Love to their wider community.
Bruce shares from 1 Peter 2:4-10 on how God chooses a people. God plants and anoints His chosen people to display His splendor & minister His love.
God sends because He loves. Dave introduces a three-part series on The Mission of God, speaking from 1 Timothy 2:1-7
We had the privilege of hearing from Josh Benge at Cornerstone Church in Johannesburg. He answered two questions about Psalm 6. What does it tell us about God? and What does it tell us about Prayer? (Note: Unfortunately, the message for Psalm 5 was not recorded)
This week Bruce covers Psalms 3 and 4. A Morning Psalm and Evening Psalm, looking at The Moment and The Outcome.
Each year the decision needs to be made about what will be preached over the summer holidays. A number of times, over the last decade or so, we have come to the Psalms and chosen a scattered few to preach from. We are anticipating that this will be the same year after year so we [...]
Finishing up looking at Luke 2, Brennon highlights verse 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
Continuing on looking at Luke 2, Pat Myers shares on the inclusiveness of the Gospels’ story and how hopes and plans were rearranged but God’s grace shows throughout.
For the next few weeks leading up until Christmas we will be looking at different aspects of Luke 2. Brennon starts off by looking at Christ the Lord.
Angus closes our series on the Lord's prayer going through the final line “For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.”
Wrapping up our series, Bruce goes through the final line in the Lord’s Prayer “For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.” and encourages us to live the Amen.
This is our final episode of UNHURRY. We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this morning meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this morning meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this evening meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
Brennon covered the next line in the Lord's Prayer "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." He pointed out three things: Expect tests Process tests through the love of Our Father Remember, the real enemy is Evil
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this morning meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this morning meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this evening meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
"as we forgive those who sin against us." Bruce talks about our need to embrace both Being Forgiven and Being Forgiving so we can live healed and shine the light for others.
Flowing on from last week's line, Joe talks through "as we forgive those who sin against us."
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this morning meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this morning meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this evening meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
Continuing on with our series looking at the next line in the Lord's Prayer, "Forgive us our debts", Brennon fleshes out that God wants us to be honest about our sin and not displace the cost and impact it has.
Dave carries on with our series looking at the next line in the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our sins”.
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this morning meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
We are in no rush, so please make sure you’re somewhere comfortable, where you won’t be distracted, and settle in to make this evening meditation your own. Music credit: Adam Kimpton, Rivers & Robots
For the month of November, a few times a week, our podcast will have some extra episodes added which we are calling on “Unhurry” The name says it all. These short episodes will simply be a scripture reading, and a prayer to help us slow down a little and order our days around God rather [...]
Jesus is teaching us to fight off entitlement and expectation, and we fight it off by asking God to provide our bread for today, even though we know he will already provide it.
Brennon highlights two risks when we approach God in prayer, to get to this petition too early, consumed with worry for physical needs. Or coming to this request too late, having forgotten we are dependant on God for everything we have.