Joel shares some thoughts on the Treaty of Waitangi and how we can journey in our current Aotearoa New Zealand context as followers of Jesus. What does it mean to be the people of God in the midst of the current discussions and debates around the Treaty?

Joel shares the third message of our first series for 2024, “I Have Decided” - a look at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. This message is titled "Make a Plan", and is about the importance of making a plan for our walk with Jesus.

Joel shares the second message of our first series for 2024, “I Have Decided” - a look at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.Joel speaks about ‘Letting Go’ from Matthew 16:13-27 in the Bible, where Jesus talks to his disciples about what it means to follow Him. This passage has four main movements, and Joel spends some time looking at each of them with this encouraging word.

Joel shares the first message of our first series for 2024, “I Have Decided” - a look at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.Joel speaks from Matthew 11 in the Bible, where Jesus invites people to walk with Him, abiding, relating and working.

This week Joel shares an Advent message of hope and also shares some hopes and vision for 2024 - including some practical things that are going to happen at Curate to help us with this focus. Enjoy this encouraging message as we move into the last week of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus at Christmas time. You can find our Advent devotional at www.curatechurch.com/advent

Oswald Chambers once said that "A life of intimacy with God is characterised by joy." This week Katie shares Part Two of a message on joy, sharing about the 'friends of joy' - Peace, Letting Go and Faith. Enjoy this encouraging message as we move into the first week of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus at Christmas time. You can find our Advent devotional at www.curatechurch.com/advent

John Arts shares from his theological background about the importance and the power of the ascension of Jesus - where Jesus was raised from the dead after his crucifixion. John takes us through six points of what the ascension of Jesus means for us today as his followers.

Katie Milgate shares Part One of a message on joy - the oil of gladness, talking from her experiences of a journey into joy. Katie encourages us to decide where the source of our joy comes from, and suggests that it should be coming from our saviour Jesus.

In John 16:33 Jesus said “In this world you will have trouble.” Joel Milgate shares about how we all go through times of testing, explores the different sorts of testing we will encounter, and gives some thoughts on how we should respond during these times.

The Rev. Dr. Nathan McClellan shares with us from the passage of scripture found in Ephesians 3:14-21. He explains how each section of these verses is like a link in a chain which link together one after another. Nathan also explains the background to why Paul wrote these verses (he starts with “For this reason . . .”) and references a well loved children’s picture book for good measure.