As followers of Jesus, we are called to first love God and then love each other. So what do true Christ-like relationships look like? In the third week of our series, Pastor David Shepherd joins us from Hills Baptist Church Verdun to bring us a message on sex. Diving into Genesis 2 and 3, he teaches us what God’s beautiful design for sex truly is. Where culture’s understanding rebukes this way of life and loudly declares that it is “denying ourselves” to only enjoy sex within a committed marriage, Dave reminds us that God’s design flows from a place of love, forgiveness, freedom AND understanding, for He too denied Himself His place in Heaven for the cross so that we may live. Teaching text: Hebrews 13:4, Genesis 2:7 & 20-25, Genesis 3:1-7, Philippians 2:5-11

As followers of Jesus, we are called to first love God and then love each other. So what do true Christ-like relationships look like? In the third week of our series, Pastor Sam Long joins us from Nova Church to bring us a message on sex. Challenging the world’s disposable narrative of “whatever, whenever, and whoever”, he encourages us to look to the word of God as our final authority when navigating sex. He reveals God’s intention for sex, explaining that it was designed to glue a committed marriage together spiritually, emotionally, and physically. However, no matter our histories, he reminds us that in Jesus, there is forgiveness, grace, freedom and purity. Teaching text: Genesis 1:28, Proverbs 5:15-20, Mark 10:6-9

As followers of Jesus, we are called to first love God and then love each other. So what do true Christ-like relationships look like? In the second week of our series, Pastor Matt Phelan from Rise Church brings us a message on dating. He challenges us to seek a partner that is equally yoked; a person who not only claims to be Christian but one that has strong convictions in Christ, is obedient to His leadership and direction and chooses daily to become more like Jesus. Teaching text: 2 Corinthians 6:14, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Proverbs 4:23

As followers of Jesus, we are called to first love God and then love each other. So what do true Christ-like relationships look like? In the first week of our series, Rev Brant Jones teaches us what it means to practically honour our parents and to raise children up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Teaching text: Ephesians 6:1-4

It's intern week! Two of our current interns Adelaide and Tayla bring a Word on two Heroes of the Faith. Adelaide challenges us to follow the countercultural lifestyle of John the Baptist; a lifestyle that simply but passionately points to Jesus above all else. Tayla dives deep into the story of Ruth to demonstrate the expression of God's heart and faithfulness to His people and teach us the way that Jesus is our ultimate kinsmen redeemer. Teaching texts: Matthew 3:11, Ruth 1:16-17

It's intern week! Two of our current interns Tarin and Eric bring a Word on two Heroes of the Faith. Tarin challenges us to find peace in the daring just as Esther found courage, peace and strength in God when confronted with pressing times. Eric dives deep into the story of David to illustrate that our current position does not shape our ultimate victory in Christ. Teaching texts: Esther 4:10-17, 1 Samuel 16:6-12

It’s baptism Sunday! Today as we celebrate the declaration of new life in Jesus, Ps Mike looks at Phillip, the Ethiopian eunuch and how there is no longer anything truly stopping us from new life in Jesus. Teaching text: Acts 8:26-40

At the heart of our church is that you would have an encounter with Jesus. Over the next four weeks at Encounter Church, we will be unpacking the four core values at the heart of our church - Jesus, People, Generous and Real. Ps Mike closes out our series on the Encounter Life by tackling the tricky topic of generosity in the church and the way we are challenged to be generous to others, thankful to God and filled with joy as we do it. Teaching text: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15

At the heart of our church is that you would have an encounter with Jesus. Over the next four weeks at Encounter Church, we will be unpacking the four core values at the heart of our church - Jesus, People, Generous and Real. Mike preaches on our value of Real by talking about the deceptive nature of reality, the church as a working body and the critical importance of our hearts. Teaching texts: Ephesians 4:17-25

At the heart of our church is that you would have an encounter with Jesus. Over the next four weeks at Encounter Church, we will be unpacking the four core values at the heart of our church - Jesus, People, Generous and Real. Ps Jen brings to life our most important value - that we are all about Jesus - by talking through Jesus' meeting with the woman at the well in John 4 and how God wants us to shift our mindset from knowing about Jesus to knowing Jesus personally. Teaching texts: John 4:4-26