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Believe that there is more to life? So do we! Find people like yourself who can help you foster simple rhythms for a thriving spiritual life.
Believe that there is more to life? So do we! Find people like yourself who can help you foster simple rhythms for a thriving spiritual life.
The simplest way to find + follow Jesus yourself is to find your time to pursue a personal relationship with Him by investing time with him every day. It may be a moment, an hour or a morning, but every one of us can discover more about Jesus and following him...
As we read the stories of Jesus and get to know who He is, it becomes clear that we are to invite people into our lives just like He did! We don't all have the perfect house, big budgets or gourmet kitchens, but it's clear that...
Because Finding + Following Jesus is best done together, we encourage every follower of Jesus to find your place to gather with other followers each week and to find a meaningful way to get involved. Jesus didn't give specific requirements on how to gather, but by reading the Bible...
"And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'" Luke 22:19 Sunday was a wonderful time to not only learn...
"Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full" Luke 14:23 Last year Martine and I were invited to a party. While we normally wouldn't do this, we ended up inviting someone else...
"All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name. Selah” Psalm 66:4 There are many examples in the Bible where creation worships God! Birds sing to him, the trees celebrate by "clapping their 'hands'" and "the...
Join us this Sunday, 9am 24th of Dec as we gather to celebrate the story of Jesus with and sing some carols! There will be no gathering on Christmas Day, but we will gather on New Year's Eve, Sunday 31st December at 9am. From January we will be...
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). Matthew 1:23 In a church that aims to be hyper-focused on Jesus, it's amazing that I still feel compelled to slow myself and our church family...
“...it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us.” - Acts 15:28 In the book of Acts, chapter 15, we read an account of the Jerusalem Council, a gathering of the early Christian leaders. To summarise how they arrived at their final decisions they say, "It seemed...