Sunday services

On Good Shepherd Sunday, we look at how we have both shepherded others and been shepherded ourselves. Sue asks, Where have we been failed by leaders, and when have we failed others? What are some ways we can seek to do better in loving one another?

Kathy brings us impactful stories about the vital work done by four organisations that we financially support and also join in with their work in a variety of ways. We hear about the work of UnitingWorld supporting food security in Timor Leste; about Project Youth supporting vulnerable young people across the Shire with skills education and emergency housing; about Common Grace and their work on First Nations and climate justice and how we’ve joined in with that; and Sydney Alliance, a network of organisations across Sydney working together for the common good, and to which we belong.

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Join us for a joyful service of worship on Easter Sunday as Paul leads us in celebration. We are invited to transform and renew all that we are through the prism the love that death has not conquered.

We gather on this day to remember.

On Palm Sunday we remember the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and the crowds of people welcoming him by waving palm branches and crying “Hosanna!” Leanne leads us today and asks “As we re-read these stories, what has changed in our understanding of who Jesus is and what it means to be a follower of the Way?”

In this fifth week of Lent we hear voices from the church in Bali about how climate change is affecting them and what we can do about it. John brings us the first of his Q&A series, unpacking this question that was asked: “The Bible has a range of different stories about the resurrection. How do we navigate that? If it is not literally true, then is there any point to Christianity?”

Paul leads us in worship on the fourth Sunday in Lent as we celebrate God’s gift of love and grace.

Paul leads us in holy communion as we seek love, forgiveness and joy from the God who brings us new life when we are worn and tired.

Sue leads us on a journey with Jesus into the wilderness. Though life can be uncomfortable and confronting, God’s healing, renewing dream for the world is sometimes closer than we might realise.

Loraine leads us this morning in our service of worship, and John brings us a message that the transfiguration is a moment of revelation in the gospel when we get a glimpse of who Jesus is. He is not replacing Moses, Elijah, the law and the prophets, but he is the One continuing in the spirit of Moses and Elijah. He is One in the spirit of Moses and Elijah: a liberator. Jesus came to bring freedom to the captives; he spoke truth to power and challenged injustice. Jesus challenged the legitimating gods of empire and, like Moses and Elijah, put his body on the line to do so.