Riverside Church

Using the story of Jesus’ first miracle in John chapter 2 where he turns the water into wine Jake explains how obedience is a choice and obedience is also an action and Jesus will lead us when we step out in faith.

Simon teaches us using the book of Acts ch27 v9-44 about the apostle Pauls shipwreck, that we are called to bring words of life into the storms of life.

Our expectation is influenced by our perspectives and prejudices and today Simon explains how sometimes our perspective around church, religion and even Jesus obscures the reality of the spirit of God at work in our lives.

We all have doubts, especially hearing God’s voice and having the confidence to act on it. Jake explains how it will become easier when we change our mind set from our worrying about our ability and just giving God our availability.

Our six monthly look back and celebration of the great things going on in the life of Riverside and also looking ahead to what we believe God has for us in the coming year.

In part five of this current series ‘Spirit-Led Living’ Simon talks more about listening to God in the quietness or stillness. Think about it… listen and silent are spelled with the same letters.

In part four of this current series ‘Spirit-Led Living’ Simon talks about if we were to sense that Jesus is close, what would we need to do to allow him more free rein in our life.

Simon continues to explain how we need to learn to listen to Jesus’ voice in our everyday lives and allow him to truly lead us. We can believe all sorts of things about Jesus but unless he occupies the position of “Saviour of the world” in our lives we will never be able to fully follow him.

Simon uses the story of the woman at the well in John 4 to explain how important it is to listen to the Holy Spirit talking to us in our everyday lives and how we can therefore see the world differently.

Before Simon introduces this new 10 week series where we hope to grow as a church in responding to the leading of the Holy Spirit, we hear from Martin Franks about his story leading up to him becoming our latest Assistant Pastor today.

Chris unpacks this well-known story that appears in all 4 gospels – it is the story of a miracle, 5000 men + women and children fed from so little. Four times means it is important! Today Jesus says to us “you feed them” or “you go and make disciples”. People are hungry – spiritually, physically, emotionally and intellectually – Jesus tells us to feed them.

In part four of this series Red Letters….the words of Jesus, Amy explains Jesus’ words in the ‘great commission’ in Matthew 28: 16-20 where he assures and promises to always be with us.

In part three of the current series looking at the words of Jesus, Simon explores what Jesus had to say about worry and anxiety.

In part two of the series looking at the words of Jesus in the Bible Chris uses Mark Ch2 V1-12 exploring questioning faith. “Faith is not about not questioning, it’s about your actions despite your questions.”

Julian Barnard launches our summer series on The Red Words of Jesus with John 15 verse 9. We are invited into a wonderful relationship with God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. Julian considers how we can abide in and develop our relationship with God.

As Simon concludes this final talk in the Galatians series we get to appreciate the apostle Paul's summary of the preceding chapters and completeness of God's work in the "finished work" of Jesus Christ.

Simon explains how one of the burdens the apostle Paul mentions is the weightiness of our temptation to give into sin, and the heaviness of trying to get out of it. Paul wanted us to share that burden and not battle sin and temptation on our own.

Simon looks at how the gospel affects how we relate to each other and how we should overcome our hunger for honour from each other.

Simon continues by looking at how our “old self” produces desires and actions that are contrary to our new identity in Christ. Follow this link https://bit.ly/2Rvyif5 to see the diagrams & slides in this talk.

In part 5 of this series on the book of Galatians, Simon explains the Apostle Pauls allegory of Hagar and Sarah is written to persuade us (along with the Galatians) not to follow the Judaizers into slavery with Hagar and Ishmael, but to follow Sarah and Isaac into freedom.