Central Church Port Kembla

Our friend Joel Marsh speaks about his struggles with anxiety and finding God in the dark places.

This week Caro dives into the parable of the widow and the judge…and Jesus’ encouragement to us to pray and not give up. FYI there’s a little story we edited out because it was too personal for a podcast…so if it seems a bit disjointed around the 28 minute mark…that’s why.

Paul shares how the parable of the rich fool found in Luke 12:13-21 is applicable to wealthy Western nations today.

The first part of Oran’s two part talk on Jesus in the wilderness looks at the time prior to Jesus’ baptism and how this relates to the seasons in our own life.

Brendan shares on Jesus The Good Shepherd and Psalm 23.

Carolyn looks at the compassionate Jesus, and what making room for compassion looks like in our increasingly complex world.

Tonya shares about how we can navigate seasons of being in a spiritual wilderness.

This week Caro unpacks the 2 stories that sit side by side in Mark 5 where Jesus heals the sick woman and raises the dead girl.

This week in church we had our youth run the service. Firstly 3 of our young people sat on a panel and all the adults got to ask them questions and then 3 adults they had chosen sat on a panel and the young people questioned them, It was a great night of sharing an honesty!

Father’s day panel discussion.

Matt from Soul Survivor NSW shares about living out the calling of God to be courageous using Joshua 1.

Part 2 of Caro’s sermon on Mark 5: 1-20, looking through the lens of community life and how we love one another.

Carolyn looks at the 'parable of the weeds' from Matthew 13:24-30 and what Jesus has to say about the presence of 'evil' in our world

This week Billy Kennedy, head of the Pioneer network of churches in the UK, shared with us from 2 Kings 4 and challenges us to ask ourselves ‘what is the oil in our house?’ and ‘how can we give it away?’

Our good friends Jen and Joel Marsh from CityLife Church Christchurch share with us some of their story and their reflections on Luke 19:1-10.

This week Caro preaches on Mark 5:1-20 looking at this passage through a political lens. This passage highlights that when the Kingdom of God confronts the Empire of this world, Jesus comes out on top.

Carolyn chats with Lynda, Michael Lear and Michael Tibbs discussing the practices of beholding Jesus.

Carolyn explores Mark 4 and how Jesus responds to our confusion.

Oran is sharing about “The pool of Bethesda”, found in John 5:1-5.

This week Caro looks at some of Jesus’ teaching on judging others and challenges us in our attitudes and love for one another.