Previous Sermons

Whether you missed a Sunday or want to revisit a message that spoke to you, you can explore our collection of past sermons right here. Listen or read at your own pace – anytime, anywhere – and stay connected to what God is doing in and through our community.

8 November 2026

Repenting from False Witness

The Ten Commandments forbid saying things that are not true; or do they? The 8th commandment is often summarized as "you shall not lie," but it actually reads, "you shall not bear false witness against your neighbour."

1 November 2026

From Thought to Action

Certain spiritual ideas seem particularly abstract: they are beliefs about life, rather than instructions to be followed. But the Teachings of the New Church say that even abstract religious ideas can be practically applied.

25 October 2026

Our Covenant With the Lord

This Sunday we will explore the idea of the Covenant, the special agreement between God and mankind.

18 October 2026

For What Should We Ask?

When we pray we are often asking for something. There is nothing wrong with this; in fact the Lord encourages us to do this. But we should give careful thought to what we ask for.

11 October 2026

Daily Repentance

Repentance is a straightforward spiritual practice: admit you did something wrong, stop doing it, and live a better life. Repentance happens on a grand scale when we have done something egregious or when we are battling a lifelong tendency.

4 October 2026

The New Creation, Part 2 – Coming to Life

This week we unpack the second half of the series we began two weeks ago, focused on the seven days of creation. Last time we looked at how this story is not a literal explanation of how the universe was made; instead it is a spiritually symbolic description of how the Lord makes us into new people.

27 September 2026

Your Book of Life

This sermon will focus on the last judgment and what happens when our books of life are opened in the next life.  In preparation, I invite you to reflect on this question: “How does your “Book of Life” read?”

20 September 2026

The New Creation, Part 1: Laying the Groundwork

The Word opens with the story of the Lord creating the Earth in seven days. The New Church says that we should not take this story literally: it is not about the literal creation of the universe; it is about the spiritual creation, or recreation, of each individual person.

13 September 2026

To Be Part of a Whole

We talk of organizations as if they have a life of their own: "The company made some good decisions last year;" "The rugby team is making good progress." But of course, no organisation does anything apart from the individual choices of its members.

6 September 2026

The Golden Calf

When Moses was up on Mt. Sinai getting the Ten Commandments, the people down below became impatient. They began to doubt that Moses would ever return or that the Lord would be with them.