Celebration Church is located in Nowra on the south coast of NSW. We exist to “Celebrate God, people, and life, locally, nationally and globally.

Ps Charlie launches our 5 week Love Is Our Weapon campaign and shares around the power of showing God's Love to our city through action, starting with this week's deed; Cheer A Champ - encouraging people in our family, neighbourhood, workplace, school, City Groups, and beyond.

In this message, Ps Benaiah Halliday calls the church from spectators to builders, unpacking how God uses ordinary people of every age and stage to strengthen His house and help others encounter Jesus.

In today's message, Ps Benaiah Halliday shares on rediscovering your true identity in Christ, healing distorted self perception, and learning to see yourself the way God sees you so your life, voice, and influence flow from heaven's perspective.

Vision Sunday 2026 calls Celebration Church into a year of SEE, awakening spiritual clarity to behold God more deeply, love people as He sees them, and join the river of revival that brings healing, salvation, and Kingdom impact to our city, nation, and beyond.

Ps Charlie shares how God reveals Himself as Healer by walking people though a journey from pain to wounds to scars, showing that while some healing is miraculous, much of it is a faithful process of addressing the source of pain, caring for wounds and allowing scars to become testimonies of His restoration and goodness.

Ps Benaiah shares around "Push vs Lean" - how true strength, peace and fruitfulness come not from striving in our effort, but from actively surrendering and trusting God; where waiting on Him exchanges our weakness for His strength and aligns us with His timing and power.

Ps Benaiah teaches that prayer is a simple and relational act of trusting a loving Father. Father God, who delights in responding as we ask with faith and alignment to His heart and will. That through this, when it comes to our Heavenly Father, we should ask BIG, in Jesus name amen!

If we truly believe that God is good loving and kind and works all things for our good then Ephesians 3:20 reshapes our expectations for 2026 and calls us to live not in reaction to our problems but in confident response to who we know the Father to be.

Ps Benaiah brings the word for our 2026 Anointing Service.Vision is Heaven's prophetic gift to believers, anchoring them in God's purposes and empowering them to live with passion, clarity, and direction toward His Kingdom on earth.

Christmas proclaims that Jesus, the Bread of Life born in Bethlehem, laid in a feeding trough, and broken for us, satisfies every hunger of the human heart with true life, peace, and redemption.

Ps Benaiah brings a powerful message on the good news of the gospel from Isaiah 9:6-7, reminding us that Jesus carries the government on His shoulders. We don't need to stress or worry because He is in control. That's GOOD NEWS!

Ps Charlie shares about the Good News of Great Joy for ALL PEOPLE as we come into this Christmas season!

Ps Joel kicks off our Jesus is Good News series. He teaches from the story of Nicodemus in John 3 and even shares about his own criminal past. Jesus is good news for everyone, everywhere!

In today's message, Ps Benaiah shares that every seed, fruit, root and pruning from this year has been God's quiet preparation for the breakthrough He is about to launch you into in the coming season.

In today's message ps Benaiah calls believers to live with pure, honest and wholehearted sincerity like Jesus, allowing every action, motive and expression of faith to flow from a genuine heart that reveals God to the world.

Ps Charlie brings us around a reflective message on "give me Jesus" moments from her own life, reminding us of the simplicity of "giving Jesus" to our would.

Loving others well means following Jesus' example by listening, encouraging, action and praying, a simple LEAP that makes God's love visible and transformative in everyday life.

Ps Nat continues our Good Fruit series speaking on being recognised by the fruit we bear. To be people who bear good fruit we must allow God to work on us on the inside, this fruit we bear will be "Good Fruit".

Ps Benaiah shares around Creating a Culture of Fruitfulness through embracing the often painful, messy, and refining process of spiritual growth - being rooted in Christ, sustained by grace, fuelled by hunger, balanced by rest, marked by celebration, and shaped through pruning - so that we and others can fully step into our Kingdom calling.

Ps Benaiah continues our Good Fruit series with his message "The Joy of Growth" encouraging us around the joy and cost of seeing growth and saying yes to the chaos and sacrifice that is needed to see revival in our city.

The Father wants you to see yourself through His eyes: deeply loved, proudly celebrated, and faithfully progressing, because even when you don't feel it, you're doing better than you know.

Ben Green hosts a conversation with Ps Joel, asking questions from our church community as part of the Good Fruit Sermon Series.We pray you are encouraged as we continue to wrestle and grow in our walks with God, producing fruit that lasts.

Ps Joel shares a powerful word for part 3 of our 'Good Fruit' Series. Today we looked at Matthew 13 and the importance of producing good fruit in every area of our lives.

Ps Joel continues our GOOD FRUIT series my looking at the battles we face to produce fruit the lasts. We take some time to look at John 15 and confront the important of fighting for others.

Welcome to Spring! Ps Joel starts a new series: GOOD FRUIT! This series is about living fruitful lives as followers of Jesus. Part 1 looks at Matthew 7:15-20 & Galatians 5:22-26. We should choose God as our source to live productive lives, not the approval of others.

Ps Benaiah concludes our Shepherding Series by sharing on "Spiritual FBR", encouraging us to stay spiritually healthy and teaching that only free shepherds can lead others into freedom.

In week 6 of our City Group series special guest Ps Joel A'Bell (director of Convoy of Hope Oceania) shares on Matthew 25:31-46 and what it means to live like Jesus today. He encourages us to bring Heaven to earth by moving in love towards the poor, the vulnerable, and those far from Jesus.

In this week of the City Group Series, Ps Charlie explores Jesus' radical pursuit of the outcast, the despised and the broken. She highlights our calling as Christians to, like Jesus, leave the 99 in pursuit of 'The One.'

In Part 4 of our City Group series, Ps Benaiah highlights the role of Biblical shepherds as examples of God's attentive, healing, and guiding love, and how we are called to reflect that same compassionate leadership.

In Part 3 of our City Group series, Ps Nat continues to speak on Shepherding, what our Family or Kingdom Business is and the importance of being a people who think and act Generationally.

PS Benaiah brings a message about when we shepherd others with humility, worship, faithfulness, and intimacy with God - like David did in the wilderness - God transforms us in hidden places, prepares us for greater influence, and shapes us into leaders after His own heart.

Ps Benaiah kicks off our "City Group Series" by sharing on the importance of being a shepherd. This series is all about seeing our city the way the Father sees them. Ps Benaiah unpacks the vital shift from a hired hand mentality to a shepherd's heart.

Ps Charlie preaches a powerful message titled "Glory in the Going". She shares from Haggai 2, highlighting the call to rise, rebuild and reach. Ps Charlie challenges us with this question: Are you stuck in the past, holding onto the old glory, or do you have faith in the future glory?

This week, Ps Benaiah shares around 4 powerful prayers of humility. The posture of humility is how we win in life. Humility helps us walk through valleys and mountaintops, trusting in God alone.

Ps Benaiah shares the final part of our Jesus is ______ series! Jesus is not just a good man; Jesus is God! Ps Benaiah talks about the greatness of God displayed in His creation. We explore galaxies, ocean depths, DNA, and His incredible love for us!

Ps Joel continues our series JESUS IS ______. This week, we focus on how Jesus is full of grace and truth. We examine the Gospel of John as a whole and consider its meaning for us today. We pray this word encourages you to look to Jesus alone.

Pastor Benaiah teaches on Jesus being the truest friend we could ever have. Encouraging us to intentionally seek greater depths when it comes to our friendship with Jesus.

In today's message Ps Benaiah continues the Jesus is _______ series by talking about Jesus is Encounter. That Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, wants to stir the waters of our hearts for fresh God encounter, fresh fire and fresh miracles!

Ps Charlie speaks on how Jesus is our Saviour and Forgiver. Listen in to learn how he rescues us, and helps us learn to forgive.

In today's message Ps Benaiah continues the series on Jesus is _____. In today's message He shares on who Jesus is as King. He's attributes, authority and power as King of kings.

Mark shares about Jesus being our JOY, when we abide in Christ we are fruitful.

In today's Mother's Day service, three mothers (Narelle, Cynthia and Angela) unpack their experience of Jesus being the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Ps Joel continues our Jesus is ______ Series by sharing out of Luke 8. Ps Joel helps us to see Jesus clearly so we don't misrepresent Him to others. We look at 4 moments where Jesus shows us what kindness really looks like. Christians are called to show extreme kindness to people far from Him!

Ps Benaiah introduces our new preaching series, "Jesus is ________". He shared the importance of looking at all scripture through the filter of the life of Jesus. Week 1 of this series is all about Jesus is LOVE. Ps Benaiah shares 10 powerful characteristics of the love of Jesus.

Ps Benaiah shares about the power of Resurrection Sunday! We have the victory because of what Jesus has done. We don't need to walk with our heads bowed in defeat. We should only bow to Him. When we bow in reverence, He lifts our head in relationship.

Ps Joel shares around the 7 statements that Jesus made from the cross. These statements show us how we should act when we go through our own difficulties. Jesus is the perfect example. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice. Jesus is the perfect King.

In today's Palm Sunday message, we are delighted to be joined by Pastor Beck Wilesmith. Ps. Beck is an introvert who keenly follows politics and likens election day to her own personal Superbowl. She is a Pastor's daughter, wife and mother. Beck relished the silver linings that Covid brought along with it - a clear calendar, slow Sundays at home and a reprise from the small talk of church! In her sermon titled "Dead Men, Donkeys and Unusual Devotions" she covers topics including Lazarus, Jesus riding the colt and how it symbolises a humble King and that anointing comes from devotion and true devotion will offend others.Bible verses included:Zechariah 9:9John 11:1-44John 11:53John 12:1-16John 12:23Colossians 3:12

Ps Joel gives a preview to the Masterclass we are running on the four gospels of the bible.

Ps Benaiah brings us around week 3 of Miracle March, exploring Jesus's authority as our Healer and the authority we therefore carry as believers.

Ps Joel teaches on the miracle of Reconciliation, looking at Matthew 5, and getting ourselves reconciled to God.

Ps Benaiah talks about The Greatest Wedding Gift in today's sermon. Key Bible Verse: John 2:1-11.Jesus cares about our everydayJesus' miracle was a symbol of his GraceJesus showed us that his generosity was "over the top"Jesus provides for joy, not just needThe key to the miracle of provision is listening to his voice (...do whatever he tells you)Jesus saves the best for last (Jesus gives the best not the scraps)