Lesmurdie Baptist Church

Jared looks at how Jesus turns things upside down for good, especially when it comes to what greatness means!

Ruth introduces a year-long journey of becoming whole, learning how Jesus meets us beneath the surface and forms us for every season of life. This will include discovering how emotionally healthy spirituality shapes our faith and relationships across every age and stage of life from singleness, dating, and marriage to parenting, the empty nest, retirement, and end-of-life.

We wrap up our 4 week journey of Church 101! Hear about how the church exists for those who are not a part of it and why this is good news of great joy for all people.

How you and I treat other people matters. When it comes to Jesus and his expectations of those that gather in his name, it may be the single biggest indicator of where our hearts truly are.

Who we are becoming matters, both for ourselves and those we love. In Part 2 of Church 101, we look at the role of the church community in the area of formation.

This is the start of a four-week series on the Church - what it is, how it works, and who it's really for. In Week 1, we explore the history of the Church and uncover how the focus slowly shifted from the people to the building.

Some seasons call for momentum, others for stepping back. This week we reflect on when it's wise to pause, let go, or change pace, drawing on Paul's practical advice for navigating these moments well.

This week we look at the different seasons people find themselves in as a new year begins, whether that's starting something new or continuing on where you already are, with practical guidance and wise words from Paul to help shape the way forward.

We are kicking off 2026 by looking together at how we step into the next season of our lives.

We are celebrating the festive season by looking at 3 reasons for Christmas. Hear the third reason: Jesus came to close the loophole.

We are celebrating the festive season by looking at 3 reasons for Christmas. Reason 1 is that God wants to bless the world. Hear about reason number 2: Jesus came to show us what God is like.

You have heard the saying, "Jesus is the reason for the season". We start our new series Reasons for the Season as we unpack three reasons that we have Christmas.

We continue our series Emotionally Healthy Christmas. Stop Mind Reading and Clarify Expectations holds within it the key to preventing large-scale misunderstandings in your friendships, family, workplace and church. These skills provide practical help for loving others well by eliminating countless conflicts in our relationships.

We explore some Emotionally Healthy Relationship tools that can transform your Christmas into a season of peace, connection, and wholehearted love.

Nick has a heart for prayer and a passion for unity across the whole spectrum of the Body of Christ, and is now in a Unity Catalyst role across churches in WA. Nick serves as a Board Director for Movement Australia and facilitates the GeoNetworks, a growing network of church and ministry leaders across Perth and regional Western Australia.

Lisa is the National Church Relationship Manager with Baptist Mission Australia. She loves supporting Pastors and churches as they partner in God's mission work. Lisa is based in South Australia.

Carmel began her working life as a teacher before moving into disability services, where she felt God's call to pastoral ministry. She pursued studies at Baptist Theological College (now Morling Vose Campus) while raising four children as a sole parent. By God's grace, she completed her training and served four years as Associate Pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church before being called as Lead Pastor, a role she has held for the past ten years.Carmel has four adult children and 12 grandchildren (13 counting one “daughter-in-love” who she cared for during her teen years).

Kerry Pearce has pastored for 20 years, been involved in Anti Trafficking for 15 years and now works for Compassion helping to release children from extreme poverty in Jesus' name.

We're wrapping up our series Heaven, Who Goes There? by looking at the role of rules.Over the past two weeks, we've asked whether good people go to heaven and discovered that Jesus' standard of “good” is actually perfect. So why are there so many rules in the Bible anyway? And why do Christians assume they have the right ones?

In a world where the rules feel unclear and justice often seems out of reach, could heaven really be about more than being good enough? Discover how Jesus flips the script - not by raising the bar, but by taking our place. We explore a hope-filled invitation to grace, justice, and belonging.

We all have a picture of what heaven might be like — but have you ever stopped to think who's actually going to be there? You might already have a few people in mind… maybe even your Year 4 bully. Or maybe you're wondering, am I going to heaven? Join us for week one of this three-part series, Heaven: Who Goes There?, as we explore what Jesus really said about heaven — and who it's for.

This week we wrap up our Next Gen style series “First Things First”, looking at how everyone matters to Jesus, so everyone should matter to us.

Love God, because God loved you first.

Joyce Arnott shares with us about the great work of Scripture Union and how you can be involved.

This week we are wrapping up our Be Rich season for 2025. Josh will be unpacking a famous narrative from the Old Testament and looking at how it can help us live more generously today.

Josh shares as we celebrate Father's Day together.

This week we are looking at what it means to love our community. Josh unpacks the importance of being a church community that is for our community.

Josh continues Be Rich. This is his short message before interviewing our community champions.

This week Josh is beginning our Be Rich 2025 season by looking at the role of money in our lives. Something to ask yourself: do I want more stuff in my shed or more stories in my life?

Ruth concludes 'You've Got A Friend In Me' exploring the importance of forging meaningful friendships.

Feeling disconnected? Join us as we explore God's original design for friendship and why deep, meaningful connection is the key to a life that flourishes.

Your calendar could be the difference between cultivating community or crowding it out.

When choosing your words, remember who you are and what you represent to the person on the other side of you.

As Jesus followers, we must choose our words with others in mind.

Josh wraps up our Coming Home series by looking at the reason Jesus came to this Earth.

Ed Devine from Baptist World Aid shares with us: The Outsiders Are on the Inside of God's Kingdom - The Beatitudes.

How do people belong to and participate in the church? Josh looks at a part of early church history, its impact on us today, and how we engage with the church.

Josh is unpacking one of Jesus' most famous teachings. Hear about how we make room for those who want to come home.

We have a conversation with those impacting the young people in our area. Local YouthCARE chaplains share their experiences.

This week we are talking about time… how do we count our days and make our days count?

Have you ever gone off track or lost your focus? Jared shares from 1 Timothy 1:3-7 about staying on track.

Ruth starts a new series. Life is better with breathing room.

Jason shares about the powerful work Destiny Rescue does to free children from human trafficking and exploitation. Please be advised: this episode includes content that may be distressing. Listener discretion is advised.

We are excited to have Mim Hosking, the Ministry Support Pastor for Young Generations with Baptist Churches WA, sharing about hope.

He is risen!

Reflecting on the meaning of Easter.

We wrap up our series "How Do I Connect With God?". Learn how to put it all into practice.

Connecting with other people can be hard. What do you do when the person you're trying to connect with is God?!

Whether you believe in God or not, we are all wired to connect with the one who created us. We will be spending three weeks looking at how we connect with God and why it matters that you discover your spiritual pathway to connecting with your heavenly father.

Michael O'Neil is the Dean of Strategic Relationships (WA) at Morling College and Lecturer in Christian Thought & History. He has taught Christian Thought and History at Vose Campus in Perth since 2010.

This week Jared will finish the series “Be Orange”, looking at the yellow light of the church, shining out to the next generation, to help them win.