Red Church Kilsyth

'Faith and acts, acts and faith, fit together hand in glove'. Pete encourages us to exercise our faith like a muscle and be prepared, like the Apostle Peter, to step out of the boat in faith and action. 

The people of God are called to be a community of blessing. When we bless others, we walk in the opposite spirit, aligning our hearts, minds and lives with God's Kingdom reality.

Through a call to expect God to speak to us in the everyday, Peter encourages us to still our hearts in the midst of life’s busyness so we can learn to discern His voice. The key is not in asking God to speak louder but in our becoming quieter.

In an age of unrelenting distraction, we are invited to the counter cultural posture of worship; where our time is recaptured, our vision for God’s kingdom is built and atmospheres are changed.

Why might you not be stepping into the everyday supernatural? You’re probably more qualified, ready and able than you think!

When God gives us vision, we are called to step in, in obedience, to Kingdom living. This life is a life of adventure where Heaven and Earth are united and funded by generosity.

Continuing the More than me: Every Day series, Peter encourages us to expect the Spirit to move in our lives, every day! Through Moses, the Book of John and a seemingly benign day doing the gutters; we’re encouraged to lift our eyes to expect to see His goodness, mercy and compassion.

Jo Evans discusses the rhythms, relationships and direction Jesus cultivated in his life and with his disciples. Through this solid base, he was able to offer space and and respond to the Holy Spirit, as we can too, when we model our lives after his.

While many have been touched by More of His Spirit during this series, there are many of us remaining in the wilderness, seemingly apart from God, His love and concern. Looking at Jesus’ baptism, His time in the wilderness as well as other “biblical heroes” and “human just like us”, Peter invites us to take ground in our homes and in our lives, actively combating the enemy’s desire to isolate us.

Sarah Hawkins explores what it looks like to be a vessel of the Holy Spirit: an evolving, Christ-like character (fruit of the Spirit) and being expectant for the power and boldness to reveal the Kingdom of God (gifts of the Spirit).

This week, Brittany reminds us that we have met and know Holy Spirit yet there is more we are seeking and more to discover as we ask to be filled once again and return to our first love of Jesus and encounter the affirming love of the Father.

As we lean in to the work of the Spirit, we will face blockages in our hearts, minds and lives. Pete encourages us to identify and overcome these handbrakes to the Spirit as we fight back in the battle.

Jo Evans outlines some of the ways we can expect the Holy Spirit to meet us in our everyday and some of the grounding principles which guide us as we explore life in the Spirit.

Sarah commences our new series exploring the Holy Spirit and sets the scene regarding the vitality behind the Holy Spirits heart and role to us as a Church. Whilst exploring the various extremes that can come into play we are reminded of a thirst we have for MORE and the God behind the thirst who longs to give us more.  

This week Bjorn looks at the high cost of discipleship.  However, this is something to celebrate as we pray and fast through lent.

Where the West separates knowledge and beliefs, Jesus invites us to live the life of the Kingdom, where the two, ‘mind and heart are inextricably linked’. The spiritual knowledge of God’s Kingdom is discovered when you commit to it, seek it and dwell in it.

Hosea calls us to ‘break up the fallow ground’ – heart preparation - ‘til he come and rain righteousness on you’ – spiritual revival. Peter looks at two currencies of the Kingdom through which God brings revival and renewal – humility and having a contrite heart.

Are we educated or initiated? Living out of kingdom values requires a Kingdom identity as citizens of heaven. How do we bring heaven to earth with the same attitudes as Jesus towards messiness, the lost and the least?

This Lent, Red is invited into a season of prayer and fasting. Peter unpacks Joel’s declaration of a “holy fast” and Jesus’ battle with an evil spirit in Mark 9, a “kind” that can come out only with prayer and fasting.

On the outside we're busy but in our heads it's turned to chaos. God has an unbelievable peace waiting for us, all we have to do is trust Him.

In this message, Sarah lifts the lid on our busyness and provides us with fresh exploration of God’s age old design to help us get the rest of soul we need. Exploring the theme of Sabbath, we get to see how much this is a gift to us and how to start incorporating it into our lives.

This week we explore the concept of community; what it is, what it isn’t and why it tends to be the most over-promised and under-delivered aspect of Church life. Sarah unpacks the biblical concept behind this and invites us into something much bigger, more rich and more meaningful than our initial assumptions might suppose.

This week Sarah takes us through the History of Red, not in the hum-drum kind of way, but in that compelling way that shows us the finger prints of God, where He has been, what He has been doing and how it all points to what He is asking of us as we move forward into our future. At risk of sounding like a book endorsement, this is a must listen to anyone who calls (or is looking to call) Red home.

This week Sarah commences a four week orientation into the world of Red – the story, theology and history that has brought us to where we are now and how that paints a picture of the future.

Our homes and garages can be cluttered, filled to excess. So too our lives. Peter encourages us through Matthew 11 to draw back the curtain and open our eyes to the panoramic vista that God gently invites us, where His compassion and kindness overflows to bring us to renewal.

Bjorn discusses Paul the Apostle’s instructions to be ‘joyful always’ as followers of Jesus, and how this can be a testimony to a western culture that desperately needs joy.

We all need more of God in our lives, but what needs to change? David looks at how unconfessed sin and unforgiveness can form spiritual walls that limit God's access to our hearts.

Daniel looks at 2 Peter and what we've been given for a godly life. Knowing this, He looks at how we can posture ourselves as followers of Jesus for the year ahead.

On this day unlike any other, with the help of Matthew, Zephaniah, Isaiah and an unknown billionaire from Moldova, Peter encourages us to embrace the intimacy of The Gift given to us as sole beneficiaries.

Jo explores how preparation for the King aids our participation in the Kingdom. Through repentance, vulnerability, courage and repetition we work through the messy middle of discipleship and into life with the King. 

Today Neale continues with our Advent theme, “He is King” by focusing on the Apostle Paul’s encouragement to live at peace with everyone and to be making the most of our opportunities to be a person of peace in every area of our lives.

Reflecting on a St Iraneus quote ‘The Glory of God is man fully alive,’ Sarah takes us through the biblical concept of worship, idols and the glory of God. Narrowing in on today’s biggest idol she gives us Christ’s keys to freedom and releases us to be his true image bearers.

In answer to the question, “Who are you wearing?”, Peter takes us to Paul in Romans 13, who tells us to clothes ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ. With a little help from Eugene Peterson and a dinner offer, Peter unpacks what this can look like this Christmas season.

This week, Peter highlights how God invites us to look to biblical heroes like Joshua and Caleb, who lifted their eyes in the face of great opposition and held faith in a God who is far less concerned by our circumstances than we are.

The lenses through which we view struggles, challenges and failure are dictated by our level of individualism and our life experiences. Through stories of Eve then Jesus in the wilderness, we’re encouraged to share God’s lens as to how He sees us and His people.

As well as Abiding in Jesus and Becoming like Jesus, we are invited in Commissioning to live for Jesus. John focuses on the privilege of being elected and that as we do the connecting, God will do the perfecting.

Red’s passion for discipleship draws us to be with Jesus, become like Jesus and do what Jesus did. Pete encourages us through John 15 to take up life-giving rhythms that become transforming patterns and Spirit-led gatherings that bring God’s power and renewal.  

This week, Brittany shares a challenge and an opportunity for each of us to return to the rhythm of the early church - to be formed and shaped by Holy Spirit into a remnant people, just as God has done throughout histroy to bring renewal to the church and spread the Gospel throughout the world. 

We love to take steps towards improvement, but how often do our steps line up with God's? Dave shares how intimacy with God can guide us to take kingdom-building steps in His power and authority.

God's call to contend for the Kingdom starts with our conversations with others. Pete shares his heart on this but also the invitation for renewal to those being called to speak up, speak less and to transform our self-talk and thought life. 

We are week 2 into our new sermon series: New Wine/ Contending for Renewal. If we are to contend for renewal, we are contending for transformation. Bjorn Irani speaks about when we contend and create a space for God to transform our hearts in all areas of our lives the head follows, enabling us to have a deeper knowledge of God's work in our lives.

We are week 2 into our new sermon series: New Wine - Contending for Renewal. Brittany White shares about hearing God's heart, receiving His will and seeing His Kingdom advance through active prayer.

This week at our combined Mid-East and Outer East AM Service, we had the privilege of hearing from Terry Walling. Sharing from John 21:1, he asks “what do you need to go on with Jesus?”. God wants to take you forward – the question is do you trust Him to take you to a place you’ve never been before?

Discipleship is how the kingdom works. This is the decree of The King. Looking through biblical and Red Church's history, Peter encourages us to Ask for more of Him, Dwell in His presence and His Word, and to Decide again on a life of intimate relationship; discipleship with Jesus and His people. This message begins recording in the sermon's early stages.   

This week, Brittany White speaks from Colossians 3:1-10 of how we are raised in Christ, not of earthly things. That when we put to death our earthly nature, we put on our new self, made in the image of the Creator.

Pete Greig says “God sometimes identifies something in our history that He wants to release in your destiny”. In week 2 of our new sermon series: Walking the Kingdom Life, Mark and Trudi Sayers speak about how God is at work in His Kingdom and how He is at work in your life. We hear some insights from how God has been doing this in Trudi’s life in their recent travel to Ireland.