St Paul's Auckland

We join together with other churches around the world for the Lectio 365 and 24-7 Prayer's Desert Mothers and Fathers Lent series. The next forty days of Lent are a time to enter the wilderness with Christ, to push into prayer and deepen our spiritual formation. This talk is an intro to this six-week series leading up to Easter.You can watch the Desert Mothers and Fathers - Wisdom in the Desert video here: https://youtu.be/Q2jyB7fJoRk

This week we wrap up our 'Songs of the Times' series with one final song. We will be looking at the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 and how we find our way home.You can listen to Ed Sheeran's Castle on the Hill here: spotify.com/album/5YnGwVQx2OQ4CpcQeVDthPWe also watch Phil Wickham's Homesick for Heaven here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPLDMAswKf8

We're taking a look at another contemporary song that gets us thinking about the routines of everyday life. We'll explore what it has to say about how we see our work and whether we're really living with purpose. You can watch the Sabrina Carpenter music video of Thumbs here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAVUl0cAKpo

Jesus told His followers to pay attention to the signs of the times — to notice what was happening beneath the surface of culture. Today, one of the clearest signs of the times isn't found in headlines; it's found in our playlists. We're beginning a new series called Songs of the Times. Each week, we'll take a modern, secular song that's resonating in our wider culture and ask what our songs say about us and what the gospel might say back. This week's talk explores Alex Warren's song, Ordinary. You can watch the Ordinary by Alex Warren music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ah9tWTkmk&list=RDu2ah9tWTkmk&start_radio=1 and at the end of Matt's talk he plays Tenth Avenue North's song, Control - here is the Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/0pAPFaE1Iwfvex9EVJuQlG

For our first service of 2026, we take a look at the astonishing outcome when a bunch of fishermen invite Jesus onto their boat.

Listen in as we continue our Unexpected series in the lead up to Christmas.

We'll be unpacking Luke 1:26-38, where the angel Gabriel shockingly announces to Mary that she will give birth to Jesus. We'll be asking what it looks like for the 'Holy' to break into our lives.

Join us as we land our series on The Unhurried Heart. In this final talk, we look at the Great Commandment to love God and neighbour, exploring how we can make it a reality in our lives. 

The Unhurried Heart series continues as we explore the challenges of navigating grief and loss.

The Unhurried Heart series continues as we look to enrich our faith and our lives through contemplative practices. 

The Unhurried Heart series continues as we take a look at the importance of learning to live within limits in a world of hurry. 

The Unhurried Heart series continues as we take a look at how our past experiences shape our discipleship, and how the Holy Spirit wants to meet us with his love in our places of pain. 

The Unhurried Heart series continues as we take a look at knowing ourselves so that we may know God.

We are launching our new series The Unhurried Heart: Bringing our Inner World to God. Join us as we explore the vital connection between emotional and spiritual maturity and invite God to work within us.

Andrew Shamy is joining us as we wrap up this Season of Creation. In the face of our ecological crisis, many of us live with a deep sense of grief and fear. Yet as Christians, we are also called to a life of hope. How do we hold these together? 

Jess looks at what it means to be strong as a follower of Christ: in today's culture, in the context of our human weaknesses, and in reference to Paul's summary in 2 Corinthians 12.

Julia explores the themes of humility and pride, and how they impact our faith, relationships, and everyday lives.

This talk unpacks our church vision in light of wrapping up the Dear Church: Seven Letters to Seven Churches series.

With this talk, we wrap up our Dear Church series. We end up in Laodicea, in Revelation 3:14-22, the lukewarm church. We'll unpack what Jesus said to them and how we might guard against that in our own lives. 

We continue our Dear Church series, looking at the letter to the church in Philadelphia. It's a wonderful word of encouragement, spoken to a people who had stayed faithful through thick and thin. We'll take a look at Christ's promise to them, and what that might mean for us.

We continue our Dear Church series, looking at the letter to the church in Sardis. The passage is from Revelation 3:1-6, and looks at the theme of being 'alive but spiritually dead'. We unpack what that might look like in today's context. (The second video not included on this recording can be found online by searching for Bible Project - How To Read Apocalyptic Literature.)

We continue our series through the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation. We'll be looking at Paul's letter to the church in Pergamum, and what it means for us today.

Rev Dr Sam Wells joins us for an open night on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. There will be a time of Q&A at the end. This event was hosted together with the Anglican Diocese of Auckland. 

What if suffering wasn't the end of the story? In this talk, we're travelling back to ancient Smyrna, a church that faced persecution and poverty, but refused to give up. The letter in Revelation 2 still holds truths for us today. How do we remain faithful when life becomes difficult? 

We're continuing our journey through the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation. In this talk, we will be looking at Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus, as they remain faithful in the midst of challenges.

We're starting our new series with a powerful vision of Christ and an overview of Revelation. We're thrilled to welcome back Rev. Dr. Nathan McLellan to launch this journey with us as we discover what it means to be His church in this moment.

This week we'll conclude our church values series by exploring the power of habits. Throughout this series, we've reflected on the question Who are we becoming? This week, we'll tie everything together by examining both personal and communal habits.

This week we're looking at the fourth of our five values: humour. We don't take ourselves too seriously at St Paul's, so what does it look like to have fun and encounter the joy of God bubbling up in everyday life together?

Guest Speaker Carl Tinnion looks at the theme of Hope, as we continue our series through our five values. 

Our value this week is Hungry, and we'll be exploring how to stir our passion in following Jesus and how we can invite him in to satisfy all our deepest longings.

We're starting a new series, looking at our church values and what they mean for our lives both individually and collectively. This week, we're kicking off with Humble, considering the kindness and goodness of God, and the call to serve as Jesus did.

We celebrate Pentecost, the Church's birthday! We'll explore what waiting for God to pour out His Spirit afresh means for day-to-day life, and how we might be attentive to it. 

We are looking at the widow and the unjust judge in Luke 18 – a parable that challenges the persistence of our faith and our view of God's character.

We continue our series on praying for a holy awakening, looking at ways to navigate spiritual opposition to our prayers.

We are looking at repentance and turning to God both for us individually and as a church, as we continue to press into praying for a holy awakening. Listen in as we hear stories from around the world.

Over the next six weeks, we'll be exploring the powerful link between prayer and renewal, and how we as the church can rekindle our prayer lives. Listen along as we look at the foundations for prayer as we kick off this new series. The video referred to during Matt's talk is from 24/7 Prayer - called 'Why Pray? www.24-7prayer.com/about/why-pray/

He is Risen! This Sunday we celebrate the Risen Christ, looking at the resurrection and how it transforms our lives.

On Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, we looked at Matthew 21:1-11 and the Great Commission. 

Listen in as we continue our With Jesus, For Jesus series with Matt Bruns.

Our special guest is the founder of 24/7 Prayer, Pete Greig. Pete will be speaking to us about the urgency of prayer.

Mountains, clouds, and tents. The account of the Transfiguration is rich with biblical imagery and deep significance, but at its heart is the revelation of who Jesus is and His coming to be with us. It is an invitation to be with God, and a message of hope. Listen in, as we explore this further.

This Sunday, we are with Jesus at the well, meeting him in our brokenness and finding living water that satisfies our deepest thirst. We'll see how this becomes a core part of who we are and what we are.

We have begun our Lenten series With Jesus, For Jesus. Through Matthew 4:1-11, we will be 'with Jesus in the wilderness' - asking how to live faithfully through life's trials. 

This week, as we continue our series, Who Do You Say I Am?, we'll be looking at the theme of faith in Mark's gospel by comparing the rich young man and the centurion's response to Jesus. 

We're continuing our series, Who Do You Say I Am? We're excited to open up a space for testimonies, prophetic words, and prayer ministry, as we look at the miracles in Mark. There are two videos that Sally shared:The first video is an excerpt from The Chosen of Jesus raising Jairus's daughter from the dead, Matthew 9, Mark 5, Luke 8. Click here to watch the YouTube videoThe second video is 'Here is a story about a kitten and a prayer!' Click here to see the Instagram Reel

As we continue our series, Who Do You Say I Am? we're diving into The Kingdom of God passage in Mark 4:26-32. Jesus gave Himself for the world, now we're called to follow His mission, reaching those still outside the church.

As we continue our series on the Gospel of Mark, we'll be looking at the invitation Jesus shared with his disciples, to dive deep into relationship with Christ, and what that looks like for us today, especially through hard times.

We begin our new series diving into the earliest written Gospel, Mark, allowing the words and actions of Jesus to shape and speak to our lives. We'll be exploring the question Jesus asks his disciples, and that each of us must wrestle with – Who do you say I am?You can look up the video clips that Matt used in his talk here:Clip 1 link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVRixfameGYClip 2 link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL8DThllZAY

In this talk, we'll be considering God's faithful promises - what might He be saying to us about the season ahead?

Ian starts us back for the year with getting back to the basics of knowing and following God in 2025.