St Paul's Auckland

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. 

How might we do December differently and be able to see time in a fresh way; so that we can be attentive to the wonder and joy of the Christmas story.

We continue our Advent journey, looking at Zechariah's Song from Luke 1:67-80. 

We begin our journey to Christmas. We will be looking at some of the early songs of praise around the birth of Jesus, starting with Mary's song. These words are full of passion and praise, and speak truth to power about a new kingdom and a new King. We hope her song will help us prepare our hearts and lives to receive Jesus afresh.

As we head into Advent, Ian Yong speaks about Christ the King.

Rachel Bruns helps us to lean into Psalm 42 - navigating disappointment with God. We'll explore some of the unhelpful ways we go about this, and offer some alternatives. 

This week, we look at Psalm 73, which takes us on a journey of They, Me, and You. It's a common journey of looking around at others' lives, and how we can look up to God and handle feelings like envy, anger, and disappointment. Please note: If you'd like to listen to the song that Pete mentions towards the end of the talk, please look up 'Psalm 73' by Poor Bishop Hooper on Spotify.

We'll be exploring Psalm 25 to answer the question: how do we seek God when we are at crossroads in our lives?To read the chapter that Matt refers to - The Conundrum of Calling by Ruth Hayley Barton - please click the link above.

We continue our series on Psalms and look at Psalm 139, a Psalm for loneliness. How do we feel God's presence in those times when we feel alone or far from God and others?

This week we dig into something that we all face at some stage in our lives - fear and anxiety. Psalm 27 will be our roadmap for navigating these human emotions and experiences. 

We're kicking off a new series: Psalms in Troubled Times. We'll explore the wide range of emotions in the Psalms, from suffering and fear, to anger and disappointment, and discover how each emotion can be met with hope and acceptance. 

Dr Andrew Shepherd, one of the leading voices on creation care and public theology in Aotearoa, is our guest speaker from Otago, and is speaking to us on the apocalypse and anxiety.

We are finishing up our Acts series as we journey with Paul from Malta to prison in Rome. We'll delve into what is the ‘end of the beginning' for the early Church. Where does Acts land and what does it mean for how we share our stories as followers of Jesus today?

The New Testament writers understood that suffering in the Christian life is not random or arbitrary, and that the Incarnation & Christ's death were God's way of participating with us in suffering. This week we explore Paul's encounters with suffering in Acts 21 and what it can teach us today. At the beginning of Matt's talk there is a video played, credit goes to Bible Project: Bound for Rome - Acts 21-28.

Pete shares the culmination of the feedback about our shared vision for St Paul's. Be prepared to be challenged and motivated about our future as a church.

Our good friend, Carl Tinnion from Holy Trinity, Tauranga is back with us to share about the beauty, abundance and hope of God.

Luke Fenwick unpacks the infamous Areopagus sermon in Acts 17 which is the fullest and most dramatic speech of Paul's missionary career. He used this to call Gentiles to worship the one true God in a world peppered with many gods and idols.

How do we increasingly become a church that doesn't exist just for those already in church but for everyone. 

We are looking at what it means to be the body of Christ in a polarised world, and how we live with disagreement. 

Our guest speaker, Aaron Hardy, speaks to the evening service, looking at what kind of God are we following. Aaron leads Te Rautini Church in Hamilton, he's also a musician and social worker.

Our guest speaker, Aaron Hardy from Te Rautini, speaks to the morning service where he explores the story of Mary and Martha. Aaron leads a church in Hamilton, he's also a musician and social worker.

We look at the Beatitudes and the promise of God's nearness in everything we face.

We lean into Acts 13 as we wrestle with how to recapture something of the early enthusiasm, vision and power of the early church as they were overwhelmed by the Spirit and thrust out into witness.

We continue our Acts series, exploring what being a Christian actually looks like. We also look at the formation of the early church and how that applies to us today. Join us on the journey from Antioch to Auckland!

As we continue our series on Acts, Bruce White from NZCMS shares his thoughts on when God speaks.

As we continue our series on Acts, Bruce White from NZCMS shares his thoughts on when God speaks.

This Sunday, we continue our Acts series, looking at Chapters 7 and 8. How can we live in a way that draws others to Jesus? What does that look like in our everyday lives? 

Rachel continues our new series, Acts: The Unfinished Story, looking at Acts chapters 3 and 4, and wrestling with what it means to really offer all that we have and are to God. 

St Paul's has a partnership with Lalogi Lakwana, a community in Northern Uganda. Together we sponsor over 50 kids! This is impacting the lives of over 200+ people and is resourcing the community to lift themselves out of poverty. World Vision joins us this week to share more about the impact St Paul's is making.

It is Pentecost Sunday, when we mark the birthday of the church. The day in which the Holy Spirit, the spirit of Christ, came to fill people with His presence and love, and enable them to be His church, His body in the world. We will celebrate, remember, and give thanks for all God has done for us.

Julia looks at what it means to raise and disciple the next generation, and how we can live out our own lives in a way that positively impacts them.