In this message, Andy Kroussoratsky reflects on Jesus’ words in John 6, where He declares Himself the Bread of Life. After feeding the crowd, Jesus challenges their motives—revealing how easily we come to Him for what He can do, rather than for who He is. Andy invites us to consider the deeper hunger beneath our surface needs and reminds us that true life and lasting satisfaction aren’t found in provision alone, but in believing in and abiding with Jesus Himself.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this Christmas Day message, Mark Sayers reflects on how the birth of Jesus only makes full sense when we see it stretched across time—rooted in God’s promises of the past and opening toward God’s future for us. Drawing from John’s cosmic vision of Christ as the Word who holds all things together, and Luke’s earthy scene of a baby in a manger, Mark reminds us that Christmas is where eternity enters time, quietly and personally. Jesus doesn’t come as an idea or force, but as a child who dwells with us—present in our joy, our grief, and the unseen moments of our lives. Even when we can’t recognise what God is doing, He is still at work, often hidden and slow. And just as the manger held immense possibility, so too does our future in Christ: God is not finished yet. The good news of Christmas is this—Jesus loves you, He is close to you, He is at work in your life, and His story with you is still unfolding.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this Advent message, Mark Sayers invites us to see the Nativity through a royal lens—and to discover just how radically different Jesus’ kingship truly is. Drawing from Matthew 2, Mark shows that the Christmas story is not sentimental folklore but a confrontation of kingdoms: Herod’s fragile power versus the quiet arrival of the true King. While earthly rulers grasp for control, Jesus enters the world hidden, vulnerable, and unexpected—a baby in a manger, surrounded not by force but by worship. This upside-down kingdom overturns our obsession with status, power, and belonging, revealing a King whose authority is expressed through humility and whose reign is defined by love. At the heart of Christmas is not spectacle, but this simple and staggering truth: Jesus came because He loves you. As the year closes and the noise builds, Advent calls us to pause, bow like the Magi, and let the love of the true King reshape our hearts, our lives, and our hopes for what’s ahead.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this Advent message, Mark Sayers reframes the Christmas story as far more than a sentimental scene, revealing it instead as the decisive moment in a cosmic battle. Through the life of Isaac Watts and the deeper meaning behind Joy to the World, Mark shows that Christ’s coming is not only about a baby in a manger, but about the defeat of evil, the silencing of accusation, and the victory of joy rooted in truth. Drawing from Revelation 12, he reminds us that while darkness still lashes out through lies, fear, and shame, the dragon has already been defeated by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. Advent, then, becomes a season not just of remembrance, but of resistance—where we preach the gospel to our own hearts, stand firm in our Christ-given identity, and live as people marked not by circumstances, but by unshakeable joy in Jesus’ victory.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this Advent message, Mark invites us to rediscover the power of the gospel against the backdrop of silence, longing, and a world aching for hope. After centuries of divine quiet between the Old and New Testaments, the opening line of Mark’s Gospel lands like a thunderclap: “The beginning of the good news about Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God.” Mark paints this moment as the breaking of silence—the long-awaited arrival, the adventus, of the One who brings not advice but victory, not self-improvement but salvation. As he reflects on the installation of Melbourne’s new Anglican Archbishop and the stirring proclamation of Christ’s death, resurrection, and return, Mark calls the church in our city to wake up to its purpose: to bear the good news again. In a Melbourne marked by cynicism, violence, and spiritual hunger, Advent becomes not just nostalgia but a summons—pray, prepare, and posture our hearts for what God longs to do in 2026. The world is gathering at our doorstep; the silence has been broken; the King has arrived. Now we carry His good news.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
Launching our Advent series, Trudi invites us into the practice—and the posture—of heaven-directed gratitude. In a season marked by frenzy, pressure, and the noise of consumption, she reminds us that thanksgiving is more than a wellbeing exercise; it is a spiritual discipline that recentres our hearts on the goodness of God. Looking at Jesus feeding the 5,000 and raising Lazarus, Trudi shows that Jesus gives thanks before the miracle—revealing gratitude as a pathway into abundance, partnership, and faith. True gratitude shifts us from scarcity to expectancy, from grumbling to trust, from self-sufficiency to dependence on the One who freely gives life without measure. As Advent begins, we’re invited to pause, lift our eyes to heaven, and give thanks—not only for what God has done, but for the abundance He is ready to pour out in us, through us, and beyond us in the year ahead.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this message, Mark explores the Church's calling to be a house of abundance—a community filled with resurrection life in a culture drifting into spiritual slumber. Reflecting on Acts 20 and the story of Eutychus nodding off as Paul preaches, Mark warns that the greatest threat to the Church in Australia isn’t persecution but comfort-born spiritual sleepiness. Yet Acts also shows us God’s intention for His people: an abundant devotion that overflows into transformed lives, shared community, sacrificial generosity, and Spirit-empowered mission. Like the early believers who met after long workdays to receive the Word, we’re invited to resist passivity and reawaken holy expectation. Mark urges us to dream again—believing Jesus is still the engine of abundance, moving in our city, drawing seekers, healing dry places, and calling us to step into the river of His life for the sake of our neighbourhoods and the future of our church.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this message, Mark continues our Beautiful Life series by exploring Jesus’ promise of abundant life from John 10:10. In a world shaped by scarcity—rising costs, shrinking security, and global anxiety—Mark reminds us that true abundance isn’t found in economic conditions, options, or self-sufficiency, but in the presence and power of Jesus Himself. Jesus is the engine of abundance—the One who brings healing, renewal, provision, creativity, and supernatural overflow into every season of our lives. As Mark traces how fear narrows our vision and how scarcity forms our mindset, he invites us to let Jesus expand our imagination, renew our hearts, and open our hands so His life can flow through us into our workplaces, relationships, and city.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this message, Trudi continues our Beautiful Life series by exploring abundance—not as something we create through self-sufficiency, but something we receive when we open the door to Jesus. Using the image from Revelation 3 of Christ knocking, she reminds us that lukewarm faith often comes from unknowingly shutting Jesus out of parts of our lives. True abundance flows only from the abundant Jesus—the One who brings freedom, light, perspective, and kingdom-riches wherever He is welcomed. Whether we feel stuck, stale, self-reliant, or in deep need, Jesus stands ready to enter, renew, and lead us into a spacious place. The invitation is simple: open the door, let Him in, and let His life reshape every part of ours.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this message, Ryan builds on last week’s teaching that a beautiful life is a life of faith—one that’s both ridiculous and risky. But this week, he reminds us that faith must also become action. Drawing from Luke 5, where Jesus calls Peter from his boat, Ryan invites us to move from mere faithfulness to a faith that lives, saying small, daily yeses that open space for God to move. True discipleship, he says, means being open to Jesus, willing to be interrupted, quick to obey, and ready to follow—trusting that every “yes” to God can change not just our story, but the story of our community and city.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this message, Ryan explores what it means to live a life of faith—one that often looks ridiculous and risky, yet reveals a deeper unseen reality. Drawing from Hebrews 11, he shows that faith isn’t passive belief but active trust in God even when outcomes are uncertain. True faith steps into spaces where God has to show up, not because it’s safe, but because it’s beautifully worth it. Ryan shares stories—from his family’s unexpected moves to moments of doubt and surrender—that remind us faith is sustained by continually fixing our eyes on Jesus, saying yes again and again, and trusting that God’s reality is greater than what we see.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this conversation, Mark speaks with James Kelly, founder of FaithTech, about how followers of Jesus can live with wisdom and order in a world shaped by technology. James shares how FaithTech began as a small gathering of believers in the tech industry who wanted to use their skills for the gospel, and how it’s now grown into a global movement. Together they explore Jesus’ countercultural vision of power—not through speed or scale, but through friendship over time. James offers practical rhythms for families and individuals to keep technology in its right place—daily Scripture, digital Sabbaths, and screen-free spaces—and reminds us that our call is not to flee technology, but to redeem it, bringing God’s beauty and order into a digital world.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
Mark teaches that a “beautiful life” requires awareness—not just spatial focus, but spiritual discernment. In Acts 21, Paul senses the Spirit compelling him to Jerusalem while friends—accurately warned but humanly interpreting—urge him not to go. The lesson: prophetic insight can be divine, but our responses can be skewed by emotion. Paul models mature discernment: he knows the kingdom way (power through the cross, not comfort), stays attuned to the Spirit, and practices self-awareness (recognising others’ grief without abandoning God’s call).
Mark names four linked awarenesses: Kingdom awareness (God’s upside-down values), Spirit awareness (hearing and weighing what God says), Self-awareness (letting God search the heart that can deceive), and Situational awareness (integrating all three in real time). The invitation: look to Jesus—the master of holy awareness—and ask, What is the Spirit saying now? What’s divine vs. merely human in my reactions? What heart scripts or fears are blocking obedience? Then follow where He leads.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this closing message of the Furnace of Faith season, Trudi reflects on four months of intentionally fixing our eyes on Jesus through winter and witnessing hearts opened, faith raised, and hunger stirred. God has been preparing Red to be a people ready for harvest, building prayer rhythms, raising up pillars of faith, and restoring vision for abundance. Stories of people meeting Jesus, unexpected conversations, and renewed hunger remind us that the ground is fertile and the season is ripe.
Looking ahead, Trudi points us to John 20:19–23: just as Jesus gave His disciples peace and sent them out, He now sends us as carriers of His shalom—wholeness, harmony, and life-transforming peace. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we are to advance with “shoes of readiness” to bring the gospel of peace into our city and beyond. The furnace has been ignited, and this is just the beginning.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this message, our guest speaker, Rob Reimer, shares how God is stirring a new and unique renewal across the world—not just from one outpouring that spreads, but from many streams rising simultaneously. Unlike past revivals, this move has the potential to reach further than ever before. Rob unpacks five keys to hosting and sustaining renewal: cultivating a soul culture rooted in humility, honesty, and confession; building a Spirit culture that welcomes God’s presence without fear or fakery; being anchored in the Word as doers, not just hearers; being mobilised on mission, carrying the flame outward rather than keeping it for ourselves; and finally, centering everything on Jesus, our first love and primary obsession. Renewal begins when we align our hearts with Christ, welcome the Spirit’s move, and keep our eyes fixed on Him.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
Guest speaker, Rob Reimer, teaches that intimacy with Jesus comes not from striving but abiding, like branches connected to the vine. To go deeper, we practice an empty–fill rhythm—emptying distractions, sin, and negative emotions, then filling through spiritual rhythms that actually grow love, freedom, and joy. Disciplines like prayer, Scripture, and worship are not the end but a means to encounter God. Intimacy also requires listening and obeying, keeping Jesus at the centre rather than ourselves. At times, it calls for sacrifice—through fasting, night prayer, or retreats—that create space for deeper connection. The key question is simple: Is your rhythm working?
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this message, Mark shows that true beauty is built on wisdom, not just knowledge or success. Wisdom is God’s gift that brings order, harmony, and character into our lives—shaping not only what we do but who we become. Unlike résumé virtues of skills and status, wisdom forms eulogy virtues like kindness, humility, and love. It teaches us to live in step with God’s timing, often looks countercultural in a world that prizes folly, and flows ultimately from Jesus—the wisdom of God made flesh. And the good news is that if we lack wisdom, God promises to give it generously to all who ask (James 1:5).
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
Mark shows how a truly beautiful life takes shape in our relationships. From Colossians 3:12–15, he contrasts the fall’s fractures—loneliness, conflict, betrayal—with Jesus’ reconciling love that clothes us in compassion, humility, patience, and peace. He challenges cultural scripts (the “soulmate,” perfect friend group, self-improvement, resignation) and invites five steps: invest, give time, take risk (and forgive), pursue personal transformation, and depend on the Holy Spirit to love like Christ.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this week’s message, Mark explores how a truly beautiful life begins with a right relationship to creation. Drawing on Romans 1:20 and Psalm 19, he contrasts the biblical vision—where the world reveals God’s power and invites awe—with our secular habit of seeing the world as mere “stuff” to exploit. From McCubbin’s Lost to Brack’s Collins St, 5pm, Mark traces how our posture toward nature and the city has shifted, often dulling wonder and weakening faith.
Mark then offers a practical, hope-filled reset: receive the world as a gift, embrace the limits of creation as engines of holiness, and practice attentiveness and gratitude in the ordinary—learning to look up, notice, and worship. As image-bearers and stewards, we’re called not to conform to the “age,” but to cultivate God’s beautiful order in the very places we live, work, and walk.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au
In this week’s message, Mark explores what it means to live with God-given purpose at the heart of a beautiful life. While our culture tells us to maximise pleasure, comfort, or self-made meaning, Scripture offers a different vision: we were created by God, in His image, to bring His beautiful order into the world.
Drawing on Genesis, Ephesians, and Joshua, Mark shows how purpose is awakened through intention—how our posture, our people, our patterns, and even what we choose to parent shape us into who we’re becoming. A life centred on Jesus doesn’t just receive His order; it releases it—like rivers of living water flowing into a thirsty world.
This is a message for anyone hungry to move from drifting to intentional living and to discover the beauty of a life aligned with God’s purpose.
🔗 Learn more at redchurch.au