Andrew Gilbert–The message of Christmas is the birth of Jesus. But sometimes the mess and pain of life can get in the way of our view of Him. What if He is Present with us in the middle of the mess and pain of life? Vulnerability towards Him is the key to access His Presence.

Nartarsha Wisewould–Emmanuel—“God with us”—is the central story of Scripture, revealing God’s desire to dwell with humanity. In Eden, God walked with Adam and Eve, but sin brought separation. Throughout the Old Testament He visited His people in temporary, powerful moments, pointing forward to the promise of Isaiah that God would one day come and dwell with His people. In Jesus, that promise was fulfilled as God took on flesh to save us, restore our relationship with Him, and show us how to live. After Jesus returned to the Father, the Holy Spirit came to dwell within believers, making us God’s living temple and assuring us that He will never leave or forsake us. Emmanuel means that God is present in our joy and sorrow, offering peace, hope, and abundant life—now and always.

Andrew Gilbert–Andrew completes our series this week. The letter to the Church of Laodicea reveals the trappings of a culture and how it can unintentionally lead us away from Jesus as Lord of our lives. For the Laodicean Church in particular, their wealth led them towards self-sufficiency and spiritual compromise. Jesus invites them back into intimacy with Him again, in order to overcome.

Dave McHugh–In a world marked by idolatry and instability, Jesus calls His people to remain faithful. Through His letter to the church in Philadelphia, He reminds us that He alone holds ultimate authority, opens doors no one can shut, strengthens the weak, and establishes His faithful people as pillars that stand firm amid shaking. Our invitation is to hold fast, endure, and step through the open doors of Kingdom mission before us.

Shane Willard–This week we had the privilege of having Shane Willard share with us on the letter to the Church of Sardis. This letter challenges us to wake up and not to be complacent in our walk and call with God. In our prosperous day age, even with its current challenges, we are positioned in God to live with an awareness to the high call of representing Him to the world.

Christy McHugh–Thyatira was known for her good works, but challenged because she tolerated the seductive teachings of Jezebel. The call here is for a discerning church, one who evaluates and decides what is in the ways of Jesus and what is not. However, we must not forget the warning to the church of Ephesus, who were commended for their right beliefs but had lost their first love. We must not seek right beliefs at the expense of love. Jesus is the victorious judge, who has pure and discerning eyes. This Jesus encourages the faithful believers to hold fast and cling to his ways, whilst he provides the strength to do this. In a culture that would invite compromise, Jesus calls for a church that discerns with wisdom and holds fast to his ways. 

This week we examine the Church in Pergamum as a mirror and map for the modern Church. Pergamum reveals the subtle dangers of compromise and syncretism, faith made convenient, comfortable, and culturally palatable. Using their story, we explore how we can resist the drift of cultural conformity, pursue undivided devotion, and experience the hope promised to overcomers: hidden manna, the white stone, and a new name.

Nartarsha Wisewould–The message to the church of Smyrna is one of comfort and assurance. It is Jesus speaking to his beloved as she is pressed down and walking through the fire and telling her to hang in there because He is walking through the fire with her. He assured them that he knew their afflictions and their poverty, but also their spiritual richness. He warned them that they would face more suffering and persecution, but encouraged them to be faithful even to the point of death. He promised them the crown of life and the victory over the second death, which is eternal separation from God.

Peter McHugh–This week Pete starts our look at the seven letters addressed to the churches. The letter to Ephesus is a call to return to love and relinquish the need to be right, both in order to protect our lampstand in the unseen world of the spirit.

Sarah Hudson–This week Sarah starts off our new series.
More than a prophecy about the future, Revelation is a powerful reframe of the present. Written to a Church under pressure, it calls us to see beyond what’s visible—to shift our perspective from fear to faith, from confusion to clarity. At the centre of this unveiling are the letters to the seven churches: messages from Jesus that cut through cultural noise and spiritual compromise, realigning our vision with what truly matters.

Revelation lifts the veil on what’s really real. It reminds us that Jesus isn’t distant—He is present, powerful, and walking among His people. These letters challenge us to ask: Who is shaping our reality—the culture around us, or the Christ among us?

Dave McHugh — Today Dave shares from his heart around the big idea of building legacy and what it looks likes for us as a collective community to build legacy together. He shares to inspire us to be intentional about the legacy we are building and leaving for those coming after us.

Christy McHugh — In our last week of this series, Christy takes a look at the metaphor of the Jewish wedding. There are two stages of Jewish weddings - with a long waiting period in between. The parallels in this metaphor point to the work and the cost are the responsibility of the bridegroom.

Yet, we know in the paradoxes of the Kingdom of God, this does not mean we have no cost to pay. Nor do we have no work to do. There is a dear cost to pay and there are works to do. The tension becomes what order we live from. Do we live in response to his love or do we work to earn his love? As the bride of Christ, we can not get this order wrong. We have to know we are loved and only operate in response to his love.

Anna Joyce — What does it look like to be a Bride who hungers, a Bride who releases love and beauty, and a Bride who waits?
God wants to release something new, something beautiful and something powerful in the world. There’s something stirring in our hearts, a passion for the lost, a longing for beauty and a deepening hunger for more.
How do we partner with what God is doing? By keeping our lamps burning with hunger and passion for Him. By dwelling with Him in deep intimacy and surrender.  

By being a people of love. Committed to releasing beauty into the world by the way we love God, love ourselves and love each other. 

By being a people committed to waiting on the Lord for His direction and leading. A people of prayer who deeply believe in the supernatural as the real, true reality and not the one around us that we can see and touch.

Dave McHugh — In this week’s message, Dave calls us back to the foundational truth of our identity: we are God’s beloved. We are to recognise the reality that the beauty and radiance of the Bride of Christ is founded on the unshakable knowledge that we are unconditionally loved and chosen.

With our identity as His Beloved as our foundation, there are two postures we are called to embody in this season that enable us to walk in authority as His bride: humility and joy.

Pete McHugh - As followers of Jesus, we are called to war. Not war against people, but a spiritual war against the forces of darkness that attempt to come against the people of GOD establishing the Kingdom of GOD on the earth. Battles are meant to be expected, therefore fighting together as a community with the truth of the Word of GOD is important for us to understand. 

Sarah Hudson — This message is a wake-up call to a Church that has inadvertently elevated platform over presence and performance over intimacy. Rooted in the imagery of God as the jealous Bridegroom, it reveals His holy, burning love—a divine jealousy that passionately pursues the hearts of His people.

This is not a message of shame, but a call to return to our first love. The Bridegroom is near, and He is seeking a people prepared for Him—not through performance, but through deep, surrendered devotion.

Nartarsha Wisewould — This week Nartarsha explores the church, as the bride of Christ, preparing herself for His return. We are to keep our lamps burning— staying full of the Holy Spirit, remaining faithful to Jesus, and ready to shine His light to the world so that others may hear the invitation to 'come'.

This message explores the story of Mary and Martha through the lens of Revelation 22:17—“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’” It invites us to see that God is forming a Church not through productivity but through proximity. In a world of distraction, busyness, and performance, Jesus calls His Bride back to the “one thing necessary”: intimacy with Him. Like Mary, we are invited to sit, listen, and receive. Like Martha, we are challenged to release anxiety and come back to presence. This is not just about a moment—it’s about becoming a people who embody a bridal love, responding to the Spirit’s call to communion.

GOD is inviting us into deeper levels of knowing Him. This requires us to see ourselves not

as a busy Church, but as a present bride. The Ekklesia or called out ones, are called by

name towards our Metaphorical Husband, Jesus. The ever-deepening waters of intimacy

are an invitation to know Him more - He calls us into the depths of knowing Him more. This

is a cry for intimacy - or ‘into-me-you-see’

- towards us, from Him, to know Him deeper, and

He to know us deeper too. This is reflected in Revelation 22:17 ’’The Spirit and the bride

say, “Come!”’.

What does it really mean to be the Church - not just attend one? This message explores the deep identity of the Church through the lens of Scripture's most intimate metaphor: The Bride. Drawing from both Old and New Testaments and culminating at Revelation’s vision of a restored creation, we are invited to rediscover the Church not as a building or event, but as the beloved of Christ - called out, longed for and destined for union. It’s a call to awaken our deepest desires and embrace God’s desire for us. This isn’t about doing more - it’s about being known, loved and transformed.