As well as our new weekly podcast, St Matthew’s in Conversation, we’ve also produced our first weekly video message. We plan to post a new video on our website every Sunday morning throughout the Corona Virus crisis. Our video message
We hope you enjoy our first video message, published Sunday 29 March. Click on the controls in the video to watch it in full screen size on YouTube. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel to make sure you always
While the physical church is closed and we can’t meet together, we’re going to be using our online presence to keep us together as the body of Christ. We have two main online ministries: This parish website – www.gchurch.org.au The parish
Welcome to the first episode of the St Matthew’s in Conversation podcast. Each week, Revd Bryce will lead a conversation about faith, God and the bible, based on Sunday’s scripture readings. In this conversation, Bryce talks with Sally Cloke about
Jesus told Nicodemus that he needed to be “born again”. What does “born again” really mean? And why didn’t Nicodemus like the idea? And what does Jesus’ own birth have to do with it? Listen to the sermon by Revd
Following Jesus is about following Jesus. It isn’t about doing whatever we like and expecting God to follow us. If we try that, God will “go next door”. This is what the people in the synagogue at Corinth discovered when
Temptation – one of the most interesting and relevant topics in Christianity. The stories of Adam and Eve in the garden, and then Jesus in the desert are crucial to our understanding of temptation. But what do they mean? What
Peter’s declaration of who Jesus is, and the transfiguration are a major turning point in Matthew’s gospel. There are strong links between this passage and the end of Matthew. These links are important for us – we are to listen
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. Lent is the name given to the period of 40 days leading up to Easter. Traditionally Christians have used this time as a period of reflection, recommitment and renewal. We are holding two
UK artist Banksy has created a new piece for Christmas. Titled “Scar of Bethlehem”, it is a conventional nativity scene repositioned against a section of Israel’s huge concrete West Bank Wall with the Christmas star replaced by a shell hole.