Recorded Worship Service Videos

Service 4 January 2026

Jeremiah 31:10-34; Today’s reading shows how God speaks hope to His people in exile, even when they feel displaced, broken, and far from home. Israel had lost their land, temple, and identity, yet God repeated the same promise that they would return and rejoice again. Though the message seemed ordinary and familiar, it carried transformative power. God introduced a new covenant, not based on geographical land, but on renewed hearts, showing that true home is where God dwells within us. As we enter 2026, we are called to embrace this new covenant, receive new hearts, and let God give meaning to our ordinary lives.

Service 28 December 2025

Matthew 2:13-23: This month’s celebrations of Advent and Christmas quickly give way to a fearful Gospel story. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus become refugees, fleeing Herod’s violent fear of losing power. Their vulnerability contrasts sharply with Herod’s destructive response to fear of losing. Our own community, shaken by recent tragedy, understands this atmosphere. This reading shows that while Herod trusted his own strength, the Holy Family trusted God’s plan. Their powerless escape becomes the path of God’s promise and hope. As we end 2025, we are invited to face our fears by holding onto the vulnerable Christ.

Service 21 December 2025

Matthew 1:18-25 While we love the Christmas story, the first Christmas was defined by vulnerability, and fear rather than cozy predictability. Like Mary and Joseph facing a terrifyingly uncertain future, our modern society struggles with anxiety sparked by the recent tragedy and the failure of human predictions. However, the Christmas story reminds us that when we reach our human limits, God intervenes with a foreign and uncontrollable plan. By shifting from our own estimations to God's perspective, we find that uncertainty is not a dead end, but an invitation for God to reveal His transformative will to our tired hearts.

Service 14 December 2025

Matthew 11:2-11 : John the Baptist’s life and ministry prepared the way for Jesus, standing at the threshold of Old and New Testament history. Though faithful, his imprisonment led him to question if Jesus was truly the Messiah. Jesus’ indirect and vague answer challenged John who wanted to clear his doubts. His location of prison cell reveals vulnerability, but it highlights how faith grows from uncertainty and ambiguity. So our own Christian life is not based on our own worth but shaped by somebody’s witness to the Lord. In this dynamic, God’s vague answers can be powerful, reminding us that God’s plan transcends self-sufficiency.

UCA President's Christmas Message 2025

As Christmas comes around, many of us are carrying mixed emotions – moments of joy and moments that feel heavy. This year has stretched us with fires, floods, rising costs, conflicts overseas, and grief that has touched many homes. And into all of this, the Christmas story speaks again: “Do not be afraid. For today, a Saviour is born.”

Moderator's Christmas Message 2025

If the Christmas story has anything to teach us, it's that right in the middle of fear and uncertainty, there were angels' voices saying "Do not be afraid.” At Christmas, we remember — Christ is born. Joy has entered the world. We're not alone. But —knowing that truth and living it out? That takes courage. It's scary, stepping into the unknown.

Service 7 December 2025

Isaiah 11:1-10: Today’s reading brings us to the tension between God's promises and the struggles of human reality. The prophecy in Isaiah 11:1–10, spanning a thousand years, uses the image of a shoot emerging from a stump to show that God's new future breaks out of our failures, not our successes. This means that "today" is a space of God's grace where we experience Jesus Christ, the future Messiah. as a present power that heals our brokenness. The Spirit empowers us to live out God's future promise right now, turning hope from wishful thinking into power that we can overcome our own issues.

Service 30 November 2025 - Larissa Onkonkwo

Sermon by Larissa Okonkwo Acts 10:34-43 & 11:25-26 - A Christian is someone who, though they believe, may at times wrestle with doubt. They are called and chosen by God, fully accepted in His grace, and invited into a personal relationship with Him. A Christian belongs to God’s family, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and seeks to follow Jesus, even if they sometimes stumble or get it wrong.