Recorded Worship Service Videos

President's Easter Message

The world feels loud right now. Many of us are carrying more than we let on, with financial pressures, private grief, and the weight of a world that often divides more than it heals. And yet Easter does not look away from any of this. The first Easter happened behind locked doors, among fearful people. And into that fear, the risen Jesus stood and said: “Peace be with you”. That is the message I want to speak into this moment. For you, for our Uniting Church communities, and far beyond our walls. My heart is that it would reach people facing hardship, whether hidden or out in the open.

Service 23 March 2026

John 11:1-45: Today’s reading invites honest reflection on suffering and mortality. In Lent, we remember Jesus’ death not for its darkness but for the deeper life it reveals. The story of Lazarus shows both human limitation and God’s glory. Martha and Mary grieve, and Jesus enters their sorrow, weeping with them. Unlike we who stand outside the tomb, Jesus steps into the place everyone fears. God’s glory is revealed precisely where we feel powerless. Jesus calls Lazarus and us out of our tombs, showing that resurrection is not only a future hope but a present reality.

Moderator's Easter Message

This Easter, the Moderator, Rev. Faaimata (Mata) Havea Hiliau, invites us into a familiar but often overlooked truth: resurrection doesn't begin with triumph. It begins in the darkness — in the quiet before understanding stirs, before the light becomes visible.

Service 15 March 2026

John 9:1-16: A man born blind was healed by Jesus, revealing that human limitation is not a punishment but a place where God’s glory is shown. People often judge blindness and all weakness through assumptions shaped by culture, fear, and incomplete sight. Jesus challenges this, exposing spiritual blindness in those who cannot recognise God’s work in ordinary moments. Jesus’ healing process was quite ordinary but transformative, showing that God often works through what seems plain or limited. Our struggles and our ordinary days, like the blind man’s, can become doorways to deeper vision. In our weakness, God invites us to repentance, renewed sight, and a life shaped by His purpose.

Service 8 March 2026

John 4:5-23: The story of the Samaritan woman reveals how Jesus crossed deep cultural, gender, and historical barriers to meet someone judged and isolated by her community. She came to the well at midday to avoid others, unaware that Jesus was destined to meet her there. While she saw the encounter as coincidence, Jesus saw it as God’s purposeful moment of salvation. Her routine, failures, and limitations became the very place where grace broke in. This story shows that Jesus meets us not because we seek him, but because he has a plan to renew our weary lives with living water.

Service 1 March 2026

John 3:1-17: Nicodemus came to Jesus seeking wisdom but not transformation. Though knowledgeable in the law, he relied on his own understanding and struggled to accept Jesus’ call to be “born from above.” Our limited human perspective prevented us from receiving the deeper life God offered. Jesus taught that true help and renewal come not from human logic but from God’s power. It is like manna from heaven and the dry bones revived in Ezekiel’s vision. Being born from above means allowing God to reshape our whole being, leading us beyond partial solutions into new creation. Through this new birth, we can live faithfully, overcome our limitations, and run our race as true winners.

Service 22 February 2026

Matthew 4:1- 11: The wilderness is a place of preparation where God shapes His people through testing and trust. Jesus, led by the Spirit, endured temptation, proving His identity and fulfilling God’s salvation plan. As we follow our Lord, through our own temptation, we also face hardship to grow in God. Temptation reveals a bigger picture of God’s plan. Abraham and Noah obeyed God through their temptation for the sake of all nations. we walk through our own wilderness where our supports fall away. However, this place of modern wilderness gives us an opportunity to remember God’s deliverance, to live beyond our own limits and live for God’s kingdom.

Service 15 February 2026

Matthew 17:1-9: Jesus’ teaching on the mount revealed a life of metanoia and God’s blessing. However, the following sequence is the way toward the cross. This path made his people confused as they expected power and victory. Our Bible shows this pattern that God saves first, then leads His people into unexpected places, like Israel at Sinai. God’s sequence is always grace before law, gift before obedience. For this reason, we need the “six days”. It is a powerful metaphor that the Transfiguration echo God’s preparation and our reshaping. Jesus’ transfiguration reveals God forming a new identity in us, calling us to live beyond our limitations. When life feels opposite to our hopes, God is preparing transformation for our blessed journey.

Service 8 February 2026

Matthew 5:13-20 - Jesus’ teaching that we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world is not a command to achieve something, but a declaration of our God given identity. This identity does not come from our abilities, knowledge, or effort, but from God’s own nature shared with us. Even in our weakness, hunger, and vulnerability, Jesus calls us blessed and capable of revealing God’s meaning in the world. Like the biblical figures who lived beyond their limitations, we too are invited into a life of repentance, living beyond ourselves through God’s power. As salt and light, we become God’s blessing for others.

Service 1 February 2026

Matthew 5:1–12: Today’s reading is more than a motivational passage. It reveals Jesus’ deep heart for real human life. By teaching on the mountain, Jesus echoes biblical moments of divine encounter, but he didn’t speak about spiritual techniques or success, but about the honest realities of human weakness. He calls the poor, the grieving, and the vulnerable “blessed,” not because their conditions change, but because Jesus himself becomes their sacrifice and companion. True blessing comes through Jesus’ self-giving love, not through strength or achievement. We repent and trust him because he lifts us beyond our limitations into a life shaped by his sacrifice and grace.