Recorded Worship Service Videos

Service 10 May 2026

John: 14:15-24: Jesus’ farewell message can sound conditional. In John’s Gospel, Jesus uses “if” statements not as requirements but as invitations into covenant life. Biblical covenants always begin with God’s promise. God saves, loves, and acts first. Jesus’ “if you love me” shows how we remain in the life He already gives. Like Abraham, we often struggle to trust God’s promise, but God meets us in our limitations. Jesus sends the Spirit, a real Helper, to guide us into His truth. We follow His way not to earn grace, but because God loved us first and never leaves us orphaned.

Service 3 May 2026

John 14:1-14: We long for stability and resist disruptions that unsettle our plans. The disciples felt this deeply when Jesus prepared to leave them. Jesus’ departure shook the framework of their identity and security. Jesus’ promise of “many rooms” was not simple comfort but the assurance of a covenant relationship, like a groom preparing a place for his bride. Jesus’ absence is ironically part of God’s covenant with us because Jesus is not merely an idea but a real, embodied presence who takes up space in our lives. As He prepares a place for us, we are called to embody His presence and reveal His compassion in the world.

Service 26 April 2026

John 10:1-10: We live in a troubled world where human attitudes can be more destructive than natural disasters. At the same time, we share our hearts with others even when we are in difficult situations. These contrasting experiences show both the weakness and the beauty within humanity. Our attitudes shape how we interpret life, but they are formed slowly through experience, reflection, and daily choices. A positive attitude can lead us toward hope, while a negative one can hold us back. Still, Scripture teaches that attitude alone cannot capture the depth of the heart where faith, trust, and love are formed by God’s Spirit. Today’s reading reminds us that Jesus is the Good Shepherd and we are stubborn, imperfect sheep. Our attitude does not qualify us for His care but His faithfulness does. Though thieves in life steal our peace, health, and purpose, Jesus comes to give us life to the full. In Jesus ongoing guidance, we are reminded of our ongoing discipleship through our listening to His voice daily, walking in His ways, and entering His gate each day. This is the path of blessing.

Service 19 April 2026

Luke 24:13-35 : Cleopas and his friend walked to Emmaus overwhelmed by grief, unable to recognise the risen Jesus beside them. Their shattered hopes mirror our own journeys, where we take physical, emotional, and spiritual steps through joy, disappointment, learning, and struggle. This reading shows that our steps shape who we become, and without awareness of Christ’s presence, our steps can drift toward harmful habits, attitudes, or directions, like Cain ignoring God’s warning. When we remember that Jesus walks with us, He guides our steps toward life, freedom, and transformation. Every step becomes meaningful when taken with the risen Lord.

Service 12 April 2026

John 20:19-31 : The disciples hid behind a locked door out of fear, grief, and doubt. It is much like we close our own doors when life overwhelms us. Augustine said the heart as the house with the door is too narrow for God to enter, which is revealing our human limits. But Jesus comes to us as the door that we experience his saving power. Though we lock ourselves in, Christ enters without waiting, offering peace before belief. So Jesus’ peace is not a mental state we achieve, but God’s own power breaking into our wounded hearts. Like water from the struck rock, peace breaks our fear and anxiety. Through the locked door, the risen Jesus meets our fear, doubt, and wounds with unwavering peace.

Service 5 April 2026

Matthew 28:1-10: The four gospels offer different perspectives on Jesus’ resurrection. At the same time, all affirm two central truths. Jesus rose on the third day, and he first appeared to women. Though culturally dismissed as unreliable witnesses, these women embody the biblical pattern of God using the powerless to open new chapters in salvation history, like Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth. Their hope, Tikvah, is an anchored trust in God’s saving power which is placed them at the tomb. Then they encountered the risen Christ. Their witness shows that true belief is stepping into God’s larger story. Like them, we are called to anchor our lives in resurrection hope.

Service 29 March 2026

Hebrews 4:1-13 The importance of rest in our Christian life - Rest in God, Rest from Work, and Rest from Anxiety.

Service 22 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.

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.

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.