The second message in a series looking at encounters people had with Jesus after he has been resurrected, Tim shares about Thomas and his need to see Jesus for himself before he would believe, from John 20:19-29. In this passage the disciples were locked away, resisting arrest and in fear, which is not a great place for the church to be! Thomas res…

The first message in a series looking at encounters people had with Jesus after he has been resurrected, John shares about the encounter on the road to Emmaus, found in Luke 24:13-35. John shares some possible scriptures that Jesus might have shared to talk about the messiah from the Old Testament, from Genesis, Psalms and Isaiah, as well some refe…

This Resurrection Sunday Joel shares from Ephesians 1:15-13 on the power of Jesus - which is good news for us today and for every day into eternity. Our celebration this Sunday is mixed with sadness as we have two of our Curate congregants go to be with Jesus this week. God's hope is for now and for the life to come.…

Joel shares from Luke 19:28-40, the triumphal entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, which we remember on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter. Reflecting on this passage, Joel shares about what we can learn from how Jesus entered Jerusalem, and how the people responded, throwing their garments down and worshipping God. What does this mean for us today…

Joel shares the fifth message of a series “Famous Last Words” during this season of Lent (the lead up to Easter) - a journey through John 13 - John 17 as Jesus prepares and shares with his disciples his thoughts and words before the suffering (and triumph) of Easter. Reflecting on John 17 Joel shares about how great it is that we get to eavesdrop i…

Joel shares the fourth message of a series “Famous Last Words” during this season of Lent (the lead up to Easter) - a journey through John 13 - John 17 as Jesus prepares and shares with his disciples his thoughts and words before the suffering (and triumph) of Easter. Reflecting on John 16 Joel shares about the Paraclete, our advocate, the Holy Spi…

Joel shares the thirdd message of a series “Famous Last Words” during this season of Lent (the lead up to Easter) - a journey through John 13 - John 17 as Jesus prepares and shares with his disciples his thoughts and words before the suffering (and triumph) of Easter. Reflecting on John 15 Joel asks the question "What are you rolling in?", using th…

John shares the second message of a series “Famous Last Words” during this season of Lent (the lead up to Easter) - a journey through John 13 - John 17 as Jesus prepares and shares with his disciples his thoughts and words before the suffering (and triumph) of Easter. Reflecting on John 14 John Arts shares a little about the Upper Room discourse, f…

Joel shares the first message of a series “Famous Last Words” during this season of Lent (the lead up to Easter) - a journey through John 13 - John 17 as Jesus prepares and shares with his disciples his thoughts and words before the suffering (and triumph) of Easter. Reflecting on John 13 Joel reminds us that Jesus doesn't just love us, he likes us…

Katie shares the fourth message of our first series for 2024, “I Have Decided” - a look at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. This message is titled "A Visible Disciple in an Invisible Kingdom", and is about the importance of remembering that our identity needs to be as part of a living Kingdom of God.…

Joel shares some thoughts on the Treaty of Waitangi and how we can journey in our current Aotearoa New Zealand context as followers of Jesus. What does it mean to be the people of God in the midst of the current discussions and debates around the Treaty?על ידי Joel Milgate

Joel shares the third message of our first series for 2024, “I Have Decided” - a look at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. This message is titled "Make a Plan", and is about the importance of making a plan for our walk with Jesus.על ידי Joel Milgate

Joel shares the second message of our first series for 2024, “I Have Decided” - a look at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Joel speaks about ‘Letting Go’ from Matthew 16:13-27 in the Bible, where Jesus talks to his disciples about what it means to follow Him. This passage has four main movements, and Joel spends some time looking at each of…

Joel shares the first message of our first series for 2024, “I Have Decided” - a look at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Joel speaks from Matthew 11 in the Bible, where Jesus invites people to walk with Him, abiding, relating and working.על ידי Joel Milgate

This week Joel shares an Advent message of hope and also shares some hopes and vision for 2024 - including some practical things that are going to happen at Curate to help us with this focus. Enjoy this encouraging message as we move into the last week of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus at Christmas time. You can find our Adv…

Oswald Chambers once said that "A life of intimacy with God is characterised by joy." This week Katie shares Part Two of a message on joy, sharing about the 'friends of joy' - Peace, Letting Go and Faith. Enjoy this encouraging message as we move into the first week of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus at Christmas time. You ca…

John Arts shares from his theological background about the importance and the power of the ascension of Jesus - where Jesus was raised from the dead after his crucifixion. John takes us through six points of what the ascension of Jesus means for us today as his followers.על ידי John Arts

Katie Milgate shares Part One of a message on joy - the oil of gladness, talking from her experiences of a journey into joy. Katie encourages us to decide where the source of our joy comes from, and suggests that it should be coming from our saviour Jesus.על ידי Katie Milgate

In John 16:33 Jesus said “In this world you will have trouble.” Joel Milgate shares about how we all go through times of testing, explores the different sorts of testing we will encounter, and gives some thoughts on how we should respond during these times.על ידי Joel Milgate

The Rev. Dr. Nathan McClellan shares with us from the passage of scripture found in Ephesians 3:14-21. He explains how each section of these verses is like a link in a chain which link together one after another. Nathan also explains the background to why Paul wrote these verses (he starts with “For this reason . . .”) and references a well loved c…

Joel shares the eighth message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 4:10-20. This passage includes the verse that starts “I can do all things . . .”. Joel shares the great ‘secret’ Paul had learnt to be able to say this, with some key ideas of how we can apply it to our lives. Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the churc…

Joel shares the seventh message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 4:4-9. This scripture tells us to “not worry about anything”. Joel shares about how this could look, and what we should do instead. Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most likely in Rome and his writing r…

Joel shares the sixth message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 3:10-16. We are encouraged from the scripture to ‘press on’, using the analogy of a cross-country running race. Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most likely in Rome and his writing reveals the strong bond…

Joel shares the fifth message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 3:1-11. There are three ‘W’ words in this passage that we focus on - - Whatever - Watch Out - Worth Less Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most likely in Rome and his writing reveals the strong bond betwee…

Katie introduces our annual Vision Offering and then shares the fourth message from our Philippians Series, speaking on Philippians 2:12-18 & Philippians 2:19-30. Katie talks about ‘not grumbling’ and the importance of all of us to ‘play our part’ in the church. Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from…

Joel introduces our annual Vision Offering and then shares the third message from our Philippians Series, with Joel speaking on Philippians 2:1-11. Joel talks about what it is to 'live in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ' (Phi 1:27).Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most lik…

This is the second message from our Philippians Series, with Joel sharing on Philippians 1:12-26. Joel speaks from the verse "For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ."Phillipians was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi. Paul writes from prison, most…

This week we welcomed Dr Sean McDowell to share with us. Sean has a passion for equipping the church to make the case for the Christian faith. He is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University.Sean shares a message about how we can prove that Jesus died, was buried and rose again. He al…

על ידי Sean McDowell

על ידי Joel Milgate

In this fourth message of our series on 'Life Together', Joel A'Bell shares about righteousness, and how God's righteousness and our righteousness (through Jesus) impacts on those around us.We are God's people, a community, a whanau, practicing hospitality, spending time together. We do life . . . together. To really connect with this content we re…

In this third message of our series on 'Life Together', Katie shares about one thing we can do that has a huge effect on the communities we belong to.על ידי Katie Milgate

In this second message of our new series on 'Life Together', Joel shares about a metaphor for church - sitting around the family table sharing a meal.על ידי Joel Milgate

In this first message of our new series on 'Life Together', Tim shares about how we are designed to be a community of contrast and a community of covenant. We are God's people, a community, a whanau, practicing hospitality, spending time together. We do life . . . together. To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Grou…

Joel shares on how we should approach God with our worship, using the pattern the priests of God's temple, as set out in the book of Leviticus in the Bible.על ידי Joel Milgate

John shares on who the Holy Spirit is, encouraging us to invite a fresh in filling of the Holy Spirit. This is a shorter message as we take time to worship, pray and allow space for ministry.על ידי John Arts

Katie shares on Pentecost Sunday, reminding us that we all need a fresh in filling of the Holy Spirit. This is a shorter message as we take time to worship, pray and allow space for ministry.על ידי Katie Milgate

In this fourth and final message in this series, Joel and Katie answer some questions people have asked and talk about having a vision for all of your relationships. To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through this with others. You can find out more about groups at www.curatechurch.com/groups…

The second message in this series, looking at the key to every healthy relationship, using the context of marriage to explore this. In this message, Joel and Katie unpack the meaning of Ephesians 5:21-6:9 which can be a tricky passage of scripture to understand. This message is relevant to you, whether you are single or in a relationship.To really …

The second message in this series, looking at the key to every healthy relationship, using the context of marriage to explore this. In this message, Joel and Katie unpack the meaning of Ephesians 5:21-6:9 which can be a tricky passage of scripture to understand. This message is relevant to you, whether you are single or in a relationship.To really …

The first message in this series on relationships, talking about being single. In this message, Joel and Katie cover four aspects of singleness. This message is relevant to you, whether you are single or in a relationship.To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through this with others. You can find out…

The eighth and final message in an 8 week series on Prayer, following the content from The Prayer Course. In this message, Katie talks about what it means to engage in spiritual warfare. To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through this with others.על ידי Katie Milgate

The seventh message in an 8 week series on Prayer, following the content from The Prayer Course. In this message, Rebekah talks about what it means to live a life of listening to God. To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through this with others.על ידי Rebekah Thomas

In this Easter Sunday message, Joel shares from Corinthians 15 in the Bible about what it means that Jesus was resurrected, and how this impacts us in our present lives and in our future.על ידי Joel Milgate

In this Good Friday message, Joel shares different ways that 'The Cross' can be viewed, in the context of Jesus' overall mission. When Jesus said on the cross "it is finished", we need to ask ourselves - What is finished?על ידי Joel Milgate

Hayden Reid shares how we can often view Jesus in one of two ways - as a friend and as the King of Kings. We need a fresh revelation that Jesus is both of these things as we continue to grow and understand who Jesus is and what He has done for us.על ידי Hayden Reid

The sixth message in an 8 week series on Prayer, following the content from The Prayer Course. In this message, John talks about how we can commune with God through contemplative prayer. To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through this with others.על ידי John Arts

The fifth message in an 8 week series on Prayer, following the content from The Prayer Course. In this message, Joel talks about the posture we should take when we have unanswered prayers. To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through this with others.על ידי Joel Milgate

The fourth message in an 8 week series on Prayer, following the content from The Prayer Course. In this message, Sherry shares how Jesus taught us in the Lord's Prayer how to pray for others. To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through this with others.…

The third message in an 8 week series on Prayer, following the content from The Prayer Course. In this message, Katie shares how Jesus taught us to ask for what we need. To really connect with this content we recommend that you join a Small Group and work through this with others.על ידי Katie Milgate