The Village Presbyterian Church NZ

The Village Presbyterian Church NZ
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Here is where you'll find the latest reflections and sermons from our Preaching team. The Village is a Presbyterian Church in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. We're a faith community that seeks to take notice of, point towards, and engage people with the goodness, grace and love of God, through Jesus, animated by the Spirit.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    Is this a Time for New Wine in New Wine Skins?

    Is this a Time for New Wine in New Wine Skins? Joy Kingsbury-Aitken explores this idea with today's readings of two 'call' stories Genesis 12:1-9 The Call of Abram Matthew 9:9-17 The Call of Matthew.

    17 min

  2. 6d ago

    A life changing story

    This is an 'inductive' sermon, meaning to builds to and then reveals the Scripture  reading it is born from. The Gospel reading is read near the end of the Sermon, to keep the element of surprise for your listening, we haven't included the scripture reference here.

    16 min

  3. May 17

    The BIG story of the Bible - Act 5: The Last Things

    This episode is the last episode in our five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible.  This week, we read passages from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 NIVUK Revelation 21:1-7, 22-27 NIVUK We hope you've enjoyed the series!

    21 min

  4. May 10

    The BIG story of the Bible - Act 4 The Church: Our part to play in God's mission

    This episode is part four of a five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible.  This week, we read passages from 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 NIVUK and Acts 2:42-47 NIVUK

    22 min

  5. May 3

    The BIG story of the Bible - Act 3 Jesus: Redemption completed

    This episode is part three of a five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible. This week, we read passages from Mark 1:1-15 NIVUK and Colossians 1:15-20 NRSVue

    20 min

  6. Apr 26

    The BIG story of the Bible - Act 2 Redemption Initiated

    This episode is part two of a five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible. This week, we read passages from Genesis chapters 12:1-9 and Malachi 3:6-7, 3:13-4:6.

    25 min

  7. Apr 21

    The BIG story of the Bible - Act 1 Creation and Paradise lost

    This episode is part one of a five week series taking a look at the grand narrative, or BIG story of the bible. This week, we read passages from Genesis chapters 1 and 2. This episode is a rerecording of the sermon Luke preached on Sunday 19 April 2026. We haven't been releasing episodes recently because we've had some problems with our recording equipment, So we've decided to rerecord and release some of the sermons and reflections from the last few weeks.

    17 min

  8. Apr 20

    Easter Sunday - Jesus has risen from the dead

    This episode is a rerecording of the sermon Luke preached on Easter Sunday 5 April 2026 from Matthew 28:1-15. We haven't been releasing episodes recently because we've had some problems with our recording equipment, so we've decided to rerecord and release some of the sermons and reflections from the last few weeks.

    15 min

  9. Apr 19

    Jesus has a different relationship with death - John 11:1-45

    This episode is a rerecording of the sermon Luke preached on Sunday 22 March 2026 from John 11:1-45, the story of the raising of Lazarus.  We haven't been releasing episodes recently because we've had some problems with our recording equipment, So we've decided to rerecord and release some of the sermons and reflections from the last few weeks.

    15 min

  10. Mar 15

    Jesus, the man born blind and the religious leaders John 9:1-41

    This week Joy Kingsbury-Aitken unpacks the story of a man who was born blind but goes away from his encounter with Jesus seeing, and the religious leaders, who can see but are 'blind' to who Jesus is and what he is doing.  Reading John 9:1-41

    21 min
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Here is where you'll find the latest reflections and sermons from our Preaching team. The Village is a Presbyterian Church in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. We're a faith community that seeks to take notice of, point towards, and engage people with the goodness, grace and love of God, through Jesus, animated by the Spirit.

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