Northside Church - Sydney

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Superheroes: Life Lessons from the OT Week 2: Sarah In her life Sarah was to discover with God anything is possible – even having a baby when you’re old enough to be a grandmother! Of course it wasn’t easy and there were major challenges along the way, but eventually she and her husband Abraham became the parents “of a great nation…” Reading: Genesis 18:1-15 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: DNA of the Christian Life – Week 4: Discontented Imagine you stumble out of the airport of a foreign country for the first time. “Where might I get a hamburger?” you ask? I know the perfect place the attendant replies, just drive that way for a bit. Can you be more specific? Often we can be given directions in the Christian life that are just as vague. Vagueness does us no good – so let’s get specific as to how we grow. Reading: Philippians 3:12-15 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – New Series: Superheroes: Life Lessons from the OT Week 1: Moses In his life Moses was to discover there’s a lot of wilderness to cross before you get to the Promised Land! In fact, a large slice of his life was spent in the wilderness but through it all, he remained faithful to God. There’s a powerful life lesson here for all of us. Reading: Exodus 3:1-14 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: DNA of the Christian Life – Week 3: Simplicity Ever looked at the Christian life and thought it was a set of overcomplicated do’s and don’ts? Good news: get ready to get simplified! Reading: Philippians 3:1-9 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: DNA of the Christian Life – Week 2: Essence There is a quality that naturally seems to attract others and is never complained about. One can never have enough and no one cares if you have to much. It’s the first part of what Paul describes in Philippians 2. Reading: Philippians 2:3-11 (NIV)

Guest Speaker: Mike Hardie The Swing Theory Mike Hardie is the pastor & founder of THRIVE Community Church. Mike & his wife, Terasa are passionate about the vision of THRIVE to bless the city & community through love, hope, justice and a whole lot of good news . People everywhere are discourage and people everywhere can encourage. Encouragement helps people get unstuck from life’s muddy moments. Reading: Psalm 42:5-11 (NLT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – New Series: New Series: DNA of the Christian Life – Week 1: Worthy DNA is the core set of instructions from which all known living organisms grow. For all it’s complexity, life grows from simplicity. What if Christianity could be that simple? In this new study of Philippians, we’ll uncover one of the most relevant books of the bible, and the blueprints that comprise the DNA of the Christian Life. Reading: Philippians 1:27-30 (NIV)

Speaker: Kristyn Haddon – Cont. Series: No Reservations. Week 3: Jesus & A Failure This encounter is especially unexpected, given Jesus had been dead for some time already! What happens when Jesus has brunch with an old colleague who had let him down? Reading: John 21:10-24 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: No Reservations. Week 2: Jesus & A Sinful Woman In this unexpected encounter with Jesus, it’s an unexpected guest that prompts some challenging dinner conversation around forgiveness. Reading: Luke 7:36-50 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – New Series: No Reservations. Week 1: Jesus & A Traitor Some of the best teaching from Jesus, didn’t necessarily take place in the heart of temples and cities, but in the interactions of everyday life. In this new series, we’ll look at 3 mealtime encounters with Jesus and what happens when he has “No Reservations” Reading: Luke 19:1-10 (NIV)

6PM – Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 6: Impacting Eternity Imagine that Eternity was a line that starts at your front door, stretches around the globe, and returns. Your life would be a dot on that 25,000km. Time is a small slice of eternity on loan from God, but can have significance that lasts forever. How would living from Eternity help you impact the now? Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

9AM & 10:45AM – Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 6: Impacting Eternity Imagine that Eternity was a line that starts at your front door, stretches around the globe, and returns. Your life would be a dot on that 25,000km. Time is a small slice of eternity on loan from God, but can have significance that lasts forever. How would living from Eternity help you impact the now? Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

6PM – Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 5: The Power of One It’s one thing to observe an opportunity, it’s another to seize it! What would happen if you crossed the road to not only find a need, but meet it? Reading: Luke 10:27-37

9AM & 10:45AM – Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 5: The Power of One It’s one thing to observe an opportunity, it’s another to seize it! What would happen if you crossed the road to not only find a need, but meet it? Reading: Luke 10:27-37

6PM – Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 4: Overflow All of us have been given resources from God, and yet we wonder how could I ever make a big difference? God achieves great things through people who may have small resources but big hearts! Reading: James 2:14-17

9AM & 10:45AM – Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 4: Overflow All of us have been given resources from God, and yet we wonder how could I ever make a big difference? God achieves great things through people who may have small resources but big hearts! Reading: James 2:14-17

6PM – Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 3: Intersections If you have intersected with God, and you are intersecting with others, He wants to influence them THROUGH YOU. It means then that the stranger you happened to speak to, or the person who cut across your path may not just be there by accident? What would happen if we payed closer attention to the intersections of life? Reading: 1 Peter 4:7-1

9AM & 10:45AM – Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 3: Intersections If you have intersected with God, and you are intersecting with others, He wants to influence them THROUGH YOU. It means then that the stranger you happened to speak to, or the person who cut across your path may not just be there by accident? What would happen if we payed closer attention to the intersections of life? Reading: 1 Peter 4:7-1

6PM – Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 2: Your Passion/His Purposes Each year you will have been given 525, 600 minutes. Often we look back and wonder where did they go? What you love is seen in your passions, priorities and purposes.Therefore aligning our loves with God’s loves is key to uncovering a life of purpose and passion in even the smallest increments of time… Reading: Ephesians 4:11-16

9AM & 10:45AM – Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Never Ending Story Week 2: Your Passion/His Purposes Each year you will have been given 525, 600 minutes. Often we look back and wonder where did they go? What you love is seen in your passions, priorities and purposes.Therefore aligning our loves with God’s loves is key to uncovering a life of purpose and passion in even the smallest increments of time… Reading: Ephesians 4:11-16

6PM – Speaker: Sam Haddon – New Series: Never Ending Story Week 1: His, Ours, Your Story How do we become difference makers in the world around us? God’s desire since the beginning off time, has been to write His Story across the pages of History, through every day people. This series is about discovering what God has given you in this life and using it, no matter how big or small. How will you use your story in His story? Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10

9AM & 10:45AM – Speaker: Sam Haddon – New Series: Never Ending Story Week 1: His, Ours, Your Story How do we become difference makers in the world around us? God’s desire since the beginning off time, has been to write His Story across the pages of History, through every day people. This series is about discovering what God has given you in this life and using it, no matter how big or small. How will you use your story in His story? Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Staying Cool When the Heat is On! Conflict among people (even Christians) is an inevitable part of life. How we handle conflict – especially what we say can make a huge difference to how the issue is eventually resolved. If we’re growing in Christ and allowing His Spirit to control our conversation, we can choose words that will help to minimise the chances of serious conflict. Reading: Acts 15:36-41 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Five x 5 Week 5: Five Things to Say To Help Young People Keep The Faith Most research indicates the present generation of young people are turning their backs on Church and Christianity in droves. This leads many to wonder about the viability of the Christian Church in the future. What can we say today to the young people in our care, to help them stay true to their calling in Christ? Reading: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon Cont. Series: Ditto – Walking as Jesus Walked Join us for a night of insight, as we process what it means to walk as Jesus Walked or do “Ditto”

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Five x 5 Week 4: Five Things to Say To Strengthen Your Marriage On the day of the wedding it’s those two words “I Do” that bring a huge smile to the faces of the Bride, the Groom and their assembled friends and family. However, beyond that day, a married couple choose many words as part of their ongoing journey together and these are the words which either make of break their union. With God’s help we can choose the right words… Reading: Ephesians 6:21-31 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Ditto Week 5: Read as Jesus Read In Jesus’ time there was no kindle, no self help section of the bookstore, no vast array of” life guiding” seminars, and yet he managed to life the perfect human life.How did he do it? God’s word. God’s word was paramount in every aspect his life, and for those seeking to live a Ditto life – we’ll uncover how we make it central in ours. Reading: Matthew 5:17-20 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Five x 5 Week 3: Five Things To Say To Someone Who Claims Not To Believe With atheism on the rise in Australia and its “evangelists” becoming more militant, most of us will have many people within our circle of family members, friends and acquaintances who claim they don’t believe in God. What does Christianity have to say to them? How can we cause them to have a re-think? Reading: Acts 26:19-28 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Ditto Week 4:Obey as Jesus Obeyed Obeying God sounds like it can be restrictive and a “kill-joy”. Yet, for Jesus he appeared to do it with ease? What are the trademarks of a life that naturally desires what God desires? How do you move your life to a pattern of obeying God, not because you have to, but because you want to? Reading: John 15:19-27 (NIV)

Speaker – Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Five x 5 Week 2: Five Things To Say To Minimise Conflict Conflict among friends, within marriage, in the workplace etc. is inevitable; it’s how we handle those conflict situations that’s of crucial importance. Naturally our selection of words in dealing with the issues can make a difference to the outcome. With God’s help, we can choose the right words.. Reading: Acts 15:36-41 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Ditto Week 3: Pray as Jesus Prayed Prayer can be seen as a religious exercise, or something that Christians have to do as part of their church life. Jesus shows us something radically different. Prayer was the very lifeline for God’s guidance in His life, and the good news is that it can be the same for us also. Reading: Luke 11:1 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – New Series: Five x 5 Week 1: Five Things to Say When Helping a Friend in Crisis… When a friend, loved one or colleague experiences a crisis (health, financial, relational…) we need to be aware our choice of words as we try to support them is very important. Some words help, but others hinder. With God’s guidance we can make the right choices. Reading: James 2:14-24 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew Cont. Series: Ditto Week 2: Depend as Jesus Depended The Holy Spirit is a topic of Christianity that often brings a lot of mystery. What is it? How does it work? Yet, when you look closely at the life of Jesus, you see that why and how He did what He did, relied solely on this mysterious person. If we are to live Ditto lives, then how do we learn to Depend as Jesus Depended? Reading: John 16:5-16 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cont. Series: Finding You In Community Week 4: Gaining Through Giving It’s paradoxical to be sure, but it’s also true: they key to a life of wholeness, contentment, fulfillment and inner peace, is a spirit of generosity, instilled and nurtured within us, through faith in Jesus. And it’s not just a matter of generosity with our money, but with all we have, are and hope to be. Reading: Ephesians 3: 14-21 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – New Series: Ditto Week 1: How Real is Your Jesus? What if for one day, Jesus wakes up in your house, walks in your shoes, assumes your calendar? Your boss is now His boss, your circumstances become His circumstances. What if for one day Jesus lives your life with His heart… what would you be like? In this new series, we uncover the great truth of Christianity, that Jesus’ heart can be our heart, and that for anyone who claims to live in Him must “Walk as Jesus Walked” (1 John 2:6) or do “Ditto” Reading: 1 John 2:3-6 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Finding You In Community Week 3: Greatness 101 In one of His best known statements, Jesus said: “Those who aspire to greatness must be the servant of all”. (Mark 9:35) Long before the business world discovered the terms “Servant Leadership”, Jesus was talking about it as the key to discovering our place within the Community of Faith. As someone as said: “Service is love in work clothes”. Reading: Mark 9: 33-37 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: Finding You In Community Week 2: Doing Life Together Being a Christian has never been easy but these days, in a society that’s becoming increasingly secular, it’s even more difficult. Today, more than ever, we need the help, encouragement and guidance of fellow believers and one of the most ideal settings in which to build supportive and caring relationships like this is a Connection Group.

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cont. Series: EXPATS Week 6: The Lions in Dan’s Den “The writing is on the wall…”. This common phrase was sourced in this very chapter of the book of Daniel, and meant that something bad was about to happen. What can we learn from a King who didn’t heed the warning signs? Reading: Daniel 6:1-28 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – New Series: Finding You In Community Week 1: The Power of One Hour Spending time in corporate worship is one of the ways we discover our place in the Body of Christ. Regular attendance in worship is vital if we’re going to feel the support and encouragement of our fellow believers, if we’re going to experience that special movement of God’s Spirit that comes when His people combine to lift heart and voices in praise and thanksgiving. Reading: Colossians 3:12-17 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – EXPATS Week 5: The Writing on the Wall “The writing is on the wall…”. This common phrase was sourced in this very chapter of the book of Daniel, and meant that something bad was about to happen. What can we learn from a King who didn’t heed the warning signs? Reading: Daniel 5:1-6; 17-31 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Winner? | Blues? When daylight savings ends, nights get darker sooner, temperatures colder, community harder. Strangely enough, our spiritual life can often parallel the prevailing season. How do we remain resilient and steadfast in these colder months, and come out a winner over the “Winter Blues”? Reading: 1 John 2:3-6 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – EXPATS Week 4: Faith for the Furnace Live long enough and you’ll discover that the trials of life are an inevitability. What can we learn from Daniel, in developing a faith “for the furnace”… a faith that will hold true when the challenges of life heat up? Reading: Daniel 3:14-29 (NIV)

Guest Speaker//Troy Blair Troy and Edwina Blair are former Associate Pastors at Northside Community Church. Troy is now the Senior Minister of Campbelltown Church of Christ. Drawing on over fifteen years of ministry,Troy is bound to bring an inspirational message and we welcome him back to the Northside platform.

Speaker: Sam Haddon – EXPATS Week 3: Kingdom Hope How do you remain steadfast when the environment around always seems too hostile? Daniel’s example is not one of just behaviour modification, but a focus on a deep seated Hope that we can still have today. Reading: Daniel 2:24-35; 44-45

Speaker: Graham Agnew – MOVE Your Prayer Life Forward Week 2: …From Formula to Formation We move our prayer life forward toward a more meaningful and satisfying level when we see t, not in terms of a formula to be followed, but as a mean of forming and shaping an intimate connection with our Heavenly Father. Reading: Luke 18:9-14 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – MOVE – Your Prayer Life Forward Week 1: …From Monologue to Dialogue We move our prayer life forward toward a more meaningful and satisfying level when we view it as a two way conversation between us and God. Moving from monologue to dialogue is simply a matter of pausing long enough to hear and respond to the voice of God. Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – EXPATS Week 2: A New Model Should I or Shouldn’t I? People of faith ask themselves that question hundreds of times in any given week. To what extent should we either engage, or withdraw from the culture around us? Reading: Daniel 1:1-8 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – EXPATS Week 1: Exiles & Foreigners The nation of Australia looks very different today than it did 100 years ago. The great richness and diversity of many different cultures, now brings us many blessings, and yet at the same time, the corresponding rise in religious diversity begs the question, is it fair to call ourselves a Christian nation? In this new series, we’ll explore what it means to live a life of Christian faith in a multi-faith world. Reading: Daniel 1:1-8 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – He Week 4: He will return Sadly, teaching on Christ’s Return has become less prominent over the years, mainly as a reaction to the excessive, almost fanatical emphasis placed on it by certain religious groups. However, the New Testament & Jesus Himself make it very clear that the promise of His Return is a reality & one we do well to heed. Far from being a source of threat or fear, His return is meant to be a source of great hope & encouragement for us all. Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (GNT)

Guest Speaker// Mike Hardie: I am who I AM says I am Mike Hardie is a follower of Jesus, husband to Terasa, father of Seriyah and pastor and church planter of THRIVE in Sydney’s southern beaches. Mike speaks at churches, conferences & colleges on leadership, ministry and church planting. He loves music, coffee, books and sport. He will be speaking on Identity, which effects everything. If you think you’re a loser you will act like a loser. If you see yourself the way God sees you based on what He has done for you and who he has called us to be (Matthew 5:14) then this will effect how you behave in every way. Ephesians 2:10 illustrates that who God says we are precedes what he wants / has planned for us to do. Implications: If you believe you are a wise person (or God calls you to be a wise person) you act increasingly wise but if you see yourself as a fool you’ll go in making foolish mistakes.