Guest speaker Dr Ruth Valerio concludes our Creation Care series by exploring how consumerism shapes our lives and how the way of Jesus offers a hopeful alternative.

In the second talk of our Creation Care series, Clark explores how caring for creation is not only a duty or responsibility, but part of becoming people whose loves are reshaped by God. Building on last week’s call to be earthkeepers, this talk reflects on three movements of creaturely discipleship: delighting in the goodness of creation, rediscovering our belonging within the community of creation, and learning to listen to and through God’s world. Creation care becomes more than a task list when we learn to notice, love, and attend to the world God has made.

This week we begin our new Formation Focus series on Creation Care. In this opening talk, Clark explores what it means to see creation care as part of our apprenticeship to Jesus.

Beginning with Romans 8 and the image of creation groaning, we consider the ecological crises facing our world and ask how Christian faith has shaped, and sometimes distorted, our relationship with creation.

Looking at Genesis 1 and 2, Clark reflects on humanity’s calling not to dominate the earth, but to serve and keep God’s good world. Through the Hebrew words abad and shamar, we recover the biblical vocation of earthkeeping: living as servants and guardians of creation, bearing witness to the God who loves this world and is making all things new.

In the last of the three part series, Tom explores the spiritual practice that is reading scripture and how doing this help us as Christians to practice the way of Jesus. Tom is also joined by two members of the St Matthias congregation, who share how they engage with Scripture in their everyday lives.

In this talk, Kate explores the second of our 3 part series on spiritual practices that help us as Christians to practice the way of Jesus. Focusing primarily on the spiritual practice of Sabbath. Kate is also joined by two members of the St Matthias congregation, who share how they engage with Sabbath in the everyday busyness of life.

In this talk, Tom sets out part 1 of our 3 part series on spiritual practices that help us as Christians to practice the way of Jesus. Focusing primarily on the spiritual practice of prayer. Tom is also joined by two members of the St Matthias congregation, who share how they engage with prayer in their own lives.

In this talk, Tom explores the story behind Pentecost Sunday, why and whom God sent his Holy Spirit to initially and how the Holy Spirit can be our helper in many ways when we we seek Jesus. Tom also explains through the analogy of sailing in a boat, how In following the prompting of the Holy Spirit, we can: 1) Let our Life be empowered the wind of the spirit 2) We never graduate from understanding and being used by Holy Spirit and 3) God has things for us to do whilst on Earth and his Holy Spirit will equip us.

Part four unpacks the subversive events leading up to the cross; considering the significance of the crucified ‘King of the Jews’ and exploring the significance of Jesus' death for God’s Kingdom plans.