Northside Church - Sydney

The defining moments of our lives often revolve around relationships. Good and bad. People you almost feel like God put in your life. People who have changed you forever. People you wish He had never let you meet. Either way... what if God uses people to impact your faith. So how do you leverage that? Because you should leverage it. Reading: Proverbs 13:20 Speaker: Sam Haddon

When your obedience/acts of faith intersect with God’s faithfulness, God shows up and your faith gets bigger. Stronger. It is one thing to believe in weightlifting and another thing to lift weights. Many think Christianity is simply what you believe. And if you believe, that is enough. When you talk to people with big faith, they are people who are living it out what they learn. In this new series we’ll look at 5 Core elements that grow into a big faith. Reading : Matthew 7:24-28 Speaker : sam Haddon

If you want to grow spiritually, commitment isn’t enough. You must be connected. That’s what groups are all about. That’s why circles are better than rows. Reading: Hebrews 3:12-14 Speaker: Sam Haddon

It’s up to you to figure out what you need to pack in your bag so that you’re prepared for the coming season. But how can you know what you’ll need when the coming season is a mystery? How can you know what you don’t know? Reading: Proverbs 27.12 Speaker: Emily Hopkins

It’s up to you to figure out what you need to pack in your bag so that you’re prepared for the coming season. But how can you know what you’ll need when the coming season is a mystery? How can you know what you don’t know? Reading: Proverbs 11.14, 13.20, 15:22, 26.12 Speaker: Sam Haddon

We’re all headed somewhere. Arriving at our new destinations requires change. For most of us, change creates stress. Just like when we travel on a boat, plane, or in a car, travelling through life can give us motion sickness. We’re knocked off balance. The ground beneath our feet doesn’t feel solid. So how do you prepare for what’s next when the anxiety of transition has you fighting motion sickness? Reading: Hebrews 6:16-19 Speaker: Sam Haddon

When one season ends and a new one begins, we all wonder what comes next. That question can be exciting and stressful. So, how do you best navigate life’s biggest transitions? Reading: James 1:22-25 Speaker: Sam Haddon

Maybe you have heard the old saying, “life is lived forwards, but understood backwards”. What does it look like when life doesn’t make sense even on reflection and what options do I have? New Years Eve is always a time when resolutions are made and for some reason a day is supposed to make all the difference. This week we explore how we can carry this same anticipation every day of our lives. Reading: Philippians 3.12-14 Speaker: Adrian Smith

Sam Haddon walked on stage kitted-out in his 2018 season ski-wear, to make an important point about how Christmas can be uncomfortable… Listen now, for a clear perspective on Christmas. Speaker: Sam Haddon

Who needs a holiday? Well, most of us at this time of year feel we do! But this holiday has the potential to give you the one type of rest you may need most. Speaker: Sam Haddon Reading: Matthew 1.18-22

Love speaks louder than words. Right? If you don’t show it, nobody knows it. That is the message that makes this holiday different. Reading: Galatians 4.4-7 Speaker: Emily Hopkins

Some may find the holiday built around the birth of Jesus a little unbelievable, maybe even a little irrelevant these days. But when you hear the backstory, you may well discover that it may be the one holiday the world needed. Speaker: Emily Hopkins Reading: Isaiah 49.6, Luke 1.26-33

In this one off message, Emily brings part 2 of her series focusing on Jesus’ powerful story about the religious and irreligious. Reading: Luke 15: 11-32 Speaker: Emily Hopkins

“The iPhone 6s is sooo yesterday! “It’s amazing in our culture today, how quickly new things become old things. How easily we become discontent in a society that has everything … Could finding the secret of contentment unlock a joy in spite of our circumstances? Reading: Philippians 4.10-13 Speaker: Sam Haddon

Linkedin is just another social networking platform right? What if it represented something so much more? What if one of the greatest thieves of our joy is not our circumstances but our relentless pursuit to build a “life resume”. Reading: Philippians 3.3-9 Speaker: Sam Haddon

Most of us don’t even stop to ask the question. “What is life about? How do I define life? What am I living for?” We usually don’t even ask that question until life hits us… What if the answer to that question is the difference between despair or joy? Readings : Philippians 1.12-26 Speaker : Sam Haddon

We reflect on the stories of how God has been working amongst us in 2017.

Comfort others with the comfort you have received. If you’ve been there, you’re uniquely qualified to comfort those who are still there. Reading: 2 Corinthains 1:3-7 Speaker: Emily Hopkins

Jesus told his followers that “meanwhile trials” aren’t aberrations; they are expectations. They can actually serve a beneficial purpose. What if you discovered there’s actually work in the waiting? Reading: James 1:2-8 Speaker: Sam Haddon

What do you do when there’s nothing you can do? What do you do when you have a problem that seems to have no solution? Life seems stuck. You’re far from ideal with no good options. What do you do? Throughout the Bible, God seemingly abandoned his favourite people to “meanwhile moments”. But that wasn’t the case. In fact, He was at work. Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:6-12 Speaker: Sam Haddon