ALIVE
INTHE SPIRIT:
we celebrate not just that Christ is risen, but that the risen Christ sends His Spirit.
We're exploring four essential truths: that the Spirit indwells you, empowers you, equips you with gifts, and transforms your character into something that looks like Jesus. It's a chance to move beyond seeing the Spirit as something abstract or mysterious and to recognise Him as real, personal, and working in you today. Whether you're familiar with the Spirit's work or you're encountering this for the first time, these four weeks will deepen your faith and show you how growing deeper with God and serving together in community is exactly what happens when we truly yield to the Spirit.
This four-week theological and practical reset focusses on the Holy Spirit's work in the Christian life, moving from Easter's promise through personal transformation toward Pentecost's missional outpouring. Grounded in Scripture, shaped by our convictions around the presence and work of the Spirit, and designed to deepen individual faith while mobilising corporate witness.
The Big Idea:
What changes when you truly believe the Spirit indwells you, empowers you, equips you with gifts, and transforms your character? This series answers that question in four movements, culminating in a community ready to witness with power at Pentecost.
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He's Here: The Gift of the Spirit's Presence
Easter opened a new age. The risen Christ sends His Spirit to dwell permanently in every believer. This is not a future promise or a mystical abstraction, it is your present reality. Indwelling is the foundation upon which empowerment, gifting, and transformation rest.
Preacher: Ps Jo Leutton
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Power Up: Living in the Spirit's Strength
The Spirit doesn't merely indwell; He actively transforms. Empowerment means the Spirit gives you capacity to overcome sin, renew your mind, and live in increasing alignment with God's design. This is not human willpower; it is God's power working through your yielding.
Preacher: Ps Sam Bricknell
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LOVE WINS: THE SPIRIT’S TRANSFORMATION
The clearest evidence of the Holy Spirit at work is not spectacular gifts, but transformed character. The Spirit makes us more like Jesus as we remain in Him.
Drawing from John 15, we are reminded that Jesus’ invitation to “abide” isn’t passive; it’s deeply relational and formative. The Spirit, as the Gardener’s agent, is at work in each of us, pruning what hinders, nurturing what is surrendered, and producing fruit that blesses others.
Preacher: Ps Petrea Taylor
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YOU’RE GIFTED: EQUIPPED FOR SERVICE
As a believer in Jesus, you are invited to unlock the unique supernatural abilities God has placed within you to serve others and strengthen the body of Christ. As part of our Alive In The Spirit series, Pastor Ian explores how to discover and deploy your spiritual gifts in love, empowering you to play your vital part in building the Kingdom and bringing God’s presence into our community as we serve together.
Preacher: Ps Ian Walton
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