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SF Sunday Podcast
by Saint Francis Church
Kia ora and welcome to the St Francis Church sermon podcast. We’re so glad you’ve joined us. Our prayer is that as you listen, you would encounter God’s presence, be refreshed in your faith, and equipped for everyday life with Jesus. As a church, we are learning to faithfully follow Jesus by practising His Way at His Pace. For more about who we are and what God is doing among us, head to www.stfrancis.co.nz. Grace and peace.
Episodes
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The Unnamed, but Never Unnoticed || Luke 10:1-10
Jesus sent out 72 ordinary, unnamed followers to bring peace, healing and hope into the world. Their quiet faithfulness reminds us that God’s kingdom grows through everyday acts of love and service. As we celebrate St Luke, we explore what it means to be sent by Jesus, accompanied by his…
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There's Room At The Table || Matthew 22:1-14
Most of us don’t say no to God; we never get round to replying. In Jesus’ parable of the wedding banquet (Matthew 22:1–14), a generous invitation is ignored, then opened to the streets. Discover how God’s grace welcomes us as we are but changes us, and why following Jesus means making room: for...
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Don't Admire Him - Follow Him || Matthew 11: 25-30
Most of us picture St Francis as a garden statue with a bird on his shoulder, admired but never followed. The real Francis gave everything away and got off his horse to kiss a leper. On St Francis Sunday, Tony explores Matthew 11:25–30 and asks what it would take for our church to stop admiring...
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"Is the Lord among us or not?" Exodus 17: 1-14 || Matthew 21:23-32
"Is the Lord among us or not?" — asked in a dry place, on a route God had chosen. Scripture doesn't tidy the question away; it names the place after the argument. Tony on bringing the honest question rather than the polite one, and on a God who answers not by proving his power but by going all…
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Envy || Mathew 20:1-16
Rev. Peter asks, Why is it so easy to compare ourselves with others—and why does envy steal our joy? Through Jesus’ parable of the workers in the vineyard, we discover a different way to live: receiving God’s generosity with gratitude rather than measuring ourselves against others. Join us as we...
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A Different Kind of Community || Acts 2:42–47
What kind of thing is a church? A venue, a club, a service provider, a building with a roof to keep watertight? Every one of those is partly true — and none of them is what Luke describes at the end of Acts 2. In this one-off message, Tony looks at the snapshot Luke gives us of the church three...
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WEEK 05 || REST AND IDENTITY IN JESUS - Sent into Monday — Rest That Takes Up a Cross || Exodus 3:1–15 | Romans 12:9–21 | Matthew 16:21–28
The series lands on holy ground — which turns out to be Moses' workplace. The God who sees, hears and comes down also sends, and Jesus completes the maths of the free feast: people who've received everything can afford to give anything. Rest that takes up a cross, a Monday manual from Romans 12,...
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WEEK 04 || REST AND IDENTITY IN JESUS - Working from Rest || Matt 16:13–20 & Isaiah 51:1–6
The series lands here: Peter’s confession comes before his commission. Isaiah says remember the rock you were hewn from; Paul says offer yourselves in view of mercy already received. Identity precedes activity — so mature disciples work from rest, not for approval. The final week of Rest and...
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WEEK 03 || REST AND IDENTITY IN JESUS - What Rest Is For || Matt 15:21–28 & Isaiah 56:1, 6–8
Rest isn’t for hoarding — it’s for hospitality. This week Isaiah ties sabbath to welcoming the outsider, Paul declares mercy wide enough for everyone, and a Canaanite mother discovers the table is bigger than the disciples thought. What God gives us in rest, he means to flow through us. Week…
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WEEK 02 || REST AND IDENTITY IN JESUS - Who We Rest In || Matt 14:22–33 & 1 Kings 19:9–18
Rest isn’t a technique — it’s a Person. This week an exhausted Elijah meets God in sheer silence, and a sinking Peter is caught by the hand of Jesus in the storm. Who we rest in matters more than how we rest— and surrender means fixing our gaze on Christ in the storm, not waiting for the storm to...
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WEEK 01 || REST AND IDENTITY IN JESUS - RECEIVE || Matt 14:13-21 & Isaiah 55:1-5
We live tired, and we work to prove ourselves. Scripture turns that upside down: rest comes first, because identity comes first. Across four weeks at St Francis we explore rest as gift, presence, mercy and calling — and meet the Jesus who names us before we achieve anything, then sends us out to...
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week 04 || The Slow Apprenticeship - Small & Hidden || Matt 13: 31-33,44-52 & Gen 29:15-28
The kingdom is a mustard seed. A pinch of leaven. A treasure buried in a field. Nothing spectacular. Nothing scaled. Jacob worked seven years for Rachel and they seemed like days. Love bends time. This week we land the series: trust the small, hidden, slow work — because nothing can separate you...
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Week 03 || The Slow Apprenticeship - Wheat and Weeds || Matt 13:24-30, 36-43 & Rom 8:12-25
The servants want to sort. The Master says no. Let both grow together. We sit with one of Jesus' most uncomfortable parables. What do you do with the parts of yourself you'd rather not admit are there? Drawing on Jesus' parable of the wheat and the weeds and Carl Jung's idea of the shadow self,...
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Week 02 || The Slow Apprenticeship - Becoming Good Soil || Matt 13:1-9, 18-23 & Rom 8:1-11
Week 2 of The Slow Apprenticeship and the parable of the sower is really the parable of the soils. The variable is never the seed — it's always the ground. We look at the four conditions of every honest heart (path, rocky, thorny, good) and ask: what does it actually mean to tend the soil this...
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Week 01 || The Slow Apprenticeship - Come and Learn || Matt 13:-25-30 & Rom 7:15-25
This is The Slow Apprenticeship — a four-week series for the Sundays of July, recorded with our parish in Hamilton. Over these four weeks we sit with the kingdom parables of Matthew 13, paired with the unfolding story of Jacob in Genesis. We're listening for what it means to apprentice to Jesus...
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Whoever Receives You || Matt 10:40-42 & Rom 6:12-23
A cup of cold water. That’s where Jesus lands his great sending-out speech in Matthew 10. Three verses about a cup of cold water. Not impressive — but it turns out that small acts of welcome done in his name are never nothing. He says: that will not be forgotten. Listen and discover what you…
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Be Not Afraid || Matt 10:24–39 & Rom 6:1b–11
This Sunday, we reflect on Jesus’ challenging words to his disciples as he sent them into a world where faith could bring hardship, rejection, and even persecution. While many Christians today enjoy the freedom to worship openly, Christ calls us to be courageous in living and sharing our faith....
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The Heart Of God || Matt 9:35-10:23 & Rom 5:1-8
What is the heart of God actually like? This Sunday we're looking at two passages that answer that question from the inside and the outside. Romans 5 describes love poured into us before we earned it. Matthew 9 shows Jesus gut-moved by the sight of harassed, helpless people - and turning that...
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Corpus Christi - This Is My Body || John 6:51-58 & 1 Cor 11:23-26
This past Sunday we celebrated Corpus Christi, the Feast of the Body of Christ. We turned our attention to the table at the heart of Christian worship: the bread, the cup, the body and blood of Christ. Communion is something many of us receive regularly, but what do we believe is actually…
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Trinity Sunday - Sent Together || Matt 28:16-20 & 2 Cor 13:11-13
What does it actually mean to be a disciple in your neighbourhood, your workplace, your everyday life? In this episode we explore Matthew 28 and 2 Corinthians 13 — and discover that Jesus doesn't send impressive people. He sends ordinary, sometimes-doubting followers. With his authority. With his...
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Pentecost Sunday - You Were Not Made To Hide || Acts 2:1-21
On Pentecost Sunday, we reflected on what it means to live a life truly shaped by the gift of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is not simply an event we remember, but a greater reality we are all caught up in — young and old, every generation invited into a life filled with the Spirit, following the...
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What Does Christ's Ascension Mean For Us? || Acts 1:6-14
This Sunday, Peter unpacks “What Christ’s Ascension Means for Us” from Acts 1, reminding us that Jesus’ leaving wasn’t the end of the story — it was the beginning of our purpose. Because Christ is alive, reigning, praying for us, and calling us into His mission, our lives are caught up in…
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You Are Not On Your Own! || John 14:15-21
On Sunday we reflected on one of the most personal promises Jesus makes: that we are not left alone. As he prepares his disciples for his departure, Jesus assures them that God will give his Holy Spirit — the Advocate — to be with them and remain in them. In this promise we see the nearness,...
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Do You Know The Way? || John 14:1-14
As we come to John 14, Jesus meets His disciples in the upper room on the night before the cross and speaks into one of the deepest questions we carry: where are we headed? He offers not a roadmap or a formula, but Himself — the way, the truth, and the life. Join us as we reflect on the hope,...
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The Good Shepherd || John 10:1-10
In this sermon on Jesus as the Good Shepherd, we reflect on the kind of leadership and love He reveals — sacrificial, personal, and full of care. As the One who knows His sheep by name and whose voice leads them, Jesus shows us both who God is and how we are called to love others in His name.
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Easter Sunday - He is RISEN!
He is not in the tomb - He is risen, present, personal, and powerful. In this Easter message from Matthew 28, we move beyond remembering Jesus to encountering the living King who meets us personally, restores the broken, and sends us out with resurrection hope for real life.
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Palm Sunday - Jesus our Master, Model & Mindset
This Sunday we marked Palm Sunday, beginning the journey of Holy Week together. As Jesus enters Jerusalem to shouts of praise, He does so knowing the road before Him leads to the cross. Join us as we reflect on the kind of King Jesus is, and what it means for us to worship Him and follow in His…
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Kia ora and welcome to the St Francis Church sermon podcast. We’re so glad you’ve joined us. Our prayer is that as you listen, you would encounter God’s presence, be refreshed in your faith, and equipped for everyday life with Jesus. As a church, we are learning to faithfully follow Jesus by practising His Way at His Pace. For more about who we are and what God is doing among us, head to www.stfrancis.co.nz. Grace and peace.
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