TRAC Chapel

Today we wrap up the story of Ruth with a little bit of rhyme. This was a team effort with Junior School Chaplain, Aimee Owers, accompanying.

What are you like at waiting? Ever get restless? We all do, especially when rest is what we're seeking. Can we be restlessly patient? Ruth and Boaz show us how to do just that today.

"He's behind you!" That's the classic gag in a kids' show. It's always such an obvious setup. So why can't we see how obvious it is that God is behind everything in our own lives? It becomes very obvious in Ruth 2 today.

Schools are made for leaving. You come to go. A lot of life is like that, but leaving and returning can be confronting as we will see in Ruth 1 today.

After Noah's faithfulness through the flood it all seems to come undone as Noah unravels in his tent. What is the antidote to Noah the antihero?

It's the rainbow passage, the colourful backdrop to a dark story. But what is the source of all those complex and coalescing colours? Jesus!

God has provided the way through the flood for Noah so that he might respond in faithful obedience to God, but already something seems a little bit off...

Am I locked into or out of reading Noah's Ark as a global flood? What is leaking inside, outside and into the flood story?

Evan Almighty makes a big deal of a part of the flood story that is often overlooked or misunderstood–the animals flock to Noah. Why do they have a sense of what is going on when humans just carried on senselessly?

I don't get the Noah's Ark Play Centre because there's nothing playful about the flood. We might not get the OG Noah's Ark, but God gets it. Let's begin our quest to the depths of God's mercy and judgment.

If you think you’re a good person, you probably don’t have a lot of time for God, and that shows. Today's passage has some hard-hitting words, but the hardest hit comes from a woman who doesn't say a word...

How do you feel when someone doesn't like your taste in music? Banger or Bruiser, they won't listen. It can be frustrating, but in today's passage from Luke, Jesus is desperate for people to follow his taste in music that might taste life.

Talking about Jesus in the face of someone's suffering can be offensive, but talking with Jesus can be just as offensive. What's the best defence for this offence?

Death only takes, it never gives, and we the power to help is taken from us in the face of death. We care, but can we really help? Who can visit us in this time of need?

When hate bubbles to the surface in our society, do our shows of cultural respect and embracing of customs really heal the rift or are they just faux shows of peace? The same question pervades our passage this morning.

How do you go about choosing friends? What do you look for? Do you know what to look for? Jesus chose friends to, but they may not be exactly who you would think to look for...

We have just one more tub to fill for the Anglicare Food and Toy Drive. If we fill that tub will that be enough? Will we be all square with God for the year? What does the Lord require of us?

Everyone is an armchair expert with predicting the Ashes outcome, but often we still get it slightly off. Are God's prophets susceptible to the same errors with their predictions?

Who is to blame for poverty? Our perception is often our reality when we think about those in need. But what happens when that perception becomes a reality that we need to face?

What do you do first thing when you wake up? Chances are you grab your phone, but what will you do with that power?

It's easy to spot the rot in cherry-picked arguments, but isn't actual cherry-picking a good thing? Should we be cherry-picking the laws we follow as Christians? Did Jesus?

It can seem like the Old Testament laws are stuck in a time warp, but maybe it's us who needs to work out what time it is?

There are 613 laws in the Old Testament and some of them seem very random indeed. Are Christians crazy for believing these laws?

What are we to make of the ridiculously long lives in Genesis 5? Are these just tall stories or is it a story that you could share in?

The statistics around gender based and domestic violence shock us, but they should not surprise us; they are as old as the very first family.Listener Advice: Gender-based and domestic violence is discussed within this sermon. If you or anyone needs help then please call 1800RESPECT (1800737732).

What lessons can we learn from the abandoned town of Wittenoom, and why are we destined to make the same mistakes?

Cain is rightly punished for his actions, but is there mercy in punishment, or could God's punishment actually be mercy?

The relationship with a sibling can be explosive. You may well never fight more with someone you love so much. But surely, we would never go as far as Cain?

State of Origin is good vs evil, life vs death. What can we learn from this epic rivalry as Jesus goes head to head with the Pharisees on their home turf?

Who is right or wrong and how do you decide? We can be left restless arguing over rules. Today we see that Jesus calls us to rest in him as our rule of thumb.

Why is Jesus like an iPhone 7? Find out as we continue to heed Jesus' call to follow in Luke 5-6

Everybody eats, but you don't eat with just anybody. It was the same in Jesus' day as it is in ours, but with even greater implications

I love you. They're the hardest words to say, but maybe they're even harder to do? That's the question Jesus poses when it comes to forgiveness.

There's a sense in which touch makes sense of who we are. So imagine if it was taken away from us. Jesus' touching encounter with a leper helps us make sense of ourselves and our God.

What are you hoping to catch in 2025? New phone, car, apprenticeship, romance? Whatever it is, are you catching or are you caught? Today Jesus meets his first disciples, who are more caught than they realise

As we wrap up our series on the Trinity we're considering how knowing Jesus as God's Son is actually how we can know the way to live.

What about the Holy Spirit? What exactly are we talking about here? We're often vague on the Spirit, which is a shame because there's so much we're missing out on if we don't get the Spirit.

Is it actually good news alone to hear that God is one? What does it mean for God to be three persons? Is this all just unnecessarily complicated? And what does Mr Tyndall's dog have to do with all of this?

What is God? It's hard to picture God in our minds, but the answer to what is God is actually in the question. Let's kick off our short series in the Trinity by answering the question: 'What is God?'

How can Christianity be good for our money when Jesus tells us to give it all away? As we wrap our Good series, what good can come of losing everything?

College Principal, Mr Mansour, is our guest preacher today, helping us to see that Christianity is good for community because it helps us live life to the full, fully serving our community.

Are you your body? What can I do with my body? What can we do with the bodies of others? We have many questions about our bodies, so to add another one: Is Christianity good for your body? Let's examine the body of evidence...

Everyone has a story to tell, but are we telling them or are they telling us what to do and who to be? Is your story a good one? Is it telling you the truth about yourself?

As we induct a new round of student leaders we can ask where the time went, and will these new leaders make the most of their time. Is Christianity a good use of our time?

Do you want the quiet life of no alarms and no surprises? You used to be able to have that as a Christian, but many have been caught off guard at receiving the 'bad guy' label from society. But perhaps we shouldn't be that surprised, nor should we stop being the bad guys.

In a world that is quick to define evil and limits good to the individual, can we find the common good? All this term we will thinking about Christianity and its role in 'the good'.

Sometimes a first glance can be deceiving, and as we come to the last scene in Genesis 3, God's intervening might not be all that it is seeming.

Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life. That's the saying, but where can you find a job like that outside of the Garden of Eden?

We live in an age of autonomy, but has it seen us rise and rise, or are we merely falling into its consequences? Listener Advice: Domestic violence is discussed within this sermon. If you or anyone needs help then please call 1800RESPECT (1800737732).

Amidst the curses that flow from Adam and Eve's disobedience, guest preacher, Mr Mansour, drew our attention to the hope of the Gospel that glistened in the garden on that dark day.