PEACEFUL PRACTICES: DIALOGUE Message by Josh Mutter - October 15, 2023 BIG IDEA: Dialogue will result in better things than debate. John 4:3-26 NIV 1. A healthy dialogue begins with vulnerability. 2. A healthy dialogue requires honest curiosity. 3. A healthy dialogue...

PEACEFUL PRACTICES: ENGAGEMENT Message by Josh Mutter - October 8, 2023 BIG IDEA: As a community, we have the skills to help one another navigate conflict. 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 NIV The different approaches we have to conflict reflects the diversity that exists in...

PEACEFUL PRACTICES: PRACTISING PEACEMAKING ACROSS DIFFERENCES Message by Scott Morton Ninomiya - October 1, 2023 TAKING ROMANS 12 ON OUR RECONCILIATION JOURNEYS Romans 12:2 NIV  Do not conform to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds. A. Taking...

PEACEFUL PRACTICES: DISCOVERY Message by Josh Mutter - September 24, 2023 Big Idea: Discovery gets us below the surface of a conflict to the heart of what really matters. Matthew 18:10-22 NIV  “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that...

PEACEFUL PRACTICES: CURIOSITY Message by Josh Mutter - September 17, 2023 Big Idea: Having curiosity can help us explore the perspectives and experience of others. Acts 2:1-13 NIV  “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound...

PEACEFUL PRACTICES: INTRODUCTION Message by Josh Mutter - September 10, 2023 Big Idea: Being aware of God's presence in our experiece of division and conflict is key to practising peace. Genesis 31:7 NIV  “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and...

WISDOM & SUFFERING Message by Josh Mutter - September 3, 2023 Big Idea: When we are radically honest with God about our experiences of suffering, we find ourselves in a place to experience God’s wholeness and joy. Job 1:1 NIV  In the land of Uz there lived a man...

Introducing our Fall Teaching Series As followers of Jesus, we are called to work towards right relationships in our daily lives and around the world. In a church and a world that is increasingly polarized, skills of conflict transformation and healthy dialogue are...