23rd September 2026 Acts Part 2 from Johnny This week we are resuming our series in the book of Acts. In part 1, we covered chapters 1-9. The focus of these chapters was to look at the movement of the Holy Spirit in the life of the early church. We saw the people of God receive the Holy Spirit; they prayed in the Spirit, were made bold by the Spirit, were gifted and appointed to serve in the power of the Spirit, and more. We're now moving into part 2, where the focus of the b

16th September 2026 Lessons from Daniel from Johnny Over the past month we have been reading and learning from the life of Daniel as he lives in Babylon. Daniel (and the Jews with him) are living between two Kingdoms - the kingdom of Babylon and the Kingdom of God. Seeing how they remain faithful and continue to serve and worship God in that context has been so encouraging! In Daniel 1, Travis encouraged us to be aware of the pressure to conform that the world puts on us, and

9th September 2026 Prayer: Our Priority, Our Posture, Our Practice As a church we have recently been in a season of growing in prayer. We had six weeks of preaching on prayer in July/August, and our Connect Groups have been doing The Prayer Course (a course produced by 24/7 Prayer) this term. We believe that God wants prayer to be our priority, our posture, and our practice. With that in mind, this weekend, we are joining with the 24/7 Prayer Movement's Global Week of Prayer,

2nd September 2026 Welcome to Spring from Travis It's hard to miss the change of seasons as Spring begins across the Central Coast! The warmer days call to us to come outside, the earlier morning sun and warmer overnight temperatures make it easier to start our days, and the fresh life in our gardens motivates us to get out there and cultivate away. As we emerge from our winter hibernation, many experience a natural uplift in energy and motivation. Suddenly we seem to have en

26th August 2026 Celebrating Unity on the Coast from Johnny While you're reading this Newsletter, I'll be having lunch with the pastors of Baptist Churches on the Central Coast up at Greenhouse Long Jetty! It's wonderful seeing the ways that God is creating unity amongst churches in our region, and the fruit of that unity is so exciting to see. We worshipped and fellowshipped together last Sunday night at the Coast Baptist Worship Night (click to watch the slideshow below!) S