Here are the notes we use for our weekly homegroups. Click on the titles to see each set of notes.
To listen to the corresponding Sunday talk, please visit our Bible Bytes page, where you will find the most recent one, and a link to the page with previous talks.
Advent – Calm & Bright (current series)
Date | Title | Bible Passage(s) |
1 December 2024 | 1. Riding the storm | Psalm 25: 1-10 Luke 21: 25-36 |
8 December 2024 | 2. Getting Ready | Luke 3: 1-6 Psalm 75 |
15 December 2024 | 3. | |
(No notes for 22 or 29 December) | ||
5 January 2025 | 4. |
Community (2024)
Date | Title | Bible Passage(s) |
15 September 2024 | 1. The new family of Jesus | Galatians 3: 1-14 Matthew 12: 46-50 |
22 September 2024 | 2. Community as a gift | Mark 10: 28-31 Ephesians 2: 1-10 |
29 September 2024 | 3. Community as Formation | John 15: 1-12 2 Peter 1: 3-11 |
6 October 2024 | 4. A Community of Generosity and Gratitude | Philippians 4: 11-13 and various other verses. |
13 October 2024 | 5. A Community as Witness | Matthew 5: 13-16 Luke 8: 26-39 |
20 October 2024 | 6. A Community as Wonder | John 1: 43-51 Colossians 1: 3-14 |
27 October 2024 | 7. An Upside-down Community | 1 Corinthians 1: 26-31 Matthew 18: 1-5 |
3 November 2024 | 8. Community as reconciliation in conflict | Ephesians 4: 25–32 Matthew 18: 15–22 |
10 November 2024 | 9. Community as reconciliation in class, culture and ethnicity | 1 Corinthians 9: 19-27 Romans 15: 1-9 |
17 November 2024 | 10. A Safe Community | Romans 12: 9-21 Matthew 18: 1-14 |
24 November 2024 | 11. Community as Friendship | Romans 16: 1-16 John 15: 13-17 |
Miscellaneous 2024 Notes
Date | Title | Bible Passage(s) |
10 March 2024 | Mothering Sunday | John 19: 25-27 2 Corinthians 1: 3-7 |
8 September 2024 | Love one another | 1 John 4: 7-21 |
Come, Holy Spirit!
Date | Title | Bible Passages |
5 May 2024 | 1. Reveal – Revive – Restore | Joel 2: 28-32 and Acts 1: 1-8 |
12 May 2024 | 2. Wind and water | Genesis 1: 1-13 and Psalm 104: 1, 24-31 |
19 May 2024 | 3. Wind, fire and speech | Acts 2:1-11 and John 20:19-23 |
26 May 2024 | 4. Advocate and Guide | John 16:7-15 |
2 June 2024 | 5. Comforter and Teacher | John 14:26-27 and 16:7-15 |
9 June 2024 | 6. The Living Water | John 7:37-43 |
16 June 2024 | 7. Transforming Lives | Galatians 5:13-26 and Romans 8:1-11 |
23 June 2024 | 8. Consecration and Anointing | Ephesians 1:3-14 and Acts 10:34-43 |
30 June 2024 | 9. Leading and Purifying | Exodus 13:17–22 and Hebrews 12:1–29 |
7 July 2024 | 10. The work of unity | Psalm 133 and Ephesians 4: 1-13 |
14 July 2024 | 11. The Ministry of Jesus | Acts 3:12-20, 4:23-31 |
21 July 2024 | End of Series Reflection | Ezekiel 37:1-14 |
Connecting with our friends and our community (2024)
Date | Title | Bible Passages |
14 April 2024 | 1. Walls Down | Luke 15 : 1-10 |
21 April 2024 | 2. Branches Out | Luke 19: 1-10 |
28 April 2024 | 3. Pioneering | Isaiah 49: 16-21 and Acts 2: 37-47 |
St James Church’s Vision (2024)
Date | Title | Bible Passage(s) |
7 Jan 2024 | 1. Keeping a healthy Spiritual diet | Psalm 84 |
14 Jan 2024 | 2. Growing as followers of Jesus | 1 Peter 1. 3-5 and 2 Peter 1. 1. 3-4 1 Peter 1. 13-16 and 2 Peter 2. 5-9 |
21 Jan 2024 | 3. Participating in the life of the Spirit | Romans 8. 1-11 1 Corinthians 12.1 – 14 |
28 Jan 2024 | 4. Bearing Fruits | Galatians 5. 1, 13-26 Romans 6. 11-13 John 15. 1-8 |
4 Feb 2024 | 5. Giving Generously | Haggai 1: 3-11 2 Corinthians 9: 6-11 |
11 Feb 2024 | 6. Fun and Food | Acts 2:42-47 |
18 Feb 2024 | 7. Rooted in Prayer | Psalm 37: 3-7, 39-40 Acts 4: 23-31 (not what it says on the sheet!) |
25 Feb 2024 | 8. Rooted in the Bible | 2 Timothy 3 : 10-17 Hebrews 4 : 12-16 |
3 March 2024 | 9. Rooted in the life of Jesus | Matthew 7 : 21-29 Colossians 1 : 9-14 (Not #10 in the series as on the sheet.) |
17 March 2024 | 10. All Involved | 1 Corinthians 12: 12-26 1 Peter 2: 4-10 (Not #11 in the series as on the sheet.) |
24 March 2024 | 11. Palm Sunday – Transcending the normal | Mark 11: 1-11 Philippians 2: 5-11 |
2023 Notes
Date | Title | Bible Passage(s) |
7 May 2023 | King’s Coronation | Luke 22: 24-30, 1 Peter 2: 4-10 |
28 May 2023 | Pentecost | Acts 1: 1-8, Acts 2: 1-13 |
3 Sept 2023 | Thanking and Asking | Philippians 1: 1-11 |
10 Sept 2023 | Pursuing Christ no matter what | Philippians 1: 12-26 |
17 Sept 2023 | Common mindset and mutual love | Philippians 1: 27 2: 4 |
24 Sept 2023 | A Christ like mindset | Philippians 2: 5-11 |
1st Oct 2023 | Working Out Our New Identity | Phil 2. 12-18 |
8th Oct | Two Christ Centred Lives | Phil 2. 19-29 |
15th Oct | Harvest | Deuteronomy 8 |
22nd Oct | Knowing Christ in Power and Sufferings | Ephesians 2:1-10 |
29th Oct | Onward and Upward | Philippians 3: 12-21 |
5th Nov | Christian Mindfulness | Romans 12. 1-2 |
12th Nov | Remembrance | Revelations 22. 1-7 |
19th Nov | Safeguarding | 1 Corinthians 12 |
26th Nov | Celebration of Ministries | 1 Corinthians12.1 – 14 |
3rd Dec | Advent | Mark 13:24–37 |
10th Dec | Advent 2 | Mark 1:1–8 |
17th Dec | Advent 3 | Luke 3:7–18 |
The Sermon on the Mount (2023)
Date | Title | Bible passage(s) |
16 April 2023 | 1. Introduction | Matthew 5:1-2, Exodus 19: 3-8; Matthew 7: 24-29 |
23 April 2023 | 2. ‘Who is actually blessed?’ | Matthew 5: 1-12, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 |
30 April 2023 | 3. ‘What does Jesus think about Scriptures? | Matthew 5: 17-20, Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 |
14 May 2023 | 4. Jesus on objectification and oppression | Matthew 5: 21-32, Matthew 22: 36-40 |
21 May 2023 | 5. Jesus on breaking the cycle of violence | Matthew 5: 38-48 |
4 June 2023 | 6. The tyranny of living for the approval of others | Matthew 6: 1-4 |
11 June 2023 | 7. The transformative power of prayer and fasting | Matthew 6: 5-18 |
17 June 2023 | 8. How to handle money | Matthew 6: 19-24 |
25 June 2023 | 9. How to combat anxieties | Matthew 6: 25-34 |
2 July 2023 | 10. Jesus on judging | Matthew 7: 1-6 |
9 July 2023 | 11. Ask Seek Knock | Matthew 7:7-11 |
16 July 2023 | 12. Who to listen to | Matthew 7:13-20 |