Westville Methodist Church

08/06/2026

Seven: Deadly sins and heavenly virtues - Sermon: Week 2

08/06/2026

Blog: Alpha 2026

A reviewer of JRR Tolkien's classic fantasy books once wrote; "The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them." Wouldn't you love to have that said about something you wrote?

01/06/2026

Seven: Deadly sins and heavenly virtues - Sermon: Week 1

01/06/2026

Blog: Sin and grace

Last week I quoted a professor who asked a group of ministers the question; "If we can't run to the church with our sin, where do we run?" Well, this weekend we are making space to bring our sin to the church :) We begin a sermon series on Sunday that I hope will help us to address our brokenness wi...

25/05/2026

General Sermon Series: 24 May 2026 (Michael Bishop)

25/05/2026

Blog: The friend of sinners

"If I can't run to the church with my sin. Where do I run?" This was the question posed by a visiting academic at our synod this week. The context was a discussion with ministers about addiction among clergy. It didn't take long to realise that although we are all sympathetic generally when it comes...

18/05/2026

General Sermon Series: 17 May 2026

18/05/2026

18/05/2026

Blog: Good ancestors

Author and social scientist Adam Grant says that "it's more important to be good ancestors than dutiful descendants. Too many people spend their lives being custodians of the past instead of stewards of the future. We worry about making our parents proud when we should be focused on making our child...

11/05/2026

Sermon, 10 May 2026 "The promise of the Holy Spirit" - Brandon Walker