Teaching
Teachings from Stairway’s Sunday services are uploaded here each week. It’s our prayer that these bless and supplement, rather than replace, your presence in your own local church and your submission to the leaders that God has placed around you for your spiritual growth. You can subscribe to the Stairway podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and access past series below.
Latest Preaching Series - Rend my Heart
Rend my heart is a powerful phrase, symbolising a deep cry for personal transformation and repentance. To "rend" means to tear or break apart. When we ask God to "rend our hearts," we invite Him to break open the hardened or indifferent parts of us, exposing our deepest emotions, struggles, and desires. It is a prayer for vulnerability and openness, asking for God's grace to soften our hearts, heal our wounds, and purify our intentions. This heartfelt plea seeks to remove any barriers that prevent us from fully experiencing love, compassion, and growth, allowing us to draw nearer to the divine and become more aligned with God's will for our lives.
Over the five weeks, we will unpack different aspects of the call to repentance, examining how God desires our hearts—undivided, sincere, and transformed. Each week will build on the theme of returning to God, focusing on the need for brokenness, restoration, and growth.
May the cry of Rend My Heart continue to echo through our lives as we open ourselves fully to God’s transformative work. May this season be a time of deep renewal, where we truly return to God wholeheartedly, allowing Him to make all things new
“Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. ~ Joel 2:12-13
Sermons
Past Teachings
Pure in Heart
Sacred Rhythms
Light of the World
Livestream
If you would like to watch our services live, jump over to our live page on Sunday morning. The livestream begins at 9:40am, followed by a time of worship and a message.
Stairway Podcasts
If you would like to catch up on our sermons while on the move, our sermons are uploaded as podcasts weekly. Listen to them on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
Christy McHugh — The birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is told all over the world and has been told for 2000 years. It is a familiar story. It can feel like we know it, we’ve been here before. For those growing up in the church, we’ve read the passages many times. The danger with the familiar, is that it becomes routine, unremarkable and ordinary.
Christy McHugh — The birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is told all over the world and has been told for 2000 years. It is a familiar story. It can feel like we know it, we’ve been here before. For those growing up in the church, we’ve read the passages many times. The danger with the familiar, is that it becomes routine, unremarkable and ordinary.
Resources—Study Guide