Sermons from City on a Hill, Wellington

Finding Purpose in a world of chaos

Preacher: Andrew Southerton

Date: 12/7/2026

Series: Finding Jesus

Reading: Ecc 1:1-11 & Col 1:15-23

Is it possible that the things we look to for purpose — career, relationships, achievement — were never actually designed to carry that weight? Andrew explores Ecclesiastes 1 and Colossians 1:15-23, wrestling with why life "under the sun" leaves us feeling like vapour, and what Jesus might have to do with the answer.

Peace in a World of Anxiety

Preacher: Paul Shoemark

Date: 05/07/2026

Series: Finding Jesus

Reading: Philippians 4:1-9

Why does anxiety feel so normal, even in a world more comfortable than ever before? This message walks through Philippians 4:1–9, exploring how our culture's promises of peace - through performance, control, or simply "being true to yourself" - tend to run dry, and how Jesus offers a peace grounded in his grace and sovereignty.

Kept in God's Love

Preacher: Andrew Southerton

Date: 28/06/2026

Series: Contend for the Faith

Reading: Jude 17-25

What does it actually look like to stay close to God when things get hard? In Jude 17–25, we explore what it means to keep ourselves in God's love — and what it means that God is the one who keeps us. There's a beautiful tension here that's worth sitting with.

Contend For The Faith

Preacher: Andrew Southerton

Date: 21/06/2026

Series: Jude - Contend For The Faith

Reading: Jude 1-16

What happens when grace gets twisted into something that looks like the real thing but leads people away from Jesus? Jude wrote this urgent letter to a church facing exactly that question. This message explores what it means to "contend for the faith" and why that matters so much for us today.

The God Who Goes With His People

Preacher: Andrew Southerton

Date: 14/06/2026

Series: Choose Life

Reading: Deut 31:1-22

What if the greatest danger we face isn't out there, but inside us? As Andrew wraps up the book of Deuteronomy, this sermon explores what Moses' final words reveal about God's faithfulness, our wandering hearts, and how the promise of atonement in Deuteronomy 32 points us all the way to Jesus.