The Grove Baptist Church

Make Room: For Jesus | Dan Lyons

At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus, an event that was foretold long before it happened.  Pastor Dan explores three different characters who had the opportunity to react to Jesus Birth and encourages us to consider how we react to Jesus birth.

Make Room: Joy | Mel Goopy

For many people joy synonymous with the Christmas season… but why and what if joy is hard to find in your life?  To find out, Pastor Mel takes us on a journey into the anatomy of joy through the story of Christmas.

Make Room: For the King | Marty Luke

When life doesn’t make sense or life is too full, we find it hard to see how God has a plan that works or fits. But we need to see that God is sovereign and with us if we just make room for him.

Make Room: Expectation | Dan Lyons

For 400 years, during the time between the Old and New Testament, the nation of Israel had not had a prophet speaking the words of God. In an interactive piece, Dan Lyons takes use through the birth of John the Baptist, a child who carried great expectations. Let's make room for Jesus this Christmas, holding an expectation in our hearts that Jesus will be real in our lives, and the lives of our friends and family.

Make Room: Magnify | Marty Luke

Mary enjoyed God’s favour in a very unique and special way. Her expression of thanks to God inspires us to also express our thankfulness to God and to each other.

Make Room: Favour - Mel Goopy

How can we respond to God’s call on our lives? Mary’s response to the angel’s news was one of wonder and amazement as well as whole hearted acceptance and obedience.  Pastor Mel shares how we too can have Mary’s heart when it comes to responding to God’s call on our lives.

Make Room: Anticipation | Andrew McCafferty

We can often be discouraged when things move slowly in life.  But God is always doing a thousand things at once, bringing together his ultimate plan.  Andrew shares from the story of Zechariah of the joy of the anticipation of God’s work in our lives.

Make Room: Certainty | Dan Lyons

Luke was a historian of the highest order and his account of Jesus's life can be trusted. In the first of the Make Room series, Dan validates the accuracy of Luke's account of Jesus's life and encourages us to get deeper into Luke and to engage with the person Jesus and the community he founded, the church. 

Closer to Jesus: Pray with Jesus | Marty Luke

Transactional prayer confuses our faith, whereas relational prayer is powerful. In John 17 Jesus prays for us to know we belong and are loved beyond measure. He also prays we become who he created us to be. Finally he prays that many would believe in him because of the witness of our belonging and becoming. So Let’s pray this prayer with Jesus.

Closer To Jesus #4 - Mel Goopy - Promised Hope

Jesus knew that his disciples would soon experience grief and confusion and so he takes time to assure them of the hope of the resurrection. Pastor Mel shares Jesus words from John 16 and how they are still real for us today.