We Are All Mystics
Sunday, September 6, 2026
Scriptures: John 3:1-21
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In this return to the familiar conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus, Scott explores how we regularly face experiences we can't explain. He considers how curiosity can be a form of faith when we're swept beyond our intellectual limits, how our hunger to start over is divine, how Jesus uses the metaphor of wind and Spirit, and how we can participate in a tangible mysticism every day.
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Community is shaped by the conversations we share. These questions and reflections are a tool to help you meaningfully engage with the themes of this week's teaching.
Summer Discussion Guide 2026If your group is meeting this summer and wants to talk about the sermons, here are a few questions that you could use to engage with our teaching.
What specific part of the message resonated with you the most? Why do you think that particular part, or idea, or story caught your attention?
Did the sermon speak into a particular struggle or question in your life or your faith journey right now?
How did the message challenge or encourage you personally?
And what do you think the application could be for our church community? Was there anything that could strengthen or stretch us as a church?
How did the exposition of the scriptures used in the sermon provide you with a new perspective of deeper understanding?
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It is good to remember that the conversation experience in the group is shaped by the personal stories of those who participate in it and how willing the people are to be open and vulnerable in the group.So if you’re leading the discussion, feel free to model and encourage person-centred and story-centred sharing by reflecting on how some parts of the sermon resonate with you personally.
——Additionally, what contributes to a more authentic group discussion is when people can share not about the abstract and theoretical applications, but one or two practical things they are taking away from either the sermon or the discussion.
So, you can end your time together with this question:
What is one thing you are taking away from either the sermon or the discussion we’ve just had?
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CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 31
MUSIC Curated by Kevin B.
Brooke Ligertwood - Looking
Brooke Ligertwood - Ancient Gates
Maverick City Music - Jireh
Brooke Ligertwood - King of KingsTHE APOSTLES’ CREED
Introduction Written by Ben H.In a moment, we’re going to read the Apostles’ Creed together.
The Creed is one of the oldest statements of Christian faith that we have, with its roots going back to the early centuries of the church.
What makes a creed meaningful is that we don’t just say it alone–we say it together. We come with different experiences, different questions, and even different ways of understanding some of these words. But when we say them as a community, we’re reminded that faith has never been something we carry entirely on our own.
We join our voices with one another, and with generations before us, and with believers around the world–to remember who God is and the bigger story we’re all a part of.
So wherever you find yourself today, I invite you to read the Apostles’ Creed together:
We believe in God, the Father, the Almighty,
the Creator of heaven and earth.
We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
Jesus descended to the dead.
and on the third day rose again;
Christ, our saviour, ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of the loving God,
and will come again to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
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