Building Bridges

Sunday 8th March 2026

Text: John 4: 1-30
 
Call to Worship (based on Jeremiah 17: 5-10)
This is what the Lord says:
When we put all our trust in human strength--
in systems, success, security, or ourselves--
we end up with diminished and dried up lives
We know what it feels like to run on empty.
We know the ache of unfulfilment
A life rooted only in material things is like a shrub in the desert--
surviving, but not flourishing.
God, we don’t want to just survive.
We want to live.
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord--
not halfway, not when it’s convenient--
but fully.
When we trust in God,
we are like trees planted by water--
steady when heat comes,
unafraid in drought,
alive and growing even in hard seasons.
Plant us by Your living water.
Grow deep roots in us.
Keep our leaves green.
We come to worship the One who knows us
and loves us.
We come to trust the Lord--
our living water,
our steady stream,
our source of life.
 
The text this week tells the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman. It starts with one tired and thirsty man by a well alone, and ends with a crowd of previously disconnected people enthusiastically crowded together!

Watch the recorded sermon here: https://youtu.be/NyhSkK9XBNI