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 - Spirit + Bride

From the beginning, Christ has been calling a Bride to Himself—a people set apart and prepared for a holy union. Revelation gives us a powerful vision of what’s to come—the Church, as the Bride, finally united with Jesus, the Groom, attending the wedding supper of the Lamb. It’s not just about reaching heaven—it’s about being formed into the image of Christ along the way. 

Sermons

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The Beloved Bride
The Beloved Bride

Dave McHugh — In this week’s message, Dave calls us back to the foundational truth of our identity: we are God’s beloved. We are to recognise the reality that the beauty and radiance of the Bride of Christ is founded on the unshakable knowledge that we are unconditionally loved and chosen.

Dave McHugh — In this week’s message, Dave calls us back to the foundational truth of our identity: we are God’s beloved. We are to recognise the reality that the beauty and radiance of the Bride of Christ is founded on the unshakable knowledge that we are unconditionally loved and chosen.

With our identity as His Beloved as our foundation, there are two postures we are called to embody in this season that enable us to walk in authority as His bride: humility and joy.

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A Bride Who Goes to War
A Bride Who Goes to War

Peter McHugh — As followers of Jesus, we are called to war. Not war against people, but a spiritual war against the forces of darkness that attempt to come against the people of GOD establishing the Kingdom of GOD on the earth. Battles are meant to be expected, therefore fighting together as a community with the truth of the Word of GOD is important for us to understand.

Peter McHugh — As followers of Jesus, we are called to war. Not war against people, but a spiritual war against the forces of darkness that attempt to come against the people of GOD establishing the Kingdom of GOD on the earth. Battles are meant to be expected, therefore fighting together as a community with the truth of the Word of GOD is important for us to understand.

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Jealousy
Jealousy

Sarah Hudson — This message is a wake-up call to a Church that has inadvertently elevated platform over presence and performance over intimacy. Rooted in the imagery of God as the jealous Bridegroom, it reveals His holy, burning love—a divine jealousy that passionately pursues the hearts of His people.

Sarah Hudson — This message is a wake-up call to a Church that has inadvertently elevated platform over presence and performance over intimacy. Rooted in the imagery of God as the jealous Bridegroom, it reveals His holy, burning love—a divine jealousy that passionately pursues the hearts of His people.

In Ezekiel 16, we see a God who rescues, adorns, and elevates His Bride, only for her to place trust in her own beauty and fame, turning His gifts into idols. As 2 Corinthians 11 warns, this misplaced trust can open the door to a different gospel and a different spirit—something Paul urgently confronts. Today, the same pattern is seen in our obsession with visibility, productivity, personal calling, and spiritual branding. We’ve confused platform with spiritual authority, influence with fruitfulness, and success with divine favour. Yet God is lovingly shaking what we’ve built—not to condemn us, but to draw us back to Himself.

This is not a message of shame, but a call to return to our first love. The Bridegroom is near, and He is seeking a people prepared for Him—not through performance, but through deep, surrendered devotion.

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Keep Your Lamp Burning
Keep Your Lamp Burning

Nartarsha Wisewould — This week Nartarsha explores the church, as the bride of Christ, preparing herself for His return. We are to keep our lamps burning— staying full of the Holy Spirit, remaining faithful to Jesus, and ready to shine His light to the world so that others may hear the invitation to 'come'.

Nartarsha Wisewould — This week Nartarsha explores the church, as the bride of Christ, preparing herself for His return. We are to keep our lamps burning— staying full of the Holy Spirit, remaining faithful to Jesus, and ready to shine His light to the world so that others may hear the invitation to 'come'.

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Being before Doing
Being before Doing

Matt Romano — This message explores the story of Mary and Martha through the lens of Revelation 22:17—“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’” It invites us to see that God is forming a Church not through productivity but through proximity.

Matt Romano — This message explores the story of Mary and Martha through the lens of Revelation 22:17—“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’” It invites us to see that God is forming a Church not through productivity but through proximity. In a world of distraction, busyness, and performance, Jesus calls His Bride back to the “one thing necessary”: intimacy with Him. Like Mary, we are invited to sit, listen, and receive. Like Martha, we are challenged to release anxiety and come back to presence. This is not just about a moment—it’s about becoming a people who embody a bridal love, responding to the Spirit’s call to communion.

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Deepening Intimacy
Deepening Intimacy

Andrew Gilbert — GOD is inviting us into deeper levels of knowing Him. This requires us to see ourselves not as a busy Church, but as a present bride. The Ekklesia or called out ones, are called by name towards our Metaphorical Husband, Jesus.

Andrew Gilbert — GOD is inviting us into deeper levels of knowing Him. This requires us to see ourselves not as a busy Church, but as a present bride. The Ekklesia or called out ones, are called by name towards our Metaphorical Husband, Jesus. The ever-deepening waters of intimacy are an invitation to know Him more - He calls us into the depths of knowing Him more. This is a cry for intimacy - or ‘into-me-you-see’ - towards us, from Him, to know Him deeper, and He to know us deeper too. This is reflected in Revelation 22:17 ’’The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!”’. 

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Awakening Desires
Awakening Desires

Sarah Hudson — What does it really mean to be the Church - not just attend one? This message explores the deep identity of the Church through the lens of Scripture's most intimate metaphor: The Bride.

Sarah Hudson — What does it really mean to be the Church - not just attend one? This message explores the deep identity of the Church through the lens of Scripture's most intimate metaphor: The Bride. Drawing from both Old and New Testaments and culminating at Revelation’s vision of a restored creation, we are invited to rediscover the Church not as a building or event, but as the beloved of Christ - called out, longed for and destined for union. It’s a call to awaken our deepest desires and embrace God’s desire for us. This isn’t about doing more - it’s about being known, loved and transformed.

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Past Teachings

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A Place of Habitation

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Rend my Heart

Pure in Heart

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