Jesus – Hobart Baptist Church

Matthew Series

As we read through Matthew, we find Jesus establishing a ‘New Thing’ as he proclaims and shares about the Kingdom of God and challenges us to have a bigger idea of God and also lays out an agenda of what it means to follow and serve God in this world.

The Lord’s Prayer

Sunday 2nd July 2023 Our 10am services are about to take a new turn as we intentionally explore a pattern of worship based on the Lord’s Prayer. Join Joel and Tracy Ortiz as they lead and explain a fresh approach to Sunday worship times together. BIBLE READING: Psalm 8

Luminous 2023 Sermons

Sundays 4th to 25th June 2023 For us here in Hobart, celebrating in mid-winter feels somewhat strange and out of place. However, the Luminous Festival encourages us to do just that. During this series we will explore what the Luminous Festival is all about, and why HBC does it, now for the third year running. […]

Growing People: Learning to Live Like Jesus

HBC’s new sermon series for 2023 is Growing People: Learning to Live Like Jesus in Hobart.

Christmas in Winter 2022

19th June to 3rd July, 2022 For us here in Hobart, celebrating Christmas mid-winter feels somewhat strange and out of place. Although it is principally a winter festival, the first Europeans to settle in the Southern hemisphere kept the date, rather than the season. We’ve become so used to outdoor Christmas barbeques, that singing carols […]

To See Like Jesus, 16 February-17 April 2022

Jesus’ vision for his church When Jesus taught about the kingdom of God, he invited us to into a new way of seeing. Our vision series this year focuses on the life of Jesus exploring how we might see and live like Jesus did. “My kingdom is not of this world,” Jesus said to Pilate. […]

Christmas In Summer 2021

Sermon Series: 12th December to 26th December, 2021 Christmas at HBC The weeks leading up to Christmas are known and observed by most Christians as advent. During advent, we join with our culture in eager expectation for Christmas Day. We look forward to exchanging presents, time with family, and the coming of Jesus, our Messiah […]

Conversations with Jesus

Sermon Series: 3rd October to 5th December, 2021 Jesus met thousands of people. He connected with some of them by a touch, a look or listening quietly. Of the hundreds of conversations over the three years of his ministry, we have about 40 recorded in the gospels. Some conversations are long, some little more than […]

A Time to Weep, July 5 2020

God’s Gift of Lament The entire service, approx 35 minutes, is available on YouTube, below. Sermon Title: Jesus Lives Lament “The Bible actually responds to real life. We jump so quickly to everything’s going to be fine and awesome. We forget that the Bible actually allows us, and in fact encourages and maybe even commands […]

A Time to Weep, June 28 2020

God’s Gift of Lament The entire service, approx 30 minutes, is available on YouTube, below. Sermon Title: “Jesus Wept: The Lament of God.” In this series we are exploring “Lament” as God’s gift to us and actively engaging in lament for our world, our community, our families and ourselves. Our aim is to learn together […]