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Pete Thompson spoke to us from Luke 23:33-46. Jesus’ death is the heart of God’s eternal plan to love the world and to create a world of love. Bible Readings: Luke 23:33-46 I often get asked for advice on good resources for growing stronger marriages. I also often find myself involved with husbands & wives who’ve been too embarrassed to ask for advice but should have! Anyway, if you fit into either of these categories, here are my top 5 current tips for useful resources: Steve Cree spoke to us from Matthew 6:1-18. No-one slammed hypocrisy, religious pride, and ‘keeping up appearances’ more than Jesus. But perhaps the person asking the question “why are Christians such hypocrites?” also has a pride problem (“they’re no better than me!” or “I’m better than them!”). When we really understand Jesus’ call to the [...] [...] Many of you would be aware that I went to Presbyterian Youth’s winter camp. It was a great camp and we will be thinking about how it can tie in with what we have been doing up here on the north coast. But while I was at the camp I picked up the book ‘The [...] [...] SAFARI is a weeklong camp were the youth leaders take the youth away to learn more about Jesus and to build relationships. Most of the youth love SAFARI and it has grown to be a real highlight in the youth calendar. Last weekend, Katharine, Ryan and myself ventured down to the cold of Stanwell Tops to attend the AFES (Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students) apprentice conference. Over the weekend, we looked into God’s character and how we can see through the bible his emotions and his affections towards the world. We looked at questions such as: Steve Cree spoke to us from Luke 6:17-36.The gospel is all about God’s mercy to us in Jesus. When this gospel has been believed and contended for great acts of mercy have resulted (e.g. 1st Century Christians, during the Plagues, Wilberforce, Martin Luther King). Conversely, when this gospel has been ignored great damage results – [...] [...] I picked up the wishing well this morning and there has already been some exciting/frustrating challenges. As you might be aware there has been a change to the normal route for the parade, due to the recent flood event. Steve Cree spoke to us from 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5. Science has its roots in Christianity as Christians took delight in discovering the order woven into creation by our Creator. Human pride however has used (especially in recent strident attacks) our growing knowledge of the creation as a new way to reject our Creator. Bu this [...] [...] TBT mission week is on from 27 June—3 July and this will kick off semester 2 with a week of evangelism at SCU. Credo (the AFES group from UTS in Sydney) is sending a team of students to Lismore to help us out. |
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________________________________ church camp incorporating celebration Sunday!
what's happening: a weekend away to spend time with your church family and to rejoice in God's great grace to us at Celebration Sunday together!
where: Lake Ainsworth Holiday Park, Lennox Head when: September 10-12 ________________________________ term 3 series starting 1 August 'how big is your Jesus'
6 studies in Hebrews & 3 studies on God's grace ________________________________ book club & movie club
'Juno (M)'
'to kill a mockingbird' ________________________________ women's retreat 29-30 October
________________________________ blokes go bush 26-27 November
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