Personal opportunities: It’s a really great thing to be praying for ministries that reach out to our community with the gospel. But perhaps the first thing we should be praying about regarding our local mission is the opportunities for gospel witness in our own lives and situations. Who can you be reaching out to with [...]

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Steve Cree spoke to us from 1 Corinthians 15:12-34.  If Christ didn’t rise from the dead then we’re wasting our time being Christians: no forgiveness, no hope, no future.  But Christ did rise - and so we will also - and that future changes everything about how we live now.
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“If only for this life [...]

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Steve Cree spoke to us from 1 Corinthians 15:1-11.  Paul calls the Corinthians back to the gospel message that gave them life - the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection.  By putting first things first they will stand firm in every way.
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“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: [...]

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Personal opportunities: It’s a really great thing to be praying for ministries that reach out to our community with the gospel. But perhaps the first thing we should be praying about regarding our local mission is the opportunities for gospel witness in our own lives and situations. Who can you be reaching out to with [...]

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Connect09 has already begun and on Sunday we heard about what it means for each of us to play a part in our mission to Lismore.
Part of that mission will include looking through and filling out a booklet called “my part in connect09” which most of you should now have.  If you haven’t received a [...]

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Steve Cree spoke to us from Acts 2:29-47.  God is still adding to the number of those being saved through the witness of his church to the reality of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
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“The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off - for all whom the Lord our [...]

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Personal opportunities: It’s a really great thing to be praying for ministries that reach out to our community with the gospel. But perhaps the first thing we should be praying about regarding our local mission is the opportunities for gospel witness in our own lives and situations. Who can you be reaching out to with [...]

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It’s Vision Sunday on 16 November and last Sunday we were reminded about mission, not only here in Lismore but beyond…
A member of our church family, James Ritchie will be heading overseas to Thailand at the end of this month to spend a couple of months thinking through what it means to serve Christ overseas.
James [...]

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Steve Cree spoke to us from 1 Corinthians 14.  The main purpose of spiritual gifts is to clearly proclaim the gospel of Jesus - both for the edification of believers and the salvation of unbelievers.  This ‘priority test’ makes prophecy far more important than such gifts as tongues.
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But if an unbeliever or someone who [...]

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Personal opportunities: It’s a really great thing to be praying for ministries that reach out to our community with the gospel. But perhaps the first thing we should be praying about regarding our local mission is the opportunities for gospel witness in our own lives and situations. Who can you be reaching out to with [...]

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