Well it’s a week and a bit since Vision Sunday. I wonder if you’ve managed to hold onto a clear image of the picture presented. I’ve certainly heard a lot of enthusiastic talk in the church family about connect09 and about the part each one of us can play. But one challenge for us in [...]

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It’s only a couple of days till SCPC blokes go bush, but its not too late to get along.
We’ve currently got about 70 blokes of all ages signed up so I’m sure it’ll be a great time for all of us. Just so you know what to expect, we won’t be having A speaker this year. Instead we’ll [...]

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It’s been a couple of years since our last “blokes go…” (check out that little Hamish in the photo!) and I know that many blokes have been hanging out for this year’s event. Well it’s not too much longer to wait. BGB’08 will be held at Afterlee from 5pm Friday 21 Nov (arrive when you [...]

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almost daily I read a story in the paper about the tough financial times facing Australian families - rising interest rates, rising fuel prices, the ongoing challenge to “make ends meet” - and then I see it, that phrase again, those two words that somehow go unexamined and yet which reveal so much about our [...]

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What do you reckon you can do in about 6 minutes? make a cuppa, send an email, jog for a km, read a short story to your kids… all good things, but I’ve got a better idea!
For the next 3 Sundays in church we’re diving into the book of Jonah - and don’t you just [...]

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There are two types of people in the world - those who love a party and those who just couldn’t be bothered! Well maybe in reality it’s more of a spectrum - where do you fit?
Personally, sadly, I reckon I tend more towards the couldn’t be bothered end of the spectrum. My own birthday is [...]

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Like a dog with a bone, I’m just going to keep chewing your ear about the trip up to Brisbane…
We’ve had a bit of conversation about the event, chewed over the controversy, given credit where credit was due, now I’d love to hear what guys are doing in response. It was great to hear about [...]

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Question: if 15 cars leave Lismore and head to a men’s event in Brisbane, how many will get lost? Answer: almost half! But Hey, we all made it and from what I’ve heard, the time together in the cars was great for getting into some real conversation, especially on the way home as we dissected [...]

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We made it! 50 men! This is exciting! It’s a great beginning! BUT… it is only a beginning. This Thursday, 50 men of our church are heading up to Brisbane to an event called “Burn Your Plastic Jesus”. The main thing that will happen on Thursday night is a talk by Mark Driscoll. Mark’s clearly [...]

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We all know that anything worth having is worth working hard for. Unfortunately, sometimes we forget that keeping things can require just as much hard work as getting them in the first place - hence the phenomenon of the school child who will slave away earning pocket money to buy a pet only to neglect [...]

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