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 [...]

[Read more →]

The countdown is on and we now have less than 2 weeks to think about Celebration Sunday and who we would like to invite.
There are also many exciting opportunities to take advantage of on Celebration Sunday including baptism and membership.
On Sunday we heard from Ally Bell about why she has decided to become a member [...]

[Read more →]

Get ready for Celebration Sunday! It’s happening on Sunday 21 September, where our morning & evening congregations meet to celebrate God and the great things he is doing in our church family (please note there will be no night church!).

Our first Celebration Sunday took place last year. We reflected on the last 10 years at [...]

[Read more →]

In this bible talk by Ryan Dehnert we continue looking at God’s mission in the world, and see that both the goal and method of God’s saving mission is the church. Not only are we saved to belong to God’s church, but it’s through the community of God’s church proclaiming the gospel together and living [...]

[Read more →]

I offered on Sunday to email my ten steps for resolving disputes between “brothers” to anyone interested. quite a few people have taken me up on the offer so to make them more easily available, here they are. I hope that many will find them helpful.
If you have a dispute with a Christian brother or [...]

[Read more →]

Wow… with a blog title like that I’m surprised you’ve even read this far. Because AGMs: they’re boring, right?
Well I’m not saying it was all scintillating stuff, as there are certain business aspects of the meeting that simply have to be done. But I was encouraged to hear many comments from those who attended on [...]

[Read more →]

Did you see the PM say sorry yesterday? I thought it was a pretty well-made speech, even better because he seemed to mean what he was saying. It was an important day - an important attempt to heal a complex divide.
I suspect, though, that our church, just like our community, is somewhat divided on the question [...]

[Read more →]

I love news. I love gathering information. I enjoy being able to talk to anyone about anything without making a fool of myself (not that it always comes off!). But I’ve recently been challenged about how helpful it is for me to be constantly digesting the news of the day.
The first challenge came from a [...]

[Read more →]

If you’ve got a story to tell from the storms over the last couple of days, why not post a comment and share it here? It’s certainly a time we need to be aware of needs throughout our church family. And to be ready to help in whatever way we can. From among our church [...]

[Read more →]