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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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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Hi all
Just posting a brief blog as I finalise some preparation for Sunday’s Bible Talk. It’s a funny thing preaching again after one of the longest breaks I’ve had from it in 11 years - 6 weeks off. And a time, with Rossie’s illness, where my focus has been very much elsewhere than preaching (unlike, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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It is my great pleasure to write this blog, although with a little sadness. For those who don’t know, I’m expecting a baby in a couple of months and have thus resigned from my position as Ministry Co-ordinator. Although I will miss my job in the office, I am looking forward to motherhood and am [...]

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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 [...]

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In this bible talk from 1 Corinthians by Steve Cree we resume our journey through 1 Corinthians, having concluded our “Bible in 3 talks” overview. That overview took us to Christ’s death on the cross as the great centrepiece of the Bible story of redemption, reversing the curse on this fallen creation and making possible [...]

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There are lots of things you can invite friends to…birthdays, weddings, afternoon teas, tupperware parties, BBQs, and the list goes on. Inviting people to church is something that, perhaps, seems rude and daunting to a lot of people. Why is that? What’s so scary about inviting someone to church? They could come and meet new [...]

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