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50 men: making it count

September 9th, 2008 · 7 Comments

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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Tags: 50 men · Brisbane · Mark Driscoll · grow · leadership · love · men · transformed

a good marriage?

August 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: grow · marriage · marriage course · men · women

small group big fire

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

There’s nothing like a good campfire to get men talking. Last Saturday, 5 guys from my small group made the short trip out to the Rock Valley campsite and set about some real men’s business: that’s not a log… THIS is a LOG! It’s all about the fire - keeps you warm (on one side [...]

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Tags: camp · grow · rock valley · small groups

Promoting The Gospel

March 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

There are some books that I find myself recommending over and over again. The Bible is one of them (have you read it lately?) but coming in a very respectable second these days is a book by John Dickson - Promoting The Gospel.
As we work our way through 1 Corinthians this year I’m seeing more [...]

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Tags: 1 Corinthians · book review · evangelism · grow · john dickson · prayer · promoting the gospel

2008…

November 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Those in the SCPC church family who follow their 2007 calendar closely will see that the 2008 calendar will be out Sunday week. That means there’s a lot of planning going on right now, trying to get a shape for next year with our bible talk program and all the other things we need to [...]

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Tags: 1 Corinthians · 2008 · calendar · connect · grow · hospitality · serve

no news is good news

October 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: church family · gospel · grow · holiday series · knowing · life · mission · news · serve · transformed

Survive The Storm?

October 10th, 2007 · 9 Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: church family · comment · grow · small groups · storm

SCPC Podcast, Holiday Series: Talk 2: Grow, Acts 2 32-47

October 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This is the second in the Holiday Series regarding our mission to Connect, Grow and Serve. This week Pete Thompson talks about his new vegie garden and how that relates to us as Christians. Pete explores how “grow” should impact our lives and church family.
Key Verse:
But the one who received the seed that fell on [...]

 
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Tags: bible talk · grow · holiday series · mission

First Sunday at Lismore High

September 26th, 2007 · No Comments

What a great kick off with our move to Lismore High School last Sunday! We can be very thankful to God for how everything came together. Lots of people commented on how the look and feel of everything was so fresh, welcoming and user-friendly, building a great environment for our fellowship and mission in the name of Jesus. It was [...]

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Tags: Lismore High · connect · feedback · grow · mission · serve · sunday · welcoming

Connect. Grow. Serve.

September 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Connect. Grow. Serve. These are three words that we’re hoping will become important to us as a church family in expressing simply our mission in Jesus’ name. Connecting to Jesus. Growing in Jesus. Serving like Jesus. The next three weeks at church will be an opportunity to see what God’s Word says about these important [...]

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Tags: connect · grow · romans · serve