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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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.
Key Verse
“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.
Key Verse
But if an unbeliever or someone who [...]

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It was hard not to be a little misty-eyed listening to Barack Obama’s victory speech last night. It is truly an amazing ‘moment’ in history we are witnessing as the U.S.A. has elected its first African-American president.
We need to be prayerful for him, and for other world leaders including our own here in Australia. They [...]

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In readiness for Vision Sunday, we have been hearing from our church family about how they have been challenged to reach out to those around them for the sake of the gospel.
James is a uni student who is living his life dictated by what is best for the gospel.  He writes… “I can’t wait until [...]

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Pete Thompson spoke to us about how sinners turn to God not because of us but in spite of us. Yet God still chooses to use us and allow us to share in the wonder of his saving work.

Bible Reading: Jonah 1-4

Outline:
intro: against the odds
1.  the sailors: a great miracle
2.  the Ninevites: an even [...]

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Pete Thompson spoke to us from the book of Jonah and how Jonah stands as an example of how NOT to respond to the word of the Lord – first, outright disobedience, then, grudging obedience. He is motivated by selfishness and prejudice rather than gratitude and grace yet God uses him as a messenger of [...]

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