News

This week, on Ash Wednesday, Lent begins. This is a period of 40 days before Easter, not counting Sundays, where Christians fast by giving up something. Don’t know about Lent? You can read more here.  In our church we use the period of Lent for 40 Days of Prayer. We are asking our people to dedicate time in the day to … Read More

What opportunities do we take as a church to pray? Many Christians personally reflect they ‘don’t pray enough’. I often wonder what is ‘enough’. ‘Never’ praying we could agree is not enough. ‘Daily’ could be a solid effort. The Apostle Paul encouraged prayer ‘without ceasing’ (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18), which likely seems impractical to many. I suggest Paul is deepening our … Read More

We value our opportunities to serve our community. We value doing good, but why is serving others core to our Christian faith? In his book, Letters and Papers from Prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, the Church “is the Church only when it exists for others…not dominating, but helping and serving.” He wrote this because he understood this is the way of … Read More

“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music” Psalm 98:4 (NIV)  Why did you last ‘shout for joy’? Psalm 98 encourages noisy praise from the nations and all creation. This shout comes because of the hope of release from long-suffering. The suffering of Israel in exile, the nations wrestling with injustice, and creation … Read More

December is here! I’m sure you can relate to the sense that the year has gone quickly and here we are with Christmas around the corner. As Christmas events and gatherings fill the calendar it is often challenging to step away from the logistics, schedules and planning and make room to ponder the message of Christmas: the gift of Jesus … Read More

You are the best way for our church to promote events. We can put up signs, run Facebook ads, handout leaflets, but people are more likely to go to something, because someone they know invited them. You are the best way for our church to promote everything we do.  This means 2 things. First, we hope you want to go. … Read More

In our sermon last Sunday we raced past Deuteronomy chapter 12, so I’m taking the chance to say a little more here. The message to Israel in chapter 12 is that they were to worship God and bring him sacrifices “at the place of worship he himself will choose.” (12:5). This was to be one place in Israel (the temple) … Read More

Hello, church! I am Mehdi, the leader of the Iranian church in Adelaide. As all of you are aware of the significance of prayer, I wanted to share of the impact of prayer on our country, Iran. Until 2001, the number of Christians inside and outside Iran was around twenty thousand. This number increased to one million by 2010 and … Read More

The first Sunday of November is International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. This weekend thousands of churches, hundreds of thousands of Christians, will pray for our persecuted sisters and brothers in some of the most difficult places across the world.  Prayer reaches the One who has the power to bring change. When Israel suffered at the hand of … Read More

In the very short time I’ve been a father to Archie, there is one thing I have discovered very quickly. Babies should come with a warning – they may unexpectedly completely reshape and reframe your experience and understanding of God’s heart for you. There are a lot of other things people tell you in preparation for becoming a first-time parent. … Read More