For Sunday Church, when will we meet again at our building? While there is indication some social restrictions are easing, I suspect it is unlikely we will all meet before September, possibly longer. Who knows!? It is more likely smaller groups than our whole congregation will be able to meet. This places a priority on our Growth groups – these are groups that have the purpose of connecting Christians to helps them grow together in following Jesus.  … Read More

On Saturday we commemorate and pay our respects to the brave men and women of Australia and of New Zealand who died or suffered in the tragedy of war. In particular we remember the landing at Gallipoli on the morning of April 25th, 1915. This year we might have a sober sense of connection as we remember how wars also had massive impact globally and nationally.  It is at our Anzac services we are reminded of the sacrificial spirit … Read More

What a dramatic shift we have all taken over the past weeks. In terms of our church life, has there been a time when a congregation was unable to gather at our church? The shift to online services has been demanding and I thank our team who have contributed over the past few weeks. They have been outstanding. I must mention especially Tim Badger and Glenn Dixon. They have served us through their … Read More

Lent Passage: Matt 21:1-11  That first ‘Palm Sunday’ when Jesus entered Jerusalem was heavy with expectation. Jesus rode in on a colt and with a donkey, completing the prophecy ‘your king comes to you”. With the throwing down of their cloaks and palm branches, the crowd anticipated Jesus as this prophesied king. The whole city was stirred. People told one another “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” Jesus was to … Read More

Lent Reading:  John 11:1-45  In John 11 Lazurus, a good friend of Jesus was dying and his sisters Mary and Martha sent word for Jesus to come. When Jesus heard Lazarus was sick, the scripture says “he stayed where he was two more days.” With such critical news Jesus made no plans to leave, he did not even tell his disciples, he stayed where he was. Within this time, Lazurus died. This might be our experience of God. We ask, pray, plead and there is silence. Because we … Read More

Lent: John 9:1-41 This week’s reading for Lent comes from John 9, when Jesus heals a man born blind. Jesus is asked by his disciples, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”. The disciples hold a karma-like belief that sin’s judgement works out as the curses and challenges of life, even to the progeny. … Read More

Lent Reading: John 4:5-42 “Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” When was the last time you were really thirsty? Although we live on a dry … Read More