Posts from 2023 (Page 16)
Prayer Points – January 22nd
Our Church | This week we’re praying for a great year of growth in maturity at our church. We can pray that upcoming series in Mark, Romans and Exodus would be enriching for our souls and grow us more like Christ. We can pray too for our growth groups as they get ready to start for the year. Our Network | Let’s pray for Trinity Church Woodcroft. We pray for…
Pastor’s Letter – January 22nd
G’day Church, What a difference eternity can make! That was the conclusion I came to after finishing one of the least exciting sounding books on my reading list at Bible college: “The Rise of Christianity” by sociologist Rodney Stark. According to the very un-catchy subtitle, Stark set out to explain “how the obscure, marginal Jesus movement became the dominant…
Sermon Outline – January 15th
Hope for Our Bodies John 1:1-5, 1:14, 20:24-21:14 Jesus honoured our bodies by becoming flesh Jesus knows our broken bodies because his body was broken too Jesus shows he hasn’t finished with our bodies because he hasn’t finished with his Book recommendation: Sam Allberry: What God Has To Say About Our Bodies (Crossway 2021) Next Week Hope for…
Prayer Points – January 15th
Our Church | Growth Groups will be restarting soon, so let’s thank God for the privilege of gathering together around his word during the week, ask him to strengthen and guide our leaders and to grow us all in the likeness of Jesus. Our Community | Pray for our neighbours in such a beautiful part of the world when summer can feel so idilic – yet our only real…
Pastor’s Letter – January 15th
G’day Church. I was down at the beach yesterday morning meeting with someone from church. It was a glorious morning: the sun was out, the sea was sparkling, the sound of happy kids drifted on the gentle breeze. It struck me that this is the kind of place that people long to visit on holidays – and yet it is our own back yard! It’d be so easy to drift into a sense of…
Sermon Outline – January 8th
Hope for Forgiveness LEviticus 19:17-18, Luke 7:36-50 Our problem with forgiveness… Love your neighbour as yourself. Leviticus 19:17-18. In this way God loved the world… John 3:16-17 Whoever is forgiven little loves little. Luke 7:36-50 Hope for forgiveness. Next Week Hope for Our Bodies | Simon Marshman
Pastor’s Letter – January 8th
G’day Church. As a new year gets underway I want to encourage you with few outstanding books to read this year. Last Sunday we reflected on Matthew 11:28-29 where Jesus makes his simple yet profound invitation: “Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart.” I…
Prayer Points – January 8th
Our Church | Ask God to grow us a community of forgiveness – that delights in God’s forgiveness for us in Christ and longs to show grace to each other in response. Our Community | Pray for people who received our letter-box drop invitations to join us at church. Our World | Pray for Christians to stand out as peacemakers in a world that is increasingly…