Posts by Matt Winter (Page 25)

Posts by Matt Winter (Page 25)

Pastor’s Letter – June 13th

Dear friends I built a fire pit a few weeks ago. It was a pretty big day of digging, carrying bricks and dragging around logs for seating. A week later it was time to have a fire and enjoy the thing I had made. Having a fire was still work; it was stacking up sticks, getting the fire lit, stoking it, finding marshmallows to cook, helping our daughter lucy work out how to…

Sermon Outline – June 6th

LIFE FROM CHAOS: THE BOOK OF GENESIS Genesis 2:4-2:25 | Life’s MEANING MATT WINTER A Longing for Meaning? 1. Who we are 2. Why we’re here 3. How, then, we should live   Next Week: Life from Chaos – World in Chaos Matt Winter Genesis 3:1-24

Pastor’s Letter – June 6th

Dear friends We think it’s so important that, as a church family, we serve one another as we seek to grow to be more like Jesus. Serving means that we’re able to do the things we love to do and run the programs we’re able to run, but it’s much more than this too. As we serve we express the unity we have in Jesus, participate in his mission to build…

Sermon Outline – May 30th

LIFE FROM CHAOS: THE BOOK OF GENESIS Genesis 1:1-2:3 | Life’s Author MATT WINTER 1. Asking the right questions 2. Examining the source 3. What Genesis 1 does and doesn’t tell us 4. Three implications Loving God’s creation When life feels chaotic The approval of our creator   <Bonus video – digging deeper on the six days> Next Week: Life from Chaos…

Pastor’s Letter – May 9th

Dear friends We have Commitment Sunday coming up on May 23 – a day which I’m sure will be a very special day in the life of our church. We’ll have a number of people at varying ages being baptised and making affirmations of faith. Baptism is a wonderful gift of God. It is a symbolic act only, but a symbolic act which points to spiritual realities. It points to our union…

Pastor’s Letter – April 25th

Dear friends It’s weird to me to think that a year ago we were in the middle of our ‘online church’ period. Not seeing each other in person, trying to do growth groups over zoom, looking forward to watching church on the TV every Sunday. Strange times! Around the world there are lots of places where COVID is still having a devastating impact and lots of Christians are…

Pastor’s Letter – April 18th

Dear friends As seems to always happen, the first quarter of the year has flow by! I hope those of you who are able to have some downtime over school holidays are enjoying it so far. After a term in the book of Luke, we’ve got a special treat at church this Sunday with one of our former members, Tim Blagg, returning to preach a one off sermon for us on Ephesians 3. I’m…