Posts by Simon Marshman (Page 11)

Posts by Simon Marshman (Page 11)

Sermon Outline – February 18th

Entering Jerusalem MARK 11:1-33 | simon Marshman Day 1: (v1-11) The King Approaches, but will you recognise him? Old Testament Passages of note: Genesis 49:11, a promise of the Messiah to come in the line of Judah, and the only other place in the Bible that speaks of a tethered colt Zechariah 9:9, describing the Messiah entering Jerusalem on the colt of a donkey Zechariah…

Pastor’s Letter – February 18th

G’day Church, At the bottom of this letter we’ve listed some upcoming events for your diary and your prayers. But this week I thought I’d share some of my favourite Christian biographies with you. On Sunday we saw how Mark put blind Bartimaeus in front of us as a great role model of faith and discipleship. There is so much for us to learn from the example of Bartimaeus,…

Sermon Outline – February 11th

I Once Was Blind… MARK 10:46-52 | simon Marshman We all need good role models   Meet Bartimaeus, a role model of discipleship: Bartimaeus, who humbly cries out for mercy, in contrast to the rich young man in 10:17-31 Bartimaeus, rebuked by the crowd just as the disciples rebuked those bringing children to Jesus in 10:13-16 Bartimaeus, the kind of person that…

Pastor’s Letter – February 4th

G’day Church, A few updates on our life together: 1. Paul Merenda 2. Beach Picnic 3. Taste and See 4. Mark Bible Studies 1. Last Sunday we welcomed Paul and Brianna Merenda as they join us for Paul to commence a Student Minister role with us as we invest in raising up the next generation of church leaders. Paul will be preaching from Mark 10 this Sunday, which I’m really…

Pastor’s Letter – January 28th

G’day Church, The new year is well underway! People are returning from holidays, workplaces that slowed down or even shut down over summer are generally back up and running, a number of the kids in our church family are starting school this coming week, or making the move to high school. And as we set the rhythms and routines of a new year it’s quite intentional that we’d…

Pastor’s Letter – January 21st

Cruciform /ˈkruːsɪfɔːm/ Adjective: 1. having the shape of a cross. “a cruciform sword” Noun: 1. a thing shaped like a cross As we make our way through the second half of Mark we’re learning a lot about how the cross shapes our discipleship. We’re learning what that looks like in our attitudes and our behaviour, as individuals and as a community. It’s rich and…