Pastors Letter

Hello Church, God is so kind to graciously bring us into relationship with him as our father and to therefore bring us into relationship with each other as his family. Here are a few things to share with you in light of that: Women’s morning tea, Wednesday July 23. A lovely chance to share life and encouragement in faith. 10:00am at the Marshman’s – 34 Johnstone Road,…

Hello Church, It’s Simon here, back from Long Service Leave. We’re so glad to be back with our church family after a refreshing extended break and it’s been so encouraging to see and hear how God has been at work around church while we’ve been away. In addition to having some great family time and good refreshment, Long Service Leave gave our…

Hi Everyone, We had a lovely Belong lunch after church on Sunday for a small group of people who are newer to our church. A couple of weeks ago, I emailed you a summary of the first half of what we talk about at Belong – what we think it means to belong to God. If belonging to God is the ‘vertical’ dimension of what we think belonging to church is all…

Hi Everyone, Next Sunday, June 15, we’re putting on a small “Belong Lunch” for a few newcomers who’ve joined our church over the past couple of months. I’m looking forward to taking the group through a few key things around what it means to ‘belong’ at Trinity Church Brighton. And I thought perhaps it would be helpful to share…

Hi Everyone, This week at church we’re looking forward to welcoming Mike Waskiel, who’ll be preaching for us from Acts 4. Mike is the Campus Director of the university Christian ministry at Flinders Uni, Flinders Evangelical Students (ES). He works closely with Lauren, a much-loved member of our church and someone we have a strong desire to support in her…

Hi Everyone, This Sunday we’re looking forward to the final of Matt Lehmann’s sermons in the book of 1 Thessalonians. I’ve appreciated the way that Matt has taken the letter and applied it to our church. He’s asked us questions like, do we want to be a church that’s ambitious for the gospel? Will we be a church that holds fast to the teaching…

Hi Everyone, One of the striking things about the letter of 1 Thessalonians, which we’re spending time in at the moment, is Paul’s prayerfulness. Just notice what we’ve seen in the letter already: Paul has been encouraged by what he’s heard of the Thessalonian Christians’ faith, so he begins his letter saying: “We always thank God for…

Hi Everyone, As always, I’m looking forward to being together on Sunday. This Sunday, Mother’s Day, is particularly an occasion where it’s good to remember and celebrate God’s goodness to us in giving us the wonderful gift of mothers. Occasions like this, however, are also days which can bring up so many mixed emotions for many different reasons.…