Pastors Letter (Page 22)

Dear friends This week I was speaking with a pastor-friend and he mentioned someone he knew who was dying of cancer.  I was encouraged as he spoke of how her hope in God for the resurrection transformed the manner in which she approached death.  While obviously there is great grief and pain she endures these things knowing that the best is yet to come.  Christ’s…

Dear friends As you are probably aware, our Annual General Meeting is coming up on 30 August, starting at approximately 1130am, so I thought I should give you some information about our leadership and how it all works. THE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE (in brief) The ministry of Trinity Church Brighton is overseen by the Church Leadership Team [C.L.T.], a group appointed from…

Dear friends I am saddened to write to you and let you know that for the near future we will not be singing together as a congregation on Sundays. Why?  Simply, the SA Department of Health has issued a fact sheet for churches that instructs us to “Avoid singing together as a congregation.”  (I have attached the fact sheet to this letter.)  This may change, but until it…

Dear friends Recently, as you probably know, I have been doing a bit of thinking about the “Lost” parable in Luke 15. It has made me reflect on the question of identity. I thought I would share some of my thoughts. In the last story of the parable, we see a rift between the “righteous” elder son and the “sinful” younger son. This reflects the actual rift between the…

Dear friends It’s been interesting, and somewhat alarming, to see and hear some of what has been happening in Victoria at this time.  Obviously our hearts goes out to the people of Victoria – it is a massively difficult time for them and they should be in our prayers. What has concerned me are the arguments around wearing face masks and that the language of rights…