Entries by Val O'Regan

A Christ-filled Christmas

Summer is a wonderful thing. Golden days and warm evenings.  But our summers also reckon with those two great forces of nature – fire and water.  Both are able to turn against us in a moment – and we need saving.  Sometimes, as we have seen tragically in fires in California and in Australia, we […]

Church news for the week beginning 22nd December 2018

This weekend’s Bible talk This weekend we welcome Graham Errington who will be speaking on  “The genealogy of Jesus” from Matthew chapter 1 verses 1 to 17.  Christmas Day at 9.00am Join us at the special time of 9.30am on Christmas Day for an all-age, community celebration of the birth of Jesus!  Jodie McNeill will be speaking on the topic “Follow the star” from Matthew chapter […]

Christmas Nativity

Angels, stables, donkeys, Mary and Joseph, the star, the shepherds, the wisemen, and of course the baby in a manger.   People are familiar with this Christmas card scene, but we long for people to look deeper and see not just a baby in a manger but the Immanuel – God with us.   There is much […]

Join us this Christmas!

This weekend we’re getting together to hear God speak to us as we welcome Graham Errington who will be speaking on  “The genealogy of Jesus” from Matthew chapter 1 verses 1 to 17.  Our 5pm Saturday service will include a special Christmas presentation and our 8am Sunday service will be a Holy Communion Second Order AAPB service. And then on Tuesday at 9.00am we’re joining together […]

Church news for the week beginning 15th December 2018

This weekend’s Bible talk This weekend we welcome Simon Chaplin will be bringing us a one-off topic titled “The Song of Zechariah”, speaking from Luke chapter 1 verses 67 to 80.  Next week’s talk Next week we welcome Graham Errington who will be speaking on  “The genealogy of Jesus” from Matthew chapter 1 verses 1 to 17.  Mission of the month Special […]

SRE Christmas Assembly

The Christmas assembly was an incredible time for all. It was beautiful to see over fifty kids along with parents and scripture teachers gather to celebr The Scripture Christmas Assembly for 2018 was an incredible time for all. It was beautiful to see over fifty children along with parents and scripture teachers gather to celebrate […]

Coming up this weekend 15th – 16th December 2018

This weekend we welcome Simon Chaplin who will be bringing us a one-off topic titled “The Song of Zechariah”, speaking from Luke chapter 1 verses 67 to 80.  During both our services this weekend, we will have a special book review from one of our church members, with perhaps a good Christmas gift idea or two. Our 8am Sunday service […]

Church news for the week beginning 8th December 2018

This weekend’s Bible talk This weekend we conclude our series on ‘Romans: The Heart of Truth’, with Simon Chaplin speaking on the topic ‘Gospel motivation’ from Romans chapter 16 verses 1 to 27. Mission of the month Special Religious Education (SRE) is our mission of the month. Support this ministry through the ‘Mission Table’ in the Hall. Toys ‘n Tucker Only one more chance to […]

Sorrow at Christmas time?

Why is it that Christmas seems to bring with it not just joy, but sorrow as well? On one hand all the joys of the past year are combined and relived on this one great day. And yet, at the same time, your troubled remembrances and sorrows are collected together and brought to mind. Sorrows are […]

Coming up this weekend 8th – 9th December 2018

This weekend we conclude our series on ‘Romans: The Heart of Truth’, with Simon Chaplin speaking on the topic ‘Gospel motivation’ from Romans chapter 16 verses 1 to 27. We will share the Lord’s Supper at 5pm Saturday, so be sure to join us for this important reminder of the death of Jesus. Also during our Saturday 5pm service we will have our popular weekly question and […]