During the last week at our Holiday Kids Club we’ve been looking at the story of Joseph and the rough treatment he suffered from the evil acts of his brothers and others. In Genesis chapter 39, Joseph was falsely accused of harming a senior official’s wife, and as a result, he ended up in prison. […]
When our church regularly gathers, we pray that God would send lots of rain to bring relief to our land from the harsh effects of drought. For even though meteorologists have got smarter and smarter at predicting and recording the weather, humans still are unable to make the heavens open and rain fall. The Bible […]
It’s great to have a bit of a break over school holidays, but church continues at full steam ahead! Our speaker this weekend is Trevor Lucas, who will be helping us with the question, “Who Needs a High Priest?” Come along to find out from the book of Hebrews. We’re having a short break from […]
This week the speech of a 16-year-old Swedish girl was a leading news story as Greta Thunberg addressed the UN Climate Action Summit. In her powerful speech, she strongly criticised the leaders of the world, accusing them of prioritising wealth and economic growth over action to address climate change. You are failing us. But the […]
This week we’re welcoming special guest Dan Odell, chaplain at Shellharbour Anglican College, who will be looking at the special topic, ‘Hope in Death’, from the New Testament book 1 Thessalonians, chapter 4. How is it possible that death might bring hope? Come and find out from this remarkable book of the Bible. We’re taking […]
Fuel on the fire of the early church. We want to be _________ in our outreach. God puts the right people in the _____ place. The church heads _____. They sent Barnabas to _________. Stay ____ to the Lord. Barnabas sought out ____. In Antioch we’re named __________. The Holy Spirit warned of a ______. […]
OUR BIBLE TALK This weekend Jodie continues our Acts series ‘Launching the Church’. Today’s talk is on Acts 11:19-12:24, called ‘Opportunity and opposition’. Next week we welcome special guest Dan Odell from Shellharbour Anglican College to speak to us from 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 on the topic ‘Hope in Death’. MISSION OF THE MONTH Support […]
One of the most frustrating aspects of fighting fires is turning up to help a resident whose home is completely unprepared for the coming attack. If the householder had cleared out their gutters, raked away the leaves and removed the piles of branches from near their home, then it would be so much easier to […]
Last week we saw that the good news of Jesus has now crossed cultural barriers to be available for anyone who believes! And in our next episode from the book of Acts we see that the action moves north to a city called Antioch, which now forms the new hub for Christianity as it travels […]
Marvellous multiculturalism. Jewish believers needed to cross ________. It is _____ who heals. The healing by Jesus made _________. Cornelius was a powerful and religious _______. The angel tells Cornelius to get _____. The Lord challenges Peter to eat _______ food. Peter obeys the Lord and travels to the _______. Cornelius is ______ for the […]