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 King Jesus being born. 

As the assembly began, we sang together with a wonderful welcome from Jodie. It was a great taste of the involvement he will have in scripture and the school in the years to come. 

Together, we sang fun songs that gave glory to our great God and it was made all the more special with the creativity of the kids and teachers who prepared dramas, crafts, and truths about the Son of God. 

I teach Years 4, 5, and 6, some of whom got up and showed how Jesus was a true king, because he is a ruler, judge, and has a caring perspective. I then had the chance to address the assembly and was able to share how it was so sad when people were separated from God through Adam & Eve’s sin. But how God, our all-loving ruler and judge had a plan to save us through Christ and that is why Christmas is such a happy time. Because Christmas is when we celebrate that God kept his promise and the Son of God came to earth to save his people. 

The Christmas assembly was memorable, and a great finish for the year, leading us to a great place to start next year. Please continue to pray that all people will know the true meaning of Christmas.

m Jodie. It was a great taste of the involvement he will have in scripture and the school in the years to come. 

Together, we sang fun songs that gave glory to our great God and it was made all the more special with the creativity of the kids and teachers who prepared dramas, crafts, and truths about the Son of God. 

I teach years four, five, and six, some of whom got up and showed how Jesus was a king because they have being a ruler, judge, and a caring perspective in common. I then got up to address the assembly. I talked to the kids about how it was so sad when people were separated from God through Adam & Eve’s sin, but how God, our all-loving ruler and judge had a plan to save us through Christ and how that is why Christmas is such a happy time. Because at Christmas is when we celebrate that God kept his promise and the Son of God came to earth to save his people. 

The Christmas assembly was memorable, and a great finish for the year, leading us to a great place to start next year.

RAYNE ORANGE

I can still remember where I was standing when I answered the phone call from Bishop Peter Hayward inviting me to lead a partnership between Oak Flats and Jamberoo Anglican Churches.

To this day I still believe that this was a great opportunity for two churches to share resources for the sake of the gospel, and the fruit of this has been seen in the growth we’ve enjoyed over the four years we’ve been together.

Yet, like all growth, it has come with some challenges,most notably the need for both churches to cope with sharing their senior minister. However, this has also enabled both churches to enjoy the benefits of a larger, combined ministry, with resources that each parish would not have had on its own.

Through this, God has equipped our parishioners for personal mission, and in both churches, people have converted to Christ through the hearing of the gospel: praise the Lord!

Both churches face challenges in the future: Oak Flats now must find a new senior minister, and we now must find additional finances to support our increased staffing costs.

Yet, it seems that it is now the right time for both parishes to have their own, dedicated senior minister, to help each parish navigate, under God, the future opportunities for evangelism and discipleship in our local areas.

And so we must pray that God will continue to equip us all for works of service, so that the body of Christ might be built up, “until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” so that we might “walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” (Ephesians 4:13, 5:2).

Grace and peace, Jodie.