COMMUNITY + OUTREACH
In the very beginning, there were only a few “church planters” so, you would expect the churches to look similar. Oh no! Divisions are part of our sinful human nature and we can see them in the disciples, before Jesus was even crucified. Paul is very clear in his letter to Colossae that because we…
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As we begin a new year and a new era of leadership, we have been discussing the vision. We are talking about things to come, things unseen. This was the same position Paul was in when he wrote Colossians. He had never visited the church in Colossae and since he was writing from prison, from…
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What’s This Campaign All About? DATES: Sunday 6th February to Sunday 27th February 2022 What Is This Campaign All About? We want for people to discover/rediscover the transformation that occurs when we engage in taking steps of growth to Know Jesus, Find Community and Discover Purpose. What does this look like? It looks like a Church in…
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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not…
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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light…
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“And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus…
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“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see…
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The Philippian church, Paul describes as his ‘joy and crown’. Confident that the Gospel had transformed this community, he writes about small things that were surfacing and could cause big problems for them (and for us). We need to keep our mind at peace so that we can clearly hear God’s voice. Paul addresses how…
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Philippians is a letter from Paul, with instructions on how to live life, giving specific models to follow. Paul is concerned about who you are modelling your life, thoughts and relationships after and he gives us models to follow and models to reject (Philippians 2:19-30, 3:2,9,17, & 4:2). Paul is under house arrest and Timothy…
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We have all experienced emotions like happiness and sadness – and probably prefer happiness. The word “happy” comes from the same word as “happen”, linking this emotion to our circumstances. Joy on the other hand is not about our circumstances but about our heart. The joy of the Lord is in our hearts in the…
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