I’m up to date with sermons. Some don’t lend themselves to posting – you have to be there! We’re in the thick of Christmas preparations.
Christmas Day service will be at 9:30 am and will be 45 minutes long.
Make the most of this time and may God be with you this year and next.
A couple of Sundays ago I preached on the need to tell our message of the reconciliation between people and God and followed this with a message on reconciling our differences. (See Recent Sermons, 4 September, 2011 and 11 September, 2011 respectively). The web address recommended on 4 Sept :www.Biblein11.com gives a clear presentation of the gospel – the good news of reconciliation and friendship with God. Have a look – and pass it on.
Back in my childhood we used to have a saying we would say when someone stuffed up: “No hope for the hopeless.” It wasn’t a kind thing to say and it was misapplied. I think we knew that even then, subconsciously at least. Recently I have been reminded of where that saying does apply. It is in the fact that those who do not know Christ have no sure hope of anything beyond this life on earth. Plenty of wishful thinking and nice dreams but nothing that’s reliable. Jesus says to his followers, “You will be where I am.” The sermon I’ve just added to the site (7 Aug) reminds us that Jesus is trustworthy. So, while there is no hope for the hopeless (Christless), there is certain hope for those who trust in Christ.
Our readings for the coming Sunday (14 Aug) are: Romans 11:1,2a,29-32, Matthew 15:21-28, Isaiah 56:1,6-8, Psalm 67:1-7.
A new month started today and I’ve got yesterday’s sermon on site. And a new deal began today with our social mornings now happening every Monday morning instead of once a month (see our activities page). Everybody welcome.
We had a good time with our healthy food demo on Sunday. We enjoyed finding out how to make vegetable fritters and we enjoyed eating them. I made vegetable fritters for lunch on Sunday and they resembled Jeremy’s in that they were fritters, but that’ where the similarity ends as I used a totally different set of ingredients. Well, a recipe is only a guide!
We’d love to have Jeremy back but we can’t so this Sunday we have a DVD on a health topic and Warwick will share another encouraging message showing the reliability of the Bible. Although Jeremy won’t be with us we will get to sample one of his dessert recipes.
Announcement: on Sunday, June 19 we will have Chef Jeremy Dixon at church demonstrating one of his vegetarian recipes. This is a significant departure from our normal Sunday worship programme. We are inviting everyone who is interested in this to come on that day. If you choose to come we hope you will tell us so that we can ensure there’s enough food for everyone to try some. For more information go to our Activities pages.
I always say, “If you have something to say, say it – otherwise keep quiet.” I haven’t written here for a couple of months, but now I have something to say. It concerns the state of our nation and I want to get a discussion going about the values and principles on which we base our national life. I am not alone. When you’ve read my sermon of 22 May, 2011 have a read of Tapu Misa’s column from the New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10727378
Another source is The Barnabas Fund, http://barnabasfund.org/
Congregation life
This coming Sunday’s Scriptures passages are: Acts 17:22-31, John 14:15-21 and Psalm 66:8-20. The Essential Jesus Bible Reading Challenge is in its second week. You can join at any stage. Read about it on our activities page.
Yesterday’s sermon is on site.
Readings for next Sunday are John 9, Ephesians 5:8-14 and Psalm 23.
Go well this week.
Two more sermons posted.
Readings for the coming Sunday (27th March) are:
John 4:5-42
Romans 5:1-11
Also on Sunday we have lunch after the service, at St. Margaret’s, which we will share with members of the congregation of St. George’s, Takapuna.
It’s a month since my last post! I must have been busy. I have just added three sermons and now we’re up to date again.
Readings for next Sunday 13 March are: Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11.
