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Worship Service - 10am Sundays and
5pm for prayer.
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Children's Programs are held during
Worship Service. |
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Riot Youth Group - Secondary Teenagers,
Friday 7.00pm during school terms (and 5.45pm for Bible study groups). |
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Zone Kids Club - Primary Aged Kids,
3rd Friday nights once a month, during the school term.
(none during school holidays) |
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Cultiv8 Groups - a variety of cell
or small groups are held during the week. |
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Playgroup - Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings. |
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Craft Group - 10am Tuesdays.
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Men's and Women's ministries are held
throughout the year. |
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Pastoral and Prayer Support - The
Pastors and our Pastoral Care Team are always available to offer prayer
support. Members of the Pastoral Care Team are available after each
service on Sunday morning. |
| Please contact
the church office for exact dates, times or more information of above
programs. |
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| From our Pastor... |
In a church (like ours), where you have in excess of 300 people – every one of whom are garden-variety imperfect people with their own weaknesses, idiosyncrasies, dysfunctions, wounds, and baggage – trying to work together to carry out the most important mission ever given to people, guess what? Guaranteed, there’ll be some conflicts and issues.
People like us (me included) tend to assume if there are problems or conflicts, then “I’m right and he’s wrong”, or if there are tensions in our opinions, “I’m right and she’s wrong”. Problem is, that’s one of the oldest traps in the world to fall into.
This week I was reading about wisdom. God’s wisdom. Wisdom that helps me see things unseen, perceive eternity, understand true life, and discover destiny and meaning. Wisdom that makes life immeasurably richer and deeper at every level. The bible talks about where it starts and how it’s fed and grows, and it gives us pictures of what it looks like.
Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not twofaced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.
(James 3:17-18 MSG)
There’s an extra layer, too. Not only do we have the ordinary, every-day challenges of life we’ve just talked about. We’re also fighting in an awesome battle that’s, literally, bigger than this world. God talks about ‘all strategies of the devil’ and then warns us:
For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
(Ephesians 6:11b-12 NLT)
Are you feeling any angst or enmity or bitterness? Any sense that others are wrong and you’re right? If I were you, I’d recognise those feelings straight away for what they are – an age-old devil strategy aimed at getting you hurt, sad, frustrated, irate, and locked-on to what you believe you have to “fight” for.
What’s the answer? Come pray with us! We’ll be dedicating our CHURCH FAMILY PRAYER TIME, this afternoon, to praying for God’s radical unity and love among all of us! The more of us there, the more powerful the statement will be!
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| Geoff Shepherd |
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