Mill Park Baptist Church

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At Mill Park Baptist Church, we exist
to know, love and serve God.

We run a variety of programs:
	Worship Service - 10am Sundays and 5pm for prayer.
	Children's Programs are held during Worship Service.
	Riot Youth Group - Secondary Teenagers, Friday 6.30pm during school terms.
	Zone Kids Club - Primary Aged Kids, 3rd Friday nights once a month, during the school term. (none during school holidays)
	Cell Groups - a variety of cell or small groups are held during the week.
	Playgroup - Wednesday and Friday mornings.
	Craft Group - 10am Tuesdays.
	Men's and Women's ministries are held throughout the year.
	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.

From our Pastor...

Over the last few weeks I’ve been reading a book by Francis Chan called “Crazy Love” and one thought he shares really challenged me & got me thinking. He speaks about how much of our time, energy & money is channelled towards what is temporary but that as followers of Jesus our thoughts should more frequently be on heaven, that our lives should be oriented around eternity not just fixed on what is in front of us.

As I reflected more on this thought I was reminded again of how fragile, short & relatively insignificant our lives here on earth are in the context of eternity! So often we can find ourselves getting stressed out & worried about the issues and dramas of everyday life: What am I going to wear today? How am I going to get this task/assignment done? What am I going to do about this issue? How am I going to pay this bill?

But if in the midst of everyday worries we were to stop for a second & reflect on heaven and God and the eternity that awaiting us perhaps our perspectives might change a little. And as I’ve attempted to do that this week it’s been amazing to see how those issues & concerns that were stressing me out all of a sudden become so much smaller & less significant.

As I’ve been examining my life this week I’ve realised how often my time, energy & money is taken up with what is temporary (e.g. watching TV, playing PS3 & buying stuff). But Jesus tells us that loving God & loving people (Mark 12:30-31) is what’s most important and that what is of eternally significance is building His kingdom by making disciples (Matthew 28:18-20).

So how does your life stack up? Is the majority of your time, energy & money taken up with eternal or temporal things?

Let’s not get totally caught up in our frail & temporary lives here on earth but instead regularly remember heaven & seek to focus on what is most important & of eternal significance. Like Paul let’s “… fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.“ (2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV).

Matt Withers

Church Office

11 Morang Drive
Mill Park, Vic, 3082

ph 03 9436 8797

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Senior Pastor	Geoff Shepherd
Associate Pastor (Youth)	Matt Withers
Pastoral Care Pastor	Kathryn Jensen
Church Administrator	Leanne Kelso