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Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 year ago.
This week I attempted to fix our washing machine guided by a 10-minute Youtube video. We live in an age when we are responsible for our own ‘upskilling’. It’s assumed that when you buy a new device you’ll have to spend time figuring out how to get the most out of it. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 year ago.
As I was having breakfast on Monday, I half-heard a radio report of some sort of robbery, at Dundas Sports Club of all places. The next day it made the papers: ‘Elderly woman pistol-whipped during armed robbery at Dundas’ said one headline. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 year ago.
At 11.30am Sunday March 25th we will be holding our Parish Annual General Meeting. I’m looking forward to it. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 year ago.
I’m currently reading a brilliant Christian book called ‘The Mortification of Sin’. The title is a quote from an older English translation of the Bible, and the book is a guide and encouragement for getting rid of sin in the Christian life. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 year ago.
In last weekend’s sermon I said that the true power for Christian growth doesn’t come from guilt or goal-setting, but from a deepening love for Jesus. The more precious Jesus is to us, the more we desire to live a life that glorifies him. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 year ago.
Even for someone who enjoys following politics, it’s all becoming a bit much: an unpopular prime minister in a hung parliament, a foreign minister attracting attention and eventually resigning from the other side of the world, and those who were formerly his closest fellow-workers proclaim read more ...
Posted by Ben Hudson 1 year ago.
As we heard last week, Alan Lukabyo (our senior minister) took off for Madagascar on Tuesday. He was to be part of a conference of the Madagascan bishops to discuss training Madagascan ministers and a possible partnership with the Sydney diocese. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 year ago.
‘On Tuesday I’m going to Madagascar.’
I’ve had 3 basic responses to this statement. Most make a joke about hip-hopping lemurs. Others thoughtfully mention a David Attenborough documentary. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 year ago.
Last Monday was my first day back on duty after 7 weeks of long service leave. It’s exciting to be back! I’ve had several meetings to catch up on all that’s happened. read more ...
Posted by Ben Hudson 1 year ago.
Today we farewell Matt, Emilie, Anna & Xander Keller from our church as Matt leaves the staff team to take up a new position at St. Paul’s, Castle Hill. read more ...
Posted by Ken Coleman 1 year ago.
The New Year has begun. This week we will celebrate Australia Day. We look back to the day when the first of our nation's British forbears, after a dangerous and arduous sea voyage, finally stepped ashore at Port Jackson. read more ...
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Posted 3 weeks ago.
I have had a number of conversations recently with members of the congregation who are enthusiastic about the initiatives in the plan we are implementing but wanted me to be aware that our church h read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 2 months ago.
Have you ever been to an art gallery and seen a picture that just captures your attention so much that you can’t take your eyes off it? The more you look at the picture, the more you are impressed b read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 3 months ago.
It isn’t very often that we call a doctor out to do a home
visit these days and we don’t usually get the focused attention of the same doctor
for three full days. read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 4 months ago.
Is there life after death?
If there is, what is it like? For all the scepticism about God in our society
there is still a fascination with the idea of an afterlife. read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 4 months ago.
In a few
weeks time (8-10 March) we will be hosting Paul Borden, a ministry consultant
from America. read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 6 months ago.
Many of us will have found comfort, peace and
refreshment in the familiar words of Psalm 23. read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 6 months ago.
What is the flavour that sums up Christmas for you? Gingerbread? Chocolate?
Fruit cake? Plum pudding? Brandy sauce? Pavlova? Turkish delight? For me, the flavours
I associate with Christmas are m read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 6 months ago.
Last night was the Dundas Telopea Community Carols at Dundas
Public School. read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 6 months ago.
It is the season for nativity plays and many of us will be
enjoying watching children dressing up and playing their parts. read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 7 months ago.
This weekend is the start of Advent – the four weeks of
counting down to Christmas. It is a time to look forward to celebrating the
coming of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, into our world. read more >>
Posted by Alistair Seabrook 7 months ago.
My daughter loves to get a birthday party invitation from
one of her preschool friends. She gets so excited that she will read the
invitation over and over again. read more >>
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