2nd May 2021
We continue in the “Easter season”, with readings from the book of Acts, which some have said ought to be called “the Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ”. Opening sentences and psalms during Easter season are chosen to express the joyous triumph of the resurrection. Today’s psalm is the closing section of Psalm 22, […]
25th April 2021 – 3rd Sunday after Easter
Although we are probably not used to marking this day with a Sunday church service (Anzac Day last fell on a Sunday in 2010), I am sure there is no better place for us to be on this day when we reflect on the reality of war in our fallen world. I hope you will […]
18th April 2021 – 2nd Sunday after Easter
I hope you find it encouraging and thought-provoking to engage with God’s word today. In sermons throughout the Easter season, we will engage with the book of Acts. Andrew Goddard is preaching today on “The Unlikely Christian” from Acts 8:26-40. We also read from the gospel every Sunday; this year we are working sequentially through […]
11th April 2021 – 1st Sunday after Easter
Greetings to you on this first Sunday after Easter. I was very grateful to God for our Easter weekend. All of our services were well attended, with Good Friday and Easter Sunday morning services back at the normal levels we saw in 2019 (all in-person Easter services were cancelled in 2020). Maundy Thursday dinner and […]
4th April 2021 – Easter Sunday
Easter is the most joyous day in the Christian calendar, when we celebrate the living hope won for us by Jesus’ defeat of death. We are solemn together on Good Friday, but on Sunday we celebrate together that Christ is risen. Have you ever thought about exactly how Jesus death saves us? Would it surprise […]