I like the Advent & Christmas songs almost more than any other songs we sing throughout the year. There is a robust sense of longing & leaning into God’s promises in the Advent & Christmas season…I just like it. Most of the songs have a lower-voice register...
WAIT! WHAT?! The LAST Sunday of the YEAR!?!?! Can’t be! There’s FIVE more weeks of 2021 left! Sure…but this Sunday is the final Sunday in the Church Year…Often referred to in the liturgical tradition as Christ the King Sunday or the Day of Fulfilment. It’s a...
Hi Everyone! Well…by the time many of you read this I’ll be in Sydney working with our gospel co-workers at LifeWay Lutheran Church planning worship strategies & themes for next year. Please pray for wisdom & our sensitivity to the voice of the Spirit during the next...
Welcome to the Wet Weekend y’all! But Welcome BACK to the Guide Hall! We’re gathering as a community of disciples again this week…all together as best we can. Remember…The Guides NSW are still abiding by the “vaccinated only” limits, and as faithful stewards of our rental agreement…that means...
Happy Friday one & all! A quick bit of business now & then on to something I find interesting. Zoom – You can still join us in just a few hours to look at last Sunday’s worship texts…Psalm 80 & Colossians 1:15-22…to catch-up with your Living...
Welcome to Wednesday y’all! Hump Day…we used to call it because it’s downhill toward the weekend from here! FIRST – gigantic Thank you to everyone who’s hanging in there weathering this crazy inability to gather as “church” like we’re expected to gather. Thank you if you’ve had...
Hey there everyone! I do trust your week has been richly blessed & you are praying for a return to the Guide Hall soon for worship. That’s not happening this weekend…but let’s see what God & the Premier have in store for us as we move forward. For...
Hi everybody! I’ve got a few quick reminders for us this week…and then a reflection or two… Reminder # 1 – We are still On-Line & In-Homes for worship this week Please ring a member of the Steering Team & ask if you can be part of worship...
The Lord be with you! I’m excited this Friday morning as I prepare to get out & about…Thanks to some faithful hard working volunteers we’re set for the weekend worship ahead of schedule! So here’s the BIG QUESTION: With whom will you gather for in-home worship? If you...
Welcome to Saturday y’all! …and a pretty wet, windy & wild one at that! We’re all on-line for the next week or so…or at least until the restrictions allow us to not segregate our family by vaccine status. Pray that our Premier or Prime Minister would intervene...