As the bushfire crisis continues in NSW it has been good to hear of the way that God is using organisations like The Salvation Army to help. It was also good to hear testimony of God's faithfulness and protection on Life FM last night. A news release has been put out by The Salvation Army in Sydney:
To read more go to:
http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/en/News-and-Media/news-and-media/The-Salvation-Army-responds-to-NSW-Bushfires/
Monday, 21 October 2013
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
We're back
OK... I was sitting in our Hymns of Praise service this afternoon and realised that there hadn't been a log entry since we went on holidays - about 4 weeks ago.
Sorry.
It's been a great rest. Coming back, I have really appreciated the work of our church's great leadership team in our absence. I also recognise that God is always at work, regardless of whether we are or not.
While we've been away there's been some challenges in our church. We sadly recognise the promotion to glory of Vonne, Sue and Edith. Few of us will foget Vonne's message recently about acceptance in the church and how she has felt loved and not judged. Many of us would remember Edith's prophetic words. She once stopped me in a newsagent at Marion Westfield to testify about one of her visions!
We also welcome some new people into our church that have started coming over the last few days. I'm chuffed that they, too, are speaking of welcome and acceptance. One new lady at our service today was talking about her return to a Salvation Army service after her first encounters while her grandfather was a bandmaster at Norwood.
So, my take aways today are:
God is always at work.
We have a great church leadership team.
Welcome and acceptance, belonging and loving, trump anything else in bringing people closer to God and wholeness.
Sorry.
It's been a great rest. Coming back, I have really appreciated the work of our church's great leadership team in our absence. I also recognise that God is always at work, regardless of whether we are or not.
While we've been away there's been some challenges in our church. We sadly recognise the promotion to glory of Vonne, Sue and Edith. Few of us will foget Vonne's message recently about acceptance in the church and how she has felt loved and not judged. Many of us would remember Edith's prophetic words. She once stopped me in a newsagent at Marion Westfield to testify about one of her visions!
We also welcome some new people into our church that have started coming over the last few days. I'm chuffed that they, too, are speaking of welcome and acceptance. One new lady at our service today was talking about her return to a Salvation Army service after her first encounters while her grandfather was a bandmaster at Norwood.
So, my take aways today are:
God is always at work.
We have a great church leadership team.
Welcome and acceptance, belonging and loving, trump anything else in bringing people closer to God and wholeness.
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