Welcome Service - College Community

We have just celebrated our 'Welcome Service' - welcoming our new additions in Staff and students to this college. It is an opportunity for our congregation to host an event on the college calendar that shares the Gospel connection, inspiring and sustaining our college.

The sermon took up the 'prodigal son' story as told by Christ. Interestingly, it was all about comfort zones and whether we were going to step beyond them. For the young son, who eventually found himself in a pig pen after waisting his inheritance, that comfort zone was all about repentance. For the waiting father, his comfort zone was about forgiveness. They both had to step beyond what they felt comfortable with, in order to be able to give from themselves a blessing that brought about reconciliation. But what about the dutiful son, who stayed in his comfort zone, but remained bitter at both of them? Our ego is the greatest trap and the biggest hindrance to overcoming the barriers we set up between us. The cross of Christ can be seen as a death to our self (ego), so that something new can be given (resurrection). Where are you at?

Rev.'D

College @ Church

Great to have the College community at church! We have been linking with the College via their 'House' groups. At Trinity Lutheran College these house groups are in honour of past foundation members from the church. They are MacKenzie, Strohmeyer, and Stephan. Along with these links, we invite the primary school to come and join us at Living Word. Last Sunday we had the Prep E class with us as well as the dancers from the Primary School.

Thanks to Ps.Michael for sharing a challenging message based on the question: 'does church make a difference?' Which was then redirected to: 'does Christ make a difference?' There was a moving personal account from his school days, someone he just recently caught up with on Facebook. The difference, that a faith in Christ can make over the years we live, begins early and lasts all the days of our life ... just as rejection early in life, persists over the years. And boy, does it make a difference how our life pans out!

Rev.'D