The LCA Queensland District has set up a disaster relief fund where your donations will support the efforts to reestablish community needs in their assistance given to individuals and families affected by the floods.
Follow the links from the lca.org.au webpage
Thank you for your financial support & also your prayers
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13 January, 2011
Epiphany - the light is finally on
The season on the church calendar following Christmas is that of Epiphany. It celebrates the revelation that Christ is 'the light of the world.' There are numerous images in scripture that relate to the coming Messiah (the savior of all mankind). The passages that speak about Jesus as the light are in reference to the realization that our world is in darkness. The stuff of darkness (flood, famine, failures, catastrophes of any nature) are common day occurrences, but a rescue plan needs to be organized from outside. In Queensland we are seeing floods sweep across our land. Rescue comes from outside - like the helicopters who lift people off their roofs. Christ has come into our dark world - let him give you a helping hand to bless you.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by these floods - may help come quickly to your door.
Rev'D
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Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by these floods - may help come quickly to your door.
Rev'D
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02 December, 2010
Christmas Cheer!
Join us for three days of Christmas Cheer ...
24/12 - Nativity play (under the direction of Lori - a new theme & focus for the year)
25/12 - Christmas Day (Lessons & Carols - a more traditional celebration)
26/12 - Boxing Day (Christmas blessing on the family - with Holy Communion)
Worship services at 9am for normal Sundays (incl 25th & 26th Dec); Service on Christmas Eve is at 6pm (activities & a bite to eat) for 6:30pm commensement. Because of the nativity play count on about 90min for the service duration.
Currently we are celebrating the Advent season at church: please come along & join us
(for more info, click on: www.livingwordashmore.org )
24/12 - Nativity play (under the direction of Lori - a new theme & focus for the year)
25/12 - Christmas Day (Lessons & Carols - a more traditional celebration)
26/12 - Boxing Day (Christmas blessing on the family - with Holy Communion)
Worship services at 9am for normal Sundays (incl 25th & 26th Dec); Service on Christmas Eve is at 6pm (activities & a bite to eat) for 6:30pm commensement. Because of the nativity play count on about 90min for the service duration.
Currently we are celebrating the Advent season at church: please come along & join us
(for more info, click on: www.livingwordashmore.org )
01 December, 2010
Happy holidays to our TLC students and staff
Time flies when you are having fun - and the fun is just about to begin for our college community. Before you know it, school is back and you wonder where did the time go? Time is a precious gift these days, as is our talent and our treasure. In the Bible it advises us to make the best of our time, because the days are evil (meaning that time is so easily robbed from us by the stresses and strains of life and we are left without having done a worthwhile thing). Perhaps these holidays take up this bit of advice and make the most of every day.
Rev'D
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17 November, 2010
As in the days of Noah
Christ was once asked about indicators for the 'end of days.' He remarked about how our 'last days' are like the days of Noah. What many may not know, is that the Bible has recorded for us the actual day when Noah went into the ark. Once the door was closed behind him, it rained for 40 days and nights. Those days are commenorated each year on the Hebrew Calendar on Cheshvan 17 (in our October running the 40 days to early December).
That event changed the climate and geography of our planet - the last time we actually had climate change. If Jesus is indicating that similar climatic events will accompany the 'last days,' then according to our scientist, we are approaching yet another earth-altering time. How sad for the countless lives lost, with only Noah and his family surviving ... because they trusted in God's Word for them. Are we in similar days, with countless people ignoring the Word of God for their lives? I guess Noah banked on this truth: God said what He meant, and God meant what He said. What are we banking on today, for tomorrow?
Rev.'D
That event changed the climate and geography of our planet - the last time we actually had climate change. If Jesus is indicating that similar climatic events will accompany the 'last days,' then according to our scientist, we are approaching yet another earth-altering time. How sad for the countless lives lost, with only Noah and his family surviving ... because they trusted in God's Word for them. Are we in similar days, with countless people ignoring the Word of God for their lives? I guess Noah banked on this truth: God said what He meant, and God meant what He said. What are we banking on today, for tomorrow?
Rev.'D
End of year
School is in its last weeks. Senior students finishing off their last exams. Closing services and graduation events well underway. Even on the Church calendar, its the last Sunday of the Church year.
The next Sundays are known as ADVENT. It is the season of preparation; in particular it's a season of anticipation of Christ's coming. Of course there is the acknowledgement of Christ's first coming (as the suffering servant who came to take away our sin), but ADVENT keeps the expectation before us of Christ second coming (as judge over the nations and the establishment of his kingdom reign).
In times of trouble, especially as we get to hear about 'wars and rumours of war' from the middle east, it is good to know that God is still involved in our human history. One day we are going to have to give an account for what we have done with our life and the lives of others. Don't mistake God's silence at the moment as an indication that He has left the planet to fend for itself. This is a time of grace ... to let us decide for ourselves if we want God in the picture, or if we want to have an existence without God's blessings, love, and forgiveness. ADVENT calls us to decide!
Rev.'D
The next Sundays are known as ADVENT. It is the season of preparation; in particular it's a season of anticipation of Christ's coming. Of course there is the acknowledgement of Christ's first coming (as the suffering servant who came to take away our sin), but ADVENT keeps the expectation before us of Christ second coming (as judge over the nations and the establishment of his kingdom reign).
In times of trouble, especially as we get to hear about 'wars and rumours of war' from the middle east, it is good to know that God is still involved in our human history. One day we are going to have to give an account for what we have done with our life and the lives of others. Don't mistake God's silence at the moment as an indication that He has left the planet to fend for itself. This is a time of grace ... to let us decide for ourselves if we want God in the picture, or if we want to have an existence without God's blessings, love, and forgiveness. ADVENT calls us to decide!
Rev.'D
01 September, 2010
Happy Father's Day
There is one unique feature in the Christian faith that sets it apart from all others. Jesus taught his disciples to pray in a manner unaccustomed to their former training. Jesus placed our faith experience in the context of an actual relationship with God; in particularly, God as our Heavenly Father!
The Lord's prayer begins with "Our Father in Heaven, ...". No one dared to presume such an intimate relationship with God as that of a family man. Yet, it shouldn't come as a surprise. Just as Jesus was born of Mary (his earthly mother) and also by divine inception (his heavenly status), so we read in Col.2:9 that in Christ the fullness of the deity dwelt bodily. In the Nicean Creed we confess that Jesus is fully man and fully God. In Phil 2:5-11 we read about how God became part of his creation, just as John 1:1-4, 14 claims ... the 'word became flesh.'
So this Father's Day, for us as Christians, we might like to remember that we belong to a huge family; the family of God. And thanks to Christ we now have access to God like it is in a family setting. My kids have access to me, benefit from my provision and love, have the right to come into our home at any time, indeed they have their very own room in our house. A stranger has none of these privileges - a stranger stays outstide at the front door. But through Jesus we are no longer strangers to God, we are family! We have a place in his kingdom; we have a room in his house; we have a seat at his table! And isn't it around the dinning room table where families celebrate all kinds of events with a huge meal for all to share in ... happy Father's Day!
In Christ, we belong to God ... Amen to that!
Rev.'D
The Lord's prayer begins with "Our Father in Heaven, ...". No one dared to presume such an intimate relationship with God as that of a family man. Yet, it shouldn't come as a surprise. Just as Jesus was born of Mary (his earthly mother) and also by divine inception (his heavenly status), so we read in Col.2:9 that in Christ the fullness of the deity dwelt bodily. In the Nicean Creed we confess that Jesus is fully man and fully God. In Phil 2:5-11 we read about how God became part of his creation, just as John 1:1-4, 14 claims ... the 'word became flesh.'
So this Father's Day, for us as Christians, we might like to remember that we belong to a huge family; the family of God. And thanks to Christ we now have access to God like it is in a family setting. My kids have access to me, benefit from my provision and love, have the right to come into our home at any time, indeed they have their very own room in our house. A stranger has none of these privileges - a stranger stays outstide at the front door. But through Jesus we are no longer strangers to God, we are family! We have a place in his kingdom; we have a room in his house; we have a seat at his table! And isn't it around the dinning room table where families celebrate all kinds of events with a huge meal for all to share in ... happy Father's Day!
In Christ, we belong to God ... Amen to that!
Rev.'D
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