Thanksgiving Theme with BCA Deputation (Maroochydore 2022) Slide 1 Thank you, Tania for the invitation to come and join you all today and for your welcome. It is a real privilege to be allowed to speak on the day after the joyous official Grand Opening blessing of your new buildings. And what I have to...
This is the last Sunday of the Church Year! Ordinary time gives way to Advent, but for one week we offer a prophetic salute to Christ’s reign: no plea, no mere hope or prediction, but rather a celebration that God certainly will sweep away the old. The days are surely coming, and they will be...
THEME: REMAINING FAITHFUL A new heaven and a new earth . . .wars and persecutions. . . they don’t seem to go together. What were the lectionary folks thinking? These seemingly contradictory passages speak of endings and beginnings—the vision of what can and will be—times of trial, times of peace. It was the best of...
This week we return to a central pillar of our faith, and one that must inform all that we do as we seek to follow Christ – the idea that life is eternal, that God saves, and that resurrection emerges from death. This is, of course, more than just an idea, but is a lived...
Once again the question of repentance and forgiveness is highlighted in the Lectionary. This time, there are two complimentary emphases in the readings. The first is the need to face our own darkness, greed, fear and empty worship, confess it and receive God’s forgiveness for ourselves. Habakkuk reflects God’s displeasure at lovelessness and faithlessness, and...
The lectionary this week seems to turn back to pretty mainline theological territory – the need for forgiveness, and the necessity for repentance in order to know and receive God’s grace. Somehow it’s not easy to admit our brokenness or its impact on others. It takes humility to acknowledge how we need to change to...
THEME: PRAYER CHANGES LIVES What is prayer? Why pray? How do we grow our relationship with God? Word and prayer How do you pray – when do you pray? Persistence, prayer and being open to the coming of God’s presence into our lives to write God’s law on our hearts – these are some of...
THEME: Jesus loves a thankful heart The simple things: Teaching children and reminding some adults the simple things of PLEASE and THANK YOU “Your faith has made you well” Wasn’t the Samaritan already made well? There is a difference between “being cured” and being “made well” It was not his faith in the healing power...
2 Timothy 1:1-14 Maroochydore Anglican Church 2nd October 2022 Big question – What does God give so we can live as Christians? Big Idea: God gives faith, the spirit and grace so we might life the Christian life. Heavenly Father, Help me to teach the Bible properly. Help us to believe it and...
THEME: Our attitudes toward, and our use of, money We can trust God in all circumstances and with all aspects of our lives. In the midst of enemy occupation and on the brink of exile, the prophet Jeremiah trusts that God has a promising future for the Hebrew people and their homeland. A seemingly irrational...
