Posts by Matt Winter (Page 19)

Dear friends Thanks to everyone who jumped in and helped or brought things for the farewell on Sunday. I thought it was a great morning, a good send off for Cameron and Karen, but also a great way to mark a significant day for our church. With Cameron sent off and Summer beginning, I’m expecting a slightly different ‘vibe’ around church for the next…

Dear friends I’m sure you’ve seen lots in the news about COVID and borders this week. With interstate borders reopening on Tuesday there seems to be no end of opinions. Plenty are excited to be able to reunited with loved ones, some are fearful about the virus coming in. Some think this should be the end of any sort of COVID regulation, while others would…

Dear friends Yesterday I received our cards for this year’s Christmas mission in the mail. I reckon they look pretty cool and I’ll have them on Sunday ready for you to check them out, and maybe grab a bunch if you’re starting to make gifts. If you haven’t seen the details for the Christmas mission this year, you can checkout the video Jane and I…

Dear friends It feels like there’s quite a few exciting things going on in the life of our church this week. First of all I’m excited to let you know that we welcomed a new member late Saturday night – Lydia was born to Chris and Nicole. Big congrats guys!! It’s an exciting week in our family too with our daughter Eleanor being baptised this…

Dear friends If you were with us last Sunday you’ll recall we dealt with the story of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar their slave from Genesis 16. In the sermon I made the claim that the Bible never endorses slavery, and I thought I’d say a little more about why I think that’s true. This is an issue that seems to come up every now and then; one of the more…