Posts by Matt Winter (Page 29)

Dear friends We think it’s so important that, as a church family, we serve one another as we seek to grow to be more like Jesus. Serving means that we’re able to do the things we love to do and run the programs we’re able to run, but it’s much more than this too. As we serve we express the unity we have in Jesus, participate in his mission to build…

Dear friends We have Commitment Sunday coming up on May 23 – a day which I’m sure will be a very special day in the life of our church. We’ll have a number of people at varying ages being baptised and making affirmations of faith. Baptism is a wonderful gift of God. It is a symbolic act only, but a symbolic act which points to spiritual realities. It points to our union…

Dear friends It’s weird to me to think that a year ago we were in the middle of our ‘online church’ period. Not seeing each other in person, trying to do growth groups over zoom, looking forward to watching church on the TV every Sunday. Strange times! Around the world there are lots of places where COVID is still having a devastating impact and lots of Christians are…

Dear friends As seems to always happen, the first quarter of the year has flow by! I hope those of you who are able to have some downtime over school holidays are enjoying it so far. After a term in the book of Luke, we’ve got a special treat at church this Sunday with one of our former members, Tim Blagg, returning to preach a one off sermon for us on Ephesians 3. I’m…