Posts by Simon Marshman

Posts by Simon Marshman

Pastor’s Letter – March 31

G’day Church, I thought it’d be helpful to outline how we’ll be spending our time this Easter as we invite people to Meet Jesus. On both Friday and Sunday we’ll be especially mindful of your guests, offering a really warm welcome and a relaxed experience of church: On Good Friday the kids will head out after the first couple of songs, with creche running as usual, but…

Pastor’s Letter – March 17

G’day Church, This Sunday we look on as Jesus is anointed with perfume in an act of worship that he described as preparation for his burial. We sit with his disciples as Jesus shares the Passover meal and declares that the bread and wine are his body and blood – broken for us and poured out for our forgiveness. We marvel that though his closest friends fell asleep and…

Pastor’s Letter – March 10

G’day Church, Adelaide Men’s Convention (May 11) and Grace Conference (May 25) are both highlights in our calendar that I want to flag for you well ahead of time. May might feel like a long way off, but tickets are selling fast and I’d love you to have the opportunity to attend. Both AMC and Grace will be tremendously encouraging time with Christians from…

Pastor’s Letter – March 3

G’day Church, Thanks for your prayers for Taste and See. We had our second session last night and it was great to hear the buzz of conversation as people engaged in discussion around the topics raised and to have some great questions put forward in Q&A at the end of the evening. We read the story of the Prodigal Son together from Luke 15 and reflected on what it…

Sermon Outline – February 25th

Give to God what is God’s MARK 12:1-17 | simon Marshman Who are you? Tenants in breach of contract (v1-12) Made in the image of God (v13-17) Whose are you?   Reflection for Lent: As we journey with Jesus to the cross, what difference does it make to know whose you are?   Next Week Mark 12:18-44 | Simon Marshman

Sermon Outline – February 18th

Entering Jerusalem MARK 11:1-33 | simon Marshman Day 1: (v1-11) The King Approaches, but will you recognise him? Old Testament Passages of note: Genesis 49:11, a promise of the Messiah to come in the line of Judah, and the only other place in the Bible that speaks of a tethered colt Zechariah 9:9, describing the Messiah entering Jerusalem on the colt of a donkey Zechariah…

Pastor’s Letter – February 18th

G’day Church, At the bottom of this letter we’ve listed some upcoming events for your diary and your prayers. But this week I thought I’d share some of my favourite Christian biographies with you. On Sunday we saw how Mark put blind Bartimaeus in front of us as a great role model of faith and discipleship. There is so much for us to learn from the example of Bartimaeus,…

Sermon Outline – February 11th

I Once Was Blind… MARK 10:46-52 | simon Marshman We all need good role models   Meet Bartimaeus, a role model of discipleship: Bartimaeus, who humbly cries out for mercy, in contrast to the rich young man in 10:17-31 Bartimaeus, rebuked by the crowd just as the disciples rebuked those bringing children to Jesus in 10:13-16 Bartimaeus, the kind of person that…