Posts by Simon Marshman (Page 19)
Pastor’s Letter – February 19th
Hi Everyone, I want to let you know a two updates about our family. The first update is some big news for the Marshman family. Seven months ago, a member of our broader extended family gave birth to a little boy, but is unable to care for him. After lots of careful consideration and a fairly complex process, this week this little boy has joined our family, under our…
Sermon Outline – February 5
He Came To Preach Mark 1:1-39 | Simon Marshman Who is Jesus? What did Jesus come to do? Download study notes here Next Week He Came To Call Sinners | John Warner
Pastor’s Letter – February 5th
G’day Church, I’ve just got a really brief encouragement for you today. Many of you will have noticed that we’re blessed to have a number of new people joining us at church and various others visiting from week to week. Well, it’d be great if we could do three things to help them out: 1 – please aim to arrive at church no later than 9:45. Most newcomers arrive on…
Pastor’s Letter – January 29th
G’day Church, Next week we kick off term 1 in Mark’s Gospel which I am really looking forward to, but I also hope you’ve enjoyed our Summer of Hope as much as I have. It’s been such an encouraging time in God’s word hearing of the many and various ways our hope in Jesus plays out in the concerns of this life. I’d love to hear if there’s something that has stood out…
Sermon Outline – January 29th
Hope for The Planet 2 Peter 3:1-13 | Simon Marshman 1. Thinking rightly about the future because we’re thinking rightly about the past. 2. Real hope for the planet 3. How should we live? A – Look forward to the day
B – Live holy and godly lives i – stewards not consumers ii – love your neighbour Book recommendation: Lionel Windsor: Is God…
Pastor’s Letter – January 22nd
G’day Church, What a difference eternity can make! That was the conclusion I came to after finishing one of the least exciting sounding books on my reading list at Bible college: “The Rise of Christianity” by sociologist Rodney Stark. According to the very un-catchy subtitle, Stark set out to explain “how the obscure, marginal Jesus movement became the dominant…
Sermon Outline – January 15th
Hope for Our Bodies John 1:1-5, 1:14, 20:24-21:14 Jesus honoured our bodies by becoming flesh Jesus knows our broken bodies because his body was broken too Jesus shows he hasn’t finished with our bodies because he hasn’t finished with his Book recommendation: Sam Allberry: What God Has To Say About Our Bodies (Crossway 2021) Next Week Hope for…
Prayer Points – January 15th
Our Church | Growth Groups will be restarting soon, so let’s thank God for the privilege of gathering together around his word during the week, ask him to strengthen and guide our leaders and to grow us all in the likeness of Jesus. Our Community | Pray for our neighbours in such a beautiful part of the world when summer can feel so idilic – yet our only real…