Posts by Simon Marshman (Page 3)
Sermon Outline – February 4th
Cross-Shaped Glory MARK 10:32-45 | Paul merenda Jesus the Son of Man and Suffering Servant (v32-34) The world loves greatness and so do we (v35-42) True greatness can be yours (43-45) Next Week Mark 10:46-52 | Simon Marshman
Pastor’s Letter – February 4th
G’day Church, A few updates on our life together: 1. Paul Merenda 2. Beach Picnic 3. Taste and See 4. Mark Bible Studies 1. Last Sunday we welcomed Paul and Brianna Merenda as they join us for Paul to commence a Student Minister role with us as we invest in raising up the next generation of church leaders. Paul will be preaching from Mark 10 this Sunday, which I’m really…
Sermon Outline – January 28th
Cross-Shaped Community MARK 10:13-31 | simon Marshman The upside-down kingdom The back-to-front world Blessings in surprising places Next Week Mark 10:32-45 | Paul Merenda
Pastor’s Letter – January 28th
G’day Church, The new year is well underway! People are returning from holidays, workplaces that slowed down or even shut down over summer are generally back up and running, a number of the kids in our church family are starting school this coming week, or making the move to high school. And as we set the rhythms and routines of a new year it’s quite intentional that we’d…
Pastor’s Letter – January 21st
Cruciform /ˈkruːsɪfɔːm/ Adjective: 1. having the shape of a cross. “a cruciform sword” Noun: 1. a thing shaped like a cross As we make our way through the second half of Mark we’re learning a lot about how the cross shapes our discipleship. We’re learning what that looks like in our attitudes and our behaviour, as individuals and as a community. It’s rich and…
Sermon Outline – January 21st
Cross-Shaped Discipleship in 2024 MARK 10:1-12 | Simon Marshman Jarring words for a sunny Sunday Context that helps frame the discussion Regarding Mark’s description of the attitude of the Pharisees towards Jesus, see Mark 3:1-6, 7:5-13, 8:11-15, 12:12-17. Regarding Deuteronomy 24:1-4 referenced in Mark 10:4 and the ongoing debate about divorce at the time, see…
Pastor’s Letter – December 31
G’day church, This Sunday we return to our usual time of 10:00am as we jump back into Mark’s gospel at the end of chapter 8. This will be a great lead into the New Year, because Jesus asks us the perfect question to set the agenda for the coming year: “What about you? Who do you say I am?” As we’ll see over the coming weeks, Jesus shows us what it means to know him and…
Pastor’s Letter – December 10
G’day Church, First, an update for Minis families: unfortunately we’re not able to run Minis this Sunday, so please bring some activities for your Minis kids to do during church. Our team has been stretched very thin in recent months. We’ve seen an ongoing growth in the number of kids and therefore the leaders required to care for them well, and this has combined with a…