Pastors Letter (Page 4)

G’day Church, We might not think of Romans 8 as a great Christmas passage, and yet it’s all bound up in the amazing generosity of God’s gift to us in Jesus:  “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus… what the law was powerless to do… God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.” (Rom 8:1-2) That is Christmas!…

G’day Church, “Suffering now, glory later!” It sounds like a pretty tricky pitch to try and convince people of, doesn’t it. But it’s what Paul says to us in the middle of Romans chapter 8. In verse 17 we have this wonderful encouragement of mind-boggling blessing with Jesus: we are adopted into God’s family, co-heirs with Christ. When we are united with him, everything…

This term, as we continue to make our way through the riches of the gospel in Romans 6-8, we’re lifting our eyes to next year and thinking about our vision for church for the years to come. Over the last 12 months the Trinity Church Brighton Leadership Team have had some tremendously encouraging, thought provoking, prayer fuelled discussions of where church is at and…

G’day Church, If you weren’t able to be at church last Sunday you missed an update on some of our mission and outreach activities: The Last Daughter film screening on Friday 20th: This was a great night! In addition to a bunch of our church members, we had 14 guests, many of whom don’t know Jesus or attend a church. This event grew out of an idea from a couple of…

Hello Church, Many of you will have heard of my wife Peta’s recent recovery from emergency surgery. Peta had surgery at the RAH on Friday 6th for a complication that arose from a dental problem, which then required an extended stay in ICU, before returning home on Friday 13th. It will take some time for her to return to full health, but we’re thankful to God for small…

Hi All, This year we’ve been on quite a journey in the parts of the Bible we’ve studied at church: In term 1 we worked through the first half of Mark, hearing about Jesus, who he was and what he came to do. We then moved into the first part of Romans, hearing about human sinfulness and our need for rescue. In the first half of Exodus, we then saw an amazing…

Hi All, I’ve really enjoyed these last couple of weeks in Romans and even though it’s a part of the Bible I know well, I still feel like I’ve been struck by all sorts of things I either haven’t seen before or just haven’t been struck by before! (Which isn’t surprising given this is God’s living and active word!) One of those…

Hello Church, Church is about sharing life together as family gathered around Jesus. To begin with we might not share much else in common other than our relationship with him, and that’s part of the beauty of it. God draws us together as he gathers us around his Son. So we want to reflect that in the way we share life together. One simple way we can do this is chipping in…