View from the Pew – Enthusiasm
It doesn’t take long as a youth leader to realise one basic rule; if the leaders aren’t enthusiastic, the youth won’t be enthusiastic. Take, for example, youth group games. I’ve repeatedly heard many...
View ArticleMission of the Month 2015 + PC Update December’14
Mission of the Month ~ 2015 Mission of the Month Allocations Our Mission of the Month allocations for 2015 cover both local and international, direct missionary & teaching work and aid &...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – Bridges of God
In the first half of the 20th century, most world mission took place in mission stations where locals could come and meet and stay with the missionaries, receive help, and of course, would hear the...
View ArticlePoem from the Pew – Bible as Habit
With the busyness of Yuletide done, and missions and holidays ending, many people turn their thoughts to preparing for the year ahead. I invite you all to join with me this year in (re-)committing to...
View ArticleMission of the Month – Jan-Feb15
In January, Mission of the Month giving was directed to CMS (Church Missionary Society). It was encouraging to see 50+ church members at the CMS Summer School in Katoomba, including a number serving in...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – Our iceberg is melting
In 2005 management guru John Kotter wrote a book called Our Iceberg is Melting. It was a story about a colony of penguins. Most of the penguins enjoyed life on their iceberg that provided them with...
View ArticleView from the Pew – Reflections on Japan
It was our privilege to travel through Japan in late January. We experienced the calm and orderly crowds of Tokyo, the ancient traditions in Kyoto and the beauty of snowbound Shiretoko in northern...
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Minister’s Letter – Blind Love
On Thursday, 12 February 2015, it’s one hundred years since one of the English-speaking world’s most prolific hymn-writer died in 1915. Her name was Frances Van Alstyne, though she’s often known by her...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God
Beginning this Sunday, we begin 3-week series regarding the love of God. Inspired by a book title by Don Carson, we’re noting that the Love of God can be a Difficult Doctrine. (You can access a free...
View ArticleOn Proposed Marriage Redefinitions
This is the text of the letter sent by our Senior Minister to our local federal MP, Sharon Bird, (with a version also sent to all NSW federal senators) Dear Ms Bird, Re: proposed amendments to the...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – On Gifts
Dear Friends in Christ, in the Training Week our attention has been focussed on how the gifts God has given us may be used for building his New Humanity. Here are a few random thoughts I have been...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – God’s View
Friends, what stops me making God and Jesus a bigger part of my life? Is it fear of what people would say? Is it that sensible living is commonsense, and the Gospel doesn’t come into it? Would it...
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Minister’s Letter – More than 20 cents
Friends, when I was a kid, my parents always gave me and my sister 20c each to put in the plate at church. These were the days of wooden floors and so fidgety kids were always dropping (and...
View ArticleMission of the Month and Parish Council Update
Mission Update – Anglicare In March, our Mission of the Month giving will directed to Anglicare. Its mission is To care: By doing good works that grow communities and address emotional, social and...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – Sabbatical Rest
Friends, some of us are familiar with the concept of a sabbatical. The word comes from the Sabbath, derived from the Hebrew language, which literally means the Seventh. Many of you may know that in the...
View ArticleView from the Pew – Youth, children and family ministry
Here at St Michael’s we are very privileged to have a range of faithfully taught programs aimed at youth and children. These have flourished particularly under the leadership of our Youth Minister,...
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Minister’s Letter – Ten Quotes on the Resurrection
“We live and die; Christ died and lived!” – John Stott “There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived or that Alexander the Great died at the age of...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – The Ministry of Tough Love
In the age of tolerance and personal fulfilment, telling someone that what they are doing is wrong or that they are sinning can be deemed the biggest ‘sin’ of our time. However, in the Bible,...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – Going Further
News spreads fast. When I was an international student in Rotterdam (Netherlands) – only a few years ago (*cough *cough) – I remember going to places without really knowing where I was going. I went...
View ArticleMinister’s Letter – Letter from America
Friends, I write with a few reflections on my 4 weeks here in America. As with any place in God’s world there are highlights of his creation – the power of Niagara Falls, the blue and white beauty of...
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