Jodie McNeill Why on earth would our church want to put its energy into renovating the 50-year-old Oak Flats Swimming Pool? The simple answer is that we want to serve our local community so that we can share our lives and our precious message with the people in our neighbourhood. The event is called ‘CityServe’ and will be … Read more
After two weeks of our series, ‘The foolishness of the cross’, we’re going to hear Adam Hotson preach on the final topic ‘The foolish ministry of the cross’, from Romans 6:5-14 & Luke 9:21-26. Calling the cross of Christ ‘foolish’ has been a bit of an odd thing to hear from a Christian church, but when … Read more
The Foolishness of the Cross Today Adam Hotson continues our new three-week, mini-series as he speaks on the topic, ‘The foolish message of the cross’, from 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5. Men’s Dinner Join us for our next Men’s Dinner at 6.30pm on Tuesday 6th October at the Central Hotel at 3 Memorial Drive, Shellharbour City, as we hear from special guest … Read more
In this pleasure-seeking, self-serving world in which we live, the true meaning of love has fallen victim to our own agenda. People appear to love others so that they might personally enjoy the feeling of love, rather than loving for the sake of the other person and their needs. Ironically, the selfless act of love has … Read more
To most people, the message of Jesus is foolish. After all, it sounds like it’s some sort of relic of history. What’s more, it’s a message that easily causes division amongst people, even within the same family or friend group. Yet, the message of the cross is the very heart of God’s power in this world … Read more
New series – The Foolishness of the Cross Today Adam Hotson starts our new three-week, mini-series as he speaks on the topic, ‘The foolish man of the cross’, from Luke 23:26-43. SWITCH Women’s Conference The women’s conference for the Illawarra is on Saturday 10th October at Waterslea Conference Centre (Nowra). Bookings and details www.switchonline.biz or Mandy McNeill will book for you if you … Read more
Whether it’s Hawke-Keating, Rudd-Gillard or now Abbott-Turnbull, we’ve become accustomed to seeing change in Australia’s highest seat of politics. And like the other times, this latest Prime Minister arrived in office with an absence of physical violence and social upheaval, reminding us of how thankful we should be for the political stability of our nation. … Read more
This weekend we begin a three-week series called, ‘The Foolishness of the Cross’, as Adam Hotson speaks from Luke 23:26-43 on the topic, ‘The foolish man of the cross’. It seems odd that we’d be pleased to identify with a religion that’s foolish, but this is the heart of the Christian message. It’s the foolishness … Read more
1 Peter Real Hope series concludes Today we conclude our series in 1 Peter as Graham Errington speaks on the topic, ‘Real hope in real grace’ from 1 Peter 5:6-14. SWITCH Women’s Conference The women’s conference for the Illawarra is on Saturday 10th October at Waterslea Conference Centre (Nowra). Bookings and details www.switchonline.biz or Mandy McNeill will book for you if you get her the money by the 1st … Read more
The news this week that Australia will resettle 12,000 refugees from Syria is a welcome decision. In response, our Archbishop has called upon all parishes, not only to pray for these victims of persecution, but to step up and be prepared to do whatever is within their power to provide a warm and generous welcome, … Read more