Coming up this Sunday 26th July 2015

10am… 10am… 10am… 10am… get the picture? Yes, it’s the first Sunday at our new time of 10am for our morning service. Hope you enjoy the sleep in! This Sunday I’m speaking on the topic ‘Real hope in real marriage’ from 1 Peter 3:1-7, where I’ll be examining what the Bible tells us about this important, … Read more

Our church now gets to sleep in!

We all love a sleep in, and from this Sunday, we’re giving everyone from our morning service an extra hour’s snooze. On Sunday mornings we’re now going to meet for our all-age church service at the new time of 10am, which includes a special kids’ program, and a delicious morning tea with espresso coffee. Our Sunday … Read more

More glorious than Pluto

When the New Horizons spacecraft safely beamed back photos of Pluto this week, it was an exciting milestone in the scientific discovery of the universe. After almost a century of appearing as a fuzzy dot, images of the former-ninth planet of our Solar System were shown in glorious detail. Yet compared to the rest of the universe, this celestial body … Read more

Coming up this Sunday 19th July 2015

This Sunday we begin the second half of our ‘Real Hope’ 1 Peter series, and I will be preaching on the topic, ‘Real hope as real employees’ from 1 Peter 2:18-25. It’s a section of the Bible that addresses ‘slaves’ but we’ll see that it’s actually got loads to teach us as we try to understand what … Read more

What to think when things go wrong

  When things go wrong in a person’s life, it’s tempting to assume that it’s because they’ve thought or done something bad. Like Maria in The Sound of Music, we believe that “nothing comes from nothing”, and that good or bad happens to us because of something right or wrong we did in our past. Yet, the … Read more

Coming up this Sunday 12th July 2015

This Sunday I’m delighted to welcome back to Oak Flats our friend Dan Wu, who is a lecturer at Moore Theological College. Dan was the man who lead our ‘Real Hope Week’ mission back in March 2013, and he is joining us to give us an update on the ministry of Moore College. Dan will … Read more

News and events for the week beginning 21st June 2015

Real Hope! – our 1 Peter series continues Today we continue our 18-week series on the letter of 1 Peter, with the theme, “Real hope!”. Jodie is speaking on the topic, “Real hope as real citizens”, from 1 Peter 2:13-17. 9 21 June Real hope as real citizens 1 Peter 2:13-17 10 19 July Real hope as real employees 1 … Read more

Coming up this Sunday 21st June 2015

We’d love you to join us this Sunday as we continue our series on 1 Peter. Jodie will be speaking on the topic, ‘Real hope as real citizens’, from 1 Peter 2:13-17. It’s a challenging word from God to encourage Christians to submit to the rulers and authorities of our world, even when they don’t see … Read more