CHURCH @ HOME

The service this week was led by James and the music team of Geoff and Michelle and for the first time ever Ella on the Cajon. The bible reading was done by Bek and Harry lead the Communion before Rob brought us a message on David. Psalm 95:1-2 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song

We celebrated our mothers as it was Mother’s Day and all wore a button hole in honour of our Mums today. It was a week were all the technology went wrong and Harry forgot to bring his PowerPoint with him and yet we as one body came together and worshipped as one body of believers. Michael led the service, Bel, Hannah and Belle joined James in leading the music and Sylvia read us the bible reading. The men who attended the Adelaide men’s convention also shared before Kelvin led us in Communion and Harry continued last week’s message on God’s makeover plan for us. Ephesians 2:10 - For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Ian Field led the service for us this week with the music team of James, Sarah and Marcia leading the morning’s music. Belle Vincent read 1 Thessalonians to us and James led us around the communion table with a message reflecting on the Coronation and on the symbolism that appears with Christ’s trial and death. Then Harry brought part 1 of a sermon about the things God wants to build into us from Ephesians 1. Ephesian 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,  to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

Marcia led our service this week with Sarah, Geoff and Michelle as the rest of the music team. Ella read the bible reading for us, Harry led a prayer time and Michael brought us communion before Rob Taylor delivered his sermon to us which this week was entitled ‘Obedience is better than sacrifice’. Rob focused on the life of King Saul and the consequences of his wrong choices and encouraged us to obey the Lord’s commands to us rather than follow our own ideas and go through the motions of our Christian walk. Psalm 95:6a - Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker

Harry led the service this week as well as bringing us the sermon. He led the music team of Ben, Belle and Jaden as they led us in the singing. Callum continued our bible reading in 1 Thessalonians and Ross took us to the Lord's table with thoughts of remembrance prompted by ANZAC day coming this week. Then Harry took us to the word with a sermon entitled "The World we live in" and looking at God's unchanging character. Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/God-Is-Unchanging

James completed his series on 2 John this week with a sermon with an overview of the whole book... The principles of truth, Living a life of truth, Finding the truth and Staying grounded in the truth. But first we had a service led by Kelvin and the music team of James, Hannah and Bel. Jaden started of our new bible reading series by reading is 1 Thessalonians 1 and Garry led us round the table by focusing on Titus 3. Titus 3:5-6 - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour

We gathered together on Resurrection Sunday to celebrate together our risen, victorious Saviour in a service lead by James and the music team of Sarah, Hannah and Marcia. Steven read us the account from Matthew before James led us around the communion table. Marcia sang a solo and then Harry brought us his message for the morning entitled “Sorting out the Facts”. 1 Peter 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

Our Good Friday Service, while not long, focused on the incredible gift of Salvation we received when Christ gave His life was buried and was raised to life … victorious! 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Geoff led the Palm Sunday service and also the communion this week and also led the music team made up of himself, James, Hannah and Belle. Brenda read us Matthew's account of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on a donkey colt. Jon and Bek shared about their upcoming missions trip to Africa in June before James brought us a message from Proverbs 3:5-6 Proverb 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.