Jan 30, 2012
A CODE OF ETHICS
for
ELDERS AT ST STEPHEN’S UC
DRAFT 3 As adopted at the April 2011 Meeting of the Council of Elders (Church Council)
A Code of Ethics for Elders at St Stephen’s Uniting Church in Toowoomba has been developed, with significant inputs from Elder deliberations and the Uniting Church in...
Jan 29, 2012
Your Famous blogger
Mark 1:29-39
I am an extremely famous person. Those of you in Australia you may know Clinton Shifskofski. He’s a footy player who has represented his state in both League and Rugby. He grew up in Moranbah and was at the High School when I was a teacher there. I’m pretty sure that I once taught...
Jan 23, 2012
Focus Reading(s): Mark 1:21-28
This week is the first of seven or eight sermons based on sermons from 3 or 6 years ago. My wife and I will be away as our third child a girl will be born.
This sermon is the second of four where we see the authority of Jesus displayed. They lead up to the transfiguration. Here I...
Jan 17, 2012
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Dear Friends,
I write to you as parents, elders, visitors, and others who may be interested in being involved in a new way of doing Christian Education which is different from a traditional Sunday School and which could appeal to all ages. To do this I need help!
What is it?
The new...
Jan 14, 2012
Focus Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20
All three Bible passages call for us to turn to God and away from our personal priorities, but all three readings are also messages of God's love. All three passages tell us that God cares enough about us to want to be involved in our lives. This is not just a...