Month: February 2019

Alan Mayer writes for us this month: Parish Council met last week on a Thursday – shortly after  ‘Church in a New Way on a New Day’! The theme for the service was ‘Resurrection’ which was appropriate because Council spent time looking towards our Annual General Meeting, Lent, Easter and the exciting renewal of the […]

Stewart encouraged us last week that love needs to be more than just sentimental. This week it has been fascinating to watch the world around us. Valentine’s Day does bring out a visible change in some people. After our Thursday church service, a whole bunch of us headed over as a community to the ‘Kitchens’ […]

The Beatles once infamously claimed in a 1966 interview that they were more popular than Jesus. When you look at the declining church in the Western world, particularly in what they call mainline churches (which includes us Anglicans) you may be tempted to believe there might have been some substance to their claim. As we […]

After a couple of last minute changes to my diary, I was able to be a late inclusion to the inaugural Gold Coast Pastors Prayer retreat this week. In the 5 years I have been on the Coast, there has been a steady rise in the support, encouragement and collective mobilisation of the city’s churches. […]