Archive for the ‘ Community ’ Category

Don’t even have to leave the couch…

When you think of successful evangelists and missionaries, you think of godly men and women serving in Africa, or the gifted preacher announcing the gospel to the thousands… But as I read the scriptures and reflect on experience some of the best evangelism can happen in the comfort of your own home – you don’t [ READ MORE ]

How to steal mission ideas…

Each year the college I study at goes on mission. All students get sent out in teams with faculty members and they share the good news of Jesus… This year there college has put together a blog to keep updated on all the mission teams activities: Moore College Mission 2010 It is an exciting read [ READ MORE ]

I Heart Kirribilli 2010 | Call for Entries

Call for Entries | 2010 Painting | Photography | Wearable Art | Youth | Drawing/Sketch Dear Friends, We are excited to announce the call for entries for I Heart Kirribilli Art Exhibition and Prize, 2010. Entries are now open! THEME | This year, artworks will incorporate the theme of ‘stories of Kirribilli‘. Perhaps it’s the [ READ MORE ]

Christmas Water…

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Community Christmas

There’s a reason that Christmas peels back the layers of life and shows community in a unique way. We celebrate Christmas in honor of Jesus Christ being born a baby in a manger, of God being made flesh. One of the many beautifully painful things the incarnated Christ did was to knit together a patchwork [ READ MORE ]

Protect the Gospel this Christmas…

I know most churches have good intentions at Christmas time to connect with those who normally don’t go to church… they want to share the message that God loves this world enough to send his Son Jesus Christ as a helpless babe, to grow up living the life that we should have lived and then [ READ MORE ]

Doing good with council…

If your church is eager to “do good” then can I encourage your church to build a relationship with your local council. Most employ a community worker – who cares for the socially isolated, elderly, disabled, migrants and those who are generally in need. These workers are paid to know the needs of the community [ READ MORE ]

12 Mistakes of Christmas #4… Biting off more than you can chew

Brainstorming and letting ideas fly are great in getting creativity flowing through the veins of your organising team… however you plans need to be reasonable. You need to think carefully about shaping events and ministry around people and not pushing beyond your limits. Develop the ideal plan, think about the resources: people power, skill, money, [ READ MORE ]

Are You a Trader…

Unlike the Cretens, who “claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good” (1:16) the redeemed people of God are to ” in every way …make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.” (2:10). How do we make attractive the gospel? Repeatedly throughout [ READ MORE ]

The 12 Mistakes of Christmas… #3 Overlooking the basics

Preparation and planning is key, otherwise it is so easy to just do the tasks at hand, overlook the basics and excute your plan for Christmas despite not really having a plan. At least three months before Christmas a team needs to be gathered to start planning Christmas, where concepts are developed so that you [ READ MORE ]