Update: Please follow this link from 11 am Thursday 18th of January 2024 to view a live video stream or recording of Rev. Fred Cook's funeral. https://www.vividstream.com.au/live/frederick-cook The family also requests that people attending the service feel free to wear colours as a mark of celebration of Fred's life. Original post: I am sad to … Continue reading Vale Rev. Fred Cook
Summer Psalms
This Summer we are learning from an extraordinary collection of songs from the ancient world. They teach us how people felt and prayed and how their prayers carried them through their challenges and emotions. The series is: 31 December 10am, Prayer & Praise | Len Firth, Psalm 16 | Safety 7 January 10am, Prayer & Praise | Len Firth, Psalm 19 | … Continue reading Summer Psalms
Christmas Eve
The angel Gabriel came to Mary in her home and greeted her with, “You have found favour with God.” The angel’s word here is normally translated as “grace” but is here “favour”. It became the great Christian word. St Paul began his letters to the earliest churches, “grace (favour) to you and peace from God … Continue reading Christmas Eve
When God became us
The idea of God being with us, as us, in that first Christmas not only meant we could know God, but we could know ourselves. Here was the word that explained us and healed us. In Jesus, God set himself so low in the world that anyone could reach him as God with us (Immanuel). … Continue reading When God became us
