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I’m pleased to let you know that on Sunday 24th November 2019 in our 7pm congregation, Bishop Reg Piper will lead a Confirmation Service. This is an opportunity for those baptised as infants to affirm the Christian faith in which they were brought up. Likewise those who were baptised as teenagers or adults may wish…
Keep ReadingNew Church Sign: TGIF Thank God I’m Forgiven TGIF is the acronym that means the weekend is here: “Thank God, it’s Friday”! When I was a kid it used to mean the time to rest and relax had arrived. Saturday morning sport, or maybe shopping, and then you had the rest of the weekend to…
Keep ReadingMission Update – Scripture Union & Bible Society In June, Mission of the Month giving is divided between Scripture Union and Bible Society. The title of each organisation underlines the importance of God’s Word in Scripture. As Kevin DeYoung wrote: “Jesus submitted his will to the Scriptures, committed his brain to studying the Scriptures, and…
Keep ReadingExplore Why? Why are we here? Why are we born? Why do we live, laugh, look out into the world and ask, why? Why do we die? Why is there pain and death, sickness and suffering? Why do I care? Why do I cry out at the injustice and ask, why? Our modern, scientific…
Keep ReadingMission Update – Uni Bible Group @ UOW In April, Mission of the Month giving is directed to Uni Bible Group (UBG). It’s the Christian group at the University of Wollongong. It is part of AFES, the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students, which supports ministries on universities across Australia. The branch of AFES that reaches…
Keep ReadingThe following were elected or appointed following the AGM… Parish Wardens: Greg Engel, David Pirie and Luke Thompson. Parish Councillors: Murray Barker, Michele Dallimore, Lindsay Dunstan, Emma Kipps, Geoff Miller, Colin Moodie, Allan Munroe, Paul Vaartjes, Samantha (Johnson) Wearing and Catriona Williams. Auditor: Mark Middleton Chapter Reps (alongside wardens): Peter Kell & Stacey Chapman. Full…
Keep ReadingNext week is ‘Ministry Training Week’ at St Michael’s. Have you decided which training sessions you’ll join? Register online now if you haven’t already. Each training session will be worthwhile in different ways. But let me make a shameless plug for the session I will lead on Tuesday October 16th from 5pm. It’s called ‘Speaking…
Keep ReadingThe day I wrote this letter, I was praying with fellow church members and missionaries at the CMS Summer School in Katoomba. Some of our missionaries serve in a location where the government can make it difficult for people who are Christians. In one situation, employers now use a questionnaire, which includes a question that…
Keep ReadingSandy recently preached at Kurrajong Anglican’s recent day camp. Broadly speaking, it’s the area of what the world calls ‘conflict resolution’ and what Christians call loving one another! Sandy considers these some of the most important talks he’s ever given (and some of the hardest to put consistently into practice). Here are the links to each of…
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Annual Thanksgiving Day 2018
2nd Aug 2018 Announcements, Community, Ministers' letters, Missions, News & Prayer, Social comment
For many years at the Cathedral, we’ve run an Annual Thanksgiving Day (ATD) appeal in the lead up to St Michael’s Day. (29thSeptember on the church calendar, reminding us to take the existence of angels seriously!) We direct every single cent raised to Christian ministry and aid projects outsideSt Michael’s. One growth group urged us…