Greetings, In the busy-ness of life it is good to reminded that while we rush around, God has things under control.  If we have our eyes opened to see, we might even be blessed to be invited into divine moments that we could so easily have missed.  Bill Pugh shares one such moment with us…

Greetings, Friday 8 March is International Women’s Day.  This prayer for women, especially from the Pacific, is written by Cath Taylor and was published in UnitingWorld Update.  You might like to pray it as a way of standing alongside some of our closest neighbours. God of all people. Today we pray for women –   …

Greetings, This Friday, 1 March, is World Day of Prayer.  Traditionally led by Christian women, people will gather across many nations and pray for a particular place in the world, as well as supporting a shared project.  For decades this global ecumenical prayer service has been an opportunity for local churches in each region to…

Greetings, Fasting is one of the practices that is sometimes practiced by Christians during Lent.  Fasting dates back thousands of years and while there are no hard and fast rules about it, for Christians it is a spiritual discipline which is used to deepen our relationship with God.  In choosing to give up something, the…

Greetings, Today is the first Sunday in Lent, the time when we follow Jesus’ path to the cross and prepare ourselves for the resurrection that marks the end of his journey.  It is a time when we are called to seek God in prayer, to show generosity to those in need, and to give up…

Greetings, This coming Sunday, February 11, is Transfiguration Sunday, the day in the liturgical calendar when we hear again the story of Jesus’ transfiguration.  This is a significant text because it we see more of God’s revelation in Jesus and watch him begin his journey towards Jerusalem.  Of course we know that this journey to…

Greetings, Welcome to the first issue of Community News for 2024.  While the new year began in January, in Australia it seems that things really get back into gear at this time of year.  So here we are in February, returning to the activities we have participated in before as well as possibly deciding to…

Christmas is almost here and as this is the last Community News for the year, today I’d like to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your support during the year, both to me personally and to this community.  Every little thing that you do, whether it is behind the…

Advent Greetings … This week I thought I’d share a Christmas poem with you.  Tui shared this with the Ladies Fellowship me.  It was written by Charis Waddy, a Christian and British author, known to Jim and Tui.  Thanks to Tui for this poem. The olive, the palm and the little fir tree   grew close…

Advent Greetings … It is not often that I hear of miracles happening today.  We celebrate when good things happen, but often put it down to scientific advances, our good decision-making abilities, or simply ‘being in the right place at the right time’.  I actually think there are many miracles that still happen each day…