How do you think your next door neighbour would complete this sentence; “I like your church being in our community because”.
As we live out Jesus; command to love our neighbour, those around us will notice our good works. When this happens we build good will throughout the community. Already our children [...]
Bulletin 25/02/07 (pdf, 3.6 MB)
Dear church family,
Just a note to say please be patient. Today at 12 noon our phones have been cut by contractors working along the footpath. Telstra promises to have them back up and working by Tuesday afternoon at the latest.
I am emailing all those I have emails for and hope that you can pass on [...]
A few years ago I looked after John, a new Christian. We were on Beach Mission at Nelson Bay and he committed his life to Christ very early in the program. Each night he met with us and reported how he was going. When things went bad (i.e. - he chose to engage in ungodly practices) he [...]
Bulletin 18/02/07 (pdf, 3.6 MB)
Over the last 5 years our church family has grown by around 80%. The biggest area of growth has been in the families with school-age children.
More and more people in our community are turning to Dapto Anglican Church for help and spiritual direction. They are our neighbours!
We have much to be thankful [...]
Bulletin 11/02/07 (pdf, 2.1 MB)
We find ourselves in a society that is increasingly defining our identity and our relationships by the things we buy.
The philosopher Baudrillard explains, “consumption is a system of meaning”. We assign value to ourselves and others based on the goods we purchase. Our identity is defined by the clothes we wear, the [...]
Bulletin 04/02/07 (pdf, 823 KB)