Archive for January, 2010

Running on empty

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There are more TV channels than ever before, home theatre systems, instant communication available to anyone in the world, mobile phones with access to the internet and cars in every driveway and yet “boredom” has running-empty[1]become a part of everyday life. Psychiatrists throughout the developed world are reporting that their patients most common symptoms are boredom and depression.

T.S. Elliot captured the horrible feeling of boredom when his character J. Alfred Prufrock spoke about “measuring out his whole life in coffee spoons”.

It seems that our technological culture has been too successful.  Our survival needs are so well cared for that we need to fill our life up with new diversions.  These diversions often fill our time but don’t give us meaning, purpose or fulfilment.  Its like we are running with nowhere special to go.

  • Our lives need to be filled with a vision.
  • A vision of God’s intention for our lives.
  • A meaning that comes from serving the God of the universe.
  • A purpose that stems from spreading the gospel of grace to an empty world.

Stephen Semenchuk
Senior Minister

Bulletin 10th January, 2010

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Bulletin 10 Jan 2010 (PDF 2mb)

Beyond Belief

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A recent survey published in the Sydney Morning Herald reported that 68% of all Australians believe in God.  Yet this “belief” is more about our life values than devotion.  It’s belief without belonging.

You don’t get people to believe by talking about faith.  In a similar way, if you want your child to make friends with the child down the street, you can talk about friendship till you are blue in the face and it gets nowhere.  What you can do is arrange a meeting where friendship may occur.

  • The way to develop belief and build faith is to introduce people to Jesus.
  • It is only when people get to know Jesus as Saviour and Lord will their ideas about God become life changing truth.
  • Our goal must be to arrange lots of meetings where people get to hear about Jesus and see Him in action in the lives of Christians.

Stephen Semenchuk
Senior Minister

Bulletin 3rd January, 2010

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Bulletin 3rd January 2010 (PDF 545kb)

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