Stand firm

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain. - 1 Corinthians 15:58

This verse begins with the word therefore, and whenever we see this word in scripture we must, according to Rick Warren ask- what is it there for? Well; Paul has just finished arguing for the resurrection. The resurrection of Christ is on the one hand, and then the hope of resurrection for those in Christ, on the other. Paul says; because of the resurrection of Jesus and our hope in him and indeed because of his victory over death itself everything is different and because everything is different Paul says; “stand firm”. Don’t get distracted. Don’t lose heart. Don’t let your faith give way- stand firm on the fact that Jesus is raised, making him King of all, and giving us an invisible hope in Him. Don’t let anything shake you Paul says. Instead give yourself fully to the work of the Lord.

This is a wonderful encouragement. If Jesus is raised from the dead, then any other task, any other god (lower case “g”), is not worthy of our time or energy what matters most is the “work of the Lord”. What is this work- anything we might do to the glory of God of course; but surely right at the guts of that work is the work of making disciples of the King. The death conquering King. We are to give ourselves fully to that work- why because such work is of eternal value- it is not in vain. Jesus was raised from the dead. So let’s be a people who give ourselves fully to the work of the Lord.

Grace and peace from Marcus

Vision Sunday – 27^th Nov

This Vision Sunday Service will be our last look at Christ’s desire, ‘I will build my church’.

Our members are invited to meet 15 minutes after the service for our Annual General Meeting. 

Christmas Carols & Christmas Service – 3^rd and 11^th Dec

Invite your friends and family to our celebration of Christ’s birth.

Please join us in prayer this month for Christmas and that we will make most of our biggest opportunity of the year to share Jesus Christ with our growing community, Pray that those seeking God will meet with you at these events. Colossians 4:5

“The lion has roared; so who isn’t frightened?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken; so who can refuse to proclaim his message?” Amos 3:8

Safe Places

The government encourages organisation to manage the potential risks in their individual environments and to implement effective child safe practices including:

• Developing Safe Places polices;
• Having a Safe Places code of conduct;
• Ensuring effective staff recruitment and training;
• Understanding our privacy considerations
• Planning for managing risk;
• Planning for effective dealing with concerns or complaints about behaviours towards a child; and
• Attending Safe Places training

Prayer Meeting 

Please join us before each Sunday morning service at 9:15 am near the kitchen to pray for our service and kids ministries, our Cross-Cultural and Vocational workers, our home groups, Stone Fish, the Bridge Café, church growth, PlayDate, each other and the Riverstone community.