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Welcome to edition 129 of E-News
Christmas is nearly here – two more sleeps and I am very excited. I just love Christmas – in fact everything about it. I love the lights, trees, sense of family, carols, presents, food and the reason for this season being Jesus.
I love thinking about what God did for us and I love remembering that.
Our Christmas Eve service really excites me – 7.00 pm and plenty of carol singing. ALSO our Christmas Eve service offering will go towards Tri-Nations as it does every year.
So as I prepare to go on leave for January 2010 I have this wonderful sense about what God will do in 2010. I have been telling everyone about it – I am just so positive about the future and what opportunities God is waiting to open up for you and me.
So on behalf of Gail and our four children have a wonderful Christmas – enjoy family and friends – enjoy all there is to Christmas – relax and refresh for 2010 and I will see you at our wonderful Christmas Eve service.
Thank you for being a fantastic church – full of grace, compassion, generosity, honouring and mercy. You are indeed awesome and my love for you grows constantly.
Let 2010 come with all it’s challenges and joys – yet let it come with such a great sense of anticipation.
God bless – much love
Mark
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Welcome to edition 128 of E-News
This weekend is special for any number of reasons – the collection of our Tri-Nations Offering, praying for every person in the life of the church, honouring our leaders and volunteers and a message that I am really excited about.
So I thought it would be good to have someone else express their thoughts about what Tri-Nations means to them. My son Nicholas wrote this and I have also published it on my blog.
“Why is it that the burdens and stories of humanity always seem to move the very heart of man?
At the moment on our local radio network they are conducting the annual B105 Christmas Appeal. This appeal is targeted towards raising much needed money for the Royal Children’s Hospital and has been running for many years now.
One thing that really gets me every time (especially as its backed by the Coldplay song ‘Fix You’) is when they tell the stories of young children and families whose lives have been devastatingly affected by some illness or injury that has caused them to need the help of the doctors, nurses and teams of specialists at the hospital. Some have never left since being born, others spend more time there than anywhere else … to them this place is their home.
This morning as I was driving into work I listened once again to the story of a young boy whose life has been affected by illness and the amazing work that the hospital is doing, I found myself sitting silently intently listening to his story and being completely moved by the struggle that he faces. I found myself at a place where I wanted to do all in my powers to help, to find away to make it better for this young child. Why is this? I have never met him, I have never been part of this life or even experienced the struggles that he faces. Yet, his story made me stop and think.
So back to my original question, from disaster victims across the world, to the homeless that make their home on our streets, to a young life here faced with a life-threatening illness in Brisbane, why is it that we can be so moved by the stories of humanity and struggles of those we have never met? Maybe it’s because God is moved by the very same stories of humanity. Right throughout the bible we hear of how Jesus was moved with compassion and then acted upon that compassion and did something about it – he healed the sick, fed the hungry, and gave comfort to those who were hurting. I think this is the picture that God wants us to take note of – the ability to see beyond our own circumstances and then choose an act of compassion.
As we head into this weekend and our annual Tri Nations Appeal, will you be moved with compassion by the projects that we are partnering with in China and Lesotho? Will you be willing to act on that compassion and join together to do something to change the lives of those you have not met yet each individual with their own unique story?”
So this weekend don’t miss either of our great services – bring a generous offering, come and be prayed for, honour our leaders and volunteers AND enjoy all that church is this weekend.
Love you heaps!
Keep praying for Gail and our children – see you this weekend!
Mark
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332 Ripley Road, FLINDERS VIEW QLD 4305
PO Box 4127, RACEVIEW QLD 4305
Queensland, Australia
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Fx: +61 7 3288 0699
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