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Book Launch – Yes! A Christian Vision of Life
Below is a recording of the Book launch of Dr Thorwald Lorenzen’s latest book, Yes! A Christian Vision of Life. It took place on the 27th of February 2022 at Canberra Baptist Church.
Below is a recording of the Book launch of Dr Thorwald Lorenzen’s latest book, Yes! A Christian Vision of Life. It took place on the 27th of February 2022 at Canberra Baptist Church.
Well, it was a blow hearing lockdown had been extended for a further four weeks! However, it does feel like what needed to happen, considering the ongoing case numbers and our desire to protect our neighbours and friends in the Canberra community, particularly those not yet fully vaccinated or whose Read more…
Dear Friends, I love being Australian. I never really thought about my nationality much until I was 15 and I moved to the United States for a year. Being Australian became my entire identity; my funny accent, my strange lexicon, the way I said Narrr instead of No, all these Read more…
Happy 5th day of Easter! I have been reading up on the church calendar and, did you know, this Sunday coming, the 8th day of Easter, has at least different 8 names! In Western Christianity it is often referred to as Low Sunday and I can understand that! After all Read more…
On this day we remember before you the women of the world. We give you thanks for all those women who make the world a better place. And we also remember the men who play an important role in their lives. We plead for the women whose lives are blighted by pain Read more…
Dear Friends Knowing we would be celebrating our Church Anniversary today, I asked our Church Archivist, Edna Jones, a few questions during the week. Here is what she shared with me. How long have you been the Archivist and why did you take on the role? Only since Read more…
Canberra Baptist Church Response Context At the 2019 September Baptist Assembly a group of member churches brought a series of motions proposing disaffiliation of churches and pastors who no longer hold to the Association’s Foundational Beliefs, Objects and Values as outlined in the Constitution of the Association. These motions Read more…
Dear Friends We had a plan. Well, in fact, for SMAD Camp we had several plans. We had a plan for the day. We had a plan for smoke haze. We had a plan for wet weather. What we didn’t plan for was hail. We can’t plan for everything Read more…
Dear Friends I had been attending Canberra Baptist Church for a little over a year when I took on the role of Office Manager. It wasn’t until I was in the office, day in and day out, that I realised just how integral volunteers are to the running of the Read more…
Dear Friends In the last few weeks many in our church have been away at camp! To fill us in on what happened, I’ve asked Lewis Watson (Year 6) and Cara Edgerton (year 10) to write today’s pastor’s note. The Dads & Kids Camp at Pretty Beach was another Read more…