Sunday 11 April 2021 – The Emmaus Way

The Emmaus Way – Mark 16:1-8 I think I’ve told this story before, about a disastrous sermon my father preached at Epping Baptist in Sydney where he began by saying to the congregation that the basic principle of mission, the fundamental practice of the Christian church, is ‘to go’. So Read more
By Belinda Groves, ago

Sunday 28 March 2021 – Donkey details

Psalm 118, Mark 11:1-11 I love all those facts about donkeys, and the writer of Mark was obviously keen on donkeys too because the extraordinary thing about this account of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, this event that we celebrate with Christians around the world today, on Palm Sunday, is that Read more
By Belinda Groves, ago

Sunday 7 March 2021 -The Power of the Cross

The Power of the Cross 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Like the churches we’ve just seen (in the images on the screen) the Cross is clearly a central and unifying symbol for the Christian community wherever it is located and in whatever tradition. There are crosses of every description, some enhanced in Read more
By Paul Falconer, ago

Sunday 28 February 2021

Acts 15:1-17 Our reading this morning describes a watershed moment in the life of the early church, and perhaps we, too, feel this is a significant – if not a watershed time – for the Baptist church in NSW and ACT, around both how we will respond to the issue Read more
By Belinda Groves, ago