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Canberra Baptist Church 9.00 & 10.30am services, 16 February 2020 Sharing God’s Love and Justice in Words and Actions Rev. John Morrison _____________________________________________________________________________________   Reading               Matthew 22:34-40; 23:13-15, 23-28.   James 2:14-26.  (NRSV)   Introduction   Today we are looking at our 3rd Church goal – “sharing God’s love and justice Read more…

Rev. John Morrison Reading               Matthew 9:9-13.   2 Samuel 9:1-13.  (NRSV) Introduction Over these 3 Sundays leading up to our Church Anniversary, we are looking at the 3 goals in our Church’s Goals Statement. It’s printed on the front of the bulletin, but I’ll also put it up on the screen. Read more…

Rev. John Morrison _______________________________________________________________________________________   Reading               John 14:15-27 (NRSV)   Introduction   During my first couple of days back here at Canberra Baptist, I had quite a detailed orientation with Belinda. A re-orientation, I guess, seeing that I’d been here previously and this is a comeback. We discussed some of Read more…

Rev. John Morrison _______________________________________________________________________________________   Readings             Micah 6:1-8 & Matthew 5:1-12 (NRSV)   Introduction   26th January. Today. Australia Day, at least officially. Others call it Invasion Day, Survival Day, Day of Mourning. A day that is meant to unite us as a nation but which is increasingly divisive.   Read more…

Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17   This day in the Christian calendar is set aside to focus on the baptism of Jesus. A day to recall an event in the life of Jesus, a key in the sense that it marks a new beginning – for Jesus’ public ministry, his awareness Read more…

John 1:1-18 & Matthew 2:1-12 Late last year I bought a book called Last Christmas. It is not the book of the film – which was a bit of a festive season flop – but a collection of essays and stories about ‘people’s memories of past Christmases and hopes for Read more…