Thoughts from the Desk

Today we talked abut different world religions, and the uniqueness of Christianity.  In the Christian faith, the arrow goes down! It goes from God to us and hits the ground directly and completely.  Any attempts for us to make the arrow go up and meet it in the sky is unbelief!

This is the PowerPoint we looked at… Religions.pps

The sermon can be found here… Sermon

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All religions are basically the same. They all serve the same function, namely to meet God, and be better people. It doesn’t matter what brand or tradition or culture you were born in, the purpose is the same.
Is that true?
This week we will be looking at the world religions and asking if Christianity is even a religion at all! Check out this video to help you think about it… Why I Hate Religion
Come to think about it and get ways of talking about it with your friends. SUNDAY 10am
Join the conversation on Twitter using #parkbc

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Coming up soon, we are going to try our first prayer room with the 24-7 Prayer movement.
We’re going to try praying for 12 hours.  You can sign up for time from 30 minutes minimum to longer by clicking here: 24-7 Bookings

You should also look around the 24-7 prayer website. You can see who’s praying now!  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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This conference is really good and we are strongly urging the whole church family to go. There are main sessions with speaker Karl Faase, and many electives based on your area of interest.

 

Brochure here:
4D Brochure

Register here:
4D Registration

Last year there were three or four hundred people there! This year proves to be bigger and better!

 

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After the success of the Bible in 90 challenge, we’re going for something a little slower and a little more reflective.  It will be a reflective reading of Hebrews in 26 days with weekends off!
Hebrews is an interesting book whose genre is unclear.  It actually reads like a sermon. Jesus is the key figure as the mediator between God and humanity.
Why not join up now? The start date is 22 August.
More info and registration links here: http://www.parksidebaptist.org.au/Ministries/bible_reading_challenge/

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Here’s something new: We’re trying out using Twitter to get some feedback on our sermons. During a message, some people would love to jump up and say, “Hey, what about…” but in the context of a sermon you may feel a little inhibited (not to mention the preacher’s reaction!)

But now you can pass your comments along to the preacher, and to others as the sermon is going.  I won’t be checking my phone as I preach, but I will afterwards, and will respond as best as I can.
Just include the #parkbc hashtag in your tweets. And you can follow me as well! @David_G_Smith

See my latest tweets on our home page.

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Recently, six men from our church took a men’s trip to Central Australia to encourage one of our workers. David Blackman has served with Wycliffe/SIL translating the Bible into the Alyawarr language. Epenarra is in the heart of the Alyawarr region.
In Alice Springs we held a couple of men’s small group sessions with David. We aimed to encourage him, and each other in our roles of godly man and godly father.
We also ran a men’s night on the topic of fathering for the men of Alice Springs Baptist Church.
After that, David and his co-worker, David Strickland, guided us to Epenarra where we participated in the community and its small church.
The visit was an important for us as a team of men, and also important because we had previously financed a church structure for Epenarra as part of our own building programme.
We delivered a wooden cross made from timber from our old church.
The six men in our team were wholly impressed with the caliber of the two Davids who had both carved out years of their lives to serve in these communities.

How the Alyawarr church shares the gospel.


The team and the cross we brought.


Playing with the kids.

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Bible Reading Challenge
We have discovered that reading the Bible makes a difference!

The Bible Reading Challenge began in May, 2009 when about ten of us read the Bible in 90 days.  So great was the impact that we decided that there will always be a Bible reading challenge on the go.  Some are easy, some not so easy.  All are worthwhile!

Participants keep in contact by email and/or Facebook for updates, commentaries, discussion etc.

Challenges are updated often…

CURRENT CHALLENGE:

Bi90 ELEVEN

READ THE BIBLE IN 90 DAYS!

From Thursday May 5th!

Take 3 months of the year when and feel disciplined in your life.
• PLUS: The sense of achievement is awesome
• PLUS PLUS: Learn so much about the big picture in the Bible
• PLUS PLUS PLUS: Feel close to God doing this.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

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Join us this Easter…
9:30am Good Friday and 10:00am Easter Sunday.
Will be encouraged and helped to relive the Easter story through visual and creative worship.

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