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The following is an excerpt from Kel Richards’ tract Christmas Wordwatch (Matthias Media, Kingsford, 2006). “The word ‘Christmas’ first appears in something called the Old English Chronicle almost a thousand years ago (in the year 1123 to be precise). It comes from the late Old English expression Cristes maesse. And this Old English word maesse…
When you do, it is all the more reason to come to Carols on the Lawn (Saturday 12 December) and our Christmas Services! “‘Carol’ came into English in the 14th century from an Old French word meaning ‘joyful song’. In fact, it meant a song so bright and joyful that you could dance to it….
Last Saturday morning I checked Facebook before I checked the news. I saw that a friend of mine who lives in Paris had posted that she was safe and sound in Italy. I remember thinking what an odd thing to post. I was a bit confused. It was only a few hours later that one…
Part 2 – What has surprised me about ministry? It is a challenging but exciting thing to look back on one’s first year of ministry. There are some really fond memories but also some awkward moments where I am embarrassed to remember how badly I have put my foot in it. When you leave theological…
Euthanasia is a very topical issue at the moment. I don’t know if you’ve seen the number of news stories recently about euthanasia. A few weeks ago, the governor of California signed into State Law the “End of Life Option Act”, allowing for voluntary euthanasia. This came on the back of the story of Brittany…
Part 1 – What does a minster do all day? A few months ago I was away and I got to meet new people each and every day. The conversation always came round to the question ‘so what do you do during the week?’ At the end of my trip I reflected to a friend…
Recently, I looked around at all the faces in church and realised that with the exception of my wife, I did not know a single person there two years ago. It’s really amazing how God builds His church, bringing together people who would otherwise not have known each other. Every church community will look and…
Work, rest, play I need to preface this blog by stating that I am not an economist. I very rarely understand the articles in the Financial Review and I if you ask our church treasurer I sometimes struggle to make my work budget balance. Economics and commerce are not personal strong suits. With these caveats…
This week at one1seven we are starting a new sermon series on Philippians. Our senior Pastor Matt has penned some thoughts on the letter and the upcoming series. For the remainder of 2015 we are going to be studying Paul’s letter to the Philippian church. It is a letter about Jesus and it is a…
Recently, I looked around at all the faces in church and realised that with the exception of my wife, I did not know a single person there two years ago. It’s really amazing how God builds His church, bringing together people who would otherwise not have known each other. Every church community will look and…
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