Docker Dave has just about nailed my feelings here…
” i know we’re in a rebuilding phase and i accept we’re going to lose more than we win but i still expect some sort of competitive effort. the blokes who’ve now been around for 4 years or more need to be doing a lot more than they are instead of expecting the few really senior players to carry the side”
Another big crowd in today at church…wow…need to think about how we are going to change as we grow.
Sad to say goodbye to our former associate pastor Colin Craggs…and his wife….
they have been so valuable and wonderful to get to know and minister with.
But it was great to raise some money, pray and annoint them…and send them off as apostles…sent ones….cant wait to see what God does through them….
Looking forward to next week…at our Anzac Day Church service, cant wait to hear what my old sunday school teacher has to say.
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It should start off well….daughters ‘cat’ party on Saturday morning, followed by a mates wedding…it has been a long time coming.
I will recieve updates via gprs on the game (Dockers verses Saints) at the reception….but that is where the fun will probably stop. Cant see us getting within 40 points of the Saints…but you never know. Two teams enter the field.
Sunday will be sad and good as well. Craggs last Sunday…..as posted about here before…
Then off to Mandurah to pick up a new addition to the Edward’s household…she has been asking for one for a long time, and we have finally relented…pictures to be posted here on Monday.
When we started this whole adventure of merging two churches, one of the key issues was leadership. This was actually solved rather rapidly when Pastor Colin decided that his call was to plant churches and resource leaders in India with CRM ministries.
It has been an absolute joy, and an unexpected strength to work with Colin these past 8 or 9 months. It will be tough to say goodbye, a large part of me wishes that he could stay on. But God has called Craggs family to another nation.
What a joy it will be to hear and see what God does through them. I think Colin is gifted for this type of ministry, teaching, coaching, discipling, enabling others to plant churches. He will be a great resource for them. Their gain, is our loss.
If you know Colin and Carolyn, and are at a loose end on Sunday, it would be great to come and wish them well.
but what comes out of your heart….Jesus (Mark 7.15)
Continuing my reading from the gospel of Mark.
So much of what we consider to be ‘wrong’ is not ‘wrong’ but tradition.
The Pharisees has built up all these religious rules and regulations.
The Puritans did the same.
With freedom and grace comes responsibility, to our fellow Christians, and to those on a journey.
But either way, I know that I often judge and am restricted by my upbringing…and can be quick to judge, or even dissalow myself from things, which have nothing to do with Christianity, and far more to do with my religion.
I don’t want to ‘shove’ my freedom in anyones face, but I also don’t want to judge myself and others…when God is not judging me.