Great video.

Pretty much the theme for me at the moment is that God will provide, and He will get the glory.
As our Church looks to make some large and risky decisions, unless God provides, we wont be able to establish a performing arts centre for emerging artists.

Here and now I say….God will need to provide. And if He does, it will be to His glory, and the lifting of His name.
Let His name be spoken of far and wide.

God provide, advance Your Kingdom here.

Amazing.
Well done video, amazing skills…

Over 12 months ago my Youth Pastor, James Middleton, and I, started discussing the possibility of planting a Campus of Inglewood Church. We talked about what was in our area, where the needs where, and what we could do.
I put it to him that we should take a risk and launch out. He took up the challenge and we decided he would be the Campus Pastor of a Church Plant at Edith Cowan University at Mnt Lawley.
It is close to our Church, it has a demographic our Church lacks, and it is strategic. As the vision was birthed in our hearts a story started to be told. Imagine if we could see students from all over the world be sent out to a world to be leaders in government, enterprise, education and the arts…having discovered Jesus.

James and the very hardworking team from Inglewood Community Church have been serving pancakes, giving food and practical help, driving international students around and generally serving them for the past 12 months. It is a great and hardworking team, dedicated to Jesus, and the students at ECU. They help in whatever area they can and are authentic examples of Christ followers.

We launched the service this Sunday night at the University Campus. The idea being we are there to serve them, and to be a positive influence on Campus. About 40 people turned up, the committed ones, some interested onlookers, and some visitors. It was a great start and we are very excited about what God is going to do.

James Welcomes People to The Hub

17 “When the poor and needy search for water and there is none,
      and their tongues are parched from thirst,
   then I, the Lord, will answer them.
      I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.
 18 I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus.
      I will give them fountains of water in the valleys.
   I will fill the desert with pools of water.
      Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.
 19 I will plant trees in the barren desert—
      cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.
 20 I am doing this so all who see this miracle
      will understand what it means—
   that it is the Lord who has done this,
      the Holy One of Israel who created it.

Its been a busy weekend, with a dark Monday to kick off the week.
We look after some children from a family going through some struggles on the weekend. Lovely kids, but having them at our place created an unbalance and made me appreciate my family.

Yesterday I had a few difficult things to deal with. Being a church which meets in a temporary facility brings with it unique challenges. Not owning, or even leasing, property means you don’t have authority to do what you need to sometimes….Brian Houston from Hillsong Church gave a message once on what it was like when his church was renting different facilities. He talked about how ownership gave you authority…and freedom.

Our Church stands at the precipice of our next big move, and it is intimidating, but necessary. We can’t stay where we are, for many reasons.

I have many balls to juggle. Along with trying to sell property, launch a new campus, deal with Church issues for next years and plan for long service. Love my church, love my ministry…but its pretty all encompassing in my thinking at the moment.