Sunday, Aug 29, 2010
Sunday August 29, 2010
During this past week we have been spending time at our prayer
meetings thanking the Lord for His great work over the past 18
years. Click
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Sunday, Aug 22, 2010
Sunday August 22, 2010
On this our 18th church anniversary as we pause to give thanks to
God, I looked back over some of the words written in the pastor's
leader in the past 12 months.
Sunday, Aug 15, 2010
Sunday August 15, 2010
Today we look back with great thankfulness to God for His amazing
work last weekend.
Sunday, Aug 8, 2010
Sunday August 8, 2010
This morning we are giving thanks to the Lord for last night's
Youth Festival here at Bridgeman.
Sunday, Aug 1, 2010
Sunday August 1, 2010
Tomorrow we begin the Shift 2010 school tour, visiting 11 local
high schools in five days, providing the opportunity to make
contact directly with around 6000 students.
Sunday, Jul 25, 2010
Sunday July 25, 2010
Quite a few mentioned to me last Sunday, during the picnic and
supper, about the wonderful sense of peace you experience on the
new property.
Sunday, Jul 18, 2010
Sunday July 18, 2010
Welcome today to our Consecration Sunday Services.
Sunday, Jul 11, 2010
Sunday July 11, 2010
This morning it's a great joy to be celebrating with our Christian
brothers and sisters in the Indigenous community as
part of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal
Islander Day Observance Celebration).
Wednesday, Apr 7, 2010
Sunday July 4, 2010
This morning we are saying farewell to Pastor Tim and Kerri
Sweetman as they begin a new part of their ministry journey.
Sunday, Jun 27, 2010
Sunday June 27, 2010
One of the hardest ministries to sustain in a church is sharing,
caring and teaching children about Christ.
Sunday, Jun 20, 2010
Sunday June 20, 2010
Around this time last year the Lord powerfully re-affirmed
that we should continue to press forward as a church so that none
were turned away.
Sunday, Jun 13, 2010
Sunday June 13, 2010
This morning is an historic occasion for us as we farewell our
first team to the Mully Children's Family in Kenya.
Sunday, Jun 6, 2010
Sunday June 6, 2010
Yesterday at the church conference we spent time reflecting on the
plans the Lord is giving us for the year ahead and beyond.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday May 30, 2010
Around this time next month we are looking forward to taking
possession of 264 Graham Rd.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Sunday May 23, 2010
The day before we prayed for 24 hours there was a powerful
affirmation that what we were doing was right in the stream of
God's will for us as a church.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Sunday May 16, 2010
This coming Wednesday morning at 6.30 we are commencing 24
hours of prayer and fasting.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Sunday May 9, 2010
On this Mothers' Day I do want to express a very warm welcome to
all those who may be visiting with us.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Sunday May 2, 2010
Do you want to see God move in awesome ways? Perhaps in your own
life....maybe across the church....imagine across a whole
community.
Sunday, Apr 25, 2010
Sunday April 25, 2010
On this Anzac Day we give thanks to God for the freedoms we and so
many others around the world enjoy because of the sacrifices many
have made in serving our nation.
Sunday, Apr 18, 2010
Sunday April 18, 2010
In my readings during the past week I read the following note in
the Application Bible on 2 Kings 20:5-6.
Sunday, Apr 11, 2010
Sunday April 11, 2010
We thank the Lord for the powerful sense of His presence at all our
Easter services.
Sunday, Apr 4, 2010
Sunday April 4, 2010
This Easter Sunday morning we celebrate the fact that Jesus
is alive and what better way to do that than to share with Leith
and Cassie as they get baptised.
Sunday, Mar 28, 2010
Sunday March 28, 2010
Today as a church we are celebrating together with two people in
our congregation who are being baptised.
Sunday, Mar 21, 2010
Sunday March 21, 2010
I have found the past few weeks somewhat disturbing as we
grappled with the thoughts and ideas expressed in the Prodigal God
series.
Sunday, Mar 14, 2010
Sunday March 14, 2010
In the last couple of months there has been a really strong
conviction that the Holy Spirit is wanting to do something beyond
anything we have ever seen before in this church.
Sunday, Mar 7, 2010
Last Tuesday evening, in the middle of the pouring rain, about
30 people gathered together in the youth hall to pray for those who
have not yet found Jesus.
Sunday, Feb 28, 2010
Last Sunday the Lord called my mum home. It seemed so right that
it was early Sunday morning that mum saw her Saviour face to
face.
Sunday, Feb 21, 2010
At the teams conference our staff attended in January, I
remember Pastor Nathan saying that his "big prayer" for 2010 was
that 800 people would participate in the Prodigal God series.
Sunday, Feb 14, 2010
Last Wednesday Feb 10 2010, we spent 10 hours praying together
as a church at Encounter 10 10.
Sunday, Jan 10, 2010
Up until a few weeks ago my lawn was brown and dead. One good
thing about having very little rain is that you don't need to mow
very often.
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009
I had a couple of 'moments' last Saturday night at the carols
where I was significantly moved.
Sunday, Dec 13, 2009
As I write these words, we are looking forward to the
opportunity to share Christ's love at Christmas in the Park.
Sunday, Dec 6, 2009
Last Sunday a huge amount of food was given for the Christmas
hampers and in
addition monetary gifts totalling nearly $1,000 were found in the
baskets.
Sunday, Nov 29, 2009
Today we are setting aside time to thank the Lord for His
incredible goodness to us during another year.
Sunday, Nov 22, 2009
This week we begin our Christmas celebrations with the Senior's
High Tea on Wednesday, the Playtime break next Saturday and a
special outreach service next Sunday at the 6.30pm service "When
love came to town".
Sunday, Nov 15, 2009
This weekend we are focusing on the special task that Jesus has
given us of sharing the good news throughout the world.
Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Sunday November 8
Yesterday a great team from the church were involved in
iCare where practical support was offered to those who
needed a helping hand.
Sunday, Nov 1, 2009
Last Wednesday evening at the Prayer and Healing service many
people came and asked for God's help and healing.
Sunday, Oct 25, 2009
During the week in my daily readings I read an awesome passage
in 1 Chronicles 23 about ministry in the temple.
Sunday, Oct 18, 2009
Last Sunday Pastor Martin arrived at the school where The Grove
church meets and was informed that they would need to meet in
another building, smaller and harder to find, as the usual
auditorium was not available for the next three weeks.
Sunday, Oct 11, 2009
At our last corporate prayer meeting (September 17) which was
called in response to the DVD message by David Wilkinson's "Cry Of
Anguish", we sensed God's heart for our deeply broken
world.
Sunday, Oct 4, 2009
Thank you to all who came out yesterday to help with the spring
clean of the church property.
Sunday, Sep 27, 2009
Last Sunday night I was talking to someone after the night
service who doesn't attend this church but visits from time to
time.
Sunday, Sep 6, 2009
Last Wednesday evening about 25 people met to pray for our
community. It was a powerful evening as we felt God's heart for our
world and also felt the weight of our responsibility to be
interceding for those around us.
Sunday, Aug 30, 2009
Last Sunday evening around 1000 people from dhiiyaan, The Grove
and Bridgeman met "together as one" to worship and thank the Lord
for all His love and goodness to us.
Sunday, Aug 23, 2009
Today we pause to give thanks to the Lord for His amazing
goodness and kindness to us as his people over the past 17
years.
Sunday, Aug 16, 2009
Sunday August 16, 2009
Next Sunday we are celebrating God's incredible goodness to us over
the past 17 years.
Sunday, Aug 9, 2009
During the past week my readings in Encounter with God covered
some of the events in the life of Jacob.
Sunday, Aug 2, 2009
Last Saturday week during the SHIFT prayer meeting we were
focussing our prayers on Jim who was at that very time sharing the
gospel through his testimony with a huge crowd of young people who
had gathered to watch the BMX riders.
Sunday, Jul 26, 2009
As I write this we are just one day out from Shift 09. We are
trusting God for a great event full of His blessing and power.
Sunday, Jul 19, 2009
Last Sunday was a very moving day as we personally and
corporately consecrated ourselves afresh to God and all He is
calling us to do in the year ahead.
Sunday, Jul 12, 2009
As the church council and pastoral team met on the first day of
the Ten Days of Prayer one of the words we received is that we
needed to consecrate ourselves afresh to God.
Sunday, Jul 5, 2009
There's been a great buzz at the church from Wednesday to Friday
with 140 children and 40 leaders singing, playing games, sharing
God's Word, learning memory verses, eating, completing craft
activities and lots more at the children's holiday program BUZZ
09.
Sunday, Jun 28, 2009
Last Tuesday night the young adults team arrived safely home
from the Solomon Islands after a week full of interesting
experiences and unique opportunities to minister.
Sunday, Jun 21, 2009
At all our services today I want to share a short presentation
on the Vision and Finance plan we believe the Lord has given us for
2009-2010.
Sunday, Jun 14, 2009
Last Monday afternoon on the Queen's birthday holiday over 100
people attended the church conference.
Sunday, Jun 7, 2009
The past week is one of the most blessed weeks we have ever
experienced in the history of Bridgeman.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Last week I mentioned that I would share about a powerful
incident that occurred during the final half hour of our ten hours
of prayer that concluded our Ten Days of Prayer.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
The special ten days of prayer that concluded with ten hours of
prayer last Thursday, has been a very significant period for us as
a church.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Prior to Easter, during the Jeremiah series, I was impacted by
the time the people asked for God's wisdom through the prophet
Jeremiah.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
On this Mothers' Day I do want to express a very warm welcome to
all those who may be visiting with us.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
When this church began almost 17 years ago we dreamed that
through God's grace He would use us to transform our local
community.
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009
My daily notes last Thursday from 'Encounter with God' began
with these verses from Jeremiah 17:7 & 8.
Sunday, Apr 19, 2009
Today we are giving thanks for the blessing of God over our
Easter services last weekend.
Sunday, Apr 12, 2009
I remember around 14 years ago, spending time with
someone associated with our church who was undergoing treatment for
cancer.
Sunday, Apr 5, 2009
During the week I heard the amazing story of four guys in our
church coming across a seriously injured trail-bike rider while
they were out riding.
Sunday, Mar 29, 2009
The gracious and loving ministry of the Holy Spirit continues to
touch the hearts of many in our church family.