Sharing God’s Love and Justice in Words and Actions

Canberra Baptist Church 9.00 & 10.30am services, 16 February 2020 Sharing God’s Love and Justice in Words and Actions Rev. John Morrison _____________________________________________________________________________________   Reading               Matthew 22:34-40; 23:13-15, 23-28.   James 2:14-26.  (NRSV)   Introduction   Today we are looking at our 3rd Church goal – “sharing God’s love and justice Read more
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Building an Inclusive, Caring Community

Rev. John Morrison Reading               Matthew 9:9-13.   2 Samuel 9:1-13.  (NRSV) Introduction Over these 3 Sundays leading up to our Church Anniversary, we are looking at the 3 goals in our Church’s Goals Statement. It’s printed on the front of the bulletin, but I’ll also put it up on the screen. Read more
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Led by the Spirit, we will explore together what it means to follow Jesus today.

Rev. John Morrison _______________________________________________________________________________________   Reading               John 14:15-27 (NRSV)   Introduction   During my first couple of days back here at Canberra Baptist, I had quite a detailed orientation with Belinda. A re-orientation, I guess, seeing that I’d been here previously and this is a comeback. We discussed some of Read more
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Celebration or Commiseration?

Rev. John Morrison _______________________________________________________________________________________   Readings             Micah 6:1-8 & Matthew 5:1-12 (NRSV)   Introduction   26th January. Today. Australia Day, at least officially. Others call it Invasion Day, Survival Day, Day of Mourning. A day that is meant to unite us as a nation but which is increasingly divisive.   Read more
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Three gifts

John 1:1-18 & Matthew 2:1-12 Late last year I bought a book called Last Christmas. It is not the book of the film – which was a bit of a festive season flop – but a collection of essays and stories about ‘people’s memories of past Christmases and hopes for Read more
By Belinda Groves, ago

Christmas Day – Shepherds

Luke 2:8-14, John 1:1-14 A few years ago, I told a story about the coldest Christmas I can remember. It was while Aron and I were living in Japan – before children – and on Christmas Eve we went to church – it was the only Christmas service our church Read more
By Belinda Groves, ago

Christmas Eve- Birth Stories

Luke 2:1-16   I have a son was born on the 5th December. He was not my firstborn son. He was child number 3 – but it was close enough to the Christmas story for his big sister Miriam, aged 5 at the time, to draw all her Christmas cards Read more
By Belinda Groves, ago

Taking Joseph in

Matthew 2:18-25   There’s a lot to take in when you discover you’re pregnant – even in a planned pregnancy. Actually, the more I think about it ’planned pregnancy’ has to be an oxymoron (similar to another expression I remember from that period in my life – making a ‘birth Read more
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Mary

 Isaiah 35:1-10, Luke 1:39-55 As you know this church and many churches around the world mark the four Sundays leading up to Christmas as the season of Advent. Advent literally means ‘arrival’ or ‘coming’ and is observed as a time of waiting or longing. Waiting, yes, to celebrate again the Read more
By Belinda Groves, ago