Last night mgpc had our annual sale of gifts. This is an where the items from our Harvest Festival (and a lot more) get auctioned off. This year the proceeds are being given to the Para Hills Presbyterian Church, in addition to our existing support. They’re going to use the funds to reach out into …
Stephen McDonald has posted his final sets of notes from the Melbourne Presbyterian Theological College’s 2012 Pastor’s Conference. I’ve posted links to his day one notes here and the day two notes here. The first of these, Overcoming The Superman Syndrome is a cracker. And David’s material on Why Plant Churches? is very helpful. Session …
Begin rant. I know saying the Presbyterian Church of Australia doesn’t have enough committees is like saying a hospital needs more germs, but hear me out. Tuesday afternoon/evening I attended what would have been the meeting of the national Church Planting / Church Growth committee. Except that committee doesn’t exist. Instead, the leaders of the …
The last week of January / first week of February is when the annual meetings of various committees of the Presbyterian Church of Australia are held in Sydney. As a pastor from one of the smaller state churches I back up and attend a few and make a week of it. Today I’ll be meeting …
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