Last year mgpc tripled its Sunday School attendance. This came about because we adopted a Sunday morning practice of having Sunday School after our morning worship. It has come to be important to us in understanding and practice that gathering for worship on Sunday is not the equivalent of TAFE (with good coffee), and having …

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Thom Rainer provides twelve characteristics found in healthy growing churches. (Part 1, Part 2) This is the sort of community we’re seeking to cultivate at mgpc. Lists such as this point to our trajectory. We haven’t arrived, and our attainments in some areas lag behind others, but they’re the direction we know we should be …

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In a poignant post by R.C. Sproul junior about life without the presence of his recently deceased wife Denise he makes this comment, Prayers for strength, wisdom and perseverance, are of course not just welcomed but coveted. But do not pray as those who are without hope – that’s just worrying on your knees. Instead …

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