So, here’s the document which mgpc endorsed/adopted/supported last Sunday. MGPC Ministry & Mission 2012 Hopefully it speaks for itself. I’ve never really been a part of a church that tries to clearly state its broad ministry aims for the next year before. Getting used to the process has been a real transition. I added a …

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Tomorrow I’ll post the Ministry And Mission 2012 document and draft budget that Mount Gambier Presbyterian Church adopted last Sunday. One of the perennial questions we get each year is why our budget is always in deficit. It’s because we plan it that way. We do hold some invested funds, and that’s because folk either …

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I wrote this article for publication in Mount Gambier’s local paper, The Border Watch last Friday. Recently our town council has purchased the derelict site of our former hospital, now vacant for some fifteen years. Tours around the grounds were recently conducted to enable locals to refamiliarise themselves with the precinct. Having only lived in …

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From here. 1. Acknowledge that the public reading of the Scriptures is important. 2. See for yourself how interpretation and verbal nuances makes a difference. 3. Make sure you understand the meaning of the passage. 4. Become comfortable with expressing a wide range of emotions. 5. Read some children’s book aloud. 6. Use the very …

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