NSW Presbyterian Pulse – February 2011 online pdf edition now available. Articles on helping Christians in Timor Leste (East Timor), the flood financial appeal, David Burke’s return from Singapore to Sydney’s Presbyterian Theological Center, and a very timely article by John McLean which answers: ‘Does Grace Undermine Goodness’ which I’ll come back to in a …

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Refreshing insights into the process of pastoral searches can be found in this interview with Michael Lawrence. Pastoral moves, and I refer to the Presbyterian system here in Australia, are not generally open. I remember as a student providing a supply service one Sunday for a nearby church whose then pastor was ‘away for the …

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The following came in my email tonight. It has been issued by Andrew Bray, the current moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. It may be of help, particularly to those who will be leading prayers in church worship services tomorrow. Victorian Flood Update as at 3.30pm, 22nd January 2011 _______________________________________________ Contact                  Town             Situation Ian …

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