Rev Tom Stuart
Minister of the Charlestown and Garden Suburb Congregation. Celebrating this year 40 years of marriage and 31 years of ministry. Past placements include Nyngan, Gloucester,and Parkes. I started out ministry as a youth worker in Griffith, and then as a Lay pastor at Menindee.
These days I am spending more time doing spiritual practices, which gives me a greater opportunity of seeing what God wants me to do rather than having my sensibilities being consumed by day-to-day life.
Love and truth always begin in smallness and vulnerability, openness and trust.
The need to have courage and let go and to be changed, is how survival happens even in great danger.
The way of God does not mirror the powers and “Herod’s” of this world. God’s love transforms.
Finding peace and calmness in the troubles that surround us, is not easy. Fear is often present.
However if we practice a consciousness of Christ in our lives, everyday, this will bring peace and calmness so we can recognise there is no need to be afraid.
God is always present whether we are conscious of it or not.
Seeing the sun rise on Easter Day morning is like an explosion of ‘Resurrection Life’.
When we recognize that the Resurrection is not ‘historical’ but an ever present reality that happens over and over, it is then that we can catch a glimpse what the meaning of this life really is – it is much bigger than any death!
Paying taxes to Caesar is thought to be a perfect trap for Jesus. The Jews had their own money but for taxes, they had to pay in Roman money – effaced with Caesar’s image. Here Matthew provides insight into the nature and brilliance of Jesus and His purpose.
Jesus calls us to look beyond what our human concerns expect….
Peter makes a speech in this part of Acts telling people to ‘Listen”. Easter events have bought a transformation for all who believe and is the start of a new age. This transformation is for people’s lives – God’s Spirit is a gift for all.
Jesus refuses the darkness of death.
Darkness does not diminish the light – darkness is only half of the whole.
We all have stones to be moved, things to be unbound so we can be free.
ALL AGE MESSAGE Helpers are always needed – at home, in the community and in our churches. The Bible encourages to not be idle and to work without complaining, whether it be paid or unpaid we are all needed INFORMATION SHEETClick on the button below to get the information sheet on today’s presenters, messages, and…
SEASON OF CREATION For the month of September, we generally follow the Season of Creation, now celebrated worldwide and the brainchild of Normal Habel, a Lutheran minster based in South Australia. The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During…
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Lent is a season of repentance and lament. Christians convince
themselves they are good people and of good moral perfection.
“Holiness”, is not about the absence of sin, but a significant heightened awareness of sin.
In the awareness of our frailty before God and of our sin; the more we experience God’s saving grace and the abundant generosity of God in our lives.
