New Song: Where love comes to life

Pastor Adrian Kitson has written a song for the Lutheran Church of Australia - where love comes to life
Read the story about the song here.... 

Download the resources for the song including mp3s, sheet music and powerpoints here.

Book: The Prodigal God by Tim Keller

The Prodigal God by Tim Keller
Newsweek called New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller a "C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation for why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, Keller takes his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity and uses the parable of the Prodigal Son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation. 
Within that parable, Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.

Currently there are over 341 customer reviews on Amazon...281 of these give this book a five star rating

Men's ministry: Shednight

Shed happens - what is it about?

SHED HAPPENS in a safe and non-judgmental place. 
• A place where blokes can grow in victory becoming champion sons of the King.
• A place where we call it as it is from the heart – good, bad, happy or sad.
• A place where men learn from men as “iron sharpens iron”.
• A place where men learn to encourage each other.
• A place where men’s emotions, heads, hearts, souls and spirits are gently warmed.
Out of Shed champion sons of the King emerge as continuing works in progress.
Past battles are healed in victory – wow!
Enjoy our journey with Jesus so that we can become the real deal Champion we were created to be. 

A HELPFUL NOTE ON CONFESSION
SHEDDING THE STUFF  '…. THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED' (JAMES 5:16)
“Confession that breaks the shroud of our secrecy and leads us out into the open before God and a group of significant other people will liberate us from fear and guilt in a way that nothing else can.
I am persuaded that healing and redemption depends much more upon what we say about ourselves to others, significant others, than upon what others (no matter how highly trained or untrained, ordained or unordained) say to us.
The professional listener can't help us too much because our confession to them is SECRET.”
(From You Can Win Over Weariness by Ross Foley)

BLOKIE VERSION
We need to spill our guts and drop off our masks so that we can become the real deal before the 'Big Fella' in the safe place of the Shed with the 'men of the village'. These blokes will help us be free from fear and guilt big time and the healing process can begin.

To discover more...even how to start your own shed night and where current shed nights are happening visit http://shednight.com 

Evangelism Discussion: Evangelism is about loving God's ways

As Christians we are called to represent God….we are ambassadors of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20)…this means we when it comes to love…our love needs to be shaped by God…think about the consequences of this….we are to love how God wants us to love….and to do this we need to be regularly listening to His voice…regularly worshipping…regularly studying the scriptures…regularly participating in Life Groups and discussion with other Christians so we can receive God’s recipe for love…

Take some time to explore with others...

What does it mean to love God's way?

What Bible stories and verses talk about loving God's way?

How can you put this into action?

Mother's Day video

Mother's Day video