We started following a modified approach to Advent Readings as a family several years ago. We basically start on December 1st rather than the traditional “4th Sunday before Christmas.” You can download this as a PDF here. Another helpful idea we are thinking to use this year is called Journey to the Manger: Kid’s Puzzles and can be found online as… Read more →
Monthly Archives: November 2014
The Church (Called and Collected) – Hip-Hop Teaches Us About the Beautiful Church
It may not be your preferred genre, and it is certainly not Congregational, yet the folks at Lamp Mode Recordings have done us a favour by providing some solid teaching on the church in this album. The Church: Called and Collected Words from Thabiti Anyabwile on this album [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKD4_3PIUTA&w=560&h=315] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZydYuElzg&w=560&h=315] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwR_L5pzX70&w=560&h=315] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c5isrXz82k&w=560&h=315] Read more →
The Church – Ecclesiology is Important
The Lord has been very kind to me in that He has given me a life lived within the church. For this, I am very thankful. It is not that any particular local church I have been a part of was perfect or even close. It isn’t that I have always been a Christian as part of these churches. Neither is… Read more →
Parent/Child Dedication
This Sunday AM we will have the opportunity to celebrate a “parent/child” dedication as part of our morning service. Though we will be doing this for one child this Sunday, it provides a wonderful opportunity for all parents to reflect on their responsibility before the Lord in their parenting. This element in our service will look something like the following:… Read more →
An Invitation to Our “Official Opening Service”
Although we have been meeting now for two months, we have scheduled the 23rd of November as our “Official Opening Service”. We would love to have you join us for this special occasion. This is especially true if you are local to Rolleston and curious about a new church, but also if you are an out of town friend of… Read more →
A Constituted Church
In God’s kindness we formally “constituted” as a church this past Sunday (02 November 2014). What, on earth, does it mean to “constitute” as a church? If you grab your concordance or your electronic, searchable Bible you will search in vain to find the term “constitute” in your New Testament! To constitute as a church is not a Biblical mandate.… Read more →