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Posted on19 August 202419 August 2024

Read Canon Chris’s sermon from 14 July on love and reconciliation, here.

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Seek the things above (25 August)

For the past five Wednesday evenings a small group from the congregation have been studying, via Zoom, Paul’s letter to the Colossians. This week we studied the first part of chapter three, which begins with these words: So, if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated…

Varieties of gifts (18 August)

Archbishop Philip has called on all parishes to observe Vocations Sunday next Sunday, 25 August. On this day we will consider the truth that God has given to every Christian through the Holy Spirit, a gift or gifts for the building up of the whole church. In 1 Corinthians 12: 4–7 St Paul writes: Now…

Honouring St Laurence (11 August)

Last week I shared with you a quotation attributed to Saint Augustine of Hippo. Today, as we celebrate the feast of St Laurence, I share with you another quote from Saint Augustine when he was preaching on the Feast of St Laurence in about 400AD: “[St Laurence] loved Christ in his life, he imitated Him…

Honouring St Laurence (11 August)

Last week I shared with you a quotation attributed to Saint Augustine of Hippo. Today, as we celebrate the feast of St Laurence, I share with you another quote from Saint Augustine when he was preaching on the Feast of St Laurence in about 400 AD: “[St Laurence] loved Christ in his life, he imitated…

Let us serve each other (4 August)

Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430 AD) was a bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa. A theologian and philosopher, Saint Augustine was one of the most influential Christian writers of early Christendom and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Western church. His many important works include The City of…

Everyone matters equally (28 July)

Dear Members and Friends of South Darebin parish, Last Sunday we had a happy and uplifting choral Eucharist to mark St James Day and the one hundredth anniversary of St James, Thornbury being made a parish. My sermon reminded us that in the Kingdom of God everyone is as important as everyone else – there…

Inviting people in (14 July)

Why do people start coming to church? What should we do at South Darebin to encourage new worshippers? The 2020 National Church Life Survey indicated that around four in ten Australians are open to being invited to church if invited by a family member or close friend. However, about a third of Australians said they…

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