Posted in John on Dec 25th, 2011 No Comments »
My last Burdekin sermon. Merry Christmas to all. We also did the Bob Hale Horrible Christmas skit [www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKlwmvYkQeM]. Farewell.
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Posted in John on Dec 21st, 2011 No Comments »
What do you preach at your last normal sermon in placement? Yep I'm finishing up in the Burdekin. Hopefully someone else will keep this going in the new year. You might eventually be able to find my sermons via a Redcliffe Uniting Church website. But here it is, the gospel. What else could I preach! There will be one last sermon - Christmas!
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Posted in John on Dec 21st, 2011 No Comments »
As Ministers we are warned not to try to be all things to all people, yet St. Paul thought there was a place for this. In terms of ministerial health and churches looking after their ministers, where does, 'all things to all people' fit?
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Posted in John on Dec 17th, 2011 No Comments »
Another important sermon in our transitioning series, looking at group dynamics, unwritten rules, and loving one another.
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Posted in John on Dec 17th, 2011 No Comments »
Grief is one of the things we experience when we go through major transitioning. Preached in the context of changing ministers, it is also helpful in the context of loss.
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Posted in John on Dec 17th, 2011 No Comments »
Hi all, so much for my efforts to keep things up to date. Forgot to record this sermon, lost my ipod, don't start! But here it is now. These are some very important, powerful and poignant messages for transitioning from one pastor to another. Food for thought and challenge.
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Posted in John on Nov 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
In November we began a new topic - transitioning. Moving from one ministry leader to another. I think this is very important stuff, and these are perhaps the most important sermons to listen to this year. If you missed these, download and get a load of them. How can we best transition between Paul and Greg? Nov 6th Ayr.
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Posted in John on Nov 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
This Sermon was brought by Naomi Edwards. It involved making large black chains to cover a red heart which was chained up. It was a powerful image, I hope it comes across on the recording. Preached in Ayr 9 Oct.
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Posted in John on Nov 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
John Mackay brought a message on our freedom to choose. This is always a big topic and John muses over it in this message.
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Posted in John on Nov 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
This sermon was preached by yours truly in Ayr on 2nd Oct. The need to be loved, the need that perhaps summarises all our other human needs!
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Posted in John on Nov 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Hi All, I'm sitting down to get this web site up to date! Because I was away for a few weeks it's fallen behind. Most of these should be in order. This one is Bruce Cornish [my boss!] preaching on Perfectionism, of which he confesses he suffers from.
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Posted in John on Sep 19th, 2011 No Comments »
The need to be in control is a common human failing, where we can 'control' the life out of a relationship, a team, an event, ourselves. Where does this need come from, and how do we overcome it? Consider this powerful sermon preached by Paul Clark in Ayr on 18th Sept.
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Posted in John on Sep 19th, 2011 No Comments »
We all need to belong, since the garden of eden it has not been good for us to be alone. Here is a sermon from John Mckay from Aug 28th, preached in Home Hill.
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Posted in John on Aug 21st, 2011 1 Comment »
A Robot visited our congregation to ask the question - 'what is our purpose?' Ayr 21st Aug 2011. To see the video version of this go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd9e54QRKSo
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Posted in John on Aug 7th, 2011 No Comments »
Another human need - eternity. God has set eternity in our hearts - how can we find it? Delivered in Ayr, 7 Aug 2011 by Paul Clark.
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