Consider Cornerstone

Cornerstone is a weekend on the best Bible teaching - relevant, incisive, challenging, inspiring and gutsy. It is for young adults (from 18-39) in Perth and WA. It has a relaxed atmosphere with plenty of time to meet people from a variety of churches and backgrounds centred around Bible talks, complimented by electives and small group discussions, singing and praying.

Designing Church
What should church look like?

We've all done it. It's usually halfway through a church service when we start daydreaming about what church would be like if we were in charge. But what should church look like? Contemporary? What's the role of tradition? Can you be reflective and rejoice at the same time? What sort of music should we ave? In fact, why do we sing anyway? Is it better to be more spontaneous or more organized? And come to think of it, what is church?! At Cornerstone 2008 we'll be investigating the big questions facing you and your church today.

Cornerstone 2008 will be held on February 29 - March 3.

Friday evening to Monday morningFebruary 29 - March 3, 2008
Program
Friday 8:00pm Sam Chan The Church and Power - 1 Corinthians 1
Saturday 9:00am Marty Foord The Mega-Church for the Mini-God - Romans 1:18-32
11:00am Sam ChanThe Church and Sex - 1 Corinthians 6
2:00pm Recreation
5:00pm Electives
7:15pm Marty FoordA Consumer's Guide to Church - Ephesians 4:11-16
8:15pm Phil DavidsonConcert

Sunday 9:00am
Sam Chan The Church and Love - 1 Corinthians 13
11:00am Electives
5:00pm Question & Answer
7:15pm Marty FoordThe Church on Private Property - Matthew 28:18-20

Monday Church/Group Time (optional)

Our speakers come from a variety of places and churches, but they share the conviction that God speaks to us through his Word, the Bible. And what God says is relevant, important and life-changing.

Cornerstone is also now part of the Christian Conventions of WA.

Apply Online or Download camp brochure and application form

Enquiries:

Ashley Horton (registrar) ph 0417 980293

Matt Waldron (camp director) ph 08 9356 8548

Lessons from road trip no.1: Life is a roller coaster

Lesson from road trip 1: life is a roller coaster

Does your life feel like this, Press Play!

(Don't try this at home...)

GP

PS Sam and Tom are on the ride

Postcard from Natal SA

Several weeks ago, Dr Dan Claughton came to this service telling us that he was about to leave for South Africa where he would work in a rural hospital in Natal province as an Associate with CMS. He expects to be there for six months.

This week he has sent the first batch of photos and some news of what life is like for him there. Just in case you have forgotten what he looks like, or perhaps was not at the service on that day, here is Dan at his desk with his African colleague alongside. He writes of dealing with some horrific medical cases, some as a result of drunken fights with bush knives. Other cases involve dealing with sexual assaults. Some of these are resulting from the false belief that having sex with a minor, even a little child, can cure HIV-Aids. We need to pray for Dan for strength to care and love those who are so much in need of it.

He is living in a small demountable alongside other medical colleagues. His visits to the fresh markets has yielded a plentiful supply of cabbage (!) which he does not exactly love, and lots of tomatoes. Coffee is pretty well impossible to come by, and the milk he manages to get is often 'off' anyway. Food that he is used to is not easy to get, but there is a lot of security surrounding the procuring of it anyway! Food queues are long and then the security guards check all the dockets before you leave the market.

He doesn't speak the Zulu language but he wants to mix with the local people as much as he can so he was pretty thrilled to be invited to a local Zulu gig. There were lots of big bowls of cooked meat and damper made with ground corn - and lots of Zulus dancing to the beat. He was the only white guy there and he felt pretty cool being part of the local scene. He did not send us pictures of that but he did send us one of his African colleagues in her ceremonial dress.

Let us pray for Dan that he will keep well, that the Holy Spirit will fill Dan with his love for the people in Natal, and that in the midst of all these challenging changes, Dan with sense God's strength to be God's servant and example of the life of Jesus there.

BT

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Break in Transmission!

Dear Viewers there may be a break in transmission till Feb 2008

We will be back and blogging when School starts back ! The Parsons

Merry Christmas from the Parsons

Merry Christmas from the Parsons'

Were Road trippin till School starts again

Have a great Christmas thinking about the birth of the Christ

Happy New Year!

See you when School Starts!

"Are we there Yet?"

"No Sue! Go back to sleep!"

Postcard from Broome

Tim and Kathy Mildenhall with their four gorgeous kids are serving in Broome with the Anglican Church there. They have been in touch this week telling us how they are faring. As the summer season has passed and the monsoon season approaches, the town has emptied of holiday-makers and consequently numbers at services have decreased. As well a number of church families have re-located to other areas. Their regular activities continue with continual efforts to reach out into the community. Tim is involved in teaching Scripture in schools and is slowly building up friendships among the staff. All sorts of events are planned to make the church activities accessible to people who do not usually go to Church and there has been some encouragements. However Tim has been hampered by Ross River virus this year and energy has been in short supply. As the temperature and humidity increase we need to pray for them that Tim will be free of the virus and that the Kathy will be able to keep the children creatively involved. The local swimming pool will be the focus because box jellyfish and the deadly irukjani little jellyfish make it dangerous to swim in the ocean.

Pray for them as Christmas approaches and they seek to tell the Christmas story in every context open to them. Pray that the Holy Spirit will open people's hearts to this wonderful message and pray for total well-being for the Mildenhall family.

BT