Because Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year, the service of worship will be at 9am instead of 11am. We look forward to celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ with all who will gather then.

Services will return to 11am next Sunday (New Year’s Day).

Photo: Away in a manger by angetdei on Flickr (Creative Commons)

Board members retiring this year are Alan and Helen Quinn, Shirley McMahon and Michael Callahan. They are all eligible for re-election.

Amos’ fifth vision is of God in the Temple, brining it down on the worshipers. His judgement would come and no one would be able to escape or hide from Him, Genesis 3:8-10. Death, hell, heaven or high mountains do not take us out of God’s reach, Psalm 139:7-12.

The people wanted to escape from God’s rule. They had not listened to God’s word or obeyed Him. Israel thought that, nevertheless, God’s promises to Abraham meant that they would never face God’s wrath, v10. They had had faithful messengers of God’s word for many years, but were unreceptive listeners. Amos warned that sin would find its full payment in death, v10. Their social goodness or religious uprightness was not the final issue: Sin and rebellion against God remained to be dealt with.

If we put our faith and trust in Jesus, we can rely on Him for salvation. Having done so, we must live lives which demonstrate that His Holy Spirit dwells in us.

Listen here.

Creative Commons: The Fall of Rome by Lazlo-photo

Preacher: Stephen McDonald
Date: 14 November 2010
Reading: Titus 1-3

When the expected preacher didn’t arrive, Stephen was thrust into the pulpit to preach. Thankfully he had been meditating on the book of Titus over the past week and was able to preach from a very scant outline drawn up while the whole book was read aloud to the congregation (see photo).

Stephen thinks he’s discovered a new adrenaline sport!

Listen here.