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Services are held weekly, starting at 10:30am.

Communion Services are held at 6:00pm on the 1st Sunday of each month, and at 10:30am on the 3rd Sunday. Special all-age family services are held regularly, check the calendar for details.

Creche and Sunday School are held each Sunday during the service, and refreshments are served afterwards.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Luke 2:4-7 (NIV)

As you read this we are moving into the hubbub, pace, glitz, tinsel, the food and drink, the parties, the exuberance, the gifts, the fun, the celebration of Christmas time; we are again challenged to look at how we celebrate this time of year. Perhaps we ask the question "How would Jesus like us to celebrate his Birthday?" as we attend the Christmas party. "How would Jesus like us to celebrate his Birthday?" as we look at the massive commercial celebration that fills every retail outlet across the land. "How would Jesus like us to celebrate his Birthday?" as our culture literally seems to wrap itself up in spending, drunkenness, and living beyond our means at a time when we no longer can afford to be exuberant. How would Jesus want us to celebrate his Birthday? Has the word ‘Christmas’ in our present cultural context simply become an excuse for behaviour that would not happen at any other time of the year? How do we care, support those who find themselves in trouble because of this behaviour, how do we model Jesus’ example of behaviour, and how do we introduce people to Jesus the Saviour who reconciles us to God?

The message of this year's Advent series of services is aimed to help us think through how we approach the celebration of Christmas, introduce others to the Saviour of the Christmas season who is Jesus who reconciles us and others to God.

My prayer this Christmastime is that through the challenge of the Advent services we might invite those whom we know from our family and friends to celebrate his Birthday by meeting Jesus this Christmas through our Nativity, Carols by Candlelight and Christmas day service at 9.30 am.

As we move into the New Year, I hope we will be wise with the three wise men that came to worship Jesus with our resolutions.

Our ongoing resolution might be to continue to fulfil Jesus’ greatest command into the New Year as we look at Jesus’ teaching and how this relates to the Ten Commandments.

Blessings,
Stuart