Well, with great joy Tanya and joined Toongabbie Anglican Church last Sunday! A few quick highlights:
- Meeting lots of new people (and trying hard to remember names!)
- Campbell Mackay preaching and reminding us of the new beginnings that can be found in Christ
- Lots of people knowing about us, or knowing friends of ours, or simply wanting to get to know us (and of course, asking after Lucy the cat!)
- Being kindly introduced to the congregations by the Senior Minister, Raj Gupta who has taken very good care of us. We’ve been grateful to God for his (and his wife’s) thoughtfulness in our transition into Toongabbie.
- Meeting people who have blessed us by working on our house (putting in new carpets, painting walls, gardening).
And in this year of new beginnings at Toongabbie, we’ll be preaching through a January series on ‘Tough Questions’. Next week is on Scripture, and then I’ll be preaching on money the following week. Once I’ve settled in, we’ll be beginning a sermon series through 1 Corinthians. Exciting times.
Oh, and how’s this for a great quote I came across recently – Clement of Alexandria (1st Century AD) wrote that ‘[by Christ's resurrection] he transformed sunset into sunrise and by his crucifixion turned death into life.’ Nice.
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3 comments
S says:
January 3, 2012 at 10:32 am (UTC 10 )
Where are you getting these quotes from?
dave miers says:
January 5, 2012 at 12:31 am (UTC 10 )
stoked you’ve started. stoked you’ve had love lavished.
preach Jesus.
Mark says:
January 10, 2012 at 8:51 pm (UTC 10 )
Hi “S”, the quotes are from Jaroslav Pelikan’s “The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine.” That one is from volume #1. I don’t have the page number on hand, but will look it up if you’re keen….
Mr Miers! Good to hear from you bro – thanks for the Christmas card! Yep, keen to keep Christ at the center. Preaching this week, so would love your prayers!
Peace!
M.