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Vicar's News

Hi folks

4/9/2016

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Congratulations for getting this far on our new website. More so if you get to read this blog!

It's a pleasure to have this new website with the various options I've never used before – like blogging. This being Father's Day I had a card from our youngest son Michael. It had birds looking like they were sitting in lines between 2 telegraph poles but no wires. One bird says to the other "I can't get used to this wireless technology".

I gather I need to do this at least a couple of times each week, if not more often. So watch out. I'll be sharing my experiences of the living God in daily life, my thoughts and hopes about various things, maybe some questions.
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I'm very thankful to Kathy Taylor of 'Taylormade Solutions' for the way she has designed this site. It looks very smart. Even my tech savvy kids from overseas were impressed. There are a few more touch-ups to be done. Sermons to be added – maybe videos one day (...? Or holograms!) There's a bit of training of staff to happen, etc., and it'll be even better once we've got the hang of it. To ensure safety we need to have permissions signed to show photos of people.

Despite all that I am very thankful that for the ultimate communication, I am not required to be trained up or someone's signed permission to name them. All I need to do is start chatting, even in my head – it's even easier than blogging. Then I am doing what's called praying - talking with the creator and owner of the universe and me. The one who knows me before all else, who died and rose again for me, and at depths I am unaware of in myself. It's a fearful thing, yet a huge relief, all at once.

It causes me to think about what the writer of the Letter to the Hebrews (in the Bible) said:
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." (Hebrews 10:31)
"But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost, but among those who have faith and so are saved." (Hebrews 10:39)
So have a look round. Check in regularly. If things aren't up to date let us know – send us those wake up calls (but nicely)!

Thanks for visiting. Thanks for reading. God bless.

Bob
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  • Home
  • About
    • Faith
    • What We Believe
    • History
    • Meet Our Team
    • Service Times 2022
    • Calendar
    • Ministries >
      • Children and Youth >
        • Preschool >
          • First Steps
          • Tunes 4 Tots
        • Primary
        • Intermediates
        • Youth
      • Families
      • Small Groups (Care Cells)
      • Women
      • Men
      • Senior Adults >
        • Care
      • Prayer
      • Missions
    • Our Governance >
      • Vestry FAQS
      • Diocesan Synod
    • Contact Us
  • How We Help
    • Repair Cafe
    • Healing Horticulture
    • Baptisms
    • Weddings
    • The Marriage Course >
      • FAQ - Marriage course
    • Funerals
    • Counselling >
      • Bereavement Care
      • Personal Counselling
    • Facilities Hire
    • Blue Door
  • Giving
    • Serving
    • Financial
  • Sermons
  • News
    • News and Events
    • Prayer Wall
    • Building Project
    • Vicar's News
    • Bishop's Apology
    • Health & Safety