Category: Faith

  • Weekly Pastoral Letter May 23

    God is good! 

    I believe that the cornerstone of our strength – our strength in the Lord is the revelation that ‘God is good. Ps Bill Johnson has plenty to say about that in his book by the same title and before that in his book and eCourse ‘Strengthen Yourself in the Lord. This week I’ve included an extract from chapter 2 as I believe it is very pertinent to our well-being in or out of our COVID 19 season. He says ….. 

    I believe that the reason many believers fall into the trap of fear and anxiety in the midst of crisis is because they allow the enemy to successfully distract them from the fact that they are prepared with tools they already have in their arsenal. It’s easy for us to feel blindsided by events that we did not expect; but nothing surprises God, which is why He prepares us for what’s ahead.  (more…)

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  • CCUC weekly Pastoral Letter 16th May 2020

    Drawing Strength from God’s Promises

    This title is taken directly from our TNT (Tuesday Night Teaching) material ‘Strengthen Yourself in the Lord’ Session 2. I have covered this material a number of times but this week it seems that God is trying highlight the reality that – we can draw strength from the promises of God. Strength to overcome the weariness that many are feeling now, strength to overcome dejection, strength to stand strong in your faith when it feels like your faith has been a punching bag, and strength take the risk one more time to pray for another healing or share the Good News with someone who has never been interested.  Strength to live a life that brings glory to God.

    2 Peter 1:2-4 tells us that God by His grace through Jesus “has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires”. That is, as we ponder the promises, meditate on them, let them be the words and truth that speak into our lives we will live lives as they are meant to be lived. (more…)

  • CCUC weekly Pastoral Letter 9th May 2020

    THANK  YOU I just wanted to start this weeks letter by expressing our gratitude to you for your generosity.
    Thank you for blessing our little part of the body of Christ through your giving. 
    Thank you     for making sure your offering made its way to the bank.
    Thank you for the checks that have been mailed. 
    Thank you     for the direct deposits, for changing the way you give so we can continue to function as a church. 
    Thank you     for your gifts that came via our online giving capacity. 
    Thank you     to our Presbytery, that in collaboration with the Synod is making sure we can pay our bills.

    Reminds me a little of the early church as it is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles Acts 4:32 “All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had … there were no needy persons among them”. (more…)

  • Mission sharing 1_ Bruce Saunderson

    Click on this link to watch the first of three short videos where Bruce has shared his recent experiences from Indonesia.