Mar 14 2010
Pastor’s notes
What a wonderful celebration we will have today as we celebrate the Lord’s Day and new life. May you be blessed.
We welcome especially the family and friends of Matthew & Beth as their miracle baby daughter, Abigail, is baptized into Christ at the Merredin Church. It has been my prayer that this service would spark some wonderment in us of the love which God has for us all.
There are a couple of things which I need to highlight for each of our congregations.
Merredin: The Men’s Group got off to a good start on Wednesday with a barbeque and lots of talking about all kinds of interesting things. We decided to meet every Wednesday at 7pm. ($10 for tea and mission) We will meet twice each month at the church and twice we will go elsewhere. Once a month we will meet with the other Christian Men’s Fellowships in Merredin. The first of these will be a presentation by Julien Kreig from “:Working with Warriors” at the beginning of April.
On Sunday March 21st at 6pm we will have a formal dinner at the church (suits & ties!!) to honor some of the long-serving members of the congregation. Come along, it will be much fun.
Sunday Night At Church (SNAC) meets at 6pm for Tea and a focused service afterwards including prayers for healing and renewal.
Bruce Rock: We are starting a Bible Study at Ritia McKenzie’s home, 20 Dampier St on each 2nd Tuesday at 1pm. All are welcome. Anyone from Merredin is welcome to contact Margie and I for a lift.
There will be an Easter Sunday Service at 11am.
Mukinbudin: There will be Good Friday Service at 6pm.
Southern Cross: The services are held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 6.30pm. I am looking at restructuring the service. Anyone from Merredin wanting to attend the service is welcome to come along with me.
Finally, with Easter just around the corner, let us prepare our hearts for this celebration of God’s amazing love towards us. Some of the symbols of Easter have been fully absorbed into our everyday life. Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday and Easter Eggs on Easter Sundays are powerful motives. The buns speak of the Body of Christ, the raisins of His blood. The spices indicate preparation for burial and the cross speaks for itself. They are usually eaten hot with butter to symbolize anointing. Traditionally they are shared with morning tea after the Good Friday service. The eggs are the symbols of new life pointing to the Resurrection of Easter Morning. They have their root in the Jewish Pesach (Passover). In the old days they were hardboiled eggs roasted brown. The dark shell spoke of hopelessness and the golden yolk of new life while the white of the purity which come from God.
God bless you all
Rev David de Kock
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