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New Creation and Life Now (Pt 4)
As I’ve been thinking and reading over the past few weeks about how our Christian hope for the New Creation should shape our life now, one of the resources I’ve found helpful has been Andrew Cameron’s recent book Joined-Up Life.
Andrew considers how our hope for the future should shape the ethical decisions we make everyday. He has great thoughts on how Christian ethics should spring from Jesus, thinks about how each of Jesus life, death and resurrection impact this, and also looks at some specific examples of what that will look like if we adopt this Jesus-centred view. His blog also has some great thoughts, you can find it here.
Got any resources (books/blogs/other stuff…) you find helpful in thinking about how we live now in light of what the future holds for us? Post a comment and let us know.
This post is part of a series aimed at helping our 6pm congregation to think about what it could mean to be living out the hope of God’s new creation in our local community. Read the previous posts.
English Conversation
Beginning 6th June 2012
New Creation and Life Now (Pt 3)
The third in our series of posts thinking about what it might mean for our 6pm Katalyst congregation to be living out the hope of God’s new creation in our local community (Get up to speed by reading the first and second posts if you haven’t already).
Isaiah 65 presents an amazing vision of God’s new creation and the challenge for us is how we bring a taste of this future to those we encounter who don’t yet know Jesus. We thought particularly about acts of evangelism, justice and beauty we could engage in, giving those we have contact with a taste of God’s future in the age to come.
These are some of the ideas we had about how Katalyst could engage with our community:
live music – at party in the park – at local venues, soup kitchen/other food program, CRE, Sunday school, youth ministry, community/sharing/preaching in the community, standing up for/making aware of global crises, Living in God in our everyday lives, telling people about Jesus as we care/serve/love, sharing hope with sick/old people, stand up for patients/children’s rights, equality in care/opportunity, SU Camps, help people become Christians, help people grow as Christians, help people be free from sin/condemnation, showing people the beauty of God’s joy and vision for us through poetry, art & design, teaching and learning forgiveness, friendship and relationship with others, boldness to share our passion, passion, insight
I’m sure this is just the beginning. What visions has God laid on your heart? How do you dream of making an impact for God’s kingdom? Let your imagination run wild. How could God use you/use us to tell the world about him through our actions and words?
Looking forward to hearing some more great thoughts and insights as we move forward in the discernment process.
Dr Peter Adam Speaking at Ormond Anglican
Dr Peter Adam will be conducting a 5 week series at the Katalyst Youth service at 7:00pm sunday evenings, starting on Sunday 6th may, 2012.
Here is an introductory interview held with Dr Adam at the commencement of this speaking series. The series can be found each week on the Katalyst Youth Service Sermons page.
Parish Camp – No 10:45am Service
This weekend (4th – 6th May) we are having our Parish Camp at CYC Cowes on Phillip Island. As a result, there will be no 10:45am Service this weekend, but all are still welcome at 9:00am, and at the 6:00pm Katalyst service where Dr Peter Adam will be speaking.
Recordings of the teaching Sessions will be available during the week after the parish camp.
Ladies Lunch – Caulfield Racecourse
A smaller cohort than usual met at the Glasshouse Restaurant at the Caulfield Racecourse for our monthly Ladies Lunch. It was great to see Audrey fighting fit, and we had our usual mix of Ormond and St Mark’s Chapel parishioners, and also my mum! We shared a lovely meal, and as always, lots of conversation!
Preston Centuolo – Glen Eira Schools Tour & Youth Big Event.
Preston Centuolo – Schools Tour & Big Event @ the Town Hall
We are very excited to be a part of this years School Tour by Preston Centuolo. Phil Brake of Compass Church has linked up with10 Glen Eira Churches who are all working together to reach the Youth of our City during the week of Mon 21st – Friday 25th of May.
So far Preston is booked in to 15 high schools & we have a parent night at McKinnon Secondary College on Thursday the 24th of May. But the ‘most funnest’ will be the Youth BIG Event at the Town Hall on Friday the 25th of May. This was an awesome time last year with over 200 youth coming along, more than 60 coming forward at Preston’s invitation to put their faith and trust in Jesus – can’t wait for this year’s Youth BIG Event !
The Brass Monkeys at last year's Youth BIG Event
Visit the BIG Event Facebook page here.
On Eagles’ Wings
Not only is God unlike anyone else- mightier than anyone in this world- but he uses his great power to strengthen weaklings like you and me. Feeling weak, tired or spent? Don’t miss this Sunday night (April 29) at Katalyst as we soar through Isaiah 40.25-31. The Katalyst Panel will also be discussing text in questions from the floor. What’s bugging you about God or life? Put it to us and let’s so what we come up with!
“The sign that didn’t work”
' What I think is ...'
Ok … so people didn’t ‘get’ my last sign on North Rd ! – I’m not feeling bad about it, just a little misunderstood that’s all … I think the ‘commodification’ of our relationships is a really important issue and its creeping up on us via our public discourse and the terminology we find on our public documents.
I think we should be offended when the local hospital will not acknowledge our RELATIONAL connection with our mother or father – demoting us to the homogenised ‘carer’ status.
I think we should get upset when there is no room on the government form we have to fill out for ‘husband’ or ‘wife’ but only for a partner.
I think we should get upset when our children are not allowed to call us ‘mum’ or ‘dad’ but instead have to own up to having ‘parent one or parent two’ … because in the end we are worth more than ‘what we can do for people’, we are not commodities, we are relational beings – that’s what gives us worth – especially in God’s eyes, for He made us.
- there I’ve said it !
kev