On Sunday 28 November 2021, the last recorded On-line Church service will be released.
Church On-line was introduced in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, when the Garratt Street Centre was closed. We have been through seasons when we have operated with various degrees and risk, in line with ACT Health guidelines. Throughout this time, we have continued to offer services on-line and in-person so that people could chose the option where they felt at least risk.
We now believe that, with the very high levels of vaccination in the ACT, the high levels now being achieved throughout the nation and the eased restrictions, it is now reasonable to discontinue recording a full on-line service each week.
The on-line services are produced at high-cost to our worship team. Their weekly schedule has been: Tuesday rehearse music segment of the service (including new songs and arrangements) and record the entire service, Wednesday post-production of the complete service and publication to YouTube and the App, Sunday rehearse songs and the in-person service at the Garratt Street Centre. The team did this work willingly and to the glory of God and we thank them for it.
From 5 December 2021, we will return to our previous habit of many years of making a recording of the sermon available via our website. Changes will be that we make a video recording of the sermon segment of each week’s physical service and, after some post-production work rather than immediately after the service, publish this on YouTube. The recording will also be available via our App and Website.
As our App is part of the Church Central group, the sermon will also be available to any users of Church Central.
In the four Gospels Jesus’ unique authority and identity as the Son of God are expressed in sayings which begin with the words ‘I am’ (Greek, ego eimi), a phenomenon most frequently seen in John’s Gospel.
For Jews who knew their Bible well the force of all these ‘I am’ sayings would have been clear. Jesus was saying, ‘I am God.’ In hearing me you are hearing God speak. Many of Jesus' I AM statements are derived from Old Testament metaphors
Further to Ian’s announcement on Good Friday and our Easter – Resurrection Day celebration, the Official Notification of the services to be held to farewell Eden and celebrate her three-week life are included in the attached PDF that provides full details including:
Services are on Wednesday 23 April
- 10.00 am Norwood Park Crematorium, Mithell followed by
- 12:00 pm New Life Presbyterian Church, Ngunnawal
Special requests:
- Dress Code - Bright colours rather than black
- Donations to Red Nose rather than flowers
- Age restriction: In consideration for Eden’s parents Philo and Nathan, please do not bring children under the age of 1 year to the services
Further details from Cay:
- The church shares premises with/of Ngunnawal Primary School
- If you are attending the service at New Life Presbyterian Church, please bring a plate of food to share.
- Everyone is welcome to attend both or one of the services.
Please continue to pray for the extended family on Wednesday and over the coming weeks.
The countdown is on for the Baptist World Congress in Brisbane this July!
The official Congress website—Living the Good News | BWA Congress 2025—is regularly updated with new speaker announcements and program details. If you've registered, you might have already received some of these updates via email.
While the Extra Early Bird registration ended in December, the Early Bird rate is still available until March 31, 2025. Don’t miss out—register today