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What about the Gifts of the Spirit?

Every true Christian has the gift of the Holy Spirit. That gift comes from the Father Himself. But the New Testament also speaks of gifts, given by the Spirit to all men and women within the Body of Christ. What are these gifts? Is the Spirit still giving what He gave, for example, to the […]

Who Are You?

Why do I care what you think of me? Why do I care whether you like my profile pic, or latest post, my Insta live feed. Why do I care whether you think I’m attractive, popular, successful? Why do I care whether my fashion, my car, my house, my possessions make me look good? Really, […]

A Reliable Hope

Over the last couple of months we have been considering the subject of hope. Hope is an essential component of meaningful life, but it is important to ask questions about the nature of our hope. Last time we noted that our hope needs to be realistic to guard us against disappointment and frustration; this time […]

News from St Benedict’s Church

First Communion – A wonderful parish occasion What a happy family day it was on Sunday 3 June when the St Benedict’s parish joined together to celebrate the First Communion of 30 young people. This event was the culmination of many months of learning and preparation. Special thanks were expressed to the children’s parents, relatives […]

Glenorie Community Church

“If God Is For Us Who Can Be Against Us: Get To Know – Him.” The waiting is finally over! Nine months of preparation has come to an end ANDfinally – that precious baby is born into the family. With excitement and a little fear and trepidation, mum and dad leave hospital for home and […]

Galston Uniting Men’s Choir to Rathmines

Rev. Richard (Dick) Udy is a retired Uniting Church minister and a member of Galston Uniting Church Men’s Choir. During WW2 he was a wireless operator on board Catalina flying boats which were based at Rathmines on Lake Macquarie. Known as “the Black Cats” they were responsible for air-sea rescue, reconnaissance and mine laying in […]

News from St Benedict’s Catholic Church

Alpha program starts The parish began its series of Alpha meetings in May and these will continue through until the first week in July. Meetings, which take place over a shared meal on Monday evenings between 6:30 – 8:30, give participants the opportunity to explore the Christian faith in a friendly environment. Alpha also allows […]

Glenorie Mission Church

(a continuation of the messages by Rev.Ed Long) 5.The fruit of the Spirit’s work in developing the character of Christ in lives is to produce fruit which actually are the characteristics of Christ Himself. Paul calls these the ’fruit of the Spirit’. They are not natural for us. Only the Spirit of God can produce […]

Galston Uniting Church

Sunday Family Service 10 am CPR/First Aid Training Wayne Martin, a CPR/ First Aid trainer from Camden, donated his time to give a very informative and interesting presentation to a group of 25 members of the church. His message was that “early, high-quality CPR saves lives and that it really is not a complicated procedure”. […]

Glenorie Community Church

On our regular drives to our church in Glenorie, we pass “The Contented Cat Inn” and remember how our little Burmese cat, Toots, used to stay there sometimes when we were going on holidays. Toots seemed very contented when we picked her up to go home again and, while we were away, we felt assured […]