No doubt you have heard the saying, you are what you eat. Nothing could have been truer for Violet a character from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. She persisted and eventually ate the gum, and she turned into a giant blueberry. Diet seems to be one of those perennial topics. I can remember a […]
Christmas Again I don’t think I know an adult who doesn’t experience a sense of busyness at Christmas. The year seems to speed up as we approach the festive season, while the demands on our time increase. Funny, as a child I remember time seemed to go so much slower. Birthdays, school holidays and Christmas […]
The title for this month’s newsletter article is the title of a devotional study book written by R. C Sproul and for me at least it is in keeping with the current season at Lilydale Baptist as we consider the nature and importance of discipleship. In the introduction Sproul recalls a conversation with someone who […]
Do you have a bible passage, a verse, a psalm, a bible book which is particularly close to your heart? Possibly one of Paul’s letters, the Acts of the apostle or perhaps a gospel or maybe something from the Old Testament. I must admit my hope; indeed my prayer is that more than just one […]
“The night is dark and cold, a fierce wind rattles the windowpanes. A small ten-year-old boy tiptoes quietly down the stairs, trying not to wake up the others in the house. Slowly he pushes on the door to the study. Johann Sebastian Bach has a burning desire to play new music. After his parents died, […]
Come follow me….. and go make disciples Our vision statement identifies us as a community. Over the past few months we have been considering what type of community we are at Lilydale Baptist Church. We worked our way through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Some of the key aspects identified in relationship to community were, […]
The Church: a Community of Light I don’t know about you, but I can remember as a child I was never very fond of the dark. But as I grew a little older (probably somewhere in my 30’s or so) darkness seemed to be less frightening. However, moving around in the darkness still has distinct […]
On Sunday May 20th Vaughan and myself, like many of you, participated in Fellowship Lunch. We gathered around our table with 7 others, and over food we got to know each other a little better. One of the couples who joined us for lunch were relatively new to Lilydale Baptist, and I thought it was […]
In the preface to his commentary on Ephesians John Stott writes,” … Ephesians is the gospel of the church. It sets forth God’s eternal purpose to create through Jesus Christ a new society which stands out in bright relief against the somber background of the world today. For God’s new society is characterized by life […]
Since arriving at Lilydale Baptist Church, Vaughan and I have been enjoying getting to know the families at LBC; having conversations with families, sharing meals, and enjoying simply spending time together, as we settle into LBC. Coming into the role of Children’s Ministry Leader at LBC, a question that I often think about is this: […]