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Updated Saturday 24/05/25

- Pastor's Blog: Kate's final instalment on "WALKING IN WISDOM" has been posted. Next week she starts a new topic. Mine is late as we've been finalising our kitchen-laundry renovations this week and time has run away from me. We just need the kitchen people to return some cabinets that needed reworking on Monday, and the plumber to plumb in our fridge, dish washer and washing machine, and we're up and running. The carpenters will complete the final fit-out of skirting and door trim on Friday. The house painting will also be finished next week - and that's our renovation period completed for another season. We still have the bathrooms to go but after living in our sunroom for eight weeks without kitchen of laundry sinks, or anything else for that matter, we are very glad to let this season pass and get on with building the church and taking our ease a bit over the next few months.

- Mid-Week Study: We kicked off our Wednesday daytime study this week after several weeks' break due to renovations, and while only the daytime one is current we have been asked about an evening mid-week meeting so the plan is to begin those as well shortly, hopefully on a Wednesday at 7.0pm or 7.30pm, depending what people prefer. Our current topic is "Making Jesus Famous". It should make for some interesting discussion.

Updated Saturday 10/05/25

- Pastor's Blog: Third instalment of "The Power of the Cross". This week's topic is "The Abundant Life". Now we've built up a body of content in the blogs we're hoping to turn them into a Podcast at some point. Maybe see if we can't get some of them up on Rhema. For a small church we do seem to be busy all the time and so these things are taking longer than I would like to bring to fruition, but we're getting there, and we're both enjoying the journey very much.

- Home Renovations: Sixth week with the end in sight! Big week coming, with stone benches going in, and the flooring and hopefully final fit-out the following week. It's been quite a journey, and somewhat distracting to say the least, but the final result will be worth it. House painting should be completed shortly afterwards, thus completing this stage of our renovations - hopefully for the rest of this year. Not sure where to put the pool yet…

- Mid-Week Study: We planned on resuming Bible studies again this coming Wednesday but a visit to Brisbane last week to see my knee specialist resulted in needing to go back into hospital this coming week for something called "Manipulation Under Anaesthetic" (MUA). I'm almost fully recovered from the knee replacement surgery last year but cannot bend my knee over 90 degrees without pain, so this is the proposed solution. We're believing God for full recovery, and this seems to be the way to achieving that. Studies will resume the following week. Apologies for the delay.

Updated Tuesday 29/04/25

- Home Renovations: Fourth week with probably more two to go, if not three, to full completion. We did plan on having our mid-week study start again this week, but circumstances have conspired against us this week, with some delays in the reno resulting in having tradies around doing their thing tomorrow, which is not conducive to a study meeting. So mid-week studies are on hold until further notice, but hopefully only a couple of weeks. I don't think any renovation project is more disruptive that a kitchen-laundry combo, though the inconvenience is always worth it in end. So sincere apologies. Sunday service continues as normal, so no change there. We had a great meeting this past weekend so be sure to come along and check us out if you're not a regular.

- Pastor's Blog: I'm usually a few weeks ahead with my weekly blog posts but Kate tends to write her blog on a week by week basis. As you can imagine she has been very busy with everything at home, and looking after me is a full time job I am told! So her blog is going up every couple of weeks at present. Still, worth the wait as she has a really quirky and creative perspective on life and her writings and messages are always interesting and challenging, and shorter than mine as a rule, which she says is a good thing ...

BUILDING A NEW CHURCH

This is not really a website update item, but it is something I'd like to share. Since the beginning of this New Year there has hardly been a week go by when we have not met someone new or had an inquiry about Church. Not everyone has joined us, and not everyone comes every week, but this is in stark contrast what was happening when we were ploughing the ground faithfully for several months yet seeing little in the way of positive returns last year. At Christmas we remained small in number but knowing God had called us here for this purpose we have never really been disheartened, and we did have some faithful people join us who have locked into our Pathway Church vision with us. Growing a new church from scratch is not a sprint, but a marathon, and not for the faint hearted as anyone who has taken on this challenge can testify. But after all is said and done it is God who plants a vision in our hearts, God has a purpose when determining the birth of a new church, and God ultimately gives the growth (1 Cor 3:5-9). There is no greater privilege than to serve a vision God has planted in our heart, and persevere until it reaches maturity (Heb 10:36).