In the middle of the bottom row we think we have found +Bishop Trevor Edwards. What is he thinking?

When: 1st - 3rd August

Cost: $60 for 2 Nights Accomodation, 2 Breakfasts and Lunch

Where: Jindabyne

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AS we look at the people around us, as we look at society we notice that there are many tribes we can choose to belong to in modern Australia. Most groups are exclusive and denote themselves by the clothes they wear, the music they listen to, the sport they enjoy, the country they came from or the decade they grew up in. So for example you have Home boys, you have skaters, you have computer nerds, you have punkers, you teeny boppers, you have rugby players, you have soccer players, you have Italians, you have Chinese, you have Indian, you have Pakistani, you have African. Our Australian community is really many communities, we are a multicultural society. Each different group has its own denoting symbols, beliefs, traditions and customs.

As a Christian living in this world what would we look like if we did not choose a secular tribe to belong to? What would it be like if we lived in this world but were not of this world? Christians are free to follow Jesus and live lives of love.
Jesus said,

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind. ' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it:' Love your neighbour as yourself. 'All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments."(Matthew 22:37-40).

Last Sunday night we were challenged to read through the entire book of Nehemiah and reflect on God's Character.

What aspect of God's character has stands out to you from reading this book?

Lectio Divina (Latin for “sacred reading”) is a way to study scripture in silence and let God’s Word speak directly to us. It’s an ancient way of putting ourselves under the Bible and letting it interpret us. The goal is to develop an intimate relationship with God by praying the Scripture he gave us. The purpose is not speed, but quality.

There are four parts to Lectio Divina.

Lectio: Spend five minutes reading the passage. Read it over and over very slowly. After five minutes, move on to meditatio.

Meditatio: Spend five minutes thinking over the passage you just read. Chew on the passage and keep it in the front of your mind. Identify a word, phrase or sentence that keeps jumping out at you as you read it over and over again. Meditate on that word, phrase or sentence. Then move on to oratio.

Oratio: Spend five minutes praying. Ask, “God, why did you give me this word today?” and then put yourself in a posture to listen.

Contemplatio: Spend five minutes contemplating, “God, what do you want me to do with what you have just taught me?” *
Journal: end each time by writing down your thoughts and what you learned and how God spoke to you in the passage.