by John Sanderson | Feb 25, 2018 | Church News
When was the last time you heard or read a sermon on the subject of death? It is not the subject of dinner party conversation normally, unless it is in the context of a mass killing, like the recent one in the United States, one of many gun killings over the past...
by John Sanderson | Feb 25, 2018 | Church News
Second Sunday in Lent. 25th February 2018 Genesis 17:1-7,15,16 Roman’s 4:13-25 Mark 8; 31-38 “If any want to become my followers, let them take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake,...
by John Sanderson | Feb 25, 2018 | Church News
COMING EVENTS AND SERVICES 25th Feb 2nd Sunday in Lent – Meditation 7.00 pm 4th March 3rd Sunday in Lent – Meditation 7.00 pm 6th March McKinney Lectures 8.00 pm Ivanhoe Uniting Church, “The Challenge of Secularism”. 10th March Shared meal 6.30pm 11th March 4th Sunday...
by John Sanderson | Feb 19, 2018 | Church News
The season of Lent began on Ash Wednesday. The Christian tradition has always taught that spiritual growth and development involves prayer, study and work. As with many things in life it is important that from time to time we review, take stock and reflect on who we...
by John Sanderson | Feb 19, 2018 | Church News
ST George’s Ivanhoe Easy LENT 1 18th February 2018 When I was a teenager a few years ago now I experienced Lent as a time of endurance, a sombre period that one had to “bare and grind ones teeth over” rather than as a time for reflection, recreation, repentance and...