"And he [Jesus] said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.'" - Jesus in Matthew 22:34-40
Ahoy Church,
Pay Attention: Beach Church from 3 pm THIS Sunday, 26th May, 2026
Home Church: 9 am at Little Mountain
Beach Church: 3 pm at Moffat
Set your alarm, put it in your calendar :)
Speaking of alarms, this week Justin/'Juzzy' compiled a list of emergency scriptures for a friend of his. If you need some comfort, take courage in these, and I encourage you to turn them into personal prayers!
Speaking of prayer, I'm leading a moment of reflection and prayer on ANZAC Day at Verrierdale Hall, 460 Verrierdale Rd, Verrierdale (if you're keen!). For those who are keen, you can read what I will say before the leading the gathering in prayer.
May you take time to look up and enjoy the gaze of our heavenly Father this week.
Much love, see you Sunday!
Dan
One-Offs Coming Up
The Send - Friday, May 1st
As Jacob shared last week, The Send is a regional gathering on May 1st for youth and young adults. Each regional gathering is building momentum leading up to the main gathering of prayer, worship and commissioning in October 2027.
Dan's Ordination + BYO Dinner, Sunday, May 10th
I'm now officially a "Reverend" :) This is simply a recognition of trust within the Qld Baptist community. I've stayed the course, remained faithful and continue to serve you guys and the community as best I am able. On May 10th, a representative from QB will join us, share a bit and lead us in a prayer of blessing for our ongoing ministry.
One Prayer - Tuesday, June 2nd
Qld Baptists are encouraging their churches to take Monday June 1st to Sunday June 7th as "Prayer Week". The goal is to focus our attention on deepening our commitment to prayer, especially for revival in our state and nation. Part of this is a combined prayer meeting at Bridgeman Downs Baptist on 7pm, Tuesday June 2nd. I'll be going, along with some of our Young Adults, and you're welcome to join us! It will likely be a very large gathering of worship, prayer and ministry.
Church Camp - June 19-21
Don't forget to register for camp if you haven't already. If you need financial assistance, hit REPLY and let me know.
Coming Up
This Week
- You will bring some Good-or-God stories to share with each other, or all of us!
- Noah is hosting.
- Chanel is reading the Scriptures.
- Aimee is sharing how she lives out our rhythm, "Getting to KNOW Jesus".
- Dan is preaching on "Love your neighbour as yourself".
April - 9am [Home] + 4pm [Moffat]
Mondays - Young Adults - Marcello + Mariela 0428 986 423
Fridays - 6am Men's Prayer - Fred 0431 437 080
Apr 25 Anzac Day
Apr 26 Home + Moffat Gatherings
Apr 27 EHD: "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality" Launches (till June 22nd)
May - 9am [Home] + 4pm [Moffat]
Mondays - Young Adults - Marcello + Mariela 0428 986 423
Fridays - 6am Men's Prayer - Fred 0431 437 080
May 01 The Send: Youth + Young Adults at Goodlife // www.thesend.org.au
May 03 Home Gathering + Monthly Worship
May 10 Home + Moffat Gatherings // BYO Dinner // Dan's Ordination
May 17 Home + Moffat Gatherings + Baptisms
May 24 Home + Moffat Gatherings
May 31 Home + Moffat Gatherings
June - 9am [Home] + 4pm [Moffat]
Mondays - Young Adults - Marcello + Mariela 0428 986 423
Fridays - 6am Men's Prayer - Fred 0431 437 080
Jun 01-07 Qld Baptist Prayer Week
Jun 02 ONE PRAYER: Bridgeman Baptist Prayer Night
Jun 19-21 Church Camp @ Cobb & Co
Jun 22 EHD: "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality" Ends
Church Camp!
We are planning a church camp at Cobb & Co around mid-year. Stay tuned.
Our Mission
To help people find and follow Jesus.
Our Vision
Fully Alive through faith in Jesus. To see vision come to life, we developed FAM, our Fully Alive Model. Ideally, you can work through FAM with someone else.
Our Rhythms
Get to Know Jesus: how are you getting to know Jesus this week?
Invite people into your life: who can you intentionally open up your life to?
Gather and get involved: who can you connect, listen, share, or pray with this weekend?
Giving Up, In, and Out
Our church follows the same simple pattern of giving that we encourage each other individually: UP, IN, and OUT.
Giving UP
As a church, we give 2.5% to our denomination to support what's happening in churches like ours statewide and show appreciation for all the support they provide. We encourage each follower to consider giving "up" to support their local church - in this case ours :)
Giving IN
We give to personal/family needs within our church from our $5,000 Giving Kitty. Please alert us if you know someone with genuine needs that you're unable to meet out of your own resources.
Giving OUT
We encourage giving to several Christian projects beyond our church and local community: individual missionaries in Africa and Mongolia, an aid project in Cambodia, a local community non-profit called Sprout, and a church plant in Walkervale (Bundaberg). We'll give to them as a church, and we encourage you to give to them too.
Last month's giving: $12,146
Last month's expenses: $14,207
Balance: $73,678
Giving in: Oct 23-Mar 26: $5,000
Giving out: Oct 23-Mar 26: $18,793
"Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed." - Proverbs 19:17
If you would like to support what we are doing and our giving to those in need, you can get started giving to Open Road to meet the needs of our church or get in touch with any questions you may have.
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