Living Faithfully

2023 Christmas Greetings from LCAQD Bishop Mark Vainikka.

When it comes to mission it is not the failed attempts, the fizzled programmes, the hairbrained ideas or the poorly executed plan that will kill you.

Messy Church is a way of being church together that is engaging, conversational, relational and accessible. A year ago Our Saviour decided to give it a go.

We tend to think of revitalisation as an ingenious set of strategies to bring the church into a new era of growth. But that’s not quite right.

How Israel can have Jewish and Palestinian people living together has never been effectively worked through, and the problems about that are only escalating.

You get a lot of different calls as a pastor, but this phone call was a bit surprising. The young lady was asking if she could come to church.

The announcement of an El Niño brings with it a complex mix of emotions. But El Niño also brings with it a reminder to care for one another.

Creation is filled with God’s presence, and we see our role as responsible stewards and caretakers of all that God has created.

Each year, the ecumenical worldwide church celebrates the Season of Creation, beginning with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on 1st September.

Jeremiah had God’s Word burning inside him, and it had to come out. But it was about the consequences of breaking the covenant with God.