Dear Border Church Family,
This week we will be having Church in our regular venue at the QCWA Hall at 169 Griffith Street, Coolangatta. Parking can be found on Griffith and Boundary Streets as well as on Marine Parade. For shaded parking you can park under Twin Towns. We will be meeting at 9:30am QLD/10:30am NSW and look forward to spending time with you.
Border Church this Week
This week I want to look at the Biblical teaching about Baptism. I have undergone some shifts in my thinking on this topic and I want to explore things like infant baptism, modes of baptism and the part that baptism plays in salvation. Come and let's get immersed in this topic together.
We always have a healthy vegetarian fellowship lunch after Church. We will be having Asian themed food this week! We would love you to join us for this time of fellowship. Our lunch schedule can be found here - https://border.church/pages/church-luncheons-roster
This Weekend
This week Epic Youth is back on at 5:30-7:30pm NSW time at the Tweed Presbyterian Church Hall, the Corner of Wharf and Florence streets, Tweed Heads. This week it is Split Screen which I am told is a fun night which involves a Nintendo Switch! The program for the remainder of our term is below:
News
Saturday afternoon December 2 we will join other Churches in the park at Jack Evans for a Combined Churches Family Fun day. Please mark it in your calendars and start sharing with people you know!
We will have hampers for the Christmas season partnering with other Churches and ministries such as Convoy of Hope. If you know of anyone who is in need this Christmas season please let us know so we can try and get a hamper allocated to them.
This week, I just recorded the last program I will be on for 2023 - a Christmas special that will come out soon and was absolutely fun to record. I actually should be on the air this Sunday night at 8pm QLD time with the final program on Church History - looking at the history the Church is writing since 2000. Past shows can be found on the links below:
Church History 1914-2000: Lessons from the last 100 years for 2023
Church History 1800-1914: Great Awakening to War and lessons for 2023
Church History 1500-1800: Reformation and Revolution and lessons for 2023
Church History 1000-1500AD: Dark Ages and lessons for 2023
Church History up to 1000AD and Lessons for 2023
Early Church History and Lessons for 2023
What does the Bible Say About Food?
Denominational Differences and Sheep Stealing
Give
You can contribute towards our community outreach in our tithes and offerings box or online through various options on our website at https://border.church/give
Weekly meetings
Wednesday Prayer Meeting
Prayer meetings are on Wednesdays at 3pm NSW time at 179 Botanical Circuit, Banora Point. Please message me or speak to Lorraine if you have any prayer requests we can add to our list. All are welcome to join as we pray for our community and upcoming projects.
Wednesday Night Bible Study
A few weeks ago we finished season one of Sealed & Revealed and will resume with Season 2 in 2024. However, to fill in the gap before Christmas, we will begin again this Wednesday night at 6:30pm QLD/7:30pm NSW time looking at questions you have suggested. The first few weeks will look at the Creation of this world and look at some answers to the Evolutionary process in the light of the Bible and Science.
The Zoom link for this is below - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Sealed & Revealed - Heralds of the Messiah
Our first series on Messianic Prophecies is now finished and in 2024 we will resume a new series looking at the New Testament view of prophecy (minus Revelation which will be dealt with in a future season). If you would like to catch up on studies in this series, recorded sessions can be found on the secret YouTube playlist here:
Other worship opportunities
If you or anyone you know would like to start a Discovery Bible Reading group, we would be happy to equip and support you in this. We will be teaching how to do these from this week. It really is very simple.
We run Alpha small groups on a regular basis and if you would like help hosting one for your friends or loved ones to discover Jesus and the basics of the Bible, please let us know.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday at 9:30am QLD/10:30am NSW.
Blessings
love
Brendan, Alina, Victor and Erina