Mending the Tear

  “Consider Christ,” the song said. Three times, once each verse, we were told to consider him. But what do we find when we follow that advice? When we look at him, what do we see? When we think about the events of that first Good Friday so long ago, what do we...

Works don’t Work

If I could summarise the heart of the message of Galatians it would be with this sentence: Works don’t work, only faith works. It sounds counter-intuitive. It seems to contradict all common sense. Of course, works work. Otherwise they wouldn’t be called works. But...

All for Him

Worship. It is a word we associate with church services and singing inspiring and moving songs. But at the heart of worship is something deeper and more profound. It’s more than just something we do or feel. It’s a choice, a commitment we make. Worhsip expresses what...

Federation Day Combined Church Service 2023

The annual Federation Day Combined Church service will be held this Sunday 29 January 2023 at 9:00 am at Bangerang Park, Corowa. Most of the town’s churches, including ours, will be closing their regular Sunday morning service to come together in this display of...

Can These Bones Live?

A sermon on Ezekiel 37 by Richard Keith on Sunday 21 August 2022 There is an old Irish proverb that says, “Hope is the physician of each misery.” Meaning that hope is the solution to every problem and nothing is too hard when we have hope. With hope in our heart every...

The Glory Departs

A sermon on Ezekiel 8 to 11 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 14 August 2022 I’d like to begin today by posing two related questions. Firstly, how did Israel’s faith survive the catastrophes of 586 BC? In that year Babylon’s armies invaded their country, surrounded  the...

The Message of Christmas Past, Present and Future

A sermon on Titus 2 by Rev Richard Keith on Christmas Eve 2021   In his book “A Christmas Carol” Charles Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cruel, tight-fisted, hard hearted man who makes life miserable for his tenants and employees. But on Christmas...