A sermon preached on All Saints Day at Church of All Nations, Carlton, Sunday 1st November 2009
Wes Campbell
Isaiah 25: 6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21; 1-6a; John 11: 32-44
Halloween Pumpkins have been on sale in the supermarket. In our street we were encouraged to join in trick or treat.
Are you turned off by the American [...]
Psalm 98
Gospel according to Mark 9: 30-37
Meditation
Let us acknowledge with thanks that we are on land cared for by the Elders of the Wurundjeri people for many millennia, and so commit ourselves to the task of reconciliation.
Today, here and now, we are sharing in a Valedictory service. The word valedictory means a farewell [...]
THURSDAY FORUM: God after the death of God
brief but serious Christian thinking -
WHEN: Thursday lunchtime, 1.05– 2.00pm,
22nd October 2009-
WHERE: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY, Alice Hoy Building (Education), room 330 (off Monash Rd)
The sessions are short but interactive. Hosted by Wes Campbell, chaplain.
In the past century there have been numerous claims that God is dead [...]
The Acts of the Apostles study 12th October 2009
Having risen from my sick bed late last week there was a Bible study at lunchtime today!! And we meet again next week.
By way of recalling what we have done, I made some general observations:
• The early Christian movement was Jewish – the split came in the AD70s. [...]
An Agape Meal will close the semester. On Saturday 19th September a number of us will meet at 128 Gatehouse St, Parkville (tel: 9349 21420 to eat and to have conversation about the faith.
It is called an ‘Agape Meal (a ‘love feast’) because we follow the pattern of meeting adopted by the early church when [...]
It is most important that we read Luke with an eye to his own interests. We should let him provide us with his understanding of the early years of the church.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer says:
‘When Christ calls someone, he bids them come and die.’
Jesus says the food he has is for the children of Israel: not for ‘dogs’, for Gentiles. But the Gentile woman will not be put off. She argues that even the dogs get scraps under the table! She is pleading for his help, and changes his mind.
BIBLE STUDY: ‘The Acts of the Apostles’. Monday weekly: lunchtime, 1.05-1.55pm, held in Union House Chaplaincy Rooms, 3rd floor above the Noodle Shop. Led by Wes Campbell. (during teaching weeks)
MIDDAY PRAYER Wednesday weekly 1.15-1.45pm – during teaching weeks in Old Arts Room 152. (note different venue).
Thursday Forum 3rd September: The search for the [...]
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES STUDY GROUP
2. Semester 2009
Led by Wes Campbell
These notes are an introduction to the Monday study, 3rd August, on the Acts of the Apostles.
I will say something of what we have done previously, then give a few pointers for our study in this second semester.
In past semesters we [...]
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