Hello Church Family,

This week Ps Stephen will provide the closing sermon on the Daniel Dilemma. In this we look forward to Jesus returning in triumph. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 states “May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” , this is the challenge we have been facing as we walk through the Daniel Dilemma. As we head into Easter, I am reminded of the contrast between Jesus dying on the cross in the most undignified manner, and the picture of his prophetic return in Daniel .

Across our community we are finding various ways for us to connect including ZOOM which allows us to have face to face catchups.

We continue to pray for you all and look at ways we can connect and care for you in this time of change. Please let us know if there is anything we can assist you with.

Prayer points:
1. Pray for our Nation as we face stronger social restrictions than we have ever faced.
2. Pray for OOSH management and staff as they continue to provide essential services to many families across our area and as they deal with the ever changing environment and loss of social connection with families.
3. Pray for those in our community who are sick and have been stood down from work.

This week we are thankful for many blessings including:
1. Celebrating the marriage of Adam and Abbey Bathgate
2. Creative ways in which people are meeting by phone and internet.
3. The proactive government measures that seem to be effective in containing the spread of the virus.

This is the link to this week’s sermon https://bit.ly/MBC_05042020 and song selection https://bit.ly/MBC05042020_Songs

The children’s message this week is about Jesus – The Servant King https://bit.ly/MBCkids_05042020 and song Great Serve https://bit.ly/MBCkidssong_GreatServe. There is also an attached Activity Sheet for them to complete.

God bless,
Ps Lindsay