Sermon Category: Sermons- 2020

ONLINE – Nicole Teasdale – Mother’s Day

Hello Church Family,

Today I’m reminded of the wonderful gift of Mothers, I can remember my mum picking me up after a fall and giving me a cuddle, to the time mum attended my marching out parade at the Army.
It’s these events in our life that make mums special, we see in Genises 3.20 “ Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all living thing” from the beginning of man, God’s purpose was always to have mothers as the source of life.
We hope that the Mums enjoy their gift from MBC, we really loved catching up with you all in the process.
This week Nicole Teasdale will be bringing the message on this special day.
The Children’s message can be found here https://bit.ly/MBCKids_MothersDay
Prayer points:
1. We are thankful for all mums
2. Let’s give thanks for all that mums do in our lives
3. We pray for everyone who may find Mother’s Day difficult.
One of the things that has amazed me during this period has been your eagerness to provide support and connect, we want to thank you all for your support and encouragement at this time and want to encourage you to keep striving to grow closer to God.
God Bless
Ps Lindsay

ONLINE – Lindsay Teasdale – Jesus Said What? – Part 1

Hello Church family,

I’m really missing the church community today.
But I’m thankful for many things including my God’s assurance, health, family, church, and our new dog (his name is Coffee). What are you thankful for at this time?
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:15‬ ‭NIV‬‬
We celebrate the engagement of Steve Barber and Lauren Smith this week. Congratulations to them both!
This week we commence our new series “Jesus said what?“ I’m looking forward to seeing the words of Jesus communicated and applied. You will find this week’s sermon from Ps Lindsay here in the link below.
Mother’s Day is next week! Dads and kids you need to start prepping ? Join us next week for our Mother’s Day service.
Prayer points :
1. Children as they start to return to school.
2. For teachers as they head back to the classroom and manage online learning.
3. Families with children as they manage both school and at home learning.
For the families please find lesson and activities as we look at the road to Emmaus https://bit.ly/MBCKids_03052020
If you are willing to help provide meals to some families please contact the church office 49391800 to assist.
God bless
Ps Lindsay

ONLINE – Aaron Brown – The Good Samaritan

Hello Church Family,
Today (Thursday) I’ve been reminded, challenged by these words given to me “Less is more”? I was reminded of John 3:30 “ He must be greater; I must be less”. This verse was given to me along with the above words. As I ponder these words I’m reminded that life has been stripped back to less, or is it more? But what are we going to learn and change when we are able to meet together again face to face? I sense that the consumerism mentally and the driving need to make our church more attractive needs to change and focus more on Him than on us? Even in this time we/me are being tempted to fill the void with stuff/things/events/etc……..Less is more I hear the quiet voice say to me. For me, God has shown me areas fo my life that I need less of myself …..busyness, control, selfishness, and trust, and more of Him.
This week we have much to be thankful for:
We are thankful and celebrate the birth of two beautiful baby boys over the past week. Brittany Ashton gave birth to Luka John Ryan on 17/4/2020 and Amy and Brent Cowley welcomed Tobias Ivan Cowley on 20/4/2020. Congratulations to the Ashton, Cowley and Power families for the precious gift of life. Babies and mums are all doing well.
Prayer points:
1. We continue to pray for our Government, leaders and essential workers.
2. We continue to pray for James (Biff), Browyn, Tamsyn and Ivy.
3. We continue to support and pray for those whose employment and income have been affected at this time.
4. We continue to pray for people and their loved ones who have contracted the virus.
5. We praise God for Karen being cleared of COVID-19 which enabled her treatment to be resumed.
This week Aaron will be providing the message on the Good Samaritan, along with a message from Ps Stephen and worship with Ps Jeremy.
The children’s message is attached (or below). We also encourage the kids to think about what they could make to help them remember the lesson learnt from the parable of The Good Samaritan.
God bless,
Ps Lindsay

ONLINE – Jeremy Bilson – Loving God

Hello Church Family,

This week Ps Jeremy will be sharing the word with us and can be found in the link below, and some songs: https://bit.ly/MBCSongs_19042020
Our children’s message is here: https://bit.ly/MBCKids_GodLovesYou, also two activity sheets and a song are attached.
We are still connecting with our mission partners and discussing what we can do to support them at this time. These are some updates:
  • Nicole and I recently completed our training with Kids Hope Aus and Nicole is working on getting this up and running as soon as possible.
  • We are in contact with Samaritan’s Purse regarding what is happening and ways we can get involved.
  • As a leadership team are still wanting the church to be involved in Operation Christmas Child and Jenny will be bringing us news of this soon. We understand that this may require a different approach but we must continue to look to show God’s love in all circumstances.
  • We are in touch with Scott and Ruth in the Phillipines – our trip this year is off but we are still looking at ways to support them.
  • Maitland Neighbourhood Centre is still operating and where possible we are still involved at this time.
  • We have been in contact with Destiny Haven is offering our prayer and support an are waiting to hear from them.
As you can see, the world seems like it’s at a standstill but life and lives are still as important as ever, and we will endeavour to reach out where possible.
Next term we will be studying the words of Jesus in our “Jesus said what?” sermon series that will start on the 3rd May.
God bless,
Ps Lindsay

ONLINE – Lindsay Teasdale – Easter Sunday Service

He is Risen!!

Today is the day when we celebrate that Jesus defeated death – what a wonderful truth!

As we have journeyed through Easter from the cross to the grave and finally to his resurrection, the story of Salvation is completed and we can be assured of our redemption through Jesus.

Please find attached our Easter Message and the children’s Easter Sunday message and activity sheet: https://bit.ly/MBCkids_EasterSunday
Prayer points:
1. Pray that you will find a renewed hope and faith this Resurrection day.
2. Be thankful for the power and victory that is found in His name
3. Pray for others to know him as Lord and Saviour
God Bless
Ps Lindsay

ONLINE – Lindsay Teasdale – Good Friday Service

Happy Easter to our Church Family,

Today is a day of reflection and rejoicing as we celebrate Good Friday.

It’s a day where we remember the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross for us. The day that he took our place on the cross and through his sacrifice we are shown the greatest example of Love and Grace the world has ever known.

This week I’ve been reading through the events of the week as Jesus walked to the cross. We see him greeted like a king on Palm Sunday, he cursed the fig tree and challenged the temple practices, the religious leaders begin to plot to kill him, Jesus predicts his death, the sharing of the passover meal with his friends, a prayer to His father, he is betrayed by a friend, another friend denied knowing him, he suffered false accusations and condemnation from men at his trials, he was falsely sentenced to death, he was crowned with thorns and carried the cross whilst being mocked, and finally he was nailed to the cross and these great last word were spoke….”Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” Luke 23:34. Whilst nailed to the cross Jesus offer redemption to another “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise” Luke 23:43. Then in Luke 23:46 “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” after this, his last breath was taken……it’s a beautiful story of TRUE LOVE and Sacrifice.

As we celebrate Good Friday a little differently this year, the purpose is still the same so
I encourage you this weekend to sit down and watch the Good Friday and Easter Sunday services. It’s a time for us to be thankful that we have a creator who loves us enough to send his son to die on the cross for you and for me.

Prayer points:
1. We pray that we will continue to seek to connect with each other
2. We pray that over the weekend we will truly be thankful for the free gift of salvation
3. We pray the at the end of this season we will rejoice and be encouraged to reconnect with each other.

This week we are thankful for the blessing that God has provided:
1. All our church family at this time are not physically affected by COVID 19
2. We are thankful to the continued support and love that is being shown to one another.
3. We are thankful for a loving God who gave us an eternal free sacrifice

Please follow the link below for our Good Friday service.

Our kids church video link is here: https://bit.ly/MBCKids_GoodFridayand activity sheets are below (or attached).

God bless,

Ps Lindsay

ONLINE – Stephen Punch – The Daniel Dilemma

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

ONLINE – Stephen Punch – The Daniel Dilemma

Hello Church Family,

Well, it has been a week of constant change and reassessing what’s happening and how we continue to glorify God.

Society may change, and we may not be able to meet, but God does not change or move What a great assurance that is to us!

We continue to pray, and make phone calls to you all to ensure we are somewhat connected. The leadership team are still willing to provide personal visits to you when required.

This week Ps. Stephen will provide an additional sermon covering the Daniel Dilemma see attached link. We have also included a few songs for you to listen/sing to bit.ly/MBC29032020_Songs

Yesterday a team of people dropped off some items to the kids in our church and we will also be including a video for the kids in our weekly emails. See this link http://bit.ly/MBCkids29032020 and attached is a song for them to learn and sing along to.

This weekend we were scheduled to hold our annual church camp at Gloucester, but due to changes around COVID-19, this is postponed until further notice.

In saying all this in the last week we have celebrated with:

· Brent & Amy Cowley for their baby shower to celebrate the upcoming birth of their bub.

· Brian and Jess Barnes for the dedication of Evelyn and 1st Birthday celebration.

· Our first online sermon recorded and distributed.

· We also want to recognise and celebrate Burt Guy’s 80th Birthday on 26th March. Happy Birthday Burt!

· We are receiving lots of emails and encouragement from you all, and thank you for them, they are much appreciated.

Prayer points:

· Adam & Abbey’s wedding day as it approaches.

· Continue to pray for our health, teachers, supermarket staff and other essential services workers who are on the front line.

· For the people in our community who may not be able to work at this time due to the current circumstances.

· Let’s continue to pray that through this situation people will come to know JESUS.

The Australian Government made announcements that have led to NSW Baptist Association and other major church groups advising against meeting in connect groups/small groups etc. We, as a church leadership support this advice and have notified all our connect groups leaders of this change. In turn, we will increase our phone calls, and look to create groups through zoom/messenger, etc.

I would encourage you where possible to reach out to your neighbours where practical. This week Nicole and I dropped letters into our neighbours’ letterboxes with our contact details, just to let them know we were here and offering support if required. As a result of this, conversations have opened and Jesus’ name is being shared……God is Good!!

One of the questions we have been asked “ how can I continue to give financially to the church? If you wish to give we encourage you to do this through online banking . Maitland Baptist Church – Greater Building Society BSB 637 000 Account 717173309.

Please continue to send in prayer requests and information that you may want us to share. Good news stories are an encouragement to us all!

Ps Lindsay