On October the 4th the Churches of Christ in South Australia gathered to celebrate a Great Communion and 200 years since Thomas Campbell’s declaration and address. There were many gathering points, particularly in the regional areas where clusters of churches gathered together. But the main event organized from the state office was held at Mile [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Great Communion celebration Adelaide
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Great Communion
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I strongly encourage you to read the latest article by Greg Elsdon reflecting on communion as we lead into the great Communion celebration on October 4th. His article can be found in the previous post.
We are now 2 days away from coming together around a common table here in South Australia. Some are travelling long [...]
Reconnecting through Communion
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by Dr Greg Elsdon
October 2009
Celebrating the Lord’s Supper as remembrance and commitment
The regular celebration of the Lord’s Supper has been central to the Church’s practice and self-understanding from the very beginning. Every time we gather around the table of the risen Lord that we are confronted once again with the love of God and the [...]
Scripture
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by Graeme Rogerson
September 2009
(This reflection was done shortly after Magarey 2009 and refers to comments some made there by Jim Reiher, Tim Costello and Ash Barker.)
In the early to mid 90’s I completed an MCD Graduate Diploma of Ministry. One highlight of my study was attending the Catholic Theological College and studying the Gospel of [...]
No creed but Christ
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by Steve Blackett
July 2009
Back in 1996 I received a scholarship to join a “Leadership 2000” tour to Southern California. It was the first time I had been outside of Australia and so of course my attention was drawn to the obvious differences between our two countries – things like the amount of take-away food, the [...]
Delayed articles
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Hi everyone,
I apologize for the lack of information posted on this blog the past 3 months of so. It became a very busy winter and I neglected to update the articles to the website as they came through. Hard copies were posted out to churches each month but I’ve lagged behind in posting the blog [...]