This was our Sunday morning service on July 7th 2019.
This was our Sunday morning service on 30th June 2019, led by our wonderful youth.
This is our morning service on Pentecost Sunday, 9th June 2019, and includes the farewell to our dear friends Kate and Paul.
This was our morning service on Sunday 2nd June 2019. Pastor Glenda preaching.
The time is drawing near to farewell our dear friends Paul and Kate Dam who will be leaving us to go and live with their son Peter and his family in Carrum Downs . We are so grateful that they are a part of our family here at MNLCC, and thank them for their love, commitment and service to this church. They will be greatly missed, and we will be sorry to see them go. However, we wish them well, and many years of good health, fun with their grandchildren, and the warmth and support of their loving family. God bless you and keep you always in His care.
With love,
Joe and Glenda,
And all your family here in Moe.
And from Kate:
Leaving one’s Family Home can cause all sorts of mixed emotions –and that’s what M.N.L.C.C. is to us. It’s where we came as baby Christians almost 44 years ago … it’s where we learned to Walk the Walk, Grow in God and were privileged to serve in whatever way we could. We left 15 years later as my Dad was in his last days and we felt the need to be close to our family.
We came back here 10 years ago after being away for 20 years – It felt so good to be Home again!
We are now at the point of leaving again. We are older now and want very much to spend more time with our family, which includes grand-children and great grand-children, and be part of their lives. We are sad to leave friends, old and new, but know this is the right decision for us at this time in our lives. We leave with hearts full of gratitude for the time here, and with many wonderful memories.
We pray God will continue to bless the M.N.L.C.C. and many will find a Home here as we have. Our best wishes and love always –
From Kate & Paul xxx
Some exciting events coming up in June.
AT MOE
Saturday 22nd June
Beauty – Inside and Out
Peta Soorkia speaking on Emotional Health and ‘fashion and body types’
Including a sumptuous high tea
Only $15pp
Sunday 30th June
Fellowship Lunch – Snow theme
AT CHURCHILL
Wednesday 12th June then every Wednesday for 8 weeks, 7pm.
Breaking the Chains.
A course designed to help you identify and overcome the areas in your life that are causing blockage to your spiritual walk. Taught by Lynn Fowler. Contact Lynn for details.
Friday 14th June
Healing and Revival Meeting
7.30 pm, Studio 1, Churchill Hub (behind and beneath the Churchill Hall.)
Saturday 29th June
Prayer and Fasting. 1 pm till 5pm. Come when you can, stay as long as you can, fast if you can.
Studio 1, Churchill Hub (behind and beneath the Churchill Hall.)
MOE REGULAR ACTIVITIES
Prayer – prayer is an essential part of the life of our church. Join us in the prayer room every Sunday from 9am before the service. This is a time when we pray for our meeting, our families, our local community and beyond. Morning prayer – Wednesdays from 8 am at Pastor Glenda’s.
Worship night: Sunday June 2nd from 5 pm
Music practice – every Thursday night from 6.30. See Diana for more details.
New Life Youth – Years 8 – 12, meeting at MNLCC Fridays 7 – 9 pm. See Kellie or Jamie for more details.
Children’s Ministry – Children’s Church is held during the service except school holidays and the 5th Sunday of the month. Sunday School is for children up to kinder age. Under 4s need to be accompanied by an adult.
New Life Girls – an exciting group for girls 12-14 years. See Pastor Glenda for more information.
New Life Kid’s Club – Fridays after school 3.30 – 5pm. See Arita for more information.
Home Fellowships:
Bethel Home Fellowship – Tuesdays 7.30 pm – See John Tibble for details
Churchill Fellowship – Tuesdays 7.30 – See Pastor Steve for details
Gateway Community – Tuesdays 7.30 – See Ron Patterson for details
Bible Studies – Know Your Bible (KYB) Mondays 1pm, MNLCC. See Arita for details
Women’s Group – New Life Women – Wednesdays 10 am – 12 noon – Fellowship and a cuppa, then we have a time of “going deeper” through sharing, teaching and prayer. All women are welcome.
Men’s Breakfast – Second Saturday of the month, 8 am – 9.30. See Jamie for details.
Men’s Group – New Life Men – every Wednesday 7 – 8.30 pm. See Jamie for details.
Missions Sunday – 3rd Sunday each month. The money collected in the purple bags goes directly towards education of South Sudanese refugee children through the Murle Education Foundation.
Note: Steve McNeilly is currently working on a 50 year history of MNLCC. More than just a record of what has happened, can we include lots of interesting memories, testimonies and personal reflections? It would be helpful if any such contributions or photos could be brought to the church office, or even to the book shop. (Don’t just talk about it, write it down, or ask Steve to help you write it down.)
We here at Moe New Life Christian Centre love to open wide our “curtains”. We do not want to create barriers to people coming in and finding Jesus – we want to be Jesus in our church, our homes, our community and beyond. It is time to stretch the boundaries of our “tent”. How can you help to create entry points and not barriers?
What are some ideas for stretching the tent curtains, lengthen our cords and strengthen our stakes?
Pray, pray, pray.
Create opportunities to strengthen relationships
Make a culture of connection – BBQ’s, afternoon tea, movie nights, home fellowships.
Have strong collective values that are reflected in every area of church life.
Love one another. Let that love flow out of you. Be filled with the Spirit and allow the fruit of the Spirit to grow in you. Keep short accounts with God and with one another -don’t let sin or lack of trust in God hold you back. Be “credible” witnesses. Tell your story. Let your lifestyle reflect authentic Christianity to your friends and family. Live the Gospel. Love people. Love the church.
Oh, and did I mention: Pray! Pray! Pray!
Glenda Noordam, Pastor
Had a fantastic morning with Healing Evangelist Brett Lindner.
Here is our service from Sunday May 19th.
We have just observed the Easter season, followed by Anzac Day. Both commemorate suffering and sacrifice. The Bible says, “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13)
Here in Australia, we honour those who have gone to battle on our behalf. Their sacrifice is commemorated every year as we gather at Shrines and Remembrance ceremonies. We as Australians are grateful for those who fought to keep our nation free, to live and work and worship as we choose. Our Constitution tells us we have freedom of speech, expression and religious belief. We are free to vote and to elect a government to represent the people. The original Anzacs fought for “God, King and Country”, but it seems to me that these days, people are more concerned about their personal freedoms than the overall good of the country, or that there is something greater to fight for, to live for – or, yes, even to die for. As the elections draw near, I pray that these things will be considered as you go to the polls. Let us pray to be “Godly and quietly governed”, with a government who will stand for righteousness, for “righteousness upholds a nation.”
We also celebrated Easter – a time to reflect and rejoice in the greatest sacrifice of all – the death of Jesus, the Lamb who died to take away the sins of the world. Jesus’ death and resurrection bought for us the greatest freedom of all – freedom from the power of sin and death. “It is for freedom that Christ has made us free.” Let us live in that freedom, and the power and life of the resurrection. Free to live holy and fruitful lives, representing the Kingdom of Heaven, following and fulfilling Jesus’ commandment to “love one another” and lay our lives down at His feet, surrendered to the King of kings and Lord of lords. Just as we honour the Anzacs who fought for our nation and our freedom, let us honour the one who fought on our behalf to secure our eternal freedom, and give us the victory over sin and death. “The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour is not in vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:56-58)
We have the resurrection power of Jesus that not only gives us forgiveness, not only cancels the power of sin over us, but that same power that raised Jesus from the dead transforms us, and gives us the power to live out that changed life for His glory.
In May we also celebrate Mothers’ Day. We honour our mums and wish them not just one happy day – but lives filled with the blessing of God. May they know and be assured of our love, respect and honour every single day. Let us go out of our way to affirm them, honour them, pray for them and show our love to them. May God grant our mothers grace, courage, strength and wisdom to raise our children in godly love and nurture. May they be able to engage in those difficult conversations, lovingly listening and sharing godly perspective with guidance and discipline from His Word, encouraging good thinking, resilience and right behaviour. Like the mothers of Salem, may they be able to bring their children to the feet of Jesus where they can know Him, and receive Him, and live lives that would bring honour to Him, and to their parents. We honour our mums and acknowledge their sacrifice on a daily basis – time, finance, sleep and a whole lot of other ways you could only really know if you are a mum.
May God bless our church, our homes, our nation.
With love,
Glenda.