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January 15, 2023
21 Days of Focus: Restoring Rhythm2. Work, Rest and Restoring Identity Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor 15 January 2023
Intro: Whats in the box?
A member of church gave me this book early last year. Half Time by Bob Buford. A book by a Christian business man about how to make the most of the second half of your life.
Bob Buford was a TV station owner from the early days of television. He was wildly successful from a business perspectiv...
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January 8, 2023
21 Days of Focus: Restoring Rhythm2. Work, Rest and Restoring Identity Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor 15 January 2023
Intro: Whats in the box?
A member of church gave me this book early last year. Half Time by Bob Buford. A book by a Christian business man about how to make the most of the second half of your life.
Bob Buford was a TV station owner from the early days of television. He was wildly successful from a business perspectiv...
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January 1, 2023
New Years Day 2023Zacchaeus: A New Start Dan Bidwell, Senior PastorLuke 19:1-10 1 January 2023
Well good morning and Happy New Year!
I always like to start my New Years sermon with a list of the top New Years Resolutions. According to one survey , the top New Years resolutions for Americans are:
#1 exercise more#2 eat healthier#3 lose weight#4 save more money#5 spend more time with family and friends
Highly ranked spend les...
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December 24, 2022
Gifts of Christmas4. Gold: The Gift of a King Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Christmas Week 2022
All this December we have been thinking about the gifts of Christmas. It got me thinking about some of the best gifts Ive received over the years.- Walkie talkies- Skateboards- Body boards (Christmas is in summertime in Australia, and we lived near the beach!) In fact lots of surf wear, swimsuits, towels, snorkels, fins etc. Water bab...
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December 18, 2022
Gifts of Christmas3. Myrrh: The Gift of a Lamb Dan Bidwell, Senior PastorIsaiah 53:3-7 18 December 2022
My wife, Joanna, was at her work Christmas party this week, and they each had to bring a gift for the White Elephant game, that game where you open a present but the next person can steal it if they like it more than their present. Anyway almost half the gifts were scented candles, so there was a lot of negotiating about who w...
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December 11, 2022
Gifts of Christmas2. Frankincense: The Gift of Understanding Dan Bidwell, Senior PastorIsaiah 40:3-5; Mark 1:1-8, 14-15 Sunday 11 December, 2022
In a small Southern town, the children in Sunday school were drawing pictures of the nativity. As the teacher went around, she complimented the children on their pictures of Mary, and Joseph and the baby Jesus. As she got to little Timmy, she noticed something unusual about his picture. ...
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December 4, 2022
Gifts of Christmas1. The Gift of Preparation Dan Bidwell, Senior PastorIsaiah 40:3-5; Mark 1:1-8, 14-15 Tuesday 29 November, 2022
How many observe Christs birthday! How few, His precepts! O! tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.- Benjamin Franklin -
If we get too caught up in the traditions, expectations, gifts and good cheer of Christmas, we could well be missing the reason for the season and begin to worship the very t...
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November 27, 2022
30 Days of Thankfulness4. An Invitation the Feast Dan Bidwell, Senior PastorIsaiah 25:6-8; Isaiah 55:1-3, 6-7 Sunday 20 November, 2022
Intro: Whats your favorite Thanksgiving dish?
I tried a dish Id never tried before dressing. Its stuffing that was never stuffed inside the turkey. Pretty great!
Thanksgiving is a time where we look forward to a feast with our family and friends. A time of wonderful warmth and enjoyment and love....
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November 20, 2022
30 Days of Thankfulness3. Thankful for what we have
Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor
Deuteronomy 6:4-12; Hebrews 13:5 Sunday 20 November, 2022
I was looking for something in my desk drawer this week when I found this a wad of cash from different countries Ive travelled to.
Theres money from Fiji, and the United Arab Emirates, and Tanzania. But this stack means the most to me. Its from Rwanda.
Right before I moved here to become your...
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November 13, 2022
30 Days of Thankfulness2. Thankful for Who We Are
Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor
Psalm 100 Sunday 13 November, 2022
In last weeks sermon, I spoke about a song that goes: I Raise A Hallelujah.
Its such a good song, that Ive had it going around in my head for about a week now. Around and around.
You know what they call that? When a song goes round and round in your head and you cant seem to shake it off?
An earworm. Its like the song...
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November 6, 2022
30 Days of Thankfulness1. Taste and See That the Lord is Good Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor
Psalm 34:1-8
Two friends met each other on the street one day. One looked forlorn, almost on the verge of tears. His friend asked, What has the world done to you, my old friend? The sad fellow said, Let me tell you: three weeks ago, my uncle died and left me forty thousand dollars.
Thats a lot of money.
But you see, two weeks ago, a cousin I...
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October 30, 2022
Kingdom People10. The King in the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Matthew 21:1-19
Symbols
I want to start with a little game guess the movie. Give you 30 seconds with the person beside you to name whichever movies you can based on the symbols... Then well check the answers together.
Just so you know, this came from a survey of 1000 people in the US. The percentages are the percentage of people who recognised each symbol.
(Re...
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October 23, 2022
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October 16, 2022
Kingdom People7. Wealth in the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Matthew 19:16-30 16 October 2022
In this passage we watch a young man walk away from Jesus because he chooses his earthly possessions over eternal life. Jesus warns us how difficult it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. As a church, how are we preventing one another from stumbling (18:6) in this area?
A businessman man stops his sports car to get some...
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October 9, 2022
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October 2, 2022
Kingdom People6. Marriage and Divorce in the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Matthew 19:1-12 2 October 2022
As we come to todays passage about Marriage and Divorce in the Kingdom, I realize we are entering territory where I need to tread very lightly.
Because marriage breakdown is one of those topics that touches all of us in some way or another, whether personally or amongst family members or friends. Marriage breakdown caus...
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September 18, 2022
Kingdom People4. Conflict in the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Matthew 18:15-20 18 September 2022
This week I found myself wondering: what is the hardest gymnastic move in the world?
So I did some research and it led me to the greatest gymnast of all time, the most decorated gymnast in history. Simone Biles. And when we look at a list of the most difficult gymnastic moves in the world, not surprisingly Biles holds the recor...
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September 11, 2022
Kingdom People3. Greatness in the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Matthew 18:1-14 11 September 2022
There is an expression that has become very popular recently G.O.A.T or the GOAT. An acronym for the Greatest Of All Time.
Usually used to talk about sporting heroes. My research tells me that the first person to be described as the GOAT was Muhammad Ali (back in the 90s). But since then there have been many names thrown about...
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September 4, 2022
Kingdom People2. Faith in the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior Pastor Matthew 17:1-13 4 September 2022
Ive always had a fascination with Everest, and the idea of reaching the top. Back in Australia I climbed lots of little mountains, but our tallest peak is 7,309 ft just a little bit shorter than Everest at 29,032 ft!
Back in 1995, a postman from Washington State named Doug Hansen had his chance to climb Everest. But due to bad weat...
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August 28, 2022
Kingdom People1. A Taste of the Kingdom Dan Bidwell, Senior PastorMatthew 17:1-13 28 August 2022
When people find out Im from Australia, they often ask: What are some of the differences between Australia and here?
There is a lot that is similar and most of the time I feel right at home. Until something happens that makes me remember this is a second culture for me.
That happened at our sons High School graduation a couple of mon...
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