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Archive for August, 2007

A Postcard Lunch with Kim Hammond in Melbourne

Posted by Bessie on August 25th, 2007

Come along @ 12.30 and join other missional thinkers from the Peninsula for a delicious lunch at the Harba Café before hearing from Kim and others, as well as good conversation and coffee from 1.30pm-4.00pm.
Kim and his wife Maria lead the team at The Junction (www.thejunction.info), in Melbourne’s Outer East, which they planted in 2001.  […]

Recent OIKOS Trip to Canberra

Posted by Bessie on August 23rd, 2007

Canberra Trip August 2007  Click here to open a photo record of the recent OIKOS trip to Canberra.  A fuller report will be included in OIKOS the newsletter which is due to be sent out early next week.

Our web site…..

Posted by Bessie on August 20th, 2007

Bruce Kerr of the OIKOS Team, and his son, Philip, have agreed to manage the OIKOS web site.  I am very grateful to them and we can expect to see some updates in the near future.  The first important update will be a full catalogue of the resources we offer including a full range of […]

Beth Tephillah Ministries Seminar…..

Posted by Bessie on August 20th, 2007

Beth Tephillah is a home church/healing/prayer/open house based ministry with the Baptist Church in Williamstown, Vic. 
Generational Healing
Saturday 8th September 10 am – 4 pm at Beth Tephillah Ministry Centre Williamstown,  55 Park Crescent, Williamstown (Mel 55 J7)  Cost: $25.00.  Refreshments will be provided. BYO lunch.
Mal and Di Dow
Beth Tephillah Ministry Centre is a
ministry of Williamstown Baptist Church
Pastors Malcolm […]

‘Amazing Grace’ - an interesting beginning

Posted by Bessie on August 19th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMF_24cQqT0  Click on this to hear an amazing story about the possible beginning of the tune to which John Newton wrote the famous words - and hear it sung - well - amazingly!

House Churches Take Off in USA

Posted by Bessie on August 19th, 2007

A new study, based on interviews with more than five thousand randomly selected adults from across the nation, found that 9% of adults attend a house church during a typical week. That is remarkable growth in the past decade, shooting up from just 1% to near double-digit involvement. In total, one out of five adults […]

The church in the city of………

Posted by Bessie on August 19th, 2007

God is moving mightily across the world.  Many believe we are seeing a fresh reformation - this time, of the church.  We live in the most exciting times in church history.  There are many seeking God for the harvest in their villages and cities.  Transforming Melbourne www.transformingmelbourne.org keeps many of us informed about the city where I […]

Watching….

Posted by Bessie on August 19th, 2007

‘The true watchman is someone who watches God, who is the Chief Watchman – beholding Him in His awesome, majestic glory and what He is doing. The watchman is attentive to Him with all his faculties and consequently sees things more clearly through God’s eyes and His Word; he clearly hears and obeys God’s voice […]

If you want change in your neighbourhood and nation….

Posted by Bessie on August 19th, 2007

“There has never been a spiritual awakening in any time or place that has not been preceded by sustained united prayer.”
Edwin Orr, 20th Century authority on Revival

This week in Colossians….

Posted by Bessie on August 19th, 2007

I have been reading all four chapters of Colossians each day for the last few, and yesterday while reading, I realised “I am reading this as Paul writing to 1st century Christians, and picking up points from that perspective!  How different would this be if I read it from the point of view that God is […]