News from our Mission Partners the Watsons We left Gymea Anglican for Kununurra 13 years ago and have been involved in ministry with Aboriginal people as BCA co-workers. Jim has been employed with TAFE, lecturing in construction and Natalie has home schooled our 4 children. In 2016 we became foster carers for two Aboriginal sisters […]
Archbishop Davies Calls Churches to Prayer for Marriage He writes, “I am writing to you now to suggest that you highlight Sunday, 17th September as a special day of prayer – I am calling all Anglicans to pray for this issue specifically, in the context of prayer for our nation, its leaders, federal, state and […]
A Glimpse of life for our Mission Partners the Brownings in East Africa Andrew writes, “We thank God for your support and prayers over the last 16 years. Life here in Tanzania continues to be a mix of frustrations and blessings. A personal prayer point has been answered which makes our life here a little […]
Dad’s Celebrate Father’s Day with gifts that keep giving I asked a couple of book experts to recommend their top 5 that dads and their children can enjoy together. Olivia recommended these favourites for dads to read to their little ones: Thoughts that make your heart sing– Sally Llody-Jones & Tim Keller ( Great for […]
Important Update about our finances and ministries On behalf of Parish Council, I would like to update you on the church’s finances. We have good news and bad news. First – the good news. We sincerely thank God for the dedicated, financial commitment of our church members to the ministries of this church. 60% of […]
90th Anniversary Celebration – Back to Gymea Day On Sunday 22nd October at 930am we will be holding the finale of our 90th Anniversary celebrations. Archbishop Glenn Davies will be our guest speaker at a combined service at 9.30am. All other services will be cancelled on this day to enable members to attend. Some […]
Same sex Marriage Debate There will be a postal plebiscite within weeks. You and I will get the opportunity to let our politicians (our children, grandchildren and our nation) know what we believe is the best way to live. Laws never make people live or believe. They allow and punish but they also express values […]
Church Outreach Poster Ministry For the past 2 years our church has been part of the Outreach Poster ministry. You will see these posters on various churches around Sydney including Sutherland Presbyterian and Cronulla Anglican. Bob East, Hans Beilharz and Alan Webb oversee this ministry for our Parish Council and they welcome your comment and […]
Our Mortgage is Down! To purchase 133 Gymea Bay road and to renovate our buildings 10 years ago, we undertook a mortgage of $1.2 million. By 2011, it was down to $800,000. Now it is just $250,000. This is still a sizeable amount but way down on what it was. This reduction is due to […]
WOW … Church Annual Big Weekend was tremendous We are deeply grateful to the team Craig, Steve, Sam, Cameron, Olivia, Justin et al, who organised WeekendAway at Port Hacking with over 150 people attending the weekend. Thanks to Peter and Reg for their wonderful challenges from God’s word. What steps will you take this week […]