Dominic last night challenged our “creative congregation” to contribute ideas to how the church can reach out to Sydney in Connect09 .Well, here’s one idea.
When I did a lot of door-knocking around the Coogee-Randwick area in 2006-07 I was gob-smacked by the sheer number of elderly or disabled people who, essentially housebound, were unable to do simple household chores. [...]
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Idea for Connect09: Helping the Elderly and Disabled
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged australia, christianity, christians in the media, church, connect09, disabilities, sydney on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wian Kean New Life Church
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chiang mai, church, laos, mekong, mien, thailand, wian kean, yeo on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Pioneers’ Edge Team spent the weekend at the ethnic tribal village of Wian Kean, nestled between the rice paddies of Northern Thailand and the Mighty Mekong which forms the border with Laos. The area is best known to the outside world as ‘the Golden Triangle’.
It was wonderful to get out of Chiang Mai and [...]
Email to Christians in the Media
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chiang mai, christians in the media, church, english, mission, pioneers, sydney, thailand on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
G’day everyone back home at Christians in the Media!
I am now well established here in Chiang Mai and its time for an update for my beloved Church and Bible Study!
Chiang Mai (or Chiangers as I call it) is a lovely location to live in Asia. The weather is very moderate (cold at times) and the [...]
Burma Needs Your Help and Here’s How!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aid, burma, christianity, church, cyclone, help, nargis on May 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A couple of hundred kilometres from here one of the highest death tolls of any natural disaster in modern times mounts in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
Today the Sydney Morning Herald reported:
About 100,000 people are feared to have been killed and at least 1.5 million people left homeless after south Burma was devastated by cyclone [...]
Thailand and Christianity
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged buddhism, christianity, church, culture, mission, thailand on May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a missionary saying here:
Make one lukewarm Christian and cause a whole village to become hostile to Christianity.
Don’t let the serene beauty of this land disguise the reality: believers here face significant persecution.
Consider the story of Christianity in Thailand. Even though missionaries have been coming to Thailand since the 16th and 17th centuries, and [...]
