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Take the Time to Read a Chronological Bible in 2023 I recently read an article about the chronological study bible. You may ask, what is a Chronological Bible? A chronological study Bible puts every passage in the historical order of the events that it narrates. This is different from our regular Bibles, whose books are grouped roughly according to genre. For instance,…

Giving Your Best

You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God a bull or sheep which has any blemish or defect, for that is an abomination to the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 17:1 God’s love moved him to sacrifice that which meant the most to him— his only Son. Our response, if we truly understand his love for us, is the desire to give back to God that which means the most to us.The Old…

Gateway News 29th March 2020

Welcome to the Gateway G’day, this is Wayne (and Alice) recently back from Scotland and now in quarantine welcoming you to our new emailed newsletter. Email or Printed? This is designed as a replacement for the pew sheet during the present distress. It is possible to email it to you. Given the cost difference between a stamp and an email this is the parish’s…

Let’s build a wall!

I built a wall this summer holidays, or more correctly, I, ably assisted by my three children and another teenager, built stage 1 of a retaining wall project to turn my steeply sloping garden of useless grass into a place of three levels with space to sit and space to enjoy God’s creation outdoors. It seemed that any bloke that I spoke to thought it fair game to give me…

The Way Forward

Following the planning day, Archdeacon Jan Crombie was asked by Bishop Philip Huggins to connect with the Bellarine Gateway Parish, to facilitate some positive dialogue addressing the culture of the parish; and our missional aspirations for the parish.