Synod is the annual ‘parliament’ of the Anglican Church in Sydney. It was held in October in town. Our archbishop, Peter Jensen, gave a powerful address at the beginning of this year’s synod that focused on connecting with our neighbours and our city and also the current global financial crisis. It is worth a listen…
Keep ReadingWe’ve added the ‘sermons’ page to www.stmarks.com.au. We have posted the first talk in the current preaching series and will have the rest of the series up shortly. The plan is that you’ll be able to re-listen to each Sunday sermon preached at St Mark’s Anglican Church Pennant Hills and soak up more of the…
Keep ReadingOver 30 years Leigh Hatcher has carved out a career as a highly respected TV journalist and presenter. He has covered it all from the sacking of Gough Whitlam to the Olympics (see here for details). Leigh is also a bloke who has confronted and overcome the challenges of suffering Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the…
Keep ReadingOn Sundays we’re reading through a letter from the New Testament written by the apostle Peter to some Christians doing it tough for their faith in various places in Turkey (the letter is referred to as 1 Peter). There was a paragraph on Sunday that we read, but which I didn’t talk about when I…
Keep ReadingEach Saturday afternoon for the next couple of months, members from across the congregations at St Mark’s Anglican Church Pennant Hills are going to be visiting the neighbours to give them some information about our new minister and to invite them to come along to church to meet him. This is dangerous work, not for…
Keep ReadingChristians talk about something called the gospel as if it was really, really important. But what is ‘the gospel’ and why would anybody care? John Piper is an American, but God loves him anyway. And he is good at talking about the gospel. Check it out.
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