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This Sunday, 17 July, Steve is preaching on the story of Mary and Martha and the things that distract us from what really matters. Then on Sunday 24 July (Term 3 – for those of you for whom school terms mark time!) I will be beginning a four week series Read more…

As I said then: “As a community of faith….together we are the company of prophets of Canberra Baptist! We are called to care for the disadvantaged, to live out and speak out God’s justice and truth and love, to go through the necessary, but difficult transitions in our lives and Read more…

Below is a recording of the Book launch of Dr Thorwald Lorenzen’s latest book, Yes! A Christian Vision of Life. It took place on the 27th of February 2022 at Canberra Baptist Church.

Well, it was a blow hearing lockdown had been extended for a further four weeks! However, it does feel like what needed to happen, considering the ongoing case numbers and our desire to protect our neighbours and friends in the Canberra community, particularly those not yet fully vaccinated or whose Read more…

Dear Friends, I love being Australian. I never really thought about my nationality much until I was 15 and I moved to the United States for a year. Being Australian became my entire identity; my funny accent, my strange lexicon, the way I said Narrr instead of No, all these Read more…

Happy 5th day of Easter! I have been reading up on the church calendar and, did you know, this Sunday coming, the 8th day of Easter, has at least different 8 names! In Western Christianity it is often referred to as Low Sunday and I can understand that! After all Read more…

On this day we remember before you the women of the world.  We give you thanks for all those women who make the world a better place.  And we also remember the men who play an important role in their lives.   We plead for the women whose lives are blighted by pain Read more…

Dear Friends   Knowing we would be celebrating our Church Anniversary today, I asked our Church Archivist, Edna Jones, a few questions during the week. Here is what she shared with me.   How long have you been the Archivist and why did you take on the role? Only since Read more…