Nine months after floods devastated the community around the Central West New South Wales town of Forbes last November, including inundating their 90-year-old church building, members of the Lutheran congregation finally returned ‘home’.
The warble of native birds, the rustling of nature, the sigh of a light breeze… these are the sounds that brush my ears when I make contact with Margaret Curnow. She’s on Queensland’s Moreton Island with her grandchildren, whose unfledged voices sweep into our conversation and away again, like the cormorants who dot the bay.
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The first step in vibrant, joyful mission is learning from what Jesus said in Luke 10:2. Mission doesn’t begin in action. When Jesus sends out 72 local missionaries to proclaim the kingdom of God, what he says is unexpected and surprising. ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. So pray.’ The praying precedes the going.
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Forbes Lutherans back ‘home’
Nine months after floods devastated the community around the Central West New South Wales town of Forbes last November, including inundating their 90-year-old church building, members of the Lutheran congregation finally returned ‘home’.
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In from the wild
The warble of native birds, the rustling of nature, the sigh of a light breeze… these are the sounds that brush my ears when I make contact with Margaret Curnow. She’s on Queensland’s Moreton Island with her grandchildren, whose unfledged voices sweep into our conversation and away again, like the cormorants who dot the bay.
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The harvest is plentiful, so pray!
The first step in vibrant, joyful mission is learning from what Jesus said in Luke 10:2. Mission doesn’t begin in action. When Jesus sends out 72 local missionaries to proclaim the kingdom of God, what he says is unexpected and surprising. ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. So pray.’ The praying precedes the going.
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