Monthly Archives: December 2009

Giving Voice: Listening to the Spirit

Delivered by Rev Dr John A Evans on Sunday 27th December, 2009 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 Psalm 148 Luke 2:41-52 This is a good time of the year. There is space. The busyness of getting reading for Christmas and then celebrating Christmas is passed – and the urgency of the New Year has not begun. [...]

Christmas Day

delivered 25 December 2009 by Rev. Dr John Evans Isaiah 52:7-10 Psalm 98 John 1:1-14 We all like a good story – especially at Christmas time. Indeed some of us may have been given a good book as a Christmas present. And of course we heard another story this morning – the story of The [...]

Christmas Eve

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on 24th December, 2009 Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Luke 2:1-14, (15-20) In Isaiah 9.6 we read: “For unto us a child is born; unto us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulders, and his name will be called ‘wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father, [...]

A Christmas message from our minister

Christmas far from being the season of peace, joy and goodwill, is often the season for being trite, silly and insincere. Standing in a shop, paying over hard-earned money, for a gift the recipient may not want, certainly does not need, all while Silent Night is belted out on the PA system is bizarre! During [...]

Waiting and anticipation

delivered on 20 December 2009 by Rev. Dr John Evans (The following comments were made after the congregation’s Christmas pageant which featured the waiting of kings and prophets for the coming of the Messiah.) Our pageant has highlighted the frustration of waiting, waiting – being expectant and waiting even more, for a new, a different [...]

Celebrate Christmas at the Church of All Nations

You are very warmly invited to join us for one or more of these our special events this Christmas: Monday 21 December 11:15am – CAN Centre service in the church 12 noon – Christmas community lunch, including distribution of toys by Carlton police Wednesday 23 December 7:45am – service of Holy Communion in the Fullerton [...]

Joy . . . with a sting in the tail

Delivered on 13 December, 2009 by Rev Dr John Evans Zephaniah 3:14-20 Isaiah 12:2-6 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:7-18 In Philippians 4:4 Paul says to the Church “Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say, rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.” Rejoice. Advent and Christmas time have many words [...]