Monthly Archives: March 2010

Join us at Easter & on 11 April

Church of All Nations’ anniversary dinner on Saturday night was a splendid occasion, its centrepiece being the book launch, by former minister John Rickard, of our ‘collective memoir’, The Need is the Call: 150 years of service in Carlton.  Contact the church for your own copy of the book for $20 (add $5 for postage). [...]

The Prince of Peace

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 28 March, 2010 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Luke 19:28-40 As long as I can remember Palm Sunday has been a day of peace activism by Christians. Indeed it has been a day of peace activism, generally. When I lived in Canberra in the 1980’s, there were huge rallies [...]

Our 150th anniversary

The Church of All Nations will celebrate this great landmark with exhibitions, tours, a new book, a dinner, a church service and more.  Please join us at any or all of these events where we look back at the vibrant history of the church’s presence in a changing context and we look forward in faith [...]

When the Manna Ceases

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 14 March, 2010 Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The story of the two sons and their father is one of the great stories of Jesus. It resonates with us at many levels. We each have been the younger son – desperate to [...]

Mercy

Delievered on Sunday 7 March, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 In baseball there is a rule that says that if the game is two thirds of the way through the 9 innings of a full game, and one team is 10 runs ahead of the [...]