Welcome to the Parish of Modbury and Golden Grove

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The Dawn Has Already Begun

Most of us know what it is to wish we could start again.

We carry regrets, old wounds, habits we cannot seem to break, and memories of things we wish we had done differently. Sometimes it can feel as though the past has a stronger hold on us than the future.

 

In Romans 6, St Paul offers a startling image. He speaks of baptism as a kind of death and resurrection. Something old is buried. Something new is born.

This is not because Christians are better than anyone else, nor because faith somehow erases life's difficulties. Rather, Paul wants us to know that through Jesus Christ we are no longer defined by our failures, our fears, or even by death itself. We belong to the One who has passed through death and emerged into new life. The Christian life is not primarily about self-improvement. It is about transformation. It is about learning to live from the reality of God's grace rather than from the weight of our past.

Like a seed buried in the earth, something may need to break open before new life can emerge. What appears to be an ending may in fact be a beginning. What appears to be loss may become growth. What appears to be death may become resurrection.

 

This week, Paul invites us to remember our baptism and the promises it contains. We have been claimed by Christ. We have been joined to his story. And because he lives, we are called to live with hope.  The stone has been rolled away. The dawn has already begun. The risen Christ is leading us

into life.

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Usual weekly services and activities:

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Sunday:        Holy Communion 8.00 am

                       Holy Communion 10am

Monday:       Bible Study 10.00 am 

Tuesday:       Holy Communion 8.30 am

                        Community Garden 9.30 am

                        Christian meditation 9;30-10am alternate Tuesday from

                        21 Jan 2025

Wednesday: Bible Study 10.00 am

                        Fortnightly Foodbank   10.00 am

Thursday:      Holy Communion 10.00 am

Friday:            Community Garden 9.30 am

                        

 

1st Tuesday of the month Community Garden BBQ 11.30 am

1st and 3rd Sunday of the month Bari Service 11.30 am

2nd Thursday of the month Men's Group 7.30 pm

1st Friday of the month "Come as You Are" - Women's Fellowship 10-12 ​

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