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After St Luke's Day last week, we return to Matthew's gospel this week, with Jesus' reply to the Pharisee's question 'what is the greatest commandment?' Jesus gives two, love God and love your neighbour, emphasising that you can't have the one without the other. Our morning services are as usual at 7am and 9am. The 9am service includes Children's Church and Zoom streaming. The week's notice paper and 9am service sheet are linked on the buttons below. With blessings, Rev'd Ti

This Sunday we celebrate St Luke, after which our church is named. From the New testament we know that he was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys (he is mentioned three times in Paul's letters). In one place Paul describes Luke as 'the beloved physician'. His name is associated with the third gospel and the book of Acts which tell of the mission of Jesus and of the early church, so this was clearly a matter of great worth to him. In our 102nd year, which starts thi

June and I are glad to be back at Ekibin this weekend and we thank those who have looked after the parish and taken services whilst we were away. At our 7am service we will continue with our reading of Jesus' comments about what it means to follow God. Through the parable about the wedding feast, Jesus shows that abundant provision is made by God, but a positive decision to accept this is required. At the 9am service, we will also consider the abundant provision of God th

Our services this Sunday are at the usual times of 7am and 9am, the latter with Zoom streaming. Children's Church is in recess for the School holidays, but children are always welcome. The week's notice paper and 9am service sheet are available under "This week" on the menu.

Our Old Testament reading this week is the crossing of the Red Sea during the Exodus. This is a seminal part of the story of the Hebrew people, and the language used is reminiscent of that used to describe creation in the Genesis stories. This is a story that really brings the people of God together as a New Creation. It is not surprising therefore that the image of a New Creation is used by the New Testament authors to describe those who follow the risen Jesus. Our services

The common theme to our readings this Sunday is that of how to live in community as the people of God and what fosters this. In the reading from Exodus the rules for celebrating the Passover promote community building, and in the gospel Matthew gives advice on how to resolve conflicts within the church. Our services this Sunday are at the usual times of 7am and 9am, the latter with Children's Church and Zoom streaming. The week's notice paper and 9am service sheet are linke

The June issue of 'Church News has been published. Read it here.

After Peter's proclamation last week that Jesus was the Messiah, the Anointed one, our gospel reading this week (just at the 7am service) starts to unpack quite what that means. As this is a fifth Sunday of the month, our 9am service is a special intergenerational service with our children helping to lead the worship, and activities for all ages.Our theme will be giving thanks for creation. There will be Zoom streaming as usual. There is still a APBA Holy Communion service at

We come this week to the mid-point of Matthew's Gospel. The author has been building up to this over the last several chapters of stories and sayings of Jesus, and now it becomes explicit. Peter confesses that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God (Matt. 16:16). It is on this that the whole gospel, the whole story of God's relations with humankind, rest. As usual we have two services this Sunday morning at 7am and 9am. The latter includes children's church and Zoo

As we continue to read through Matthew's gospel we see the author continue to draw on examples to show how startling both Jesus and Jesus' message were. In this week's portion, he shows how the gospel breaks down entrenched divisions and how faith can be seen in the most surprising places. As usual we have two services this Sunday morning at 7am and 9am. The latter includes children's church and Zoom streaming. The week's notice paper and 9am service sheet are available under