With Pastor Ben having been brought in as Senior Pastor of CHBC in 2018 specifically to revitalise the church, the time has come for us to grapple with the reality of what God is calling us to. This sermon series will take us through the history of where the church has been, where it is now, and how our choices can make or break us, before moving on to share the “five steps for the journey” that will help us to move forward well.

Join us from May 12th as we seek to listen, discern, test, reflect and decide together, for the glory of God.

Beginning February 24th, we’ll be teaching from the book of Mark, with the theme of “Marching to the Cross”

It’s important for everyone to learn about and consider what this book, the shortest of the four gospels, has to say about God, Jesus, humanity, our rebellion, God’s answer to our rebellion, and our own response to these things.

If you’ve never really explored these issues and ideas for yourself, if you’d like to learn more about them, or if you’re a long-term follower of Jesus and wanted to be challenged and refreshed, come down and join us on Sunday mornings as we work through this book between now and Easter.

If you’d like a quick introduction to Mark, why not watch the below clip?

We’re officially in the tail end of 2018, and looking forward with anticipation to Christmas and what comes forth in 2019. As the year closes though, we’re continuing to keep ourselves busy.

We begin November by greeting David Um, a Korean Baptist Pastor who feels God has called him to multi-ethnic ministry. He’ll be sharing a message on God’s heart for the nations from the book of Revelation, so come and join us for a wonderful Sunday.

This is followed by two Sundays where our pastor, Ben Pratt, will be taking us through what our hope is as Christians, and what then God is calling us to, in the lead up to our last quarterly business meeting for the year. At this meeting we’ll make important decisions for 2019, so we encourage all our members and ministry partners to be there, especially on the 18th of November.

On November 17th we’ll be having our last Saturday Night Youth Service for the year, where we’ll get to meet Rev. Rob French, a Lecturer for the Plunge program at Morling Baptist Theological College. The night starts at 6:30pm, and is followed by a sausage sizzle and supper on the street. Don’t miss out!

And in December we’ll be going through a four week series called “Come and See”, where we go on a bird’s eye view of God’s plan for a Saviour, and how it all played out.

Finally, we’ll be holding a combined Christmas Carols service in the open air, across the road at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday 16th December, in partnership with several local churches. What better way to celebrate the birth of our Messiah than by singing praises to God and celebrating our unity as the family of God?

There’s never a better time than right now to come down to CHBC and see what God is doing, as we celebrate the new life he’s bringing us, and the hope we hold for tomorrow.

Starting on Sunday the 15th of July, we’ll be going through a new sermon series on Ephesians: The Gospel Story and Our Story. Join us as Neville Mitchell and Pastor Duc Tong teach us through the school holidays with Pastor B.A. returning on the 29th of July to continue the messages.

Starting on June 3rd and running for six weeks, our next teaching series will explore the ideas in Michael Frost’s book Surprise the World. Pastor B.A. will be helping us work through what a missional rhythm of life can look like, using the acronym of BELLS (Bless, Eat, Listen, Learn, Sent).

If you’d like to know more, perhaps Frosty himself can fill you in…

For the next nine weeks our new Senior Pastor, B.A. Pratt, will be taking us through Jesus’ farewell address to his beloved disciples, and together we’ll explore what they meant for the disciples back then, and what they mean for us today.

John 13-17 is full of some of Jesus’ last teaching to his disciples before he went to the cross. Jesus showed them what it meant to serve them by washing their feet, gave them images of the Christian life like a branch clinging to a vine, promised the Holy Spirit and prayed for his followers…he even prayed for you and me.

This was Jesus’ way of preparing his disciples for his death and resurrection, so prepare your heart for Easter by learning from our Master and Friend.

Come along at 9:30 every Sunday to find out more. Sunday School will return on the 4th February so that kids can explore the themes of these chapters too. This is also a great chance to get to know B.A. and his heart for seeing followers of Jesus learn more about him.

We hope to see you there.