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Sunday Sermon

John-Jo Burns — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:55:49 +0000

On this page you can find the latest Sunday morning sermon from MOBC.

Here is the sermon from the 29th January 2012.

Skyfall Cafe

Tim Burns — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:00:55 +0000

Still at high-school? Then imagine kicking back and chilling out at MOBC’s concept cafe. Skyfall Cafe is on this January and will run from Friday 20th until Sunday 22nd. The cafe boasts a spectacular menu of exotic mocktails, skillfully created by MOBC’s teens and named after James Bond films! Great prizes are also on offer from a variety of competitions. Make sure to come on down and don’t forget to tell your friends!

The Details

When: 20th-21st January – 7-9pm
……….22nd January – 6-9pm
Where: MOBC
Cost:.Drinks – $3.00
……..Food – $1.50

For more details email benita@mobc.org.au.

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Ignition 2011

John-Jo Burns — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:33:50 +0000

“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love”
1 Corinthians 13:13

1 Corinthians 13v13 was the theme for Ignition Youth Camp 2011. Thirty-five eager and energetic young people were gently shephered by five poor, unsuspecting leaders, all of whom enjoyed a great weekend at Stanwell Tops. Of course, camps aren’t what they used to be! The Tops provided air-conditioning, as well as yummy food and pretty comfy beds (some even scored a double bed).

Ignition 2011 proved to be both an inspiration and an encouragement as the whole group looked at Jesus, the ‘Soul Survivor’ who is the great example of faith, hope and love. The group learnt that by faith in what Jesus did on the Cross there comes the living hope of eternal life. The final talk on love brought it all together, emphasizing how God loves the world so much that he sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross. His great love is like a gift that is open to all who will receive it. It was a stong message, and the whole group was was challenged to respond by living for God and loving him in return.

A highlight of Ignition was the introduction of some new worship songs. Thanks are due to Darren Ring and John-Jo Burns for organising the music, as well as their fantastic team – Shawn Morris, Sarah Hindmarsh and Chris Ollerton.

The weekend was packed with fun. A range of different team challenges aimed to identify the ultimate survivors, but somehow ended in a tie between all the teams! Challenges included completing a puzzle, which was wrapped up in cloths and tied to a rope, using water to get a ping pong ball out of a piece of PVC piping, a trivia quiz, and a competition to pop the other teams’ balloons!

Teams also played a massive game of capture the flag, using glowsticks that were both normal sized and mega sized. This required great stealth, speed and…you’ve guessed it…downright sneakiness! Everyone had fun running around at night carrying their own glowsticks and trying to kidnap the mega glowsticks belonging to the other teams.

In another game the junior leaders ‘poisoned’ some food and the teams had to work together to figure out a ‘cure’ using a mixture of cordials. Upon completing different challenges teams were awarded clues to the secret colour combination. In this game the Red team emerged victorious, with Renee being cured most quickly!

As I finally pack away the things from Camp 2011, I can see where God has been working and am excited to say that I look towards what God is going to do at next year’s camp. All good things must come to an end, but the cool thing about this weekend’s Youth Camp was that it ended in a celebration service, with the baptism of Shawn Morris and Renee Stevenson.

To see the video of Ignition 2011 click – here and to see the photos click - here.

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Calling All Football Fanatics

John-Jo Burns — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:44:01 +0000

Mortdale Baptist Football Club is looking for committed players for the 2012 season.

The competition is in the NSW churches football association. Games are played on Saturday afternoons – Reserve Grade at 1:30pm and First Grade at 3.15pm. The season consists of 18 rounds played from April until the end August.

Playing in the all age division 16 year olds to 90 year olds are accepted. It’s very social and may require a relaxed training run one night a week.

There’s a one off registration fee which includes all games, insurances and a shirt. It’s usually around $240 for the season.

The rules include unlimited interchange with 45 minute halves.

Please express your interest or queries to Keith Stevenson on 0458 459 019 or tech.officer@nswhmms.org

The interest that we get will determine if we have a team to enter for the 2012 season so if soccer is your sport – let us know, now!

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January’s Sermons

John-Jo Burns — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:04:56 +0000

Here’s where you can find all of January’s Sunday morning sermons.

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08/01/2012 –
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15/01/2012 –
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Carols in the Park 2011

Tim Burns — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:50:14 +0000

It poured down on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday! It sprinkled on Thursday and Friday! It even spat on Saturday! But by the time people started arriving for Carols in the Park 2011, the sun was out and the sky was predominantly blue!

On Saturday 10th December MOBC joined with All Saints Anglican Church, Oatley Uniting Church, and Oatley Anglican Church, to host an evening of community carols and musical presentations attended by over 1,000 people.

Oatley West Public School Concert Band set the tone with a wonderful repertoire of Christmas music played to a very high standard. Then, at 7pm, Stephen Anderson, the rector of All Saints Anglican, welcomed the crowd and introduced a program of well-known Christmas carols.

Julie Mellor, of Oatley Uniting Church conducted a community band, and Benita Clark, Louise Radcliffe, Warwick Rosier, and Neil Saintilan, all of MOBC, and wearing a variety of festive headgear, led the singing.

Minooka preschool, Arndu preschool, and St Joseph’s Primary School presented special Christmas songs; Il-Woong Kim, the senior minister of Oatley Uniting Church gave a Christmas talk, and the evening culminated in the traditional fireworks display.

All in all it was a great way to celebrate the Christmas story, so thank you to everyone who made it happen!

Carols in the park