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We have included the video of Dr. Rev. Kevin John “Bullfrog” Smith, aka John or Smithy. We felt it fitting to share it here although it has already been circulated widely on social media; so that, people can reflect upon it in their own time rather than the links disappearing from Facebook. GBNF Copyright © of […]

Ata marie te whanau o Ihu Karaiti, rangimarie ki a koutou katoa. Peace be with you, the family of Jesus Christ this morning. Today our gospel text comes from John 13:21-32, the betrayal of Judas foretold. We are now in the middle of what the church calls ‘Holy Week’. That tumultuous time from the rock […]

Womin-Jeka, (which is the local Wurundjeri indigenous phrase for welcome in my part of Australia) sisters and brothers and warm greetings from Melbourne. I trust all is well in your world. Today’s gospel text comes from John 12:12-19 where Jesus enters Jerusalem which we celebrate this coming Sunday as Palm Sunday, and it is full […]

Atamarie e hoa ma, kia kaha ki to haerenga ki a Ihu Karaiti. Peaceful morning friends, be strong in your travels with Jesus! The gospel we have today is from John 5:17-30, another scandal on the sabbath involving Jesus doing ‘good stuff’! Today’s text is the response that Jesus made to some religious nitpickers who […]

On Saturday, the 23rd March, 2019, we formally said goodbye to John Smith. A common enough name, a profoundly ‘one out of the box’ character in more ways than one! More of that later! We first gathered in the Wave Baptist Church in the seaside village of Ocean Grove, on the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula, not […]

Sean Stillman from God’s Squad in South Wales has come to Australia sharing stores and launching his book. He was well received by all.