Haere Mai

Ilam Baptist Church is part of the Baptist Union of Churches in New Zealand, and meets in the suburb of Ilam in Christchurch. There are about 100 adult Ilamites and over 70 teens and children, who live all over the city. There is also a youth group for secondary school students called NQA (not quite angels). On Sundays we gather at 10:30am at the Ilam School hall on Ilam Road, next to Canterbury University. Ilam Baptist Church, as a faith community, seeks to influence people inside and outside the church to love God and follow Christ.

Alistair McKenzie: 18/9/2011 – Lament and Hope 2

September 12th, 2011

Today we’re continuing last week’s story about lament and hope. Last week we majored on lament but this week we’re looking at the movement towards hope in the midst of lament. A movement that we’ve already seen is part of most of the lament psalms. In fact all but a couple move from lament to hope. Not necessarily by resolving the circumstances that have caused the Psalmist distress. But movement more in terms of expressions of despair giving way to expressions of hope and praise.
Let’s listen to that same Psalm Helen read to us form last week. Psalm 42
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Alistair McKenzie: 11/9/2011- Lament and Hope 1

September 11th, 2011

Kia ora!
This morning’s message is brought to you by the holy trinity of Helen Sturgeon, Pete Majendie and myself and hopefully also with the participation of the real Holy Trinity.
And today we’re thinking about Lamenting. And if some of you who were here last time I preached think but that’s what he talked about last time just after the first earthquake last September – has he only got one message?
Well let me just quickly explain that this is what Rod asked me to come and speak about – lament this week and hope next week. Because you have a document that says “We want to grow as a worshipping community that is characterised by qualities that include healthy lament over our personal and collective losses while being held in the hope of the Gospel.”
And there have been lots of losses both personally and collectively in this year. And last Sunday was the anniversary of the first quake in Christchurch last year. And today is the 10th anniversary of fall of the twin towers in New York on September 11th. And then there was the tsunami in Japan, Not to mention the famine in East Africa right now. Huge catastrophes. But also all the personal losses that can loom just as large for us as individuals through a death or disability or infertility or conflict or just huge disappointment and disillusionment. So how do we deal with the anguish that accompanies these sorts of losses?
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Sermon – 4 September, 2011 – Rod Robson

September 6th, 2011

Speaking about Ephesians 6:5-9. Listen to it here:
[audio:http://amyandluuk.com/ilambaptist/2011-9-4-Rod.MP3]

Or download by clicking here! (26MB)

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