Toowoomba Vineyard Church: Recent Episodes
Toowoomba Vineyard Church
We’re a brand new Vineyard church plant, discovering the joy of following Jesus in Toowoomba and surrounds. Right now we’re gathering informally as we build towards a public service. If you’re interested in joining us, or just curious, we’d love to connect.
Our final foray into Exodus finds us... not in Exodus? Chris unpacks the very last scene from the story of Moses (Deuteronomy 34) and what it teaches us about finishing well.
As our Exodus series nears its end, Mandy takes us through a passage where Moses' father in law brings some helpful father-in-law-ly advice. Moses is individually dealing with every dispute in the Israelite nation, but Jethro suggests this might not be the most efficient use of his time. They shake things up and the effects are, well... quite significant.
The Israelites have been wandering the desert for quite some time, when the find themselves at war with a mob called the Amalekites. But this is no ordinary battle. For some reason, when Moses' staff is in the air they're winning, but when his hand tires and the staff drops, they start losing. Jen discusses this curious tactical masterpiece, and explains why it provides a surprising cure for loneliness.
We take a brief hiatus from our Exodus series to talk vision. Who are we and where are we going? As we talked about back in February, our priority is culture, rather than size or programs. But what does that actually look like? Chris breaks down our 4-part framework that answers the question 'what do we do?' and asks some big 'what if' questions.
As our Exodus series reaches the deciding moment when God led Israel through the waters, Laura makes a really interesting observation. It wasn't an instant miracle. There was a whole night where God's people had to wait for the seas to part, and walking through the sea took time. What do we learn from this 'waiting' time? How do we deal with it in our own lives?
In this week's foray into Exodus, Laura takes us through a thoroughly confusing passage. Moses returns from the burning bush, and boldly tells Pharaoh it's time to let the people go. But instead of gladly setting his whole workforce free, he makes their work more difficult! Has God deceived Moses? Why, when we do what God asks, do things sometimes not go well for us?
As we journey through Exodus, we come to the moment Moses receives his calling, instigated by a strange incandescent shrub. So often this passage is applied to the modern Christian idea of calling — 'don't miss your calling', or 'it's not about your ability, it's about God's presence'. This isn't wrong per se. It's just... does this message rest on a faulty or incomplete picture of calling?
In our second week of Exodus, Mandy unpacks chapter 2:11-25. This passage features three significant encounters with Moses that see him end up a 'foreigner in a foreign' land, cast out of the Egyptian royalty. Yet in classic form, this passage ends up being an incredible testament to what happens when God's people cry out in prayer...
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After a few weeks of misadventure (week off, technical glitches, and a pseudo-week-off), the podcast is back! Between now and the end of September we're going to be taking a deep dive into Exodus — the nation-formation story of Israel in the bible. We're in a somewhat similar moment as a church community, so we'll be drawing all we can from this most excellent piece of scripture. Chris opens with the first chapter and a half of the book, looking at how Egypt went from a safe place to a disaster situation for the Israelites. And yet the actions of three heroic women meant God could creatively make something even better out of the broken pieces of their situation...
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We finish 'We don't talk about that' with an absolute banger... It's time to talk about hell. For something that would seem like an essential doctrine in Christianity, there's not actually that much in the bible to go off. Maybe we don't talk about it because the bible doesn't? But if it's real, surely we'd want to warn people? Chris takes us on a brief biblical tour of everyone's favourite Christian doctrine.
In the Vineyard, we love to talk about healing. Sometimes people get healed, and sometimes they don't. But what happens afterwards? Rarely, if ever do we talk about health, and staying healthy. Armed with a litany of funny nursing stories (which she's not allowed to share for legal reasons) Laura gives us a brief overview on the topic of health.
It's week 2 of 'We don't talk about that', and this week, Mandy certainly does talk about 'that'. Conversation about singleness isn't completely unheard of in the church, but it's usually in the form of cheap platitudes. Drawing bravely from her own story, Mandy prevents a new vision for singleness in the church that recognises the diversity of the experience.
We begin a short, four week series called 'We don't talk about that' with a brief overview of the topic of sin. Chris opens with a controversial quote from Pope Francis as we ponder the question — is humanity, at its heart, good or bad?
In our final instalment of 'The Awkward Lurch' Chris explores the tension between staying relevant and being orthodox. We look at three examples of church movements speaking to their culture, and ask what's next for the Vineyard — ergo, us.
This week's 'Awkward Lurch' instalment comes courtesy of the wonderful Mandy, unpacking the tension between public and private faith. Her language for this is all about 'dwelling' and 'doing' — which one do you lean to more naturally? And how do you follow Jesus' example?
After a week off last week, we return to our 'Awkward Lurch' series. Cindee shares about how to hold the tension between grace and holiness — it turns out it's not so much a tension to be held as a relationship to be nurtured.
In a famous verse found in Exodus 34, God seems to say two contradictory things. First, that he is gracious and compassionate, forgiving sin and extending mercy. A sentence later he says that he doesn't let the guilty unpunished, punishing not just them but the generations after them. Which is it?
Laura takes us through the justice-mercy conundrum we find all through the bible, and it turns out there isn't an easy solution for every situation...
As our tensions series turns towards 'unity and diversity', Chris unpacks this important topic by looking at the biblical thread of 'nations'. It turns out this is a really important theme throughout both the Old and New Testaments, but surprisingly, God does not resolve it in the way you'd think. As a result, as God's people today we're supposed to embrace diversity in race, culture, gender, denomination, and even (shudder) theology! At the same time, in celebrating our differences we are drawn together by the lordship of Christ.
Chris also apologises for the brief moments of terrible audio quality — there was a lot of wild gesticulation and our poor little wireless mic couldn't cope!
It's week two of our tensions series and this we tackle a doozy — honour culture vs humility. Working through two different stories from the life of David, Chris explores why these two have to be held in tension, particularly in light of what seems like a constant stream of prominent leaders failing morally.
We finish by talking about how to create a culture of 'goodness' that combats the toxic institutional rot that has been far to prevalent in the Western church. As usual, it's Jesus' words that cut to the heart of the issue. And Chris and Jen's dog brings it home.
It's new series time! Between now and the end of May we're going to be working through a set of 'genuine' biblical tensions we have to navigate in the life of faith. Chris begins with a slightly awkward analogy for how to navigate tensions, then unpacks the core Vineyard theology of the 'now and the not yet'.
This week we're privileged to have special guest speaker, Vineyard veteran Greg Trainor. Tracking through the gospels, he shares about the calling on our lives to be supernatural people, operating in the authority of Jesus and power of the Holy Spirit. It's a good one. Buckle in.
It's Easter Sunday, and this year we're taking a slightly different spin on the resurrection. In fact, we're taking the bible as a set of historical documents and seeing what happens when you study the life of Jesus from there. Do you get a different picture of Jesus from the one church tradition suggests? Let's find out.
It's the final parable! In our series, anyway. We're a week out from Easter and this one's a doozy — Jesus predicts his death, and in fine form the crowd says 'surely not!' But as we have come to learn, Jesus was right. While the parable itself seems like an easy interpretation, there's a sneaky link to an old song, and it turns out the villain isn't who you think it is...
As his ministry went on, Jesus' parables got increasingly spicy and increasingly cryptic. This week Mandy has the joy of unpacking the parable of the ten (which is actually three) minas, and what that teaches us about the kingdom (hint —
it's not investment advice).
It started out as a seemingly very simple parable... but turns out the story Jesus tells about a Pharisee and a tax collector is a very interesting study on the topic of humility. Laura takes us through the parable and why the old 'humility is thinking of yourself less' doesn't do it here.
This week we turn our attention to one of the other very well known parables of Jesus — the prodigal son. This is is profound story of a wayward child and a gracious father. Yet we often miss the other storyline, of the jealous older brother. How do we read these well-loved verses with fresh eyes, and what does it teach us about welcoming people who don't fit in church?
When Jesus was dining at a Pharisee's house, he had some things to say about their constant jostling for position and prestige. Even after teaching them directly, some still loved the fact that it was the cream of Jewish society's crop around the table. Jesus told a controversial story in response, and this is Jen's thoughts about that parable.
In our next instalment of the Parables in Luke series, Jen shares about two tiny but mighty examples that sit next to each other in chapter 13. The first is about a mustard seed, and the second about leaven (or yeast) in bread. They show us that the kingdom is both simpler and more profound than we could possibly realise.
The second parable in Luke is very, very well known — both inside and outside the church. But it turns out, in context, there was a whooooooole lot more going on in this story than what we typically realise. It's not a nice story with a moral. If anything, it's deeply challenging, and hits just as hard today as it did back then.
There's a big shift happening in the Western church right now. The way we tell the gospel story, and the way we read the bible, are changing. One of the most helpful types of scripture to understand this shift are the parables. In today's podcast we launch into our first series for the year, delving into Jesus' parables in Luke.
It's 2024, summer break is over, and the podcast is back! We kick off the year with a bit of a look forward, recognising our vision is less about what we're doing, and who we're becoming. It's so easy to slide into church-as-a-business mode, that we forget culture is more important than numbers. Chris talks about the kind of church we want to become, a little about what we're doing in 2024, but mostly about his favourite product fails from recent history.
Can you believe it's the final podcast for 2023? Despite apocalyptic weather we gathered at the Bowlo to celebrate Christmas Eve, and Chris shared our final Isaiah 9:6 message: "Prince of Peace". Working from Psalm 46, he suggests that in fact, we're all doing peace wrong. Here's how to do it instead.
This week's title for Jesus (from Isaiah 9:6) is 'everlasting father'. It's a bit odd to ascribe a title like this to a child. So Laura does a wonderful job of helping us getting our heads around this, and what it means about letting God be our father.
In the bible, we read all sorts of stories about God doing mighty works. Creating the world with a word, parting the seas, calming the storm... but what's he done for us lately? Is God still mighty? Or is our definition of 'mighty' a bit off? In this week's message, Chris explores what it means that Jesus is our 'mighty God' through the most powerful image of power in the scriptures.
If you're looking for the image Chris references towards the end, here it is:
https://unsplash.com/photos/a-statue-of-a-man-on-a-cross-in-the-dark-s_4upDDvG3g
It's almost Christmas, which means it's time for our advent series! This time we're going through the four titles of Jesus in Isaiah 9:6, starting with 'Wonderful Counsellor'... is Isaiah saying Jesus is our therapist?
This talk is the final hurrah in a 3 week blitz through the theme of work and rest in Genesis 1-3. Weeks 1 and 2 focused on work, so... here's our take on sabbath rest. If you've ever wondered whether Christians need to observe sabbath, this one's for you. Also, if you've ever wondered what Abba's Super Trouper can teach us about the state of modern society, listen on!
Last week we talked about 'the blessing' in Genesis 1 — humanity's role in helping God continue the creative work of seeing the creation flourish. We ended with a fairly significant caveat... that often our work (or vocation) is awful. What's with that? This week's podcast has the answer.
This November we're spending some time in the opening chapters in the bible, looking at the biblical theme of work and rest. Our first message in this short series is all about the reason why humanity was created. Curious? We thought so.
In our third and final instalment of 'Demonstrating the Kingdom', Chris talks about the 'natural' ways we can show people what the Kingdom is like. To wrap up the series, he shares a simple object lesson that could help us understand why it's so hard to share our faith...
We're in a brief 3-week series called 'Demonstrating the Kingdom', which is all about the ways we can show people what the kingdom is like (for when they get sick of us just talking about it). This week, we're talking about the so-called 'supernatural' ways to demonstrate the kingdom, in particular the infamous 'spiritual gifts'. Chris explains how we can follow in the way of love, operate in the gifts, and how to do it in a way that doesn't accidentaly traumatise people or ruin their faith.
Fresh after a week off, we kick into a new mini-series called 'Demonstrating the Kingdom'. The idea is that if we want to be followers of Christ, we need to emulate him in his ministry. His ministry can be summed up by the phrase 'the proclamation and demonstration of the Kingdom of God.' As a church (in the West) that loves talk, we get 'proclamation'. But what does 'demonstrating the kingdom' mean? We're glad you asked.
In our last excursion into Colossians (for now, at least), Chris unpacks one of the trickier bits of the bible... if you read the title, there's a hint at which one. It turns out that with a small amount of context (courtesy of our friend Aristotle), the meaning of this passage totally changes. And if we read it in context, it's not even about what we think it's about...
Once you've had a chance to listen, here are the resources Chris mentioned in the middle:
Gordon Fee, The Cultural Context of Ephesians 5:18–6:9:
https://www.academia.edu/35798326/The_Cultural_Context_of_Ephesians_5_18_6_9
Rachel Held Evans, Submission in Context: Christ and the Greco-Roman Household Codes:
https://rachelheldevans.com/blog/mutuality-household-codes
Vineyard USA, One In Christ: Men & Women Together In Ministry
https://vineyardusa.org/library/one-in-christ-men-women-together-in-ministry/
This week our good friend Grant Armstrong (from Toowoomba Wesleyan Methodist Church) brings the word, continuing our series from Colossians. It's so good to get his perspective, coming from a different tradition, reminding us that deep, soul connection is supposed to be at the heart of the Christian tradition. We hope you don't mind the American accent 🤭
We continue on through Colossians, and this week we have the privilege of the venerable Laura Hoek (who you may know from our podcast intro/outro) bringing the word. The passage is a slightly uncomfortable one at the start of Colossians 3, which walks a delicate balance between a list of things not to do, and the fact that we can’t earn our salvation. How do we walk that tightrope? We’re glad you asked.
In this week's podcast, we really get into the meat of Colossians. In 2:5-16, Paul is writing to this fledgling church about how to experience true fullness — and how to avoid making it more complicated than it needs to be.
No actual cows were harmed in the making of this podcast.
This week, we begin in Colossians proper! After some opening banter, the apostle Paul kicks off with a poem (or possibly a hymn) which sums up the gospel, at least as it serves the purpose of the letter. There are two little words towards the end of this passage that totally blow up our narrow minded view of the good news, and help us realise that God's plan for reconciliation is way bigger than we could ever have imagined.
This week is the beginning of a new series (which the community is apparently VERY excited about) looking at the book of Colossians... so naturally, we start in the book of Philemon. It turns out this curious little book has a lot to teach us about living as a reconciled community, putting aside our differences and placing Jesus at the centre of it all. It gives us an important piece of context for Colossians too!
This week we turn to vision... who is God calling us to be, and why on earth does Toowoomba need another church? Chris shares about the why, how, and what of our little church, and a story about his dubious criminal past...
In our last talk from the Sermon on the Mount, Chris explores the concluding remarks of Jesus from this teaching—the 'don't build your house on sand' bit. Although the teaching itself is pretty simple in principle, it's anything but easy to live out... it turns out we can't just agree to Jesus' words and move on, we have to actually behave differently in response.
Slides are here:
https://tvc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-07-30-slides.pdf
Probably one of the most famous biblical passages to churchgoers and non-churchgoers alike comes from Matthew 7, where Jesus says 'do not judge'. But what exactly is Jesus prohibiting here? Judging can mean anything from choosing which flavour of pie you want, to deciding on someone's future. Chris unpacks Matthew 7:1-5, and an unexpected passage from the Old Testament shines light on this urgent topic for today's church.
This week, guest speaker Helen Gould (Vineyard Brisbane West) shares everyone's favourite passage from Matthew — the 'do not worry' bit. In particular, we dig into some of the Jewish context to this passage, and why these words are so important for our day. Finally, yes, there's a Bob Marley impression. We thought it was pretty good.
This week's podcast started on a clean note with Chris telling us about the benefits of deodorant, and only improved slightly with a game of Jenga. All of this was in the pursuit of unpacking this week's portion of the sermon on the mount, in Matthew 6, when Jesus talks about 'treasures in heaven'.
The slides for this week would be helpful, so here they are:
https://tvc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-06-09-Slides.pdf
This week we dive deep into a section of last week's passage (that we conveniently skipped) — a collection of verses sometimes known as the Lord's Prayer. Chris leads us through it nearly word for word (it's better than it sounds), with some disconnected thoughts at the end (have we convinced you to listen yet?).
The Sermon on the Mount takes a crucial turn this week, as Jesus tells us why our motivation for living out Christianity matters a lot. Chris takes us through (most of) Matthew 6:1-16 (apparently the Lord's prayer isn't important), and three ways we can live it out in church culture.
Apologies about the slightly dodgy audio this week, it seems our fandangled mic didn't actually engage, so the audio you're hearing is Chris' phone. We did our best to make it nice for you!
Oh, and slides for this week were helpful, so we uploaded them here for your viewing pleasure.
https://tvc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/June-25-2023-Church-Slides.pdf
We've been so privileged to have Phil and Kath Henry (founding pastors of Northridge Vineyard, and long time friends) in town with us for the last few weeks. This was their last Sunday with us (for a while anyway) and Kath shared our next Sermon on the Mount message — on the topic of looooooove. It was beautiful. Give it a listen.
This Sunday we're privileged to have the venerable Phil 'Lasagne' (had to be there) Henry, continuing our Sermon on the Mount series. Since he's a guest speaker and won't be around as much, he got the joy of speaking about some of Jesus' most challenging teaching. Thankfully, it's good news...
After a week off church (no, we didn’t forget the podcast!) Mandy returns with week two of our Sermon one the Mount series. One of the key themes in this scripture is Jesus’ treatment of the ‘law and prophets’, and this weeks passage sets that up for us.
Having finished up our ‘Surprise the World’ series last week, we’re turning to Matthew’s gospel to explore Jesus’ epic ‘Sermon on the Mount’. The hope is we can learn to be the kind of church who walk with integrity — that what we believe and how we live are the same. Chris opens with a dive into the so-called ‘Beatitudes’, and how Jesus’ surprising sermon intro is good news for those of us who aren’t living up to society’s expectations of success…
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We've done it — we've made it all the way through Surprise The World! This week's letter is... well, in the interests of being exegetical, you'll find out after the passage. Chris wraps up the series with a look at the Great Commission in Matthew 28, and what it means to be 'sent' (oops) people.
It's week 4 of BELLS and this time, the subject is 'learning' Jesus. Mandy shares about how we can regain our passion for Jesus, and why studying him helps us represent him well.
This week, the BELLS series takes a slightly awkward turn... it switches gears from 'doing' to 'being'. If we want to transform the world around us, and not be transformed by the world around us, we need at least as much input as we give output. Today's habit, 'Listen', invites us to spend at least one period of time listening to the Spirit's voice.
Give the people what they want — this week's podcast isn't Chris! In week two of our series on Surprise the World Jen takes us through the second habit of highly missional people... hospitality. Following on from last week, Jen unpacks the problem with the Christian huddle at middle of church, and how we can live like Jesus on the edge.
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Have you ever wondered how the church can be effective in telling people about Jesus, in a culture that’s becoming increasingly hostile to the faith? Us too. In this week’s message, Chris kicks off a series called ‘Surprise the World’, working through Mike Frost’s book of the same title. The premise is that we can take up a set of simple, repeatable habits that help us be missional in our everyday lives. The first habit is ‘bless’… in other words, bless three people this week, at least one of whom isn’t a Christian.
PS — We’re sorry we don’t have last week’s Easter message up yet. Chris wanted to stand and wander around while speaking, and we didn’t have the right mic. We’ll force him to re-record it and put it up when it’s ready.
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We live in a world that's becoming increasingly polarised — opinions are black and white, and shades of gray just don't seem to exist anymore. What's more, there's this idea that beliefs come in sets... if you believe A, you must also believe B, and C, and D as well.
As it turns out, the Vineyard movement was born into just such a world, and gives us frameworks to navigate these tensions. In this week's podcast (a 'bonus episode' for our values series), Chris talks through the quest for the radical middle, and explores language that might just fit a bit better in the 21st century.
It's finally happening... we're becoming a real life church! Not that house churches aren't proper churches... but, you get the idea. We're meeting publicly from next week onwards. In this week's message, Chris reflects on the journey so far, fills us in on the roadmap moving forward, and the invitation for those of us who are going to call Toowoomba Vineyard Church home. Hint: it's not what you think.
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If you've ever visited a Vineyard church, chances are you've come across the movement's favourite (and sometimes only) liturgy — 'Come Holy Spirit'. Since pretty much the beginning, the ongoing work of God's spirit has been central to our practice, and the Vineyard has always used this prayer as a way to get the fun started. But is the Spirit just about having fun after a Sunday service, or making us feel nice in worship? Those things are great, but there's definitely more to it. In this message, Chris shares about the different ways Paul and Luke talk about the Spirit, and how, taken together, they give us a more complete picture of the Spirit's work today.
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When you pick up a bible, what exactly do you have in your hands? What is it trying to communicate? When was it written, and why does it have these books (as opposed to the many other ancient texts we have that speak about God)?
This week, Chris shares 5 'fun facts' about the bible, which help orient us to what it actually is. It turns out when we read on its own terms, we get a 'higher' view of scripture then when we elevate it above all else.
If you're after the slides, you'll find them here:
https://tvc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-book-god-meant-us-to-have.pdf
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Have you ever wondered how the church got to be so divided and argumentative? Us too. Sadly, we don’t have a quick fix to make everyone get along, but we do have a value of ‘keeping the main thing the main thing’, which would help a bit. In this message, Chris unpacks what the ‘main thing’ is and how we can learn to coexist with people who think differently from us.
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This week we turn our attention to the aphorism 'come as you are, don't stay as you are'. Chris talks through John 8:1-11 (the woman caught in adultery), a passage where Jesus perfectly navigates the tension between welcome and challenge. He goes on to examine how we can practice this tension as we welcome people who don't neatly fit into white, middle class Christian subculture. The short version? Be curious, not judgemental.
The slides will be pretty helpful for this one, so if you'd like to follow along, you can find them here:
https://tvc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/come-as-you-are.pdf
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This week, Chris talks about something that's been almost assumed knowledge in our talks thus far — the Vineyard's practice of the supernatural. We unashamedly believe that God can and does continue to be involved in his creation. Sometimes this looks very 'natural'. And sometimes it doesn't.
This talk is split into two parts. The first looking at how to be naturally supernaturally supernatural, as well as supernaturally natural. The second makes this very practical, looking at the gift of prophecy and how to do that well.
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As we continue to work through our values, this week's message is about 'Everybody gets to play / Everybody needs to play'. But... due to some personal hangups from our speaker, we're calling it 'The Kingdom is not a spectator sport'. In said message, Chris explores three possible models for ministry in the church and what it means for everybody to 'play' in a post-Covid world.
If you're after the diagrams Chris refers to, you'll find them here:
https://tvc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/discipleship-and-ministry-models.pdf
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This week, Chris continues our conversation from last week about the Kingdom of God. There’s a fairly significant questions that presents itself when we talk about God making all things new… if God is fixing the world, then why is stuff still so awful so much of the time? The theological answer to this problem is ‘the now and the not yet’ of the Kingdom, but that’s a hard concept to live out. It turns out Jesus did this quite well, so this talk is about unpacking how Jesus lived in the tension and how we can do the same.
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We talked a lot last week about kingdoms without really explaining what one is. It turns out they’re pretty important in the bible and they help us understand what this Christianity business is all about. In this message, Chris explains how he first discovered Jesus, and how his understanding of the ‘good news’ shifted through a discovery of the Kingdom of God.
It's week two and this time, we're talking church. Chris shares the story about how the church came to be in the bible, and what that means for us today. He also unpacks the four fundamental priorities of the church (according to us, anyway), and how they will shape what we do as a church plant. If you get to the bit with the four illustrations and want to know what he's talking about, you'll find them on the 'What we're doing' page of the website (link below). Hope this message is a blessing and we'll see you next week 👋🏻
https://tvc.org.au/mission/
Hey, thanks for checking out our podcast! We're a brand new church in Toowoomba, Queensland, discovering the joy of following Jesus together. In this message from our very first meeting, Chris shares from the last few verses in Matthew 11 and what it means to follow Jesus in a post-COVID world. You could call it a vision talk, of sorts. If you're interested in finding out more, you can visit our website or socials, links below. You can also rate or subscribe to this podcast if you want to support what we're doing!
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