As this Sunday is the 5th Sunday of the month, service will begin at 10am in Echuca this week. If you happen to be in the Cobram area, or would like to make a special trip, our parish service will be held in the Uniting Church Hall in Hay Street, beginning at 11.15am. This will be followed by a shared lunch together.
Last Sunday we heard Peter's bold confession, claiming without hesitation that Jesus is 'the Christ, the Son of the living God'. As we follow on from that reading this week (in Matthew 16:21-28) we hear Jesus saying he 'must’ go to Jerusalem to suffer and die. After the triumph of recent days these words leave the disciples bewildered. Their Messiah of God must fail? However, the Lord knows that the only way to glory for him and for us is through death. Both death and Satan must be conquered. So he went.
If we then need to pick up our cross to follow him, let it so be. That which may stand in the way of salvation needs to be sacrificed
God's peace to you all as you prepare for service this week,
Pastor Matt
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