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We are a community church comprised of people of all ages and various cultures. Our desire is to help people find and follow Jesus. This means we are discovering what it means to love God, love one another and love the community around about us.

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Welcome to BBP Family Church’s weekly newsletter.
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22 June 2025

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Welcome to BBP Family Church and our weekly newsletter.

SPIRITUAL MAKEOVER - CLOTHED WITH CHRIST
The gospel reading from Luke is challenging this week. We’re in a graveyard probably including burial caves. And this man lived there. I wonder how you would have felt doing a pastoral visit at his place? Daunting to say the least. My first church posting as a pastor alone was in a town where the church met in a national monument made of stone sitting between two cemeteries. There was no power – a petrol generator kept the organ and a single globe going. In time we moved out to a local school, and after I moved on they built a church building. We never did have evening services between those two cemeteries! This man lived amongst the dead. He was in chains, and naked. His identity was complex, his destiny hopeless, and there was no love of family or community - probably just fear mixed with hopelessness. And the whole place was unclean. On the way to this gentile area Jesus had fallen asleep in the boat when a furious storm arose. I suspect that this was a precursor to a different spiritual battle. I love the outcome as he is rescued, (liberated really), restored, and reclothed in more ways than one. And a whole community has to make sense of this radical transformation. It wasn’t just shocking, but it disrupted the local economy too. Not being welcomed, Jesus leaves the area and moves on. Quite an eventful trip through a storm to redeem that one very lost sheep. And what a story to tell.

The 24/7 Prayer movement in New Zealand
Thank you to all who signed up to pray in the 24/7 ten days of prayer leading up to this Pentecost Sunday. 24/7 Prayer is now a powerful movement across the world. For more details see
https://www.24-7prayer.com/
Those of us who have been on the two prayer courses they provide have been blessed and challenged in this area of our faith. Other resources include Lectio 365, available for IOS and Android devices, helping us to pray the Bible by meditating on the scriptures and asking God to speak through them. I commend this app to you. May we all grow in our knowledge and experience of God.

Blessings
Robin

World Vision 40 Hour Challenge

I’m doing the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge to provide kids with food for today, and a future for tomorrow. In the Pacific region, 1 in 6 kids is living in severe food poverty. Together, we can change that. I'm raising funds to help families farm climate-smart crops and plant mangroves so they can feed their children in a changing climate. Please donate now to help kids in the Pacific get enough food to grow up healthy and strong. 40 hours? Challenge accepted! Click on the link to see my progress and give:

https://fundraise.worldvision.org.nz/fundraiser/robinp/

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‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory,
glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth’ (1:14)

GREAT NEWS:- Messy Church

Messy Church has arrived! Come and Join us for Church with a Difference. First Friday of the Month! for information click here.

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