Welcome to the Parish of Modbury and Golden Grove

 

Leaving and Believing

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Lent invites us into movement — not frantic activity, but the deeper movement of trust. If Lent 1 exposed the lie that God is withholding something from us, Lent 2 asks a morepersonal and unsettling question: If God is trustworthy, will you step forward?

 

The readings this week centre on that moment of decision. In Genesis, Abram is called to leave everything familiar — land, family, security — and to go without a map. God offers no detailed explanation, only a promise: I will bless you. Abram does not know where he is going. He knows only who i s calling. And that is faith.

 

In John’s Gospel, Nicodemus stands at a similar threshold. He is learned, faithful, sincere — yet unsettled by Jesus’ words. “You must be born from above.” Not improved. Not refined Born anew. Jesus invites Nicodemus beyond competence and control into dependence on the Spirit, who moves like the wind — unseen, unmanageable, but real.

 

Together, these stories speak to a faith that is not about certainty or performance, but about trust and openness. Leaving and believing are intertwined. We cannot cling tightly to what feels secure and receive freely at the same time.  For us, leaving may not mean geography. It may mean releasing a self-story, a habit of control, a fear that has quietly shaped our choices. It may mean trusting that God’s promise is larger than what we can plan or predict.

 

Lent 2 invites us to turn toward the light by loosening our grip — and discovering that the ground beneath us is promise.

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Usual weekly services and activities:

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Sunday:        Holy Communion 8.00 am

                       Holy Communion 10am

Monday:       Bible Study 10.00 am 

Tuesday:       Holy Communion 8.30 am

                        Community Garden 9.30 am

                        Christian meditation 9;30-10am alternate Tuesday from

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Wednesday: Bible Study 10.00 am

                        Fortnightly Foodbank   10.00 am

Thursday:      Holy Communion 10.00 am

Friday:            Community Garden 9.30 am

                        

 

1st Tuesday of the month Community Garden BBQ 11.30 am

1st and 3rd Sunday of the month Bari Service 11.30 am

2nd Thursday of the month Men's Group 7.30 pm

1st Friday of the month "Come as You Are" - Women's Fellowship 10-12 ​

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