Author Archives: davidjfell

Dear friends, We don’t exactly know where to begin. As we have been thinking about how to tell you our news, our thoughts and emotions have been all over the place, but we trust that this is the right time to share with you that at the end of this year, David, Crystal, Wendell, Marigold,Continue reading

Pastor@BelmontCommunityChurch.org wrote: Dear Jesus, I have been praying that you are sensing God’s presence during this difficult week for us all. Last night the Church board and I held an emergency meeting and I am writing to inform you that we have come to a difficult decision. Writing this email is one of the hardestContinue reading “Crucified By Email”

Christian history offers plenty of ammunition to its critics: crusades, inquisitions, the oppression of women — not to mention the recent horrific incidence of institutional child abuse, covered up by the church. So would we be better off without Christianity? Join us on Wednesday nights at Grarbaleg’s for a four part documentary (https://www.publicchristianity.org/fortheloveofgod/ that weighs upContinue reading “Open House”

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us…” One of the questions we struggle with is: Why? Why did this happen to me? There are many things in life that we don’t understand. But in Romans 8 we begin to see some of the outlinesContinue reading ““I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us…””

It’s been 100 years since the mission chapel was gifted to the Norfolk Island community. This years Spring Fair will celebrate this important island precinct and the many significant memories and ministries of the last hundred years.  The 2020 spring fair has been modified in order to be “Covid Safe” but will still feature the WaterContinue reading “Spring Fair 2020”

Jono writes: It’s sad that we’ve stopped meeting on Sundays as God’s people. But church doesn’t need to stop for any of us. Jesus said, “For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them” We know that church isn’t a building, it’s a people – God’s people who meetContinue reading “"Church @ Home" A Resource Prepared By Jono Thomas For The Church Of England On Norfolk Island”

C. S. Lewis’s words – written 72 years ago – ring with some relevance for us. Just replace “atomic bomb” with “coronavirus”: “In one way we think a great deal too much of the atomic bomb. How are we to live in an atomic age?” I am tempted to reply: “Why, as you would have livedContinue reading ““On Living in an Atomic Age””

Open House is free, open to the public and visitors are most welcome to attend. We hope these series of public lectures will be suitable for longtime church goers, brand-new Christians, wounded-by-other-traditions Christians, people filled with spiritual questions and lovers of history alike. 12-Feb-20 The Intertestamental Period And Its Influence On Christianity  26-Feb-20 The Early Church (AD70-312)Continue reading “Open House | Public Lectures On Early Church History”

We are a community with a cause: to love Jesus, to love Each Other and to love Norfolk Island. The Open House ministry is designed to help us become wholehearted, fully engaged followers of Jesus Christ. We hope these series of public lectures will be suitable for longtime church goers, brand-new Christians, wounded-by-other-traditions Christians andContinue reading “Open House”