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Moderator
Rev. Toby McIntosh
0428 862 962
Minister
Rev. John Brennan
(03) 5334 2199

MORE ABOUT US

ABOUT US

We are a parish made up of 2 congregations - Scots in Ballarat North and Smeaton Presbyterian.

Our Mission:
  • To share our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, with others, so that we all grow in the wisdom, knowledge and love of Christ.
  • To live godly lives, bound together into a family by His love.
  • To teach Biblical truth.
Our Vision:
  • To be a place where people seeking a more purposeful and fulfilling way of life may find peace, joy and rest.
  • To be a place of welcome and nurture for people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities who wish to follow Christ, the Son of God.

FROM THE MINISTER

Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath [Part2]

|   Posted:
20th Sept. '26

Our glory is to know, enjoy and display God's glory.

How do we seek glory and honour and immortality?

Our good deeds are part of the likeness to Christ, and this likeness comes from seeing and delighting in the glory of Christ in the Gospel.

There are many sufferings on the path that leads to glory. Suffering is not incidental, neither is it solely persecution. It is the growing 'decaying' of our bodies as we age, plus the various sorrows of life. But if we look to Christ in our sufferings and suffer with Him, not against Him, we will be glorified with Him - now and forever.

We must seek the glory of eternal life by persevering in doing good. The basis of our eternal life, and of our right standing with God is:

  • The death of Christ, atoning for all our sin
  • The righteousness of Christ, fulfilling all our failed obedience.

Seeking honour.Whose approval, whose regard, and whose praise should we be seeking? God’s, not that of the world.

Seeking glory. Whose glory? God’s, not our own. However, seeking glory means both seeking to see it and also to share it. To share in the glory of God is to be fitted by God in mind, spirit and body to know His glory, to enjoy His glory and thus display the glory of God.

NEWS

Coming up:

Posted:
20th Sept.
Next Sunday 27th September:

9.00am Smeaton and 11.00am Scots.

Next Month:

Rev. Toby McIntosh will preach on 4th October and has a local preacher for 11th Oct.

Reminder:

Posted:
20th Sept.

Daylight saving starts 4 th Oct.; clocks go forward 1 hr.

IN OUR PRAYERS

PRAYER AND PRAISE POINTS

|   Posted:
30th Aug. '26
  • Please pray for all those affected by the tragic floods in Nepal and the recent earthquakes in Columbia and Indonesia. Pray for the rescue teams, for stamina and also patience in dealing with distraught people.
  • Pray for the injured, that they will receive the best medical care.
  • Pray for those whose family members have not yet been found. Such heartache is beyond our comprehension, but we ask You, Lord, to touch them with Your mercy and compassion.
  • Pray for those whose loved ones have been found dead. Lord of all compassion, we ask You to comfort these families.
  • Pray for all those affected by the recent bombing of a shopping centre in Kyiv by Russia. We pray for the injured, over 100 people, and for the families of those killed. We pray for an end to this senseless war, and protection for the countries that share a border with Russia. We pray for tensions in the Middle East to ease, so that shipping can go unhindered along the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Pray for ourselves, that we would be awake and aware of the warning signs that Jesus Himself gave His followers:

    You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

    [Matt. 24:6-8]