So recently as a part of Tangent, the congregation that Phil and I are both members and leaders of at Northern, we have been talking about mission. Our young adults congregations seem to have an ebb and flow pattern. We increase in size and enthusiasm and then a whole bunch of people move […]

Had a good time at Tangent on Tuesday night. Tangent is a congregation of Northern Community of largely young adults that meets 7.30m on Tuesday nights.

For some time we have become increasingly uncomfortable about our location in the pub. There was something about a private room - behind a closed door that didn’t sit well […]

I recently went to our thirst congregation on Sunday night. Thirst is our congregation that meets at 6pm on Sunday night in a little chapel that is part of our ministry centre in Preston, They use ancient Christian rituals such as lectio divina, meditation, silence etc to connect with God and then conclude with a […]

During 2006 2007 our theme at Northern Community is transformation. We are seeking to challenge ourselves to be transformed by Jesus and to participate in God’s transformation of the world. In my reading this week I came across this quote that I thought was particularly apt for our calling to be transformed by Jesus.
“Let’s think […]

Laura complains about me as she reflects on her search for a new church in Canberra:
The church search:
.”…Anyway, the upshot is that I don’t see myself attending that particular service again, though if they do start something different, I’d be definitely interested. I’m not writing this to put down this particular church, in fact, […]

Does anyone know of churches who run congregations in cafes, pubs or restaurants in Canberra? Or a home based church maybe?
Anyone doing some emerging church work in Canberra?
I would love to know as we have someone from our church who has moved to Canberra (who knows why!) and is looking for a Church.

In our ministry centre at Northern Community, we have a chapel that is named the “Pastor Sir Doug Nichols chapel. It is after Sir Doug who came to faith in one of the churches that merged to form Northern Community. He has a significant impact on the northern suburbs.
“The Sydney Morning Herald have an article […]

Creative Minister – Northern Community Church of Christ
Northern Community is a regional church with a mission to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the northern suburbs of Melbourne through a range of congregations and missional teams.
We are seeking a person to join our ministry team two days a week to focus on creative […]

So the other day we kind of got in the middle of someone else’s domestic, the details of which aren’t important.  But talking about it later, we reflected that our experiences at Northern Community have changed us a bit.  We didn’t hesitate to get involved in an intense situation where once we might have.  And […]

Our Jeebus congregation has a bunch of guys in it that have been developing a tv series - and the dvd will be launched this Wednesday. They use it as a way of connecting with their friends and having lots of fun along the way while indulging in their love of video editing.
They were written […]