Four Weeks In Geraldine
I recently returned from four weeks in Geraldine. I loved it and am very grateful for the opportunity. The minister, Alistair McNaughton, and elders of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church chose disciple-making as their theme for 2021 and they asked me to come and kick the year off for them. I preached for four Sundays, was involved in six of their home groups each week, met with individuals, led an elders and ministry team leaders' retreat and spoke at a ministers' cluster. The church bought 65 copies of my wee book, Making Disciples Like Jesus . These were distributed, primarily to members of the home groups. The preaching largely paralleled the topics in the book and I had prepared a series of Bible studies. The sermons can be heard here . Geraldine is a lovely town and St Andrew's is a good church. I really appreciated the warmth and hospitality, the number of young families in the church and the readiness of people to talk about their faith as something personal and rea