THIS WEEK'S PASTOR'S DESK

WHO WAS KENNETH TYNAN?

You’ve probably never heard of Kenneth Tynan. I hadn’t. I was introduced to him while conducting some research for my current PhD program on C.S. Lewis. In Prof. Alan Jacob’s 2005 book, The Narnian – the life and imagination of C.S. Lewis, he tells the little known story of Kenneth Tynan’s interactions with C.S. Lewis during his days at Oxford University as a student of Lewis. Prof. Jacob wrote, “One of the most extraordinary figures of the British theater in the last century was Kenneth Tynan, a flamboyant, irrepressibly gifted man who electrified almost everything he touched” (p. 309, HarperCollins. Kindle Edition). Tynan had risen to prominence in 1950 when, as a twenty-three-year-old, he begin writing about the state of the British theatrical landscape which led to him being offered a position with the Spectator Magazine as their ‘drama critic’. By 1963, Tynan was appointed as England’s National Theatre Company’s Literary manager. Alan Jacob described the young Tynan as someone who, “From adolescence onward, [he] was both flamboyant and delicate” (p. 310). Although Tynan was married twice, Prof. Jacob goes on to describe him as “all his life he was sexually adventurous and promiscuous.” Previously at Oxford he had been known as one the great “characters”. Despite his fame and prominence in Britain, then later Los Angeles where he moved to, it was his life-changing interactions with C.S. Lewis which was largely unknown, until his funeral in 1980 after he had died at the age of fifty-three... [CONTINUE READING]

 

THIS SUNDAY

This Sunday, we’ll be worshiping together, praying for our state and nation and ministering to those with prayer requests. Please join us as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ this Easter Sunday in our 10AM service and again in our special evening service at 6:00PM; we are blessed to have Luke Connaughton with us as our keynote speaker. We are also having a water baptism. If you’re joining with us online, leave a comment on YouTube or on Facebook and let us know where you’re watching from. 

“NOT BY BREAD ALONE”
Monthly Online Discussion Forum

Jesus said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God’ “.
Matthew 4:4

Our new monthly forum – ‘Not by Bread Alone’ – starting on Monday 25th March, offers you the opportunity to further benefit from theOverseer, Online Discipleship Facilitator Word-based teaching that forms a regular part of our Sunday 10AM service.
You are invited to join with others in a discussion which focuses on the recent teaching from our Sunday church services and uses this as a springboard to greater spiritual understanding and growth. Come and participate in a conversation designed to help you grow in both your love for God and for others.
If you have any questions you can talk to Kate Smith after church on a Sunday, send her an email to kate@legana.org, or simply come along by clicking here on the last Monday of each month at 7.30pm. BYO cuppa.

COMING UP

Click here to find out what else is going on at Legana in the coming months

SUNDAYS THROUGH APRIL, 10:00AM – we will have various speakers presenting; “Knowing God Through The Psalms”.

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ABOUT PARTNERSHIP

WHY PARTNERSHIP?

The relationship between a follower of Christ and His Church is that of a family where there is deep love for each other. The Scriptures say that God sets the solitary into a “family” (Psalm 68:6). Families are held together by love, not rules, constitutions, or contracts. The Church is described in Scripture as a family “household” with “members” (Eph. 2:19) in the same way that any family has ‘members’. Families are places of love and commitment which cultivate trust. And it’s the same in a local church. Believers belong because they are placed together by God (1Cor. 12:24). Just as in any family household, God places authority within that household. Usually in a natural family that is the role of the parents. In a church it is its leadership comprised of pastors and elders, a management board, team and department leaders, and home-group leaders…[More] [Use the Password PARTNERSHIP to access the sign-up page.]

M.O.P.S. (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers)

MOPS EVERY 2ND THURSDAY – 11:00AM 

MOPS Legana, for mothers of pre-schoolers and generally meets in Children’s Education Centre adjacent to our main building. Mums get an opportunity to meet together, enjoy an interesting guest speaker, share some morning tea together, and do a craft. See Rachel Marshall to find out more.

This year, we want to tell you two things that will change your life if you believe them. First, you are fearfully and wonderfully made… More info available at www.legana.org/mops/.

CAN YOU HELP?

Our MOPS ministry has grown! We need help. Are you a grandparent who could spare 90mins every second Thursday to help our other grandparents and young adults to care for a few a pre-schoolers? Please speak to Rachel to join the team. 

Volunteers urgently needed for our Banjo’s Bread collection – one Thursday per month commencing as soon as possible.
 Please see Kim for more information.

LAUNCESTON CHURCHES TOGETHER 

There has been a strong sense among a lot of our consistent pray-ers that we should continue to pray on a monthly basis. Please join us as we gather together at 2pm on the 2nd Sunday of each month.

 

NEXT MEETING
2PM 14th April 2024, Punchbowl Christian Centre.

OUR MISSIONS PARTNERS

OUR MISSIONS PARTNERS
We partner with Christian workers and organisations, locally and internationally, particularly in: Vietnam, Northern Nigeria, Northern India, and Asia.  Please consider supporting and praying with us for our various missions partners.

 

PRAYER POINTS (Toggle)

*Special weekly prayer meetings for our new senior pastor happening each Tuesday at 10AM in the auditorium.

CREATIVE CRAFTERS

Our church meets each Sunday and then in homes through the week. We would like everyone in our church connected to a small group where they can pray with others, share with other, live out God’s Word together, and support each other. We have groups in —

Trevor Weller, every 2nd Wednesday 7:30PM, Lanena.

Trevor Weller, every 2nd Wednesday 2:00PM, Legana

Blair and Julie Davis every second Wednesday 7:30 Riverside

Blair and Julie Davis every 2nd Thursday 7:30 Riverside

Kate Smith’s Cyber Saints Group, 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month 7:30PM, by Zoom

Tom Nielsen, every 2nd Wednesday 7:30PM, Nobelius Drive, Legana

Tom Nielsen every 2nd Wednesday 7:30PM, Nobelius Drive, Legana

Nik Sands, every 2nd Wednesday 7:00PM, Fulton Street

Kim Corbett, every 2nd Monday 7:30PM, Rosevears Drive

Nik Sands, every 2nd Wednesday 7:00PM, Fulton Street

Alex Nielsen, Young Adults group, every 2nd Monday, Riverside

Trevor Weller, every 2nd Wednesday 7:30PM, Lanena.

Elizabeth Bowron, Ladies Day Group every 2nd Wednesday 11:00AM, Legana.

Lynne Parry, every second Thursday, 11AM, Legana

Lynne Parry, every 2nd Thursday 11AM, Legana

VIEW OUR GIVING DETAILS

* SPECIAL PROJECTS WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERTAKE:
+ Renovate and dramatically update the mens’ toilets
+ Construct an office block

Electronic giving can be done by Direct Deposits made electronically into our Bank of Queensland account.
The BSB number is 127850
The account number:
For Donations, General Gifts, Tithes, Offerings is  2049 9154    
For  Missions, Chaplains, Finding Truth Matters is  2049 9191  
For our main Building Fund is  2049 9205
For MOPs is   2049 9287 
For Tax Deductible Gifts for our Children’s Education Building Gift Fund can be made electronically into our Bank of Queensland account- 
Account
 20436509   Name  Leg Child Edu Cen Build Gift Fund  BSB  124001