Church Family News, December 2022

Hobart Baptist Church, Sunday, 25 December HAPPY CHRISTMAS! ALL WELCOME at 9:30am this Sunday, Christmas Day, to celebrate the birth of Jesus, to sing Christmas Carols and to hear Matt’s message based on Luke’s account of the story. If you can’t make it, you will be able to watch from home (for the first time) […]

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Great Expectations

4 December 2022 to 29 January 2023 Luke the Physician was likely an outsider and a second-generation follower of Jesus. It appears from his writings he was deeply interested in people, and how the story of Jesus was relevant to everyone. Regardless of ethnicity, gender, socio-economic or class status, Luke’s gospel is a collection of […]

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Welcome: Come As You Are

30 October to 27 November 2022 Every year, for a number of years, we’ve had a series reflecting on Hobart Baptist Church and our values, mission and vision. Normally this is at the beginning of the year as we arrive back from the summer break. However, while the timing might seem obvious, it tends to […]

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Called: What on earth am I here for?

2 – 23 October 2022 What on earth are you here for? When Jesus calls us to follow him, he calls us to a particular lifestyle. There are many different voices that speak into our lives and the task for us is to discern the voice of God rather than the voice of society, our […]

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Sanctuary Sunday

25th September 2022 Hobart Baptist Church is home to people from many different countries and belonging to a number of different fellowships. The first Sanctuary Sunday since Covid was a wonderful morning. For those who hadn’t experienced one before, it was a great opportunity to celebrate the diversity and international nature of the HBC family […]

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Church Family News, October 2022

Hobart Baptist Church, Sunday, 30 October This week, Stephen Baxter will bring the first message in our Vision Sermon Series “Welcome“. Holding the series at this time of year will, hopefully, enable us to move into 2023 with a strong sense of purpose and direction. Jesus taught his disciples to pray God’s Kingdom come, His […]

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Church Family News, August 2022

Hobart Baptist Church, Sunday, 28 August This Sunday Stephen Baxter will bring the next message in the Living Hope sermon series from 2nd Peter. Much encouragement has been given during this Sermon Series so far, and this week will be no different as Stephen addresses something familiar to many. SERMON: When Hope is Crushed BIBLE […]

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Living Hope, until 18th September

Living Hope sermon series Changing Your Life for the Better Jesus-followers are called to a Living Hope – hope that is alive and a hope that is lived. This is a profound challenge, living when we live in a world that seems to be full of doom and gloom on a daily basis. What’s more, […]

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Christmas in Winter 2022

19th June to 3rd July, 2022 For us here in Hobart, celebrating Christmas mid-winter feels somewhat strange and out of place. Although it is principally a winter festival, the first Europeans to settle in the Southern hemisphere kept the date, rather than the season. We’ve become so used to outdoor Christmas barbeques, that singing carols […]

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Hope in the Darkness, 1 May -12 Jun ’22

“It’s a fact … Night and day, darkness and light, they’re all the same to God” – Psalm 139:12 TMB It’s a profound reality: wherever light shines shadows are created. In fact, we only fully appreciate light through its contrasting opposite, darkness. Pure light is blinding, and shadows help us see more clearly. This is […]

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