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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HBC Members – and Others!
Hobart Baptist Church would not exist without the support and care of our official membership. Church Members’ Meeting – 26 June 2022 The next Church Members’ Meeting will be held this Sunday, 26 June in the Gibson Hall around midday.All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Agenda Items will include: Confirmation of Minutes from the […]
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Church Family News, June 2022
Hobart Baptist Church, Sunday, 26th June SERMON: This Sunday Stephen Baxter continues our series Christmas in Winter, with the second Sunday of Advent. Christmas in the middle of winter may seem strange when you live in Tasmania, but it gives us the chance to experience Christmas when it was designed to be celebrated, in winter, […]
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Church Family News, May 2022
Hobart Baptist Church, Sunday, 29th May SERMON: This Sunday Stephen Baxter will continue the Hope in the Darkness sermon series with a message entitled “Going Through the Darkness”. As we engage with this series, the idea is for you to continue the process of transformation God is taking you through, and it will enable HBC […]
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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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Church Family News, April 2022
Hobart Baptist Church, Sunday, 24th April SERMON: Joel Ortiz ‘s message I was There focuses on the sufferings of Jesus through the eyes and experience of Simon of Cyrene who was compelled by the Roman soldiers to carry the cross beam to Golgotha. It is set 7 days after Pentecost, or 57 days after the […]
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HBC Members – and Others!
Hobart Baptist Church would not exist without the support and care of our official membership. Church Members’ Meeting Outcomes Last Sunday the 27 March 2022, a Church Members’ Meeting was held following the 10am service . The 137th Annual Report, which is a great record of all that was achieved, the highs and the lows, […]
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Church Family News, March 2022
Hobart Baptist Church, Sunday, 27th March SERMON: Join us for the continuation of our Vision series as Stephen Baxter speaks to us on how to Hope like Jesus and value the future. Our vision series this year focuses on the life of Jesus exploring how we might see and live like Jesus did. Asking the […]
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To See Like Jesus, 16 February-17 April 2022
Jesus’ vision for his church When Jesus taught about the kingdom of God, he invited us to into a new way of seeing. Our vision series this year focuses on the life of Jesus exploring how we might see and live like Jesus did. “My kingdom is not of this world,” Jesus said to Pilate. […]
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Church Family News, February 2022
Hobart Baptist Church, Sunday, 27th February SERMON: Join us for our Vision series as Michael Henderson speaks to us this Sunday on how to learn like Jesus. Our vision series this year focuses on the life of Jesus exploring how we might see and live like Jesus did. Asking the question, “Do I see the […]
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