Coming into the second half of 2010 I am thrilled with the positive things that are happening within the life of our church. It is wonderful to see how we are moving as a church towards the vision and destiny that God has for us.
Each week we are having new people walk through our doors, sharing how they have been impacted by the power of God in our church services! Praise God!
 
We recently had a new peoples lunch to welcome those who have joined our church this past 6 months. It warms my heart to see how God is bringing people into our church with the same passion and vision– to see the realities of Gods power manifest in peoples lives!
 
It is great to see people finding Jesus and being baptised. In the past 3 months we have had two baptism services, with more to come– this is a sign that God is impacting peoples lives! I love watching the growth and enthusiasm of those who have more recently given their lives to Jesus– and it reminds me once more, how people need Jesus!
 
It was very encouraging to hear at our recent Missions Sunday how many missionaries we are supporting. Showing us once again how God will shoot many fiery arrows from our church to touch people around the world with the Good News.
Each week I am hearing new testimonies of people experiencing the healing power of God; from the common cold to neck pain and conditions that have plagued people for many years.
 
“Arise, shine for the light has come.” So church, continue to rise and shine, for the glory of God is seen upon you. YOU and I are the church, whether it be at our workplace, at home or in the shopping centre. We are to continue to reflect and show people the realities of a God that has power to heal, power to save, power even for the impossible!

I must confess to you all…we expected the Curry Blake Divine Healing Seminar to be great, but we were all overwhelmed by the response we had from across Australia. We had people attending from Wagga Wagga, Tasmania, Queensland, Perth, South Australia and even New Zealand. It got to a point that in the final two weeks before the seminar we were having to apologise to people as we could no longer take registrations, as we had reached maximum
capacity for the building.
 
What a privilege as a church for us to bless so many people and churches. I was overwhelmed by the numbers of people who came and thanked me personally for the role our church played in hosting the event. I must thank all those who volunteered from our church, many of those who were seconded at the event as we needed as many hands on deck as we could.
 
As those who attended know, by the final night– the Saturday Healing Meeting, we were having to do video link ups to an overflow room and make use of the foyer, with many people lining the walls. It really hit home to me once again, how many Christians and people out there in the community are sick. Curry Blake said that whenever he visits church congregations, up to 90% of the people in the congregation indicate that they are unwell. As I have shared before in 1997, God dramatically caused me to feel the sorrow of Gods heart when
he showed me a vision of crowds of people bandaged, bruised and sick. And how I wept like I have never wept before, at what God told me, was a picture of the church. I see why we must continue to pursue the vision God has given us to believe when Jesus said– “heal the sick, raise the dead– freely you have received, now freely give.” The Great Commission is not just preaching, but doing the work of the Kingdom and setting people free.
 
It has been great to hear the many testimonies coming in to the church office, of not only of people being healed themselves, but even stories of those who attended the seminar going out and praying for others on the streets and seeing people healed and saved. We are doing our best to follow up these testimonies and I will make sure we share these as they come to hand and are verified. If you yourself have any testimonies please speak to me or contact the church office.
 
I can definitely say that this seminar has stirred many people in doing the work of the Kingdom, and I encourage you go online to our church website and listen to the Seminar recordings. Curry Blake’s teachings on healing really do challenge us as believers to live out the Gospel message. I trust that you will be able to attend the next Curry Blake seminar when he returns in November.

At the end of March we had our Church Family Camp- ‘Camp Miracle’. It was a great time together, & we were really encouraged from the teaching of our guest speaker- Simon Betschel. Both young & old got their cooking aprons on to face off in the DCC Masterchef Competition. It was great to see & taste everyone’s culinary delights. Congratulations once again to the winning team, who we must say presented to the judges an amazing pizza in the Masterchef Master Class, & a delicious Sunday morning bacon and egg breakfast!
 
It was great to have our Sunday church service up at the camp, & it was particulary special as we baptised both Brodie Lyte and Kieran Johns in the lake and got to hear why they have decided to follow Jesus. It was a first for Jude and myself to baptise people, which will be a special camp memory. (I know there are several more people wanting to get baptised soon, so if you are interested in getting baptised please speak to me).
 
As you know Pastor Seka really encouraged those attending the camp to believe for a miracle, and I have been encouraged by hearing some stories from individuals of God’s goodness in those areas they were believing to see a breakthrough in. Simon’s teaching sessions reminded us about who we are in Christ, and how the Christian life is all about Jesus and His finished work! So while the rest of the world might think it is crazy that we believe in the unseen (people to be healed, lives to be transformed etc) – we do, because that same power that rose Jesus from the dead lives inside both you and me!
 
Coming from a more traditional church background I have always had such a confidence that the Word of God is true. The more I read the gospels and what Jesus has told us as believers to do, I am convinced that just as my soul is saved in faith, so to is His every promise true! (A good
time to say ‘Amen!’) That is why we as a church are immovable on praying for the sick and seeing them healed, giving generously knowing our God provides, preaching the gospel and seeing lives completely transformed. Because His Word is true!
 
As you know the Curry Blake Divine Healing Training is coming up in May and I know Pastor Seka, like myself would love to see you there. We would all agree that the Word of God is true, and that our God is a God who heals– but often that is as far as it goes. If we are going as far as to admit those things, which seems foolish to the world– then we only do ourselves and those around us a disservice to not understand why we believe this. I have listened to Blake’s teachings regarding healing in the atonement and know you will be equipped by this teaching…I was going to write ’you will be blessed by this teaching’- but we are ALREADY blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus. It is not that we need anyone else’s anointing or touch– but we do need to be equipped in the Word. So I am not encouraging you to go for your own sake, but for those who come into your life sick and needing to hear the Good News of JESUS!

We are pleased to announce that after an early setback in our plans to get Curry Blake to Australia we have released the new dates for his seminar. Starting May 20th and finishing May 22nd, Divine Healing Training is now going forward as planned. To get your place booked please go to the events page and fill out the form.
 
Any queries you may have can now be answered by either emailing info@doncastercitychurch.com or by calling our office on 03 9840 7900.
 
We look forward to seeing you there!