Posts from January 2026
Reaching our limits
This year, our church is making our way through 12 steps of apprenticeship to Jesus, based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. The first step, our focus in January, is realising that we are powerless to save ourselves. Between 2015 and 2018, the city of Cape Town in South African was brought to its knees by a 1-in-400 year drought. In the end, people were limited to 50 litres of water a day – with a very real threat…
Would you like to get well?
How do you cope with feeling powerless to change your circumstances? When you’re stuck, what hope is there?
This year, Golden Bay Baptist is working through 12 steps of apprenticeship to Jesus, based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. The first step, our focus in January, is realising that we are powerless to save ourselves – something that the man in John 5 knew all about!
CHURCH THIS WEEKEND!
This Sunday, our regular meeting place is having repairs done to it – so we’re meeting at a different time and place! We’d love to have you join us for an afternoon church service in Secret Harbour! We’ll be meeting at 2pm to share tea/coffee together, and starting our service at 2:30pm.From 4-5pm, you’re invited to join us across the road at the Secret Harbour Dome for some board games!
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This year at Golden Bay Baptist, we are spending some time working through a 12 step program of following Jesus. Each month, we’ll consider one of the 12 steps made famous by Alcoholics Anonymous, and how it relates to following Jesus. This month, we’re looking at step 1: admitting that we are powerless. One of my favourite TV shows from when I was growing up is the British sitcom, Keeping up Appearances. The show is about a lady born into…