Para Vista Lutheran Church

“The kingdom of heaven has come near.” That’s how Jesus himself describes his coming from heaven to earth. For the first 30 years of his life, Jesus had others tell him who they believed he was. At his baptism, Jesus true identity was declared by His Father in heaven. Pastor Michael Dutschke Bible Reading: Matthew 4:1-11 (NLT)

“The kingdom of heaven has come near.” That’s how Jesus himself describes his coming from heaven to earth. For the first 30 years of his life, Jesus had others tell him who they believed he was. At his baptism, Jesus true identity was declared by His Father in heaven. Pastor Michael Dutschke Bible Reading: Matthew 4:1-11 (NLT)

An audio message from Pastor Michael Dutschke. "The kingdom of heaven has come near."  That's how Jesus himself describes his coming from heaven to earth.  For the first 30 years of his life, Jesus had others tell him who they believed he was.  At his baptism, Jesus true identity was declared by His father in heaven. Bible Reading: Matthew 3:13-17  

A video message from Pastor Michael Dutschke. "The kingdom of heaven has come near."  That's how Jesus himself describes his coming from heaven to earth.  For the first 30 years of his life, Jesus had others tell him who they believed he was.  At his baptism, Jesus true identity was declared by His father in heaven. Bible Reading: Matthew 3:13-17  

“The kingdom of heaven has come near.” That’s how Jesus himself describes his coming from heaven to earth. The arrival of the promised Messiah had been prophesied, and God’s people had been waiting with eager longing for him to be born. But it wasn’t God’s chosen people, the Jews, who first recognised and worshipped Jesus. Today we hear about the journey of the unlikely first worshippers of Jesus...

“The kingdom of heaven has come near.” That’s how Jesus himself describes his coming from heaven to earth. The arrival of the promised Messiah had been prophesied, and God’s people had been waiting with eager longing for him to be born. But it wasn’t God’s chosen people, the Jews, who first recognised and worshipped Jesus. Today we hear about the journey of the unlikely first worshippers of Jesus...

Joseph is a shining example of faithfully trusting in God and His promises. He was told by an angel in a dream to keep his engagement to Mary and to still receive her as his wife - the government of the time told Joseph to go to Bethlehem with his very pregnant wife (orchestrated I’m sure by God) - he was told to take his wife and her young son to a strange land where he had no job or home - then...

Joseph is a shining example of faithfully trusting in God and His promises. He was told by an angel in a dream to keep his engagement to Mary and to still receive her as his wife - the government of the time told Joseph to go to Bethlehem with his very pregnant wife (orchestrated I’m sure by God) - he was told to take his wife and her young son to a strange land where he had no job or home - then...

From all at Good Shepherd, we wish you a blessed Christmas.  May our Lord, Saviour and friend, born many years ago in a stable in Bethlehem bring you joy, hope, peace and love. Bible Reading: Luke 2: 1-20 (NLT)

From all at Good Shepherd, we wish you a blessed Christmas.  May our Lord, Saviour and friend, born many years ago in a stable in Bethlehem bring you joy, hope, peace and love. Bible Reading: Luke 2: 1-20 (NLT)

An audio message from Pastor Michael Dutschke. There are many Christmas songs that have been written and sung about the birth of Jesus. The first four songs were written by those who were part of the Christmas story. This Sunday we look at the story of Simeon, who saw the baby Jesus as he was present ed to the priest in the Temple, as was the custom of the Jews. After seeing Jesus, Simeon responde...

A video message from Pastor Michael Dutschke. There are many Christmas songs that have been written and sung about the birth of Jesus. The first four songs were written by those who were part of the Christmas story. This Sunday we look at the story of Simeon, who saw the baby Jesus as he was present ed to the priest in the Temple, as was the custom of the Jews. After seeing Jesus, Simeon responded...

There are many Christmas songs that have been written and sung about the birth of Jesus. The first four songs were written by those who were part of the Christmas story. This Sunday we look at the story of the angels announcing to the shepherds that the Saviour of the World had been born in Bethlehem. It seems that the angels couldn’t help but respond to this good news by singing a song – a song o...

There are many Christmas songs that have been written and sung about the birth of Jesus. The first four songs were written by those who were part of the Christmas story. This Sunday we look at the story of the angels announcing to the shepherds that the Saviour of the World had been born in Bethlehem. It seems that the angels couldn’t help but respond to this good news by singing a song – a song o...

There are many Christmas songs that have been written and sung about the birth of Jesus. The first four songs were written by those who were part of the Christmas story. This Sunday we look at the story of Mary, and her encounter with the angel who told her that she was pregnant with God’s son. Mary went to see her cousin Elizabeth, and after Elizabeth greeted her and the baby in her womb, Mary sa...

There are many Christmas songs that have been written and sung about the birth of Jesus. The first four songs were written by those who were part of the Christmas story. This Sunday we look at the story of Mary, and her encounter with the angel who told her that she was pregnant with God’s son. Mary went to see her cousin Elizabeth, and after Elizabeth greeted her and the baby in her womb, Mary sa...

There are many Christmas songs that have been written and sung about the birth of Jesus. The first four songs were written by those who were part of the Christmas story. This Sunday we look at the story of Zechariah, and his encounter with an angel in the Temple. It was a terrifying encounter for him to begin with, but after the birth of his son, John, Zechariah sang a song – it is a song of Hope....

There are many testimonies from individuals about what their life was like before a significant event, and their life after that event. For Mary and Martha, that significant event was when they met Jesus. It was a transforming encounter, and their lives were never the same again. Transforming lives is what Jesus has come to do. Pastor Michael Dutshcke Bible Reading: John 11:1-45 (NLT)

There are many testimonies from individuals about what their life was like before a significant event, and their life after that event. For Mary and Martha, that significant event was when they met Jesus. It was a transforming encounter, and their lives were never the same again. Transforming lives is what Jesus has come to do. Pastor Michael Dutshcke Bible Reading: John 11:1-45 (NLT)

There are many testimonies from individuals about what their life was like before a significant event, and their life after that event. For a man who had been born blind, that significant event was when he met Jesus. It was a transforming encounter, and his life was never the same again. Transforming lives is what Jesus has come to do. Pastor Michael Dutshcke Bible Reading: John 9:1-41 (NLT)

There are many testimonies from individuals about what their life was like before a significant event, and their life after that event. For a man who had been born blind, that significant event was when he met Jesus. It was a transforming encounter, and his life was never the same again. Transforming lives is what Jesus has come to do. Pastor Michael Dutshcke Bible Reading: John 9:1-41 (NLT)

An audio message from Pastor Michael Dutschke. There are many testimonies from individuals about what their life was like before a significant event, and their life after that event. For a Samaritan woman, that significant event was when she met Jesus. It was a transforming encounter, and her life was never the same again. Transforming lives is what Jesus has come to do.

A video message from Pastor Michael Dutschke. There are many testimonies from individuals about what their life was like before a significant event, and their life after that event. For a Samaritan woman, that significant event was when she met Jesus. It was a transforming encounter, and her life was never the same again. Transforming lives is what Jesus has come to do.

An audio message from Pastor Michael Dutschke. There are many testimonies from individuals about what their life was like before a significant event, and their life after that event. For Nicodemus, that significant event was when he met Jesus. It was a transforming encounter, and his life was never the same again. Transforming lives is what Jesus has come to do.

A video message from Pastor Michael Dutschke. There are many testimonies from individuals about what their life was like before a significant event, and their life after that event. For Nicodemus, that significant event was when he met Jesus. It was a transforming encounter, and his life was never the same again. Transforming lives is what Jesus has come to do.