Our Vision:
Declare Jesus
Develop Disciples
Glorify God
Our Vision:
Declare Jesus
Develop Disciples
Glorify God
Our Vision:
Declare Jesus
Develop Disciples
Glorify God

Welcome to Torquay Christian Fellowship

Torquay Christian Fellowship is a member congregation of the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV). People of all ages are important to us. Families, Children and Teens make up a significant part of the fellowship and we welcome everyone to ‘Come as you are’.

COVID-19

Praise God that at 10am from Sunday 29^th November and onwards we will gather together again in a modified form of corporate worship!! How good is that!? In the anticipation and excitement of that, we wanted to give you some important information as to what will be happening:

Our worship time will run for approx. 1 hour. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start to allow time to check in. We are restricted to a maximum of 140 people indoors, (children under 12mths are not included in this capped number, they are welcome to attend without registering them).

We have researched what other fellowships around Australia are doing, and have decided that the most practical way to ensure you are able to attend, (until restrictions ease further), will be to book your attendance each week. You will need to include any children over 12mths. As seats aren’t allocated when you book you will be ushered to seats on arrival to ensure we comply with COVID regulations.

Please book by clicking on the following link:

https://www.trybooking.com/BPDAD

For those of you with children who usually attend kids church, as we aren’t able to start up the program on site yet, and we will continue to share the kids church online program each week.

We will be sharing Communion together the first Sunday of every month, in a pre-packaged cup, that will be available as you enter the TCF building.

We won’t be serving morning tea, and so encourage you to gather at a local café or in your homes.

Hand sanitising stations will be available in the foyer, and anyone attending over the age of 12 needs to have a fitted face mask with them. (Unless you have a health exemption).

Thanks everyone and God bless you!

Danny & the Leadership Team @ Torquay Christian Fellowship

Our office is open Monday to Thursday 9am – 5pm

Weekly Bulletin

28 February 2021 Bulletin

Link to the TCF You Tube Channel for Weekly Messages

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HYJLxm949-vUbKhFIzLdA/playlists?view_as=subscriber

Due to a technical difficulty, the message from Sunday 24 January was unable to be published on YouTube.

Sunday Service

10am - 11:30am on Sundays

2 Pimelea Way (off 25 Grossmans Rd), Torquay VIC 3228

Wheelchair / pram access is available

What's On

Our programs for children and youth take place during the Sunday Message.

Children

During school term time we offer a program of creativity and learning during part of the Sunday morning service. This is made available for ages 3 to Grade 6.

High School Youth

Most weeks the High School age youth are able to spend time during the morning service in a small group setting with our Youth leaders exploring faith with a particular focus on the questions and interests of teens.

Babies

Families with small children are welcome. A cry room is available if needed. Pram access is available.

TCF Torquay Christian Fellowship

2 days ago

DANNY’S DESK

Declare Jesus – Develop Disciples – Glorify God

Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.”
Psalm 32:5 NLT

Hello!
I’ve been reading a little book by Erwin W. Lutzer called ‘After You’ve Blown it’. Less than 100 pages - but oh boy - what great wisdom! And let’s be honest, we’ve all ‘blown’ it at times, haven’t we, but what do we do after that? Lutzer writes: “We face a choice: Do we turn inward, hoping to cope with the failure on our own and accepting whatever consequences come our way? Or do we return to God to be forgiven one more time - even if we suspect that this will not be the last time we’re going to have to ask forgiveness for this particular behaviour?”

As followers of Jesus, I don’t think we really have an option. As quickly as we can, we need to return to God in humble confession. Lutzer continues: “We cannot let our sins keep us from God - we have to use them to drive us to Him. You can judge how far you’ve come in your spiritual life by how much time elapses between when you blow it and when you return to God in confession. And we say, “Well, Lord, here I am – again - facing you with the same sin - again.” But His reply is, “What sin? I put that out of my sight. You need to do the same!”

We can’t allow sin to chafe away at our conscience, so no matter how uncomfortable it might be, let’s rush headlong towards God - remorseful and apologetic - knowing that we have disobeyed Him, but also knowing that He wants us coming to Him in humility seeking forgiveness. Better to return to Him a thousand times than to stay away waiting for a more ‘convenient’ time to say we’re sorry. 1 John 1:9 tells us that: “If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.”

Have you even been tempted to think things like: ‘I really am a good person at heart, or what I did or said was bad, but others say and do worse than me? Both statements are 100% true! But that doesn’t matter. We have to come, ‘cap in hand’, without self-justification, comparisons, rationalisations or carefully constructed excuses - and bow down before Him to receive the grace we really don’t deserve. And we say, “Here I am God - again - I didn’t want this to happen - again - and I know I’ve fallen short – again. But God, I’m giving it over to You - right now. Don’t look at me, because I am sinful, please just see me as You see Jesus.”

And right there is why God will take us back. Even after we’ve blown it a thousand times!

Have a great week!
Danny

“When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.”
Psalm 32:3 NLT

SUNDAYS @ 10AM
COVID Update - These are the conditions applicable to our gathered worship on Sundays:

Face masks continue to be mandatory indoors.
Face masks are also mandatory outdoors when you can’t keep 1.5 metres distance from other people (except with people from your own home).
Religious gatherings can occur with no limits on guests or attendees as long as we ensure people can keep 1.5 metres distance.
Record keeping continues to be an important tool , TCF use Try-booking to book seats and contact trace as we have a density limit of 140 people in our auditorium so that we comply with the 2 square metre rule.
Please make an effort to vacate the building quickly after worship.
To ensure you have a seat for Sundays, we ask that you register on this link:
www.trybooking.com/BPDAD
(This link will be sent every Tuesday to allow you to book for the coming week).

The gathering of God’s people on a Sunday is vital for the edification and equipping of the body of Christ to go out into the world to be His presence, so while we want to encourage you to meet with us in person on a Sunday, should you be unable to attend for any reason, here is the recurring Zoom link for the worship service:
zoom.us/j/96611521780?pwd=YUFSUVpmYUMxRXJCVlRVNjJmOG54Zz09

YOU TUBE
The Bible reading and message will be uploaded to our You Tube channel mid-week for those who can’t zoom in on Sundays. Here’s the link for the message playlist this week:
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DANNY’S DESK

Declare Jesus – Develop Disciples – Glorify God

"Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
John 13:35 NLT

Hello!

Sometimes life just doesn’t seem fair does it? This week we have been caught in the imaginatively named ‘Lockdown 3.0!” It’s not fair!! I’m being optimistic - this ‘circuit breaker’ moniker gives me hope that some normality can simply be ‘switched’ back on in an instant!

Back to ‘fairness’. I honestly don’t consider myself a person who has any enemies, though like everyone, I have disagreements with people. But I simply cannot stretch that definition to call them ‘enemies’. Jesus says some great things about fairness when He talks about ‘loving your enemies’ in Matthew 5:44-48. And while He refers to ‘enemies’, I’m defining it in terms of those with whom we disagree with from time to time.

On first reading, these verses in Matthew 5:44-48 (Got your Bibles open?), seem the most unfair verses in the entire Bible. Why should I love my enemies? Why should the ‘warm sun rise and cooling rains fall’ equally on me - the ‘good’ guy - as well as on them - the ‘bad’ guy?? Why should I love those whose opinions, beliefs and values differ from mine? And how am I ever going to get anywhere near ‘perfect’ - like God? I’ve been thinking about that a lot this week! God isn’t some kind of payroll assistant – providing grace and condemnation, or ‘sun and rain’ - in proportion to our good and not so good works. No. God calculates it in an entirely different way.

We are called to strive to be like Jesus who says in John 13:34-35, “Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” Striving to be like Jesus. Nothing more. Nothing Less. And when we accept that His love is sufficiently abundant – not only for us – but also for those we disagree with on this earth - we will find ourselves more easily stopping to seek ‘fairness’ and instead simply accepting His grace. And then, we will desire it for others.

So my prayer is: “Dear God, help me to shift from a worldly calculation of ‘fairness’ to a godly one. I do not deserve the grace You extended to me. As I strive to live like You, let me extend grace to others. Amen.”

If you’d ever like to chat about loving those you disagree with, I’d love to sit down with you and maybe we can work on it – together.

Have a great week!
Danny

“ Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honouring each other.”
Romans 12:10 NLT

SUNDAYS @ 10AM
Good news regarding COVID restrictions and gathered worship! From 11:59pm 17 February 2021 Victoria returns to COVIDSafe Summer restrictions – with some revised conditions. These are the conditions applicable to our gathered worship on Sundays:

- Face masks continue to be mandatory indoors.
- Face masks are also mandatory outdoors when you can’t keep 1.5 metres distance from other people (except with people from your own home).
- Religious gatherings can occur with no limits on guests or attendees as long as we ensure people can keep 1.5 metres distance.
- Record keeping continues to be an important tool , TCF use Try-booking to book seats and contact trace as we have a density limit of 140 people in our auditorium so that we comply with the 2 square metre rule.
- Please make an effort to vacate the building quickly after worship.

To ensure you have a seat for Sundays, we ask that you register on this link:
www.trybooking.com/BOYBC
(This link will reopen every Tuesday to allow you to book for the coming week).

The gathering of God’s people on a Sunday is vital for the edification and equipping of the body of Christ to go out into the world to be His presence, so while we want to encourage you to meet with us in person on a Sunday, should you be unable to attend for any reason, here is the recurring Zoom link for the worship service:
zoom.us/j/96611521780?pwd=YUFSUVpmYUMxRXJCVlRVNjJmOG54Zz09

YOU TUBE
The Bible reading and message will be uploaded to our You Tube channel mid-week for those who can’t zoom in on Sundays. Here’s the link for the message playlist this week:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HYJLxm949-vUbKhFIzLdA/playlists?view_as=subscriber ... See MoreSee Less

Our Vision:

Declare Jesus

Develop Disciples

Glorify God

Our Vision:

Declare Jesus

Develop Disciples

Glorify God

Our Vision:

Declare Jesus

Develop Disciples

Glorify God

Welcome to Torquay Christian Fellowship

Weekly Bulletin

Link to the TCF You Tube Channel for Weekly Messages

Sunday Service

What's On

Children

High School Youth

Babies

Sunday Messages

No Other: Salvation

No Other Name: Jesus

No Other: God

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