Meaning behind the theme

The basic truth about time as we know it is: it is linear. Whatever that is new will no longer be as bright, fresh, young, clean, pretty or smooth as it once was, one day. With the passing of time, everything changes - from young to old, from fast to slow, from functional to dysfunctional, from useful to useless. The world knows this, and in its worship of the ‘new’ and ‘young’, it avoids the old:

Fashion models are never older than 50

Supermarkets flash big signs with the word “NEW” to attract patrons

And, consumers are unendingly attracted by anything that is new

Yet, as long as we are living within the confines of time, we WILL age and the new WILL turn old. As we walk down the passage of time, we WILL experience mistakes, hurts, disappointments, sorrow, pain and loss. And, because time is linear, we all have something in common that we cannot escape from: our pasts.

The message behind our theme is this: despite your past, you can live in newness of life and enjoy abundance in Christ.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"

- 2 Corinthians 5:17


"Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."

- Romans 6:4

It is in this spirit that our theme is:

"NEW: Creation, Lives, People"


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Abel