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No one church is perfect. The church is filled with imperfect people who are trying to support, comfort, and love each other the way Jesus does. Ecclesia has been my home for almost 10 years now – it’s far from perfect but I don’t know where I will be without it and there’s no way I will ever change my decision to be part of this church. Thank you my beautiful church and HAPPY 26th Birthday. In the video below, Ps Samuel Djunaedi (Senior Pastor) shares how God moves his heart to start Ecclesia. This is how Ecclesia starts Have a read of these 2 testimonies of our friends from Ecclesia Mission Hills & Eastern as well. Testimony from Yenny Setiawati – Ecclesia Mission Eastern Gereja Ecclesia Mission Eastern adalah gereja tempat saya beribadah pertama kali di Sydney, gereja dimana saya dapat komunitas pertama saya di Sydney dan bahkan gereja dimana saya bertemu Johan, suami saya. Saya bersyukur bisa bergereja di Ecclesia Mission Eastern dimana di gereja ini, saya bisa lebih bertumbuh dalam pengenalan akan Tuhan secara pribadi dan melayani bersama-sama dengan suami saya. Melalui gereja ini juga saya menyaksikan secara pribadi bagaimana Tuhan bekerja mengubahkan hidup Johan dan bertumbuh semakin dekat dengan Tuhan. Melalui pelayanan kami di LIFE, saya pribadi belajar banyak hal. Tuhan banyak mengajarkan dan membentuk karakter saya serta menguji hati saya. Saya belajar untuk melayani dengan hati bersyukur, hati sebagai hamba serta kerendahan hati. Saya juga belajar untuk berbesar hati (big heart) menerima hal-hal dan respon-respon yang tidak sesuai dengan apa yang saya harapkan. Hal-hal yang tentunya tidak mudah bagi saya, yang sampai saat ini saya masih terus belajar dan mengandalkan Tuhan untuk membantu mengubahkan saya. Dengan kondisi tempat tinggal kami yang jauh dari gereja dan anak-anak kami masih kecil, membuat saya dan Johan punya tantangan tersendiri dalam pelayanan kami, disamping tantangan-tantangan lainnya, yang terkadang membuat kami struggle juga. Kalau dipikir secara manusia, buat apa mengorbankan banyak hal dengan segala tantangan yang ada demi pelayanan kami, Johan harus pulang tengah malam pada saat anak-anak sudah tidur dan tidak ketemu dan banyak hal-hal lainnya juga. Tapi seringkali kekuatan baru muncul ketika saya mengingat kembali campur tangan Tuhan dalam hidup saya dan Johan, bagaimana Tuhan begitu setia membawa kami dari satu kemenangan demi kemenangan atas pergumulan kami, bagaimana Tuhan tidak pernah lalai dan selalu memegang janji-Nya buat kami, bagaimana kasih setia Tuhan selalu nyata dalam hidup kami yang membuat kami terus berusaha untuk melayani dengan hati bersyukur, ditengah kelebihan dan kekurangan kami. Tuhan juga seringkali memberikan penghiburan dan kejutan-kejutan yang tidak kami sangka-sangka ketika kami sedang down. Tuhan seperti kasih sign ke kami kalau DIA melihat dan memperhitungkan apa yang kami lakukan untuk DIA sekecil apapun tidak akan kembali dengan sia-sia. Saya sangat bersyukur buat LIFE members yang sangat supportif, yang selalu kompak dan selalu menunjukkan kasih untuk saling memperhatikan dan membantu satu sama lain. Saya bersyukur karena berada di komunitas yang punya komitmen untuk bertumbuh bersama di dalam Tuhan ditengah kesibukan mereka dalam pekerjaan dan mengurus anak. Buat saya dan Johan, they are our second family that we can't thank GOD enough as all of them are a blessings to us. Words simply cannot tell how much they mean to us. Saya juga sangat bersyukur buat para pastors yang mempunyai komitmen tinggi untuk melayani. Satu hal lagi, saya melihat ada "Masa Depan" di gereja Ecclesia Mission Eastern dimana saya melihat semakin hari semakin banyak jumlah anak-anak Sunday School dan bahkan bertambah 1 kelas lagi. Di tengah segala kelebihan dan kekurangan gereja kita, saya tahu kalau Tuhan punya rencana yang indah untuk gereja kita. Saya berdoa dan berharap supaya seluruh anak-anak di Sunday School tidak menjadi anak yang terhilang, namun boleh mengalami Tuhan secara pribadi, terus bertumbuh di dalam Tuhan dan bahkan dipakai Tuhan secara luar biasa dimanapun mereka berada nantinya. Biar firman Tuhan yang mereka pelajari saat ini tidak kembali dengan sia-sia, namun boleh berbuah lebat. Kerinduan saya adalah melihat gereja kita dipakai Tuhan lebih lagi, adanya kesatuan hati diantara pelayan dalam melayani, jemaat yang ada, boleh bertumbuh dan tertanam dalam LIFE, para LIFE member boleh semakin bertumbuh di dalam Tuhan, jemaat baru bisa "feel home" ketika mereka datang ke gereja. Testimony by Wellson Sugiarto – Ecclesia Mission Hills I am very grateful to have a church that I can call as my own family. Ecclesia Mission has not only become a community that I love, but also a part of my life. Being under the umbrella of Ecclesia Mission has helped me to grow my spiritual life as well as growing up to become the man I am today. I remember when I first came to this church, I was just a young 8 year old boy who did not understand much about Christianity nor fully understand who Jesus Christ is. I attended Church at the time merely to just follow my grandma and uncle around as I did not know the purpose behind going to church. Through the help of the Sunday School teachers at the time, who made it interesting for the kids around my age to learn about God, I was able to learn more and more about the love of Christ and therefore grew my interest in hearing Jesus's miraculous stories. As I grew older into my teenage years, I was introduced to a more deeper means of Christianity which allowed me to explore more about my faith in Christ. I am forever thankful to the youth leaders who have guided me built a strong foundation for myself in Christ and to finally have a real relationship with the saviour of my life. Through this church, I was able to start my ministry to serve God and to really show my love for God in action. I learnt to serve God in any way I could. One leader taught me that it doesn't matter what ministry I wanted to do, as long as I'd do it whole heartedly with the intention to be a servant of God, God will appreciate it. Until this day, I hold this principle tight in my journey with God and I am always willing to do anything to serve God. Now looking back, to the time I first stepped foot into Australia where I felt an enormous amount of loneliness and without having the protection of my parents who had to stay in Indonesia for a little longer (due to family business at the time), I have come a long way. Furthermore, despite the fact that I was a new foreign kid to Ecclesia, the family of Ecclesia has embraced me as their own child and I am forever thankful for the sweet and memorable memories I have had with the church for the past 18 years. I am also forever thankful to the leaders of this church for giving me a home and a space to grow spiritually as well as to grow as a man of God.

Beberapa minggu lagi, orang-orang Kristen di seluruh dunia akan memperingati kematian Kristus di salib pada hari Jumat Agung. Kemudian kita akan merayakan kemenangan Kristus atas dosa dan kematian pada hari Minggu Paskah. Tetapi apa yang terjadi pada hari Sabtu? Yah, tidak ada yang benar-benar terjadi pada hari itu. Alkitab diam tentang apa yang terjadi di periode antara Jumat Agung dan Minggu Kebangkitan. Alkitab mungkin diam, tetapi itu tidak berarti tidak mengatakan apa-apa kepada kita. Mari kita bayangkan apa yang dialami para murid pada hari Sabtu itu. Guru, pemimpin, dan Mesias tercinta mereka baru saja disalibkan. Yesus dipermalukan dan dieksekusi di kayu salib. Dia mati seperti penjahat. Para murid ketakutan. Mereka takut. Mereka tidak tahu harus berbuat apa. Mereka tersesat. Mereka tidak punya harapan. Apa yang telah menjadi perjalanan sekali seumur hidup dan dipenuhi keajaiban dengan Yesus selama 3 tahun terakhir, ternyata tidak lebih dari kekecewaan. Saya membayangkan, pada hari Sabtu itu mereka menundukkan kepala, memikirkan apa yang baru saja terjadi. Sedih, takut, kecewa, kesepian, bingung, dan putus asa. Itulah yang mereka rasakan pada hari Sabtu. Tetapi pada hari Minggu, segalanya berubah. Pada hari Minggu, mereka melihat mukjizat terbesar yang telah dilakukan Allah - tidak ada yang sebanding dengan semua mukjizat yang telah dilakukan Yesus sebelumnya. Setelah hari Minggu, harapan mereka diperbaharui - Juruselamat mereka ternyata hidup! Setelah hari Minggu, hubungan yang rusak dipulihkan - Yesus mengembalikan Petrus kepada diri-Nya. Setelah hari Minggu, agama Kristen tidak pernah sama lagi. Orang-orang percaya. Orang-orang pergi ke kota-kota menceritakan kisah kabar baik tentang kebangkitan Yesus. Orang-orang rela mati menceritakan kisah ini. Pada hari Minggu, para murid tidak sedih, mereka gembira. Mereka tidak lagi kecewa, sebaliknya, mereka berharap. Mereka tidak lagi takut, sebaliknya mereka cukup berani untuk mati demi Injil. Mereka tidak lagi kesepian, karena mereka tahu Juruselamat mereka hidup dan akan selalu bersama mereka. Kebangkitan Minggu berubah Diam hari Sabtu. Anda mungkin berada di Silent Saturday sekarang. Mungkin Anda sedih, kesepian, takut, putus asa, terluka, kecewa, bingung, atau putus asa, tapi ingatlah Kebangkitan pada hari Minggu. Apa yang Yesus lakukan 2000 tahun lalu kepada para murid masih terjadi hari ini. Kebangkitan Yesus tidak hanya memiliki signifikansi historis, tetapi juga memiliki signifikansi spiritual. Dengan melihat kebangkitan, kita dapat yakin bahwa Tuhan akan mengubah duka kita menjadi tarian. Dia akan menghilangkan kesedihan kita dan memberi kita sukacita (Mazmur 30: 11-12). Tuhan akan menyelamatkan kita (Mzm 46: 1-3) dan Dia adalah kekuatan kita (Kel 15: 2). Kita dapat yakin bahwa Tuhan selalu bersama kita (Kel. 33:14). Dia adalah harapan kita (Mzm 71: 5). Dia adalah keselamatan kita (Mzm 119: 81). Kebangkitan hari Minggu menunjukkan bahwa semua yang dijanjikan (dan banyak lagi!) Adalah benar. Silent Saturday ada di antara berkabung dan sukacita. Itu ada di antara kesedihan dan kegembiraan. Itu ada di antara keputusasaan dan harapan. Anda tahu apa artinya ini? Itu berarti ada akhir dari Silent Satuday! Silent Saturday itu hanya sementara. Silent Saturday hanya ada di antara keduanya. Itu tidak akan bertahan lama. Teman-teman, jika Anda berada di Silent Saturday, izinkan saya mendorong Anda untuk melihat Minggu Kebangkitan di mana ada banyak harapan, sukacita, dan sukacita. Dan yang paling penting, Minggu Kebangkitan berlangsung untuk selamanya. Yesus tidak bangkit untuk mati lagi. Yesus hidup, dulu, dan selamanya. Itu seharusnya memberi kita harapan, karena Yesus, sumber sukacita, harapan, dan keselamatan kita, adalah abadi. Saya berdoa semoga Paskah ini memberi Anda harapan dan sukacita, bahkan ketika Anda masih di hari Sabtu yang sunyi. Karena Anda tahu Minggu Kebangkitan telah datang dan Minggu Kebangkitan berlangsung selamanya.

In a few weeks time, Christians all over the world will commemorate the death of Christ on the cross on Good Friday. Then we will celebrate Christ's victory over sin and death on Easter Sunday. But what happened on Saturday? Well, nothing really. The Bible is silent to what was going on between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. The Bible may be silent, but it does not mean it's not telling us anything. Let's imagine what the disciples went through on that Saturday. Their beloved teacher, leader, and messiah had just been crucified. Jesus was humiliated by being executed on the cross. He died just like a criminal. The disciples were scared. They were afraid. They didn't know what to do. They were lost. They were hopeless. What had been a once-in-a-lifetime and miracle-filled journey with Jesus for the last 3 years, turned out to be nothing more than a disappointment. I would imagine, on that Saturday they hung their head low, thinking about what just happened. Sad, afraid, disappointed, lonely, confused, and hopeless. That's what they felt on Saturday. But on Sunday, things were changing. On Sunday, they saw the biggest miracle that God has done - nothing compared to all the miracles that Jesus had done previously. After Sunday, their hopes were renewed - their Saviour turned out to be alive after all! After Sunday, broken relationships were restored - Jesus restored Peter back to Himself. After Sunday, Christianity was never the same again. People believed. People went out to towns telling the good news story of Jesus' resurrection. People were willing to die telling this story. On Sunday, the disciples were not sad, they were joyful. They were no longer disappointed, instead they were hopeful. They were no longer afraid, instead they were brave enough to die for the gospel. They were no longer lonely, because they knew their Saviour is alive and will be with them always. Resurrection Sunday changes Silent Saturday. You might be in Silent Saturday right now. Whether you are sad, lonely, afraid, discouraged, hurt, disappointed, confused, or hopeless, remember Resurrection Sunday. What Jesus did 2000 years ago to the disciples is still happening today. Jesus' resurrection does not only have historical significance, it has spiritual significance. By looking at the resurrection, we can be sure that God will turn our mourning into dancing. He will take off our sadness and clothe us with joy (Psalm 30:11-12). God will keep us safe (Ps 46:1-3) and He is our strength (Exo 15:2). We can be sure God is with us always (Exo 33:14). He is our hope (Ps 71:5). He is our salvation (Ps 119:81). Resurrection Sunday shows that all that promises (and more!) are true. Silent Saturday exists between mourning and joy. It exists between sadness and gladness. It exists between despair and hope. You know what this means? It means there is an end to Silent Saturday! Silent Saturday is only temporary. Silent Saturday only exists in between. It will not last. Friends, if you are in Silent Saturday, let me encourage you to look at Resurrection Sunday where there is abundant of hope, joy, and gladness. And most importantly, Resurrection Sunday lasts for all eternity. Jesus did not raise to be die again. Jesus is alive then, now, and forever. That should give us hope, because Jesus, our source of joy, hope, and salvation, is eternal. I pray that this Easter will give you hope and joy, even when you are still in your Silent Saturday. Because you know Resurrection Sunday has come and Resurrection Sunday lasts forever.

ecclesia mission Where everyone matters Visit us ONE BIG FAMILY Ecclesia Mission is a family oriented church that has been serving communities across Sydney since 1993. At Ecclesia Mission, we welcome everyone from all ages and backgrounds. Whether you are visiting Australia, recently moved to Sydney, or exploring the Christian faith, you can feel right at home in our church. Read more New here? Visit one of our locations to learn more... Eastern Kingsford Northwest Castle Hill & Carlingford Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together. Psalm 34:3 Ecclesia Mission Church (02) 9090 2011 info@ecclesiamission.com ​ Level 1, 944 Anzac Parade Maroubra, NSW 2035 office@ecclesiamission.com ​ Contact Us Thanks for submitting!

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