“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.” - Isaiah 60:1

Welcome to our church.

Come and join us for worship!

Church services on Sundays 10:00 am

Bible Studies after the sevice at 11:30 am

9 Eulinga Rd, Clarinda VIC 3169

ABOUT US

Clarinda Presbyterian Church

We welcome everyone at Clarinda Presbyterian Church to share in the love and knowledge of God.

We are a small and closely connected community at the moment, we’d love to become bigger, but we don’t intend on losing that close community along the way. You can join us every Sunday at 10.00am for traditional Presbyterian Church service where we sing hymns and hear a bible focused sermon. After the service we’d love to get to know you over a cup of tea coffee, or over lunch for our community luncheon on the last Sunday of every two months.

Once every two months, we also celebrate the Lords Supper with Communion.

Want to get more connected with the church and learn more about God? We have weekly bible studies and prayer meetings that would be geat for that.

As our church grows we will continue to add even more services and events to help grow our members.

If you have any questions, or just want to get connected, please contact us, we’d love to hear from you.

OUR BELIEFS:

THE BIBLE

The Bible, having been inspired by God, is entirely trustworthy (infallible) and without error (inerrant). Therefore, we are to believe and obey its teachings. The Bible is the only source of special revelation for the church today.

GOD

The one true God is personal, yet beyond our comprehension. He is an invisible spirit, completely self-sufficient and unbounded by space or time, perfectly holy and just, and loving and merciful. In the unity of the Godhead there are three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

God created the heavens and the earth, and all they contain. He upholds and governs them in accordance with his eternal will. God is sovereign (in complete control) yet this does not diminish human responsibility.

FALLEN STATE OF HUMANITY

Because of the sin of the first man, Adam, all mankind is corrupt by nature, dead in sin, and subject to the wrath of God. But God determined, by a Covenant of Grace, that sinners may receive forgiveness and eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Christ has always been the only way of salvation, in both Old Testament and New Testament times.

JESUS CHRIST, OUR REDEEMER

The Son of God took upon Himself a human nature in the womb of the virgin Mary, so that in her son Jesus the divine came to earth, fully man and fully God, to sacrifice himself for our sins.

A NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST

Those whom God has predestined unto life are effectually drawn to Christ by the inner working of the Spirit as they hear the gospel. When they believe in Christ, God
declares them righteous (justifies them), pardoning their sins and accepting them as righteous, not because of any righteousness of their own, but by imputing Christ’s merits to them. They are adopted as the children of God and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies them, enabling them increasingly to stop sinning and act righteously. They repent of their sins (both at their conversion and thereafter), produce good works as the fruit of their faith, and persevere to the end in communion with Christ, with
assurance of their salvation.

CHRISTIAN LIVING

Believers strive to keep God’s Moral Law, (the Ten Commandments), not to earn salvation, but because they love their Saviour and want to obey Him. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the power of the Holy Spirit, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.

THE CHURCH

Christ has established his church, and particular churches, to gather and perfect his people, by means of the ministry of the Word (the Bible), the sacraments of baptism (which is to be administered to the children of believers, as well as believers) and the Lord’s Supper (in which the body and blood of Christ are spiritually present to the faith of believers), and the disciplining of members found delinquent in doctrine or life. Christians assemble on the Lord’s Day to worship God by praying, hearing the Word of God read and preached, singing psalms and hymns, and receiving the sacraments.

CHRIST'S RETURN

Jesus Christ, now seated at the right hand of the Father, will one day return to judge the living and the dead. This return of Christ will be personal and bodily. Th e sure promise of the coming of Christ (at a time known only to God) demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission.

OUR PASTOR:

Rev. Michael Lee is our minister. He has been married to Angela for 20 years. And they have three beautiful children, Susie, Justin and Deborah.

Prior to his coming to Clarinda Presbyterian Church, he served for 11 years as an assistant pastor at Canterbury Presbyterian Church which has been a multicultural church. In particular, he put a lot of effort to build Korean ministry when he was there. He retired from Canterbury last year on March 2017 and started his new ministry at Clarinda. He has great passion and love to serve the triune God in the Bible and the people of God as the church of Jesus Christ. He also loves to see God’s people growing in the knowledge of God and in the grace of Christ by teaching and proclaiming God’s living Word with the book, the Westminster Confession of Faith as well as the five SOLAS of the Reformation: By Grace Alone, By Faith Alone, By Bible Alone, By Christ Alone, To the Glory of God Alone.

SERMONS

SERVICES

Sunday Church Service

Every Sunday 10:00am

Join us for morning tea after the service

Monthly Luncheon

The Last Sunday of every Month

Enjoy community over a shared meal with us after the church service

Bible Study

Sunday Afternoon 12:30pm

Monday Afternoon on Zoom 8:00pm

Prayer Meeting

Sunday Morning 9:30am

Friday Evening on Zoom 8:00pm

Communion

Every second Month during the Church Service

The celebration of the Lord’s Supper

Contact Us

We would love to hear from you.

03 9544 3780

churchclarindapresbyterian@gmail.com

9 Eulinga Rd, Clarinda VIC 3169

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