Children’s stories and youth rallies at Murwillumbah Church

Megan Southon

Murwillumbah Church

Murwillumbah Church was in stitches on June 3 when Pastors Ashley Smith, Boris Jovinov and Matt Atcheson acted out the story of David and Goliath. The story was told engagingly by schoolteacher Leisa Cobacoglo while the pastors revealed their secret acting skills to visiting conference president Pastor Adrian Rathael. The children learned how David did not fear lions or bears or giants because he had God by his side.

Two weeks earlier on May 19 and 20, Murwillumbah and Kingscliff Youth joined together at Murwillumbah Church to host a youth rally focusing on the theme of revival. Many young people were blessed by this program and left revived and passionate about Jesus.

The weekend began with a Friday night program to introduce the speaker, Pastor Mark Sutherland. The youth handled most of the Sabbath program from the preliminaries to the music and the children's story, all of which highlighted the theme of revival.

In Pastor Sutherland’s sermon, he explained how preaching, giving Bible studies, worshipping God, and going to church does not replace the need to be born again and experience a revival. The message was quite powerful and at the end he appealed to anyone who had not personally given their life to Jesus to do so in that moment. The front row of the church was filled with people, either dedicating their lives to God for the first time or recommitting themselves to God.

In the afternoon, Pastor Kyle Morrison led a workshop on service and outreach, and the weekend was wrapped up with pizza and a bonfire on Saturday night, leaving the youth inspired to dedicate their lives to God.

Youth leaders Lauren Fua and Lachie Townend gave an overview of past and upcoming events for the youth ministries and announced the next youth rally which will be held at Kingscliff in July.