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	Welcome to Lightning Ridge Community Church	He is risen!
	Anglican Diocese of Armidale

Who Are We?

Lightning Ridge Community Church is home to a Christian family who seek to serve Jesus Christ as Lord in our daily lives. We strive to be Christ centred, Bible believing and gospel focused. We are young and old, from all walks of life, and welcome any visitors, aiming to be a supportive and encouraging Christian family to all those who come to us.

We are the westernmost church body in the Anglican Diocese of Armidale. Christians throughout Australia support us through the work of the Bush Church Aid Society (BCA). BCA's prayer support, Christian encouragement and financial contribution have ensured that long term ministry has remained viable in the Ridge for many years.

Our services are informal and friendly, and of course children are welcome. We also run a Kids' Church programme during school terms, and provide a crying room within the church to enable parents to listen while caring for their little ones.

Our Focus:-

• To introduce people to a relationship with the living Jesus (More info about Jesus here Christianity.net ). Jesus is God's Son, and the one through whom we can have a healed relationship with God.
• To teach people about the love and forgiveness God offers each one of us.

"God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only son Jesus, so that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)

"God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."(Romans 5:8)

• To teach what is centred on Jesus and grounded in the Bible, aiming to keep us in step with God's Spirit as we grow to be more Christlike in our daily lives.

• To lovingly support Christians to live in a way which honours God.

"In view of God's mercy, offer your bodies as 'living sacrifices', holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship."(Romans 12:1)

"Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day of the Lord approaching." (Hebrew 10:24-25)