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Clarence Valley Community Church welcomes all to worship God and hear the Bible taught. (Cnr of Norrie and Bent Street).

Our new morning service is at 10am Sundays at 86 Norrie Street, South Grafton. Our afternoon service is at 3pm Sundays at the SDA Hall, 39 Church Street, Maclean.

02/06/2026

After our devotional series on Holiness at church camp this week, we take a look at Proverbs 30:1-5, where the writer Agur speaks of his struggles. Feeling so tired, barely feeling human. Feeling like he cannot measure up to God’s call for us to be holy in his own strength, he wisely turns his focus to God. He asks 4 questions which point us straight to our Holy creator and then there is a 5th question… What is the name of God’s Son…. Although this was written about 900 years before Jesus was born, the writer points us straight to God’s permanent solution to sin and the only way for us to be made holy in his sight. This is through faith in Christ Jesus.

Agur then goes on to encourage us with this truth: Verse 5 Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. This scripture points us to Psalm 18:30-45 where we see King David, a godly man reflecting God’s holiness in his life. David was a man who took refuge in the Lord and was shielded from his enemies, and God rewarded this by crushing his enemies and making him the head of nations. (Vs 37-46).

Are you happy to succumb to the disappointments in life, or the tiredness, or even settle for mediocrity? There is an exciting life to be had in Christ! Let us pursue Gods command to be holy and reflect Him in our lives. Let us choose salvation through Jesus then as David did with his life… Trust in the flawless word of the Lord and seek refuge in Him.

26/05/2026

In the Old Testament, the people of God were known externally by following God’s laws. This is how they were set apart from the other nations and showed that they belong to the God of Israel. Today, Christians do not have a set of laws or regulations that define us but, as Paul would say, we are a people who are defined by our love, especially our love for one another. This is the guiding light, the salt of the earth, a city on the hill, and how we show that we belong to the God of Israel.

In this sermon, we will be challenged to look to the example of Christ Jesus – how He has come and humbled Himself, becoming like one of us, to live a sin free live and die a death as though He were a sinner, in order to pay for our sins and so we in turn live a life of sacrificial love for one another. We use Jesus as our great example as He is the greatest example of God. May this sermon be a blessing to you.

19/05/2026

Previously the apostle Paul shared with us that love is the key to Christian discipleship and as Christians we are to live under the law of love. After this, he urged us to awake and go now to live for Jesus. This week, Paul is going to share with us one of the first stumbling blocks to love, and that is when people from many different tribes, tongues and nations come together in the church under Christ, we can bring all of our differences, but we are not to allow those differences to separate us. Instead, we are to continue to love one another as we would love ourselves. Thus, as far as it concerns us, we must do everything we can to live in peace and genuinely care for one another’s needs. Paul would even go as far as to say that if there is something that he knows is lawful and good for him to do but it may hurt another Christian to do it in front of them, such as eating meat sacrificed to idols, he would not eat it, because for him it is more important to care about his brother or sister than it is for him to eat a bit of food. This certainly goes both ways.

The warning that Paul gives us is that we are careful not to turn these secondary differences into things that would divide us or put one Christian lower than another, but that it is Jesus who is our final authority and judge, we are not each other’s judges. And so, we must honour them and love them. Yet, Paul is not saying that we should be people-pleasers – do not let anyone speak evil of what you know to be good. This also means that as much as we would do everything we can to accommodate someone else, we cannot allow them to dictate over us things that are secondary. This is how, as one big community with all its difference, we can continue to walk in love because love is the key. Do not let anything stop us as we awake and go and live a life for Jesus together as a church community.

12/05/2026

Last week we learned that love is the key, this is the way by which the Christians live their lives. This week, Paul would challenge us to “awake and go”, to leave off the deeds of darkness and to clothe ourselves in the Lord Jesus Christ, to put on the armour of light. We have come to understand that we are now children of God, we are to live for God, we are to love Him and love others around us. Paul would urge us on this week to really think about letting go of the things in this world that are unprofitable, that are sinful even. And so we take heed of the Spirit’s warning, we get up and we go as the sermon title suggests – awake and go, live for Jesus, love for Jesus. In addition, be prepared to carry your cross and deny yourself, letting go of the things in this world that are not of God, for Jesus is coming soon, let us all be ready for that day!

05/05/2026

If someone is new to the faith and asks for your advice on what should be their central focus, what would you say? Alternatively, if there is another who has followed Jesus for some time and lost their way, what advice could you give to help them get back on track? In this sermon, we will see that the key is love. For through love, we, as God’s children, fulfill the law and the prophets. It is such a simplistic way in which we can follow the Lord Jesus and live in obedience to God. For in love, we will do our best to show everyone around us, even our enemies, forgiveness, mercies, love, dignity and respect. In this sermon, Paul would urge us on in this most central focus of a Christian. Instead of God giving us a list of rules to follow for the rule’s sake, we are called to love our neighbours as ourselves.

And instead of doing such things as reading our bible, spending time in prayer and living our lives in obedience to God but grudgingly, or as an act of legalism, we do them to further understand the love of God and reflect His heart all the more. What a wonderful taste of what it would be like in heaven as we live up to the love that God has called us to!

29/04/2026

This week, pastor Carl will preach Romans 13:1-7. In this section, Paul will instruct us how we should live with those who rule over us, be it a government, an emperor or a king. Paul reminds us that we must show respect to whom we should show respect and honour to whom we should honour, that it is God who has placed every position of power in this world as far as governments are concerned. Because they are placed there by God, we as Christians, must honour that placement. We are people of eternal kingdom, soul journers on a journey heavenward, so, we must live carefully and peacefully in this world as we await our true home which is in heaven. Therefore, we respect and honour those in positions of authority over us. We will also see an example of how the prophet Daniel did this very thing, and God honoured his obedience, and the Lord’s name was glorified throughout the world.

21/04/2026

Paul presses on in Romans 12 to ask us to go even deeper in our love, even love for our enemies, the poor and the outcast. This, for many, is so difficult, especially those who struggle with unforgiveness or feelings of status, and that being around those of low stature would bring shame to them. We must learn to reflect the heart of our God, becoming children of our Father, and so Paul would call us into this great love, and the way in which we could do it is not by a constant pass and fail understanding of living up to God’s standards, but through renewing our minds, filling our hearts with good and godly things, and seeing that over the long term, we are becoming more and more like the heart of God. Once we understand this, there is so much pressure that is off, and so much freedom to make the right decisions to foster our hearts that is pleasing to the Lord.

14/04/2026

Paul has asked us, in view of God’s mercy, to be a living sacrifice. And now, Paul, from Romans 12:6, begins to explain how that looks. He starts by encouraging everyone to use whatever gifts the Holy Spirit has given them to bless the church, to serve God through serving His people in the local church. Then, he moves on to individuals, talking to us and telling us that we must have sincere love for one another, that we must resist evil and live a life that is holy – this is what a disciplined disciple does. Either we pick up our cross and do what Jesus wants us to do in our lives for Him or we go on to autopilot and do our own thing, but Paul’s encouragement to us is this – because of God’s great love for us, we will live a life for Him through Jesus, serving God’s people and being a blessing to communities around us.

07/04/2026

It being Easter Sunday, we will ask ourselves why am I a Christian. In this sermon, we will go step by step a few reasons why we have chosen to be followers of Jesus and the hope and confidence that we have in Him. May this be a blessing and an encouragement to you along your journey as you too follow Jesus.

31/03/2026

Paul has finished his explanation for why his people Israel are not coming to Jesus. He turns his attention now to the church in Rome, a letter that even to this day is to be used for us to uplift and edify the church. He starts by urging the people of God to look at the mercies of God that we are saved, that we have been drawn and called into a relationship as children of God through Jesus Christ. And in view of those mercies, the urgency is that we would be a living sacrifice, well pleasing to the Lord, a holy people. He calls us to resist the patterns of this evil age and to live for God, doing it in such a way where we do not think pridefully or highly of ourselves, nor do we shun ourselves, but receive the gifts of God in accordance with the measure of faith he has given us, gifts that are to be used in the local church to support one another, to love one another and care for each other. Yes! Our whole life is to be run that honours our God who loves us so much. Paul also encourages us to find our place in the church and help as God directs, being happy with whatever He calls us to, not looking to be more or less than what it is He requires of us. The beautiful miracle that Paul describes in this section, is that once we cleanse ourselves from the evils of this world, we will be freely able to understand and seek out the will of God in our lives. Let us do this together! Let us serve Jesus with the whole heart as God’s children!

Address

39 Church Street
Maclean, NSW
2463

Opening Hours

3pm - 7pm

Telephone

+61426504386

Website

https://www.cvcc.com.au/

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