Happy 100th Birthday St Matt’s!!
We unfortunately cannot be in Perth this weekend to celebrate this great occasion, but we pray that it would be an immensely encouraging time of fellowship and thanksgiving for all who attend. We have especially warm memories of our time as members of St Matthew’s and look back on the years we spent with great fondness. Eventhough we have moved around with Army to several places and churches since we lived in Perth, we still often think of our true “home church” as being St. Matt’s. We remember a place in which we felt welcome and at home, especially when Geoff Dixon remembered our names the second week we attended the 630pm service at Keightley Rd! We were most impressed!
We unfortunately cannot be in Perth this weekend to celebrate this great occasion, but we pray that it would be an immensely encouraging time of fellowship and thanksgiving for all who attend. We have especially warm memories of our time as members of St Matthew’s and look back on the years we spent with great fondness. Eventhough we have moved around with Army to several places and churches since we lived in Perth, we still often think of our true “home church” as being St. Matt’s. We remember a place in which we felt welcome and at home, especially when Geoff Dixon remembered our names the second week we attended the 630pm service at Keightley Rd! We were most impressed!
We had two Army postings in Perth over a 7 year period 1997-2003, and loved being part of such a fantastic church, first led by Andrew and then Kanishka. We were blessed to live in Shenton Park and were quickly, and graciously, embraced into a loving community. We loved Sunday services, Bible Study Groups, Kids church, Blokes World, Play Group, camps and all the other activities of St Matt’s.
It’s hard not to feel very emotional (of course I am crying as I type this!) as we remember the significant life events which took place for us during that time- some of them joyous and some very difficult. Deep and abiding friendships were made in that time and have continued to grow despite the distance which now separates us from Perth. Through everything we were blessed to be part of a caring church in which the saving message of the Lord Jesus was faithfully preached week after week. Our faith and the faith of our children, Grace and James, was challenged, strengthened and enriched. We felt, and still feel, deeply loved by our brothers and sisters at St.Matthew’s. We praise God for His amazing work there- for the transforming power of His word as it is read and preached, for the family of believers as they meet in His name and for the proclamation of the Gospel to the people of Perth in so many different ways.
We shall forever be grateful and humbled to have been part of a church which aims to faithfully follow the Lord Jesus and to speak His Name so that all who hear may come to Him and be saved.
Sending you all our love, always,
Steph, Matt, Gracie and James Rogerson
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