Easter is a special time of year to remember the very basis of our salvation which the apostle Paul summarises for us in 2 Corinthians when he speaks about Jesus’ death and resurrection and what that has achieved for us:

…one has died for all, therefore all have died, and he died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. …Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come.

These are deep truths to consider, and it would do us well to take the time in the week or weeks leading up to Easter to reflect and prepare our hearts to celebrate what God has done for us in Christ. To help you with that, here are some recent books and resources that you may find helpful for both young and old.

, this storybook about the story of Easter from Genesis to Revelation called 

Following on from her “Jesus Christmas” family devotion booklet, Barbara Reaoch has created a 30 day Easter version that takes families through the Old Testament all the way up to Easter itself and how Jesus is the fulfillment of all God’s promises.

These family devotionals are great for families with a wide range of ages – each study has at least one question for 3-4’s, 5-7’s, 7-12’s, teens and adults and really only take 10 minutes each, so perfect for the breakfast table before the family rushes off to all the busyness of the day.

While strictly not a devotional book, it’s still a great one to read through leading up to Easter. 

 takes us on a tour of thirty different places in the Bible where you can find a prophecy about Jesus, and a number of them focus around the Easter story.

From the promotional blurb: “Many of us are so familiar with the Easter story that it becomes easy to miss subtle details and difficult to really enjoy its meaning. This book will help you to pause and marvel at Jesus, whose now-glorified wounds are a sign of his unfailing love and the decisive victory that he has won”.

Easter books 2022

Join us for our special Easter services (note that our Good Friday service is earlier than our usual Sunday morning service):


Including hot cross buns after the service


Bring your picnic and join us at Matilda Bay for the arvo

5PM – Afternoon Easter Service with Q&A

Easter 2022


Including hot cross buns after the service.


Bring your picnic and join us at Matilda Bay for the arvo.

Does Jesus’ resurrection terrify you or fill you with joy? It should do both. Come along on Sunday morning to find out why.

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Freedom, forgiveness, justice, and purpose. We long for them in our lives and in the world. The cross delivers them! Yet sometimes we are so familiar with the cross that it loses its impact on us. We forget that Jesus’ death on the cross and his resurrection are the most important events in human history and our lives. The cross is the fulfillment of God’s salvation plan, promised from the dawn of time. It is central to the Bible, central to our faith, and central to the meaning and purpose of our lives. This foundational book looks at passages from both the Old and New Testaments to sum up the victory of the cross in four words: freedom, forgiveness, justice, and purpose, and what that means for us personally. Marvel at the cross afresh and be moved to love and serve the Lord Jesus with renewed zeal and joy. This short yet profound book is a very useful discipleship tool. It can be read individually, in pairs, or in small groups.

The Cross in Four Words (Kevin de Young, Richard Coekin, Yannick Christos-wahab)

Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter

An oldie but a goodie. Like her Christmas book “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” Nancy Guthrie has collected a series of twenty five writings and sermons from both classic and contemporary theologians such as Martin Luther, Charles Spurgeon, John Piper, and Joni Eareckson Tada, inviting us to focus on the wonder of Christ’s sacrifice.

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross (editor – Nancy Guthrie)

 about the Resurrection and how Jesus is at the heart of the Christian faith, bringing God’s power – which will some day heal and renew the world – into our lives now. As Tim Keller puts it, that power is here only partially, but substantially; and this gives Christians a realistic, but irrepressible, hope. It is a hope for change in our lives and in our society; a hope that changes Christians in every way, shaping every aspect of our lives.

Hope in Times of Fear (Tim Keller)

Christmas is not just a day, it’s a season!

And Christians throughout the ages have recognised that, remembering and anticipating the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ all through December, a time we call “advent” (a word that simply means “coming”). And so as we look back at his first advent, we anticipate his second advent: when our Lord returns in glory. It’s a time worth savouring, even more than Christmas pud!

With that in mind, we’ve put together a short list of worthwhile resources for children, families and adults that are worth considering this year during the month of December. Also check out 

If you are looking to purchase any of these books, 

 is a very helpful tool to find the best prices and delivery costs. Some of the books are also available as e-books.

 storybook is a great resource for younger children – not only does it come as a storybook, there is also an 

 of the same story – it’s the gift that keeps on giving!

 – this devotional was also mentioned in last year’s post, but this year author Barbara Reaoch has released a sequel – 

These daily devotions in the Gospels give a thorough investigation of why Jesus came. In the lead-up to Christmas, families will explore 25 reasons why Jesus came, and they will see that what Jesus gives us is better than anything else we could wish for.

2. Advent Devotionals for kids

While strictly not Christmas related, this book 

 would make a great Christmas present for older kids or for the family to go through together, as it takes us on a tour of some of what God’s Word says about Jesus and thirty different places in the BIble where you can find a prophecy about him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfunvI7gzA

There are a number of devotionals in past years that we still recommend – see 

 for more of that. A new one for this year, especially in the light of 2020, is 

 which helps us to lift our eyes to wonder of the incarnation and worship the one who came to save us and make our futures certain.

3. Advent Devotionals for adults

 by Tim Chester that picks up daily readings through the month of December from “Genesis to Jesus”. There are also two other books he has written in this series – 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1V9liq3lI

Christmas Advent Resources 2020

August is our thanksgiving month, as we reflect on God’s goodness to us. It’s a time to give thanks, to share generously and to look forward to where God is leading us.

Our services will be focussed on Ephesians in the mornings and Psalms in the afternoons as we reflect on God and His many blessings to us.

We’ll also have some interviews and testimonies and other special events! See details below:

10AM: Ephesians 1:3-14 (DM)
4PM: Psalm 8 (MR)

10AM: Ephesians 1:15-23 (RP)
4PM: Psalm 95 (DM)

10AM: Ephesians 2:11-22 (RP)
4PM: Psalm 148 (DM)

August Thanksgiving Month

Sunday afternoon service, 19th July 2020

Catch up with Tom & Margaret Richards as they share about their work at Talua Theological Training Institute in Vanuatu:

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Join Don for today’s devotion from Psalm 133 and Ephesians 4:

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Spend ten minutes with Rog today as he leads us in a devotion from 1 John 1:1-3:

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We loved talking to Martin and Ruth last week. Here’s part 2 of their interview with Don – more on how they met and what life in Zimbabwe is like…

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This week, Donovan had the opportunity to chat to the Ricquebourg family about their decision to move to Australia:

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Donovan has a word of encouragement for you today from Hebrews 10:

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Join Jared & Katja for today’s midweek message as Katja shares about life as a teacher in this current climate, things to be encouraged by and kitten-walking…

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 give us an update on what they’ve been up to. Have a look:

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In our third midweek message, Rog has some encouraging words to share from Romans 8 and illustrates it with a story from John 11. Have a look:

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This week’s midweek message is about daily bread and chocolate bunnies, and looking forward to Easter. There are also a couple of free Easter devotions for the family to consider – see below:

As mentioned in the video, consider the following resources to use with your family over Easter:

This six day Easter devotional (starting on the Wednesday before Good Friday) includes readings, activities, music, craft and ideas for lollies/objects to put inside “advent eggs” for each day. You can download it below:

2. “Musings in Adelaide” Blog Resources

 for both Christmas and Easter – including two family easter devotionals (one from Matthew and one from Luke).

Maida Vale Midweek 2

One of our ideas to keep on keeping on together is to send out a “midweek message” as we chat informally about various issues and interview people from our church on how God is at work in their lives.

For this week’s meeting, Don, Jared and Murray sat down to briefly chat about the issue of anxiety and how to handle it as Christians. Check it out:

For further help and reflection you may want to consider 

 which is an anthology of selected chapters from various Christian books on fear, anxiety and suffering.

Maida Vale Midweek 1

On the 19th March, and in line with many churches across Australia, we made the decision to suspend all public gatherings with immediate effect and until further notice.

 This includes morning and evening services, Kids Church and Discoverers youth group, craft and quilting groups, Men’s Breakfasts and Equip training. 

Bible Study Groups will continue entirely at the discretion of those groups

 – please be in touch with your Bible Study Group leader (contact details are listed in the bulletin). Bible Study Groups remain our best vehicle of practical care in our church. KICK youth group will hold its last Bible study tonight (20th March) until further notice.

These decisions have not been made lightly and are driven by love for others and their wellbeing. As social distancing seems to be the only feasible solution to at least slowing the spread of COVID-19, we want to protect our own people from infection, slow community transmission and support our healthcare system, which is under stress.

For now please take note of the following in regard to Sunday services:
We are planning shortened morning and evening online services that can be accessed via our website (wpcmv.net). For those without online access, we plan to make and deliver DVD recordings of the services. 

The services will be made available on our website at 10am and 6pm each Sunday in the hopes of encouraging everyone to maintain a regular time of corporate worship where we all join together in prayer at the same time, even though we cannot meet together physically.

In all this we are reminded that our only hope in life and death is that we are not our own, but belong, body and soul, both in life and death, to God and to our Saviour Jesus Christ. Consider these words from Keith Mathison:

The world is fearful and anxious, but it is fearful and anxious about the wrong things. The world is fearful about the economy. The world is fearful about retirement accounts. The world is fearful about natural disasters and man-made disasters. The world is fearful of terrorism, and the world is fearful of diseases like the coronavirus. The world, however, is not fearful of God. Jesus tells us that we are not to fear those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead we are to fear God who can destroy both (Matt. 10:28).

Praise God that in Christ we have nothing to fear, for as the message of Easter reminds us, he gave up His life for us on the cross to cleanse us from our sin, and brings new life to all who turn to Him. In this time, our prayer is that our God and King may keep you from harm as He watches over you.

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A number of children’s Christmas storybooks have now been published with advent calendar companion books – two worth highlighting are “

” (which can also be found in a colouring-in activity book version) and “

“. See the videos below for more information on those two books.

 – explore God’s amazing plan for Christmas! Each of the 25 readings for December leading up to Christmas look at how it has always been God’s plan to send Jesus. Simple and quick devotions, ideal for kids 4-10 yrs old. Also available in 

 is another resource to consider – this booklet is intended as a companion to 

, which is aimed at younger children (ages 3-8) and it comes with stickers! While it only has eight stories in it, it makes for a great introduction into their bigger 

 devotional booklets that run through the rest of the Beginners Bible. While the resources are obviously designed to go with the Beginners Bible, it is possible to do the devotions by using another children’s Bible and adapting it accordingly.

Beginning with God at Christmas

 – a new resource for 2019 by Christopher Ash, based on Luke 1-2 and consisting of 24 readings. Also available as an 

 – by Sinclair Ferguson, this advent devotional was published in 2018, and takes a slightly different approach – it consists of 24 readings from 1Corinthians 13 on the theme of God’s love come down at Christmas time. Also available as an 

 – by Tim Keller. Not a devotional but a short book on the meaning of Christmas, focussing on the women in the genealogy in Matthew 1 and God’s grace in how he included them in the family line of Christ. A useful booklet that can be used evangelistically.

Christmas Advent Resources 2019

Subject to change – see weekly bulletin for details

Term 3: Sermon Series

Due to increased numbers and limited space available, in July 2015 WPCMV purchased a new property nearby to build a bigger church there. The building there was finally completed in July 2019, and we rejoice over the amazing resources that God has given us in order to grow the church and, Lord willing, have the capacity to plant viable churches in the future.

Entrance during the week (excluding Sundays)

 which is 3 minutes drive from the original church property in Old Maida Vale Rd.

Celebration Weekend and thanksgiving services:

WPCMV New Location

WPCMV Camp Rego 2019

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 Friday 30 August – Sunday 1st September

 Doug Wannenburgh (from Mitchelton Presbyterian Church in Brisbane)

 Doug will be speaking on Job, Ecclesiastes, Esther and Zephaniah

– the password to gain access is the name of the speaker’s wife (with capital letter) that you will find on the printed forms, or contact the church office.

Church Family Camp 2019

Join us for our Good Friday service (note the earlier time) and join us afterwards at Matilda Bay at 12pm for our annual church picnic (BYO food and drinks)

Join us as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ – morning and evening services at the usual times.

Easter 2019

Soul Question 2019

Young Adults Camp Rego 2019

Christmas at WPCMV 2018

“For centuries, Christians around the world have used the four weeks leading up to Christmas to prepare themselves for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. It’s a time when we observe his first coming while we also look forward to his second coming. Each of the four weeks leading up to Advent is focused on hope, peace, joy, and love respectively. “

Here are some devotional resources you might consider either for yourself or you and your family over the month of December:

1. A DIY Advent Calendar with Bible Readings

has some great free advent resources you can print out and do with your family depending on the age of your children. Each is a set of 24 readings, designed to use from Dec 1-24 and each day takes no more than 5-10 minutes. 

Australia Post is selling wooden advent calendars

 that can be used with this material if you don’t want to build your own.

2. “The Dawning of Indestructible Joy” by John Piper


This book (which is also available as a 

) consists of 25 really short meditations from all over the Scriptures to prepare our hearts for Christmas. As John Piper puts it: 

“This is my prayer for you this Christmas— that you would experience the fullness of Christ; that you would know in your heart the outpouring of grace upon grace; that the glory of the only Son from the Father would shine into your hearts; that you would be amazed that Christ can be so real to you.”

 which is connected to his devotional series podcast Solid Joys.

3. “O Come Let Us Adore Him” by Paul David Tripp

 spans the whole month of December – 31 devotions that include a Scripture reading and notes for parents and children, that we might celebrate Jesus our Saviour. This book is a bit more intensive and will require some preparation if you are doing it with your family. Also try out 

Paul Tripp’s Free Advent and Christmas Videos

 which are short 2 minute videos covering topics such as “How to Centre your Family on Christ this Christmas” to “A Message for Those who are Lonely This Christmas”.

4. “The One True Light” by Tim Chester

 consists of 24 short devotionals leading up to Christmas, the difference being that it is set in John chapter 1 and goes verse by verse. The readings are short and easy to follow. Tim Chester has also written a few other Advent devotionals in this series 

 which are also available in e-book format.

5. Bible Society’s “Really Good News for Christmas” (for children)

 for young children, written in rhyme and with a fair amount of Aussie humour (which might not be everyone’s cup of tea). It also has a number of 

 that go along with it, which includes a 5 minute animated version of the book. You can also preview the book on your website.

Advent Resources 2018

We’d love you to join us for our 2018 church camp!


Indoor sports stadium, tennis & basketball courts, minigolf course, swimming pool,sports oval & bush to explore.


4 cabins containing 5 rooms, each with 8 beds(4 bunks) per room. Each cabin block has an ablution area at one end.

, who will be speaking on the topic of “How Fallen are We?” – tracing Genesis 3 to 1Corinthians 15:19, and exploring how God’s Word both kills and resurrects our hope.

During the teaching times, there will be a crèche provided for under 4 year olds. Kids aged 5-11 years can head to the gymnasium for their own tailored program.


Camp registration has officially closed. Please contact the church office if you have any queries.

Church Family Camp 2018

Camp Rego 2018

 as we explore the exciting stories and characters in the book of Acts, with team activities, a modern day missionary story, and lots more!

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Holiday Bible Club

 we have a congregational meeting straight after the morning service. Two items are for discussion:

The election of Bruce McLeod to the office of deacon

The building project, and going ahead with a builder to begin the work.

If you are a member please make it a priority to be there at this important juncture in our church.

Congregational Meeting

On Sunday 8th April at both our services (10am and 6pm) there will be a special children’s programme as a part of our evangelistic 

 – invite your friends to come! See the promo video below for more info.

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Soul Question - Kids Programme

Easter Weekend 2018

 and as part of our preparation for this event we are calling the church to prayer. A prayer bookmark is available for you to use each week leading up to the event, but in case you’ve misplaced it, here are the prayer pointers for each week:

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