Love Never Dies-Again

Well we have just been to Melbourne again to see the Musical Love Never Dies which we also saw in July this year.
That may sound a bit extravagant but we were told by one of the staff that there was a lady in the congregation who was seeing the show for the 80th time last night and by the time this season ends she will have seen it a  100 times.
We did enjoy it again and my wife wants to see it yet again.
She is a musician(pianist and singer) so music has a big impact for her. We enjoyed music of a different kind when we attended the CrossCultural Church in Swanston street.This Church of Christ has long had a ministry to international students(since 1950's) and the service was a great blessing.
We also witnessd the Baptism of Jessica a Chinese student who returns to her native China today.
We met the Senior Pastor and his wife and also the Missions Pastor and his wife and other members of the congregation and enjoyed lunch with the congregation after the service.
There website is at www.crossculture.net.au
We travel back to day with our good friends Anne and Dave by car and so we are not affected y the Qantas airline stoppage  that now appears to be coming to a resolution.

Clock in Central Station

Bali Bombing Victims Memorial Fountain

Central Station Melbourne

Shot Tower and roof in Central Station

After the Service in Cross Culture Auditorium

Melbourne Tram

A wonderful short holiday and lots of walking and enjoying the sights of Melbourne CBD.

Love never Dies

Canneloni at the Convent Cafe

Inside the Convent art Gallery, Daylesford

Inside the Convent art Gallery, Daylesford

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Trentham Falls

Trentham Falls

Lesley and I have just returned from 4 days in Melbourne, Victoria including a day in Ballarat. We went to see the  sequel to the Musical "The Phantom of the Opera" called "Love Never Dies".The cast and production and the music was magnificent and we thoroughly enjoyed the performance.We had a wonderful time also fitting in visits to the Melbourne Art Gallery, The St. Kilda Markets, a Fete put on by the St Mary's Coptic Parish; a former convent in Daylesford that is now an art gallery and function centre, book shop and cafe;the towns of Creswick, Trentham, a country smallgoods factory, a natural spring in the Wombat State Forest , Trentham Falls and also  nights out with our Canberra Rellies who we travelled with and a meal at a Ballarat Steak House.Combine all this with lots of photo opportunities of Gold rush days architecture and even a demonstration march in the streets of Melbourne by the Falun Gong Movement,  It's good to be home.

1 Corinthians 13 tells us that all gifts and talents including faith and hope will one day disappear but Love does go on forever.It does not die. If people only realised that God is Love and He took the form of Jesus to demonstrate that Love to us and how we are loved in spite of our sin what a wonderful world we would have. But that wonderful world will be realised in Heaven. It can start in this life if we realise what Jesus has made possible.
Indeed it needs to start in this life!