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Revving up for Oran Park

20 December 2011

Scott Sanders talks to Stuart and Carolyn Starr, ministry workers at Figtree, who are setting off for western Sydney to begin a new work at Oran Park. The surrounds of the legendary race track will soon be flooded with new suburbs and the Starr want to start their church at ground zero.


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I'm here with Stuart and Carolyn Starr they're planning in Oran Park next year with the Anglican Church in Sydney can tell us about that how it is that you've arrived there on time we're actually Melbourne at the moment we've come to be going to Oran Park yeah we really made ourselves available to cotton said we're open to go where you'll have us we had an invitation we prayed about it and we really think that there's a great opportunity and the God's called us to go do it great now you're at feature at the moment how how

[0:31]
are you preparing now being a large church for the planet what are you both doing now what are you doing here we're saying goodbye for a lot of lovely people which has been very hard we've actually come from a small church background which is some ways helpful so we're heading back to that which is quite nice yeah that's not a daunting task but just you're downsizing everything getting back to basics with things and planning all in our head to then grow big again correct let's do I guess lots of things to do before the end of the year but really

[1:02]
just turning our hearts and minds to the things that have been successful where would be and think about how they'll translate into a new environment so I'm trying to do anything particularly rocket science II just just trying to think into that new space in yeah what will bring under God to that new place right now what are some of your I guess you have your big fears with a new work Rilla wife's perspective it's a big deal to move your family and move to a new place we moving to fact we know no one there's no support network for us to

[1:34]
just jump into the church so it's daunting but we have good supports about comatose daily due to and coming up here knowing that God is with us all the time and we're just trusting in him that here's this place here for us and people prepared for us we can just go forward in that in that string and not be able to come by those fees correct yeah I think there's a reality of the fact that it's a greenfield site and it actually literally means there are green fields with cows on it and so that's actually find that tremendously exciting but it

[2:04]
is a little daunting at times to think it's not like we're dropping into a suburb it's a suburb to be and so we're getting you on the ground floor and hoping to grow with it and so as long as everybody's expectations acknowledge where we are right now I think we can look forward to the future 3 if pretty full of excitement and joy and trusting God's and great well we'll be praying for you and as a network how can we be praying for both of you I think obviously for my family to make the transition well the care and the kids in line to drop in and make good relationships but also got to be miss to

[2:37]
us he knows who we are and how we're at that task and for him to be incredibly merciful on the people in our own Park and those will come that many will be saved they'd be right pray

Contributors

Stuart Starr
Stuart Starr is Lead Pastor of NewLife Anglican Church in Oran Park, Sydney. He and his wife Carolyn moved to the area in 2011 to help establish a church in the growing community. His background includes sales and management before entering pastoral ministry.

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