INC EMAG 2026Q1 2 - Flipbook - Page 10
HIGHWAYS
PARAMATTA
Prashan & Paige Thevarajah
Parramatta is the 昀椀rst place in Sydney
where settlers found fresh water and we are
connecting in to this community believing that
it will once again be a place that quenches the
thirst of an exhausted and weary city. Highways
has a vision to plant Gospel communities that
bring the presence, Truth and glory of God to
places across the City and we believe that this
will begin in, and 昀氀ow from, Parramatta.
Already, in our infancy, we are experiencinge
There’s a deep seeded pressure that silently
the kindness of God as He builds His Church,
grows within the city of Sydney. It is unseen yet
bringing prodigals home and placing the lonely
is visibly affecting the lives around us. In a city
into family. As we scratch the surface on what
where there is no shortage of resource, we are
God has in store, we ask that you continue to
seeing people anxiously reacting to the silent
pray that the City we reside in 昀氀ourishes and
demands of rising costs, rates and population
that God is continually glori昀椀ed.
density. Children being formed by a City that
hardly sleeps, with access to in昀椀nite amounts
of information somehow being more connected
than ever and yet more alone.
Empty Church buildings, as the City experiences
an increase in religious pluralisation, now being
seen as museums, not purpose-built places of
sacred Worship. Society is breaking down and
yet Sydney is primed for a renewing move of
God and Parramatta lies at its centre.
INC MAGAZINE
10
Q1 2026
