What is SHUM? Running since 2000, Surry Hills Urban Mission (SHUM), is an local mission created to share the Gospel with the people of Surry Hills and Central Station; particularly those people living on the streets or disadvantaged. What does it involve? Each month, a team of Christians commits to serving in SHUM every Tuesday night throughout the month and one Sunday morning. What does a typical Tuesday night look like at SHUM? Why should I be involved? Our own city of Sydney needs missionaries! Reach the unreached people of Sydney, in our......
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Sunday 27th Jan Commissioning service and farewell lunch Please join us this Sunday as we commission the Koh family in the afternoon and hold a combined church-wide farewell lunch for both families as they depart to serve in Taiwan. The church will also recommission the Nicholson family during the 9am Strathfield service. At Strathfield this Sunday: 9:00 am Service: Recommission the Nicholson family 12:30 pm Farewell Lunch for both families 2:00 pm @Strathfield in the Chapel: Commissioning service for the Koh family...
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Come to find out why the Kohs are going, the challenges Aaron, Amy and the kids will face and learn a bit about Taiwanese culture and worldview. Saturday 3 November 1.15pm – 2.45pm West Sydney Chinese Christian Church Corner of Homebush Rd & Alviston St, Strathfield...
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Please join Andrew, Joanna and Emily this Sunday, 20th Oct 3-4:30PM, for their commissioning service. It will be held at the Strathfield chapel – afternoon tea will be provided. Please continue to pray for the family as they prepare to leave for Japan: Please pray for Emily as she experiences a diversity of sleeping environments, food and weather conditions over the next few weeks. Please pray for all of them that they can stay close with God as we experience the inevitable stress of transition and change....
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Our brother Peter recently published his debut paperback – The Book of Ruth. Description from Amazon: “The biblical Book of Ruth is a story set in the violent times of the Judges. Yet it features such amazing themes as risk and kindness, God’s love and human action, and the saving role of substitutes. This book reads the narrative of Ruth within its original background, and delights in the literary art of the story. But Dr Peter Lau also draws out these bigger themes, setting them within the broader context of the whole Bible......
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Sunday Sept 30, 12:30pm @ WSCCC Strathfield Dear friends, Just a reminder that this Sunday (Sep 30), we will be holding a welcome home lunch for our missionary family, the Nicholsons (Phil and Irene, with Zac (and Tricia sort of) and Ben). It will be at 12:30pm at WSCCC Strathfield as a combined congregations’ act of unity. As a “pot luck” lunch, please bring a dish of food to share (or buy something from somewhere). This will be a great chance to express our support and affirm this family who have been......
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From Jacqui To my dear home church… thank you all for your lovely messages, encouraging notes and prayers.. (I got the book today) God has brought me here, to Taiwan so that He can use me in order that His name may be glorified. It hasn’t been easy.. Every day I feel like I am sitting on this emotional roller coaster, not knowing which way it will head but I KNOW that God will give me the strength EVERY DAY to persevere. I thank you for your prayers as it gives......
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