Bulletin Announcements – 3 April 2016
- Sunday School: Today is the last day of Term 1. Sunday school will have holiday program for 10, 17 and 24 April. We encourage Year 5 and 6 children to join the service during these weeks. Term 2 will start on 1 May.
- To celebrate Senior’s Week, this year, Salt and Pepper Fellowship invites all who are “growing young” (the NSW theme for 2016) to an Afternoon Tea with Rev David Tsai on Saturday, 9 April, at 3.30pm in the upper hall. Rev Tsai, the minister of Chinese Presbyterian Church, Surry Hills, will speak about: Keeping Faith with God and man. Discussion and questions will be on independence and integrity.
- Come to Equip 2016 and turn your ordinary Saturday into an eXtraordinary one ! Equip is an annual Christian conference for women of all ages. Held on Saturday 28th May 2016 at Rosehill Gardens Event Centre, this year’s theme is “Freed” – as Christians we have been freed by Jesus, but what does Christian freedom look like? If you would like to come along, Ladies’ Fellowship is organising a group from WSCCC to attend this valuable conference together, so please see Jocelyn Lin or Alice Cheng for more details. ‘Rego’ and full payment of $59 will be taken on Sunday 17th April.
- Phil & Irene Nicholson will be returning to Taiwan to continue serving with OMF. Irene will be continuing to train other missionaries in her role as the International Leader of Pre-home Assignment Workshop course as well as mobilising new workers for Taiwan. Phil will working with the local churches in leadership training and work with the TW OMF office to mobilise the local Taiwanese people. If you would like to say goodbye to them, they will be at the 9am English Service in Strathfield and also Croydon Park @ 10 on April 17th. They will be recommissioned as WSCCC missionaries in during these services.
- Advance notice:
- WSCCC Combined church service 29th May at Trinity Grammar School.
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
“No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” (John 8:11 NIV)
God-likeness – What does it look like? Here is a woman caught in adultery. The Jewish Leaders throw her before Jesus, like salivating dogs, looking to trap Him. Will He condemn her and have her stoned or will He ignore her sin and have her freed? Some people like to condemn sinners, like proud Pharisees they point fingers and throw disgusting looks. Quick to judge sinners, slow to forgive them. Others tend to ignore sins, they treat them as trivial and oh so common. Quick to forgive sins, slow to judge them. Notice, Jesus does neither. He forgives her but also condemns her sin. This is God-likeness! On the one hand, His love, grace, and mercy pours out and overflows, it covers, and clothes her in righteous dress. On the other hand, His staff, sceptre, and sword sharply falls upon her sin and severely cuts it in two. Oh, that we would do the same in our lives, in our homes, and in our churches! Yet, we thank you Lord Jesus for your God-likeness upon our souls and sins.
from pastor Ariel