We welcome Phil and Irene Nicholson today. They are missionaries of our church who have served for many years in Taiwan. Irene will update us on their work. Phil will preach on ‘The Spirit and Mission’, introducing the theme of the Holy Spirit that he will continue on our House Party.
House Party Oct 5-7. Deadline for registration is today. Please see Daniel Lin, Leslie Lee or Terrence Wong before it is too late. Consider coming for one of the days if nothing else. Please note that there will be a Strathfield 9am service on Sunday 7 October but there will not be a CroydonPark@10 service.
REMINDER: Strathfield 9am Ladies Fellowship Bible study. Today: 10.45am – 12.30pm followed by lunch at the home of John and Elizabeth Hing, Concord.
Children’s Ministry Announcement: Holiday Program – today and 30 September with the theme of “What’s in the Bible?” There will be no Holiday Program on 7 October. Term 4 will recommence on 14 October.
Our missionary family in Taiwan, the Nicholsons (Phil and Irene, with Ben) have returned for 6 months Home Assignment. Please join the whole church in welcoming them home at lunch at 12:30pm, Sunday 30 September at the WSCCC Strathfield hall (please bring a dish to share). During the next few months, they would also love to meet with you and share about their ministry – an ideal opportunity would be to invite them to your Bible study group. If you would like them join you, please contact them (Nicholson@omfmail.com).
AGM Announcement: Notice is given hereby to all members to attend an Annual General Meeting called by the Diaconate, to be held on 7th October 2012 at 12:30pm, at the Chapel of the church. In the agenda of the AGM, beside election of deacons and other regular items, there will be a special motion, “The diaconate requests the members to approve CPM to be established as a branch church of West Sydney Chinese Christian Church”.
For all members, please see the ushers after the service for a copy of WSCCC Annual Report, the AGM Agenda and profile of the deacons candidates (one copy per family please). If you cannot attend the AGM on 7/10, you can also obtain the Proxy Form from the deacons or ministers.
By God’s grace, Andrew and Joanna Wong (with Emily) will officially be leaving to become missionaries in Japan, having received full financial and prayer support! They will leave on 29 October. Please join us in affirming them at their commissioning service for all their supporting churches at 3pm, Saturday 20 October at WSCCC Strathfield. They will also hold a Farewell Open House on Saturday 27 October at 19 Corona Ave, Roseville – drop in anytime after 2pm to say hello and goodbye to the Wong’s!
OMF invites you to come to Target Asia on Saturday 20 October, 9.30am – 12:30pm (stay for Lunch $5), at Croydon Park@10 Church Hall. What do names like Wong, Chen, Fong, Ng, Koh, Lau and Nicholson have in common? They are all Chinese names? Almost! No, they are all sent out by OMF and WSCCC in ministry to East Asia’s people. Missions is about partnership. God calls all of us to get involved. Without supporters and senders, no-one can go but there are so many ways to serve. At Target Asia, as well as praying, we will celebrate partnership and explore Six Ways to Serve.
Baptism. If you are interested in being baptised on 25 November at Strathfield, please let one of the deacons know ASAP.
