Bulletin Announcements – 9 March 2014
Church Retreat 2014 – Give thanks to God for additional people who signed up last week. There are still spaces available for people to register for full time or day visit. Registration will close today. If you have not paid yet, please help the committee by finalising payments today. Driving instructions and a list of what to bring are available on the church website and also the registration table today. Please take notice that dinner will not be provided at the camp site on Friday evening, and because of the busy Friday afternoon traffic, please also allow plenty of time so as to arrive the Tops Conference Centre before 6:30pm that evening.
No Sunday school on 16 March due to Combined Church Retreat. Please make sure that your children are in your care. We encourage families to join the retreat for spiritual nourishment. Sunday school will resume on 23 March. We encourage families with non-school age children who live in the area to join our Play Group on Tuesday 10 am – 12 pm. Children can do free play, listen to stories and sing songs in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Morning tea is provided. Contact Day To (0415450485) or Liza for more information.
kidstime@cp is on again!!! kidstime@cp is a playgroup in Croydon Park for parents, carers and families with children who are not of school-age. There is craft, story-time, singing and more! Join us on Tuesdays 9:30-11am in the Croydon Park church hall during school term. Come and have a cuppa and a chat with other carers! BYO morning tea for your own children. Morning tea for carers is provided. For further information, please contact Steph Chan (stephaniegchan@gmail.com) or visit www.wsccc.org.au/s9new.
Ladies – Equip 14 (Why # Wise) is open for registration. Venue – Rose Hill Gardens, James Ruse Drive. You can register online http://www.equip.org.au/program/ or contact Solan for further information.
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy (Jude 1:24 NIV)
The letter of Jude is all about stumbling. False Christians who are causing it and true Christians who are avoiding it. So what can you do to not stumble in your faith? Well here at the end of the letter Jude tells us, and the answer is – trust in God. This is because ‘not stumbling’ solely rests on God who keeps you from stumbling. Not only that but He Himself will present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy. So what then does this mean for you? Well, a lot frankly but let me tell you what it doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean being a good person will keep you from stumbling. It doesn’t mean being born into a Christian home will keep you from stumbling. It doesn’t mean going to church, being baptised, taking communion, or even downloading sermons from cool preachers will keep you from stumbling. The only thing that will keep you from stumbling is God! Therefore, trust in Him only to steady your faith’s feet.
from Pastor Ariel