Bulletin Announcements – 16 March 2014
From The Diaconate: Praise God for the progress that Rev. Ariel Kurilowicz is making each day. Following the advice and recommendation of his case manager and spinal specialist doctor the diaconate has agreed and resolved that starting 10th March Ariel will work for the church at home 2 half days per week.
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:
But someone drew his bow at random and hit (Ahab) the king of Israel between the sections of his armour…. The blood from his wound ran onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died. (1 Kings 22:34a, 35b NIV)
A person of no consequence randomly lets an arrow fly that by chance happens to strike the king of Israel between his armour and causes his demise. A one in a million shot and he wasn’t even aiming! It just wasn’t King Ahab’s day, was it? But here, in every ounce of randomness and every gram of chance, lies the full weight of God’s sovereignty. If only we would go back a few verses we would see that God warned King Ahab that he would die if he went to battle. But Ahab refused to heed God’s word and went anyway. He even disguised himself so as not to be seen and then attacked; and it actually worked! But someone drew his bow at random… and the rest is history. There’s a lesson here, isn’t there? Behind the pages of history and even the curtain that hides our tomorrows; God is sovereign still.
from Pastor Ariel