Bulletin Announcements – 28 September 2014
Children Ministry Announcement: Sunday school will have holiday program for today and 5/10. We advise Year 5 and Year 6 students to join 9am Service during those weeks. Term 4 will start on 12 October. Play Group term 4 will start on 7 October.
Strathfield 9am Ladies Fellowship Bible Study. Today: 10.45am – 12.15pm at the home of Becky Tong, Homebush.
EUROPE: THE REDISCOVERED MISSION FIELD. Rev Keith and Janette Noldt will give a presentation of their visit to Poland in the Upper Hall, 2-4pm, Saturday 11 October. All welcome!
AGM Announcement: Notice is given hereby to all members to attend an Annual General Meeting called by the Diaconate, to be held on 5th October 2014 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, “To call Rev. Dominic Ku to be a full time minister of WSCCC primarily serving Strathfield Mandarin congregation. His term will be three years and renewable. ” (As this is a special resolution, 75% majority votes are required to pass.) Proxy Forms can be obtained from any deacon or minister and should be returned to deacon or minister or by fax or email to WSCCC. Deadline of Proxy Form to be received as valid vote is 3rd October 2014, 12:30pm. Any Proxy Form received after the deadline becomes invalid and will not be counted.
All members please see the ushers after the service for a copy of the WSCCC Annual Report (one copy per family please) and the AGM Agenda.
Rev Keith and Janette is away on holiday from Thursday 25 Sep to Thursday 2 Oct. For urgent pastoral matters please contact Rev Ariel or the Deacons.
Daylight saving time starts next Sunday, so set your clocks forward one hour!
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
“And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’ “After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.” (Daniel 7:5-6)
Here two kingdoms are described – the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, and the kingdom of Greece. Daniel was given this awful vision to show him what was to come and to reaffirm to him that God was in control of history. And herein lies a lesson for us too. If we read carefully we see that God tells one kingdom to devour and another to rule. If we look at history now we see superpowers flexing their muscles and little powers making their stand. We see them being demanding, aggressive, ruthless, and murderous. They are two faced, full of lies, have little regard for human life, and commit atrocities on a whim. Yet God is still in control, even giving these kingdoms permission and power to rule. Scary but reassuring too, don’t you think?
from Pastor Ariel