Bulletin Announcements – 5 October 2014

• Children Ministry Announcement: Sunday school will have holiday program for today. We advise Year 5 and Year 6 students to join 9am Service. Term 4 will start on 12 October. Play Group term 4 will start on 7 October.
• 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!
• ‘Tea for a cause’: Strathfield 9am will be hosting a women’s event on 29th Nov! This high tea event aims to raise funds for children living in poverty. Tickets are $30/person with all funds raised being donated to Compassion Australia. Kirsty Kurilowicz will also be sharing a message on compassion. For tickets, please see Betty Wong or Joanne Cheng. For more information on Compassion Australia, please visit http://www.compassion.com.au
• AGM Announcement: Notice is given hereby to all members to attend an Annual General Meeting called by the Diaconate, to be held today 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.) 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.

 

Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:

…not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25)

There is something that happens when Christians meet together – they encourage one another. They do this understanding how important it is to each-other’s faith in light of Jesus’ return. But it seems some early Christians were already in the habit of not meeting together. How sad it is when we choose not to be in fellowship with or use our gifts to encourage one another. It is also sad when Christians turn up to church but aren’t really there either. Some leaving church straight after the service, some not singing the songs, some looking at “other things” on their digital devices, and some falling asleep during the sermon! If you’re feeling a little convicted don’t worry, I am too. It’s far easier for our minds to get distracted over those exams, renovations, or medical tests, etc. The point is; meeting together takes effort, a strength of will, and a desire to be with each other and Jesus. So let us make the effort to not give up meeting together by being at church not only in body but in mind and spirit too.

from Pastor Ariel