Bulletin Announcements – 7 June 2015
- Congregation members are reminded that they should ensure that they are parked legally and considerately at church. Please obey the parking signs, and also make sure that you are not parked too close to our neighbours’ driveways. It is our Christian duty to be loving and considerate to our neighbours and local residents. Parking rangers will also be patrolling the area, and infringement notices may be issued.
- Diaconate Notice: We rejoice that Pastor Chadd Hafer will be ordained as a minister of the Word and sacraments for West Sydney Chinese Christian Church. He has undergone interview by an ordination panel of ministers from several churches, and affirmed by the Diaconate. His ordination service will take place at 1:30pm on Sunday, June 21 at WSCCC Strathfield. Please join us in giving thanks and affirming Pastor Hafer in his ministry.
- Youth Camp: Our WSCCC Youth Camp is on 3-6 July 2015 (6pm Friday to 1pm Monday) on the theme of ‘Eternity’. Where: Blue Gum Lodge. Price: $180 (ends 14 June). See Andrew Lim at Stick, Pearlie Zhang at Glue. For more information see Dickson Wu or Andrew Bardsley. Order your Youth Camp Hoodies today(final)! Open to everyone. The price is $35. Please return the completed hoodie order form to Andrew Lim or Pearlie Zhang.
- Children Ministry: Term 2 is more than halfway done, We will finish Term 2 on 21 June for Sunday school and 16 June for Play Group. Play Group will have special Road Safety Days on 9 and 16 June. We will learn about safety on the road and play with cars and bicycles. Sunday school will have Holiday program during the school break (28 June, 5 and 12 July).
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3:12b-13 NIV)
“That day” will be a day of destruction as has never been seen. We have no way of likening “this day” of fiery destruction. It is beyond our experience or understanding. Peter says “this day” will bring a fire so intense it will destroy things which appear to be indestructible. The heavens will be incinerated by fire and so will the elements of the earth. Everything recorded in Genesis will be destroyed. All life, all matter, even the heavens themselves. Nothing will be spared. A pure and utter extinction. All previous judgments cannot convey the magnitude of this judgment to come. And we have only one reason to believe it will happen – because God said it would. Our belief in “this coming day” is solely based upon our confidence in God’s promised word. No wonder those who do not trust in God mock the possibility of such “a day”. “But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” Amen!
from Pastor Ariel