Bulletin Announcements – 14 June 2015

• “Rev Noldt will be leading the combined prayer meeting this Wednesday (17^th June).  Who will join him?”
• PARKING: 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.
• ORDINATION: 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.
• LAST DAY FOR REGISTRATION: 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 today). See Andrew Lim at Stick, Pearlie Zhang at Glue. For more information see Dickson Wu or Andrew Bardsley.
• 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 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).
• Alex & Naomi Fung (Serving in Japan) – Please keep Alex in prayer as he has had an operation for Testicular Cancer last week. Pray that our Lord will graciously heal him and restore his health. Pray for the subsequent decisions that they need to make for Chemotherapy. For Naomi, pray that the Lord will protect her and give her strength to journey with Alex along the difficult road ahead.
• Faith Promise Giving 2015/16 – We give thanks to God for enabling us as a church to send and support so many missionaries in different parts of the world. Faith Promise Giving is our way of financially supporting our missionaries. For 2015/2016 we have set the target of $170,000 to be raised. This giving is over and above our general offering. Please see the additional insert for details and prayerfully consider how you will support this.

 

from J Hudson Taylor: Pioneer Missionary by Fred Barlow

….Praying! And answers to prayer! That became the passion of his life. He learned to move men through God by prayer. He asked no man for any material thing. He laid all needs before his Lord. That doctor he had worked for at Drainside had suggested to his young assistant, “Taylor, please do remind me when it is time to pay your salary. I’m so busy, you know, I’m quite likely to forget.” And forget he did. But Taylor remembered that in China he would have no one to ask anything of, only God, so he simply asked God to remind the doctor.

Three weeks later the doctor remembered — but only after he had banked his money. Taylor was broke. It was Saturday. He had no money to pay his rent. He had no money for food. He prayed as he worked until ten o’clock, glad he would not have to face his landlady. As he prepared to leave, the doctor surprised him, “What do you think? One of my patients has just come to pay his bill! He’s one of my richest patients and he could have paid me by check anytime. Yet, there he is, bringing in the money at ten o’clock on Saturday night.” Then he added, “By the way, Taylor, you might as well take these notes. I have no change, but I can give you the balance of your salary next week … Good night!”

Taylor’s prayers were answered. He could not only pay his rent, he had money in hand for weeks ahead — but more than that, he had proven again: God answers prayer and moves men. He could go on to China! ….