Bulletin Announcements – 18 October 2015
- The final Ladies Fellowship meetup for 2015 will be happening today, 10:30-12pm. We will be spending some time fellowshipping over morning tea, praying and discussing the topic of Quiet Times. For more information, please see Solan Chiu or Betty Wong.
- NextGen conference 2016 in Katoomba – the conference is for young people who are keen to serve and teach the gospel to others. The dates for 2016 are 11-15 January and please talk to Leo Leung for more details (0422540606 or leoleungll2@hotmail.com). Please note that early bird ends on the 31st October 2015, so please register early.
- Phil, Irene & Matthew Nicholson – our missionaries in Taiwan are back in Sydney for home assignment. A welcome lunch will be held today, 12:30pm at here, Strathfield. Please bring some food to share. There will be boiled rice provided. Please come along to hear from Phil & Irene about their ministry, how to pray for the people of Taiwan and encourage them.
- We rejoice that Jonathan and Vivienne Kew have decided to publicly profess their faith in Jesus Christ by being baptised. Rev Hafer will baptise these two at the end of CP10’s regular Sunday service on 25 October 2015. Please pray that God will bless Jonathan and Vivienne and help them to grow as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21 NIV)
You are constantly involved in investments, and I’m not referring to your compulsory superannuation. You choose where to spend your money, time and energy, and with whom and on what. And the truth is physical investments make up a large portion of the above. Physical investments seem to attract our attention more than spiritual investments. Why is that? It’s because physical investments often instantly gratify us, they are more tangible, and carry obvious benefits too. Spiritual investments on the other hand have little immediate returns, don’t gratify us as much, are intangible, and don’t carry as obvious benefits. All in all they seem more risky to us. Why would you invest in spiritual (heavenly) stock when you can invest in these instant, pleasurable, fulfilling, physical (earthly) stocks? The truth is because spiritual (heavenly) investments please God, their returns are far superior, and of course everlasting. So how do you know if you’re doing this? Well, the above verse is the litmus test. Consider your heart, what you love, and this points the way to your treasures, what you consider most valuable. It’s a good test, isn’t it?
from Pastor Ariel