Sunday School:Holiday program is on for today and 17 July. We encourage Year 5 and 6 to join our English Service during those weeks. Term 3 will be back on 24 July (Sunday school) and 19 July (Play Group).
Faith Promise Giving – We thank God for the 127 response slips received so far for Faith Promise Giving 2016/2017. Today will be the last day we will be collecting response slips in the offering bag, Please continue to pray for our missionaries, for our partnership with them through prayer, encouragement and giving. Giving to our global missions fund can be done though specially marked envelopes or via the global missions bank account (details on the faith promise form and on the back of our Sunday bulletin).
Lepelaars are home. Our missionaries in Cambodia (Bonnie & Rolf with their children, Jasmine & Samuel) arrived back in Sydney on July 2nd. They have finished their term in Cambodia with CMS and will be on 6 months home assignment. A welcome home lunch will be held at Strathfield Hall on July 24th at 12:30pm. Bring a dish and come along to welcome and encourage the Lepelaars.
Diaconate Announcement: At the Annual General Meeting on 25 September 2016, election of deacons for the next Diaconate term will take place and 5 Deacons from each ‘Language Congregation’ will be elected. A Deacon Nomination Committee from each ‘Language Congregation’ has been formed and their names are listed below: Cantonese Congregation (C0845 and C1030): Jack Lai, Winnie Chan, Rose Wong, Carrie Tang; Mandarin Congregation (Strathfield Mandarin and CPM): Ching Ping Chan, Luke Zhang, Ley Bee Tio, Paul Lim; English Congregation (S9 English and CP10): Leslie Lee, Lydia Tan, Anthony Choong,Arthur Teng. If you have considered serving in the Diaconate or you might want to nominate someone in your congregation to serve in the Diaconate, please first contact the Deacon Nomination Committee of your ‘Language Congregation’ and discuss with them. Please note that the closing date for all deacon nominations is 12 August 2016.
