Bulletin Announcements – 24 June 2018
• To ensure all children’s safety, we have a new sign-in and sign-out process for Sunday School. Please sign your child/ren in, and please go to Sunday School immediately after service to sign-out and collect your child/ren.
• WELLNESS: On Saturday 30 June 2018 from 2pm-4:30pm, Ladies Fellowship is hosting an evangelistic afternoon centred around mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellness. This is a great opportunity to invite your friends to this wonderful event filled with conversations, a fun DIY activity and a delicious afternoon tea. Our special guest, Karen Pang, will also be sharing her testimony including her battle with mental health. Tickets are $15 and available on the lawn after the service.
• Commissioning Service for Matt, Jen, Obadiah & Theodore Lim will be held on 7 July at 9:30am in the Strathfield Chapel. This will be followed by morning tea in the Strathfield hall. Did you know that Japan has a population of 127 million people and evangelical Christians only account for 0.5% of that (with an annual decline of 0.4%). Please come to encourage and commit them to serve God and minister to the Japanese people through partnership with CMS and HiBA.
• Mission Faith Promise Giving for 2018/19 is being launched today. Our target to be raised by faith is $225,000 out of a total mission budget of $248,400. This financial support allows our 8 Missionaries to share the gospel where the gospel is greatly needed. Please place the return slip in the offering bags today. (The spare forms in blue colour are available at the back of the hall.)
• Diaconate Announcement: At the Annual General Meeting on 30 Sept 2018, election of deacons for the next Diaconate term will occur and 6 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: Jack Lai, Joseph Chan, Rose Wong, Vickie Ma
Mandarin Congregation: Hui Siong Tay, Luke Zhang, Andy Sim, Paul Lim
English Congregation: Angie Ng, Lydia Tan, Christine Kotsaris, Arthur Teng
If you are considering serving in the Diaconate or want to nominate someone in your congregation to serve in the Diaconate, please contact the Deacon Nomination Committee of your ‘Language Congregation’ and discuss with them first. Note that the closing date for all deacon nominations is 3 August 2018.