Bulletin Announcements – 9 September 2018

Announcement from the Diaconate: The AGM reports and agenda are available for church members today (one per family please), plus the background information about all nominees and for deaconship. There is also information about the EGM motion. The meeting will be held at 12:30pm, Sunday Sep 30 at Strathfield. Proxy voting forms are available from deacons.

Welcome Home Lunch on today, 12:30pm in Strathfield Church Hall: Phil and Irene arrived back in Sydney on 13Aug and are home assignment for 6 months. Alex & Naomi have been back in Sydney since late 2017 but have only just started their home assignment in June 2018. Come along to welcome them back and encourage them. Please bring a plate of food to share with others.

Baptism Preparation Course: Jesus calls us to come to him as our Lord and Saviour, and as we do, an amazing spiritual thing happens – we are saved – justified – and we have peace with God! Jesus calls us to be baptised as the outward sign of this inward and spiritual reality that God has done in our hearts!
We invite you to our Baptism Course: Sunday October 21 and 28, 10:30am-12pm in preparation for Baptism at our combined Baptism service on Sunday November 25.

Operation Christmas Child: sending shoe boxes with items and the gospel to children in need. More information on a church shoebox packing day is coming soon. But for now, please feel free to take a box and register it. You can either bring your items and $10 for delivery to our packing day, or hand in a completed box with the $10 delivery fee to Koorong by the 27th of Oct. Contact Louis Wong for more info on 0490 455 838 or email at chubby_chocho2@hotmail.com

CDP Collection: To financially support the Church Development Project, the Diaconate has agreed to have a second collection once every two months during the services especially designated for the Building Fund. Please be prepared as we will be collecting this second offering on next Sunday (16 September).

Next Ladies Fellowship Event: Sunday 21st October 2018 from 1pm -3pm. Balancing work/life/family as a Christian woman. Join us at Alice’s place (37 Albyn Rd, Strathfield) for a cozy chat on what this means. Hear from a few women at church what it’s meant for them. RSVP by 14/10/18 to Marianne Ly, Grace Tsai, or Jocelyn Lin in person or at the table on the lawn for registering interest.