Bulletin Announcements – 7 September 2014
Baptism: Those who believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour and desire to be baptised, please see Rev Noldt about commencement of baptism classes. The WS baptism service will be held on Sunday 23 November 2014.
Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes: please return the shoeboxes by 21st September.
Children Ministry Announcement: Last day for Sunday school Term 3 will be on 14 September. We will have holiday program for 21/9, 28/9 and 5/10. Term 4 will start on 12 October. Last day for Play Group will be on 16 September. We will have a Teddy Bear Picnic on the day. Please join us for a time of fun. Term 4 will start on 7 October.
Announcements from Diaconate:
+ AGM Announcement: Notice is given hereby to all members to attend an Annual General Meeting called by the Diaconate, to be held on 5th October 2014 at 12:30pm, at the Chapel of the church.
+ Welcoming lunch and induction service for Rev Andrew Choy: The church is going to hold a welcoming lunch for Rev Andrew Choy and his family today 12:30pm at Strathfield church hall. Brothers and sisters please attend and bring a dish. Following the lunch there will be an induction service for Rev Choy at 2:30pm at the chapel. Let us be united in thanksgiving to God.
+ In the diaconate meeting on 22nd August 2014 it was unanimously agreed to renew Rev. Ariel Kurilowicz’s contract for 3 years, from 6th March 2015, at part time basis aiming to increase the work hours as his physical condition improves. Rev. Kurilowicz has kindly accepted the offer. We thank God and praise Him for His guidance and amazing healing upon Rev. Kurilowicz.
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. (Numbers 9:22)
Remember putting up your 12 person tent and then having to pack it up again two days later? That was annoying, wasn’t it? All that work in the sweltering sun and then sweating some more again, for what? On top of that you didn’t even know where you were going next. The irony of it all – you used to be an expert brick maker and builder back in Egypt building palaces and pyramids for the Pharaohs! So where was God when you were sweating in the desert? Up there in his “perfectly controlled environment” called heaven? No, he wasn’t was he? He was right there with you in his own dusty tent – the tabernacle. And what was the point of all that moving around? It was to remind you that heaven is your true home. And why all the not knowing? To remind you that only God is your true provider. So now that you’re living in the promised land in your own palaces made out of bricks, let me ask you – would you be spiritually better off back in a tent somewhere only having God to trust in?
from Pastor Ariel