Bulletin Announcements – 9 November 2014
‘Tea for a cause’: Strathfield 9am will be hosting a women’s event on 29th Nov! This high tea event aims to raise funds for children living in poverty. Tickets are $30/person with all funds raised being donated to Compassion Australia. Kirsty Kurilowicz will also be sharing a message on compassion. For tickets, please see Betty Wong or Joanne Cheng. For more information on Compassion Australia, please visit http://www.compassion.com.au.
NextGen Training Conference: We have a group of Youth and Leaders going to NextGen in Jan 12-16 2015. Early bird discount closes 12th November. Register as part of our WSCCC Group. See Leo Leung or Youth Pastor Andrew Bardsley for instructions and info.
Glue Parents’ Night: Parents of high schoolers and those going in to high school are invited to our Parents’ Night at Glue youth group. It will run during Glue time: 7:30-9:45 on Friday 21st November. You will meet parents and leaders of youth, find out more about our Glue youth group and benefit from informative topics for parents. See Youth Pastor Andrew Bardsley for more information.
Baptism service will be held on November 23 at 12.30 pm. 21 people will be baptised, publicly declaring their faith in Jesus Christ. Come along and encourage them. Names are: English: James Chin, Ming En Chin, Kooi Leng Har, Benjamin Ng, Joshua Ng; Cantonese: Elaine Chan, Winnie He, Gloria Lee, Rita Ma, Ying F Ma, Mandy Wong; Mandarin: Yu Zhong Chen, Angela Hu, Zhe Hao Lu, Ting Ren, Mandy Sui, Wei Wang, Yi Xu, Lucy Yang, Yu Fei Zhang, Lily Zhou.
Family Service, 9am Sunday November 30. Loud, crazy, fun, kid-friendly service. There will be no Sunday School on that day, so kids will be joining their families to worship God and hear his Word. Invite anyone that you know with kids to join us.
Our annual Christmas in the park is only a few weeks away! This is one of the highlights of the year and the stage production “Angels we have heard on high” is not to be missed! So bring your family and friends for what is sure to be a special time for all. A free event 3-5pm Saturday 13th December 2014 @ Burwood Park.
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6-8)
“Do not be anxious about anything,…” What! How’s that possible? Anxiety is our middle name! When we’re kids we get anxious about lollies; either our friends have more than us or they want ours. As teenagers we get anxious about exams, boys, girls, shoes, tweets, hair styles, you name it! As young adults we get anxious about finding “the one”! When we do find the one we get anxious about getting married to “the one”! When we do marry “the one” we get anxious about having kids! And then when we do have kids they make us anxious! Finally when we get old enough we get anxious about dying. Our whole life, from the cradle to the grave, is one tightly wound up ball of anxiety but the truth is it needn’t be this way. Our lives have the possibility to be full of sweet serenity but for that to happen we must first do one thing – give every single anxiety over to God. Yes, of course, it’s easier said than done but the real question is how much do you trust your Heavenly Father with your anxieties? And that’s not a rhetorical question either!
from Pastor Ariel