There are two training days planned to offer assistance to our current and future Bible Study Leaders. They are scheduled for:
Sunday 21st & 28th August 2011
2:00pm – 4:30pm
The topics for both weeks are:
Preparing a Bible Study
Helping Your Group Work Well Together
Please consider coming to share fresh ideas, fellowship and encourage one another.
We are hoping to organise a convoy of women to travel up the M4 to Katoomba for this year’s KCC Women’s Conventions on SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER.
The theme for the weekend is “A Life Worth Living”, and key note speakers will be Jane Tooher and Cathie Heard.
We have already had some women indicate that they will definitely be attending, please prayerfully consider whether you too are able to come and advice the office at your earliest convenience.
Kids Plus starts again for Term Three this Friday 29th at 6pm till 7.30pm. The program is open to boys and girls from Kindergarten to year 6. The theme for this term is ‘The King, the snake and the promise’. Please contact the church office for more details.
Everybody in the parish is encouraged to come to a combined service on Sunday 31st July followed by lunch.
TIME: 10:30am
PLACE: St John’s Hall
There is the opportunity for some to attend church twice this day as the 8:00am service at St John’s and the 9:30 service at St Peter’s will go ahead as normal!!
PLEASE CONSIDER COMING!!
Are you interested in being confirmed this year? We have a confirmation service scheduled as part of our regular evening service on Sunday 16th October @ 7:15pm. However it will only proceed if there are sufficient people interested and willing to be confirmed. There will be confirmation classes held once approx numbers are known. If you are interested please contact the church office for further details.
DATES:
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th September 2011
THEME:
“A Life Worth Living”
KEY NOTE SPEAKERS
Jane Tooher & Cathie Heard
Please contact the church office if you are interested in attending.
This is a course designed for those working in ministry with children/youth who have completed the initial ‘Leading & Protecting Children & Youth Parts 1 & 2″ 3 or more years ago.
A group of ten people from across the congregation make up part of an excited team that has flown out from Sydney early today travelling to Malawi to see first hand and assist with the work of the “Hope For Aids Project” being run by one of our link missionaries. In the lead up to taday’s departure there has been many training, planning meetings, fundraising activities and prayers to ensure that the team is equipped and prepared as best they can be for the work they will be doing, and what lies ahead for them.
The mission team has a very busy schedule flying today straight to Johannesburg, before heading further into Blantyre, and onto one of the smaller villages where they will be coordinating various programs for the children in the village. They will also be participating in various other activities including home based care visitations. The team will spend just over a week working in the villages.
They then will travel across to Kasungu to continue their work with children before heading back home to Sydney.
The trip will not only be a great experience and benefit to the team but also to our congregation as we look to strengthen and develop further missionary links and to see God working in the wider world. Please continue to pray for the team whilst they are away.
We are looking forward to our Parish Weekend Away on the 12th – 14th August. It will be a great weekend of fellowship, relaxation and discussion around the theme of ‘Ethics and the Christian Life’. We are hoping that as many people as possible will be able to come to the Weekend for all or at least some of the time. Merroo Christian Centre is set in the hills of Kurrajong and is a wonderful country setting for our Parish to have time away together. It is only an hour’s drive from Beecroft!
THEME:
Ethics and the Christian Life
KEY NOTE SPEAKER: GREG BURKE
Why The Weekend Is Important?
The weekend is a vital part of our life together in the church family. It provides a great opportunity for us to
WEEKEND OVERVIEW
In conjunction with our Parish Weekend Away, we have organised a focused Youth Program that is specifically aimed at those in Years 6-9 and Years 10-12 and we hope to have a great contingent in the Bunkhouse this year. Forms are available at Extol and SMOG. There is also seperate programmes for Creche, infants/primary school children.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Arrive, supper and fellowship
SATURDAY MORNING
Talks, an opportunity for discussion
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Relaxing activities together followed by a talk later in the afternoon
SATURDAY NIGHT
Dinner followed by an Evening Spectacular
SUNDAY MORNING
A talk, discussion and informal Communion Service
Departing just after lunch
Registration
You can register two ways:
Completing a hard copy Registration Form avaliable from the church and place it in the box at the back of the church or by completing the Online Registration for the Weekend Away
ALL REGISTRATIONS NEED TO BE IN BY SUNDAY 7TH AUGUST
