Signs of the Times
Prejudice
Will prejudice prevent us from obtaining a satisfactory life? Rodney Woods finds out. More
Affluenza: What Does Your Money Say About You?
Bruce Manners looks at the lives of the rich and famous and discovers that, not only can money not buy happiness—it sometimes leads to grief. More
The Pilgrims
The Pilgrims have over one million direct descendants in the United States. Harold Harker recalls their origins. More
Alcohol Addiction
It is said that a glass of red wine a day is good for one’s health. Clark Carr explores the truth behind the health myths of alcohol. More
Announcements
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Breakfast will be provided in the Church Hall for all people attending Sabbath School this year. Breakfast will start at 8:30 am and finish at 9:20 am. No need to rush around at home before you come to Church. Enjoy fellowship and good food as a church family before we begin worship.
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Sabbath School 9.30am. You can find the study guides for all ages at www.ssnet.org
Church 10.50am- Pr Darrin will be presenting his first sermon on God Questions.
The Elder-on-Duty this week is Joshua Cooney. If you need any assistance or would like to make an announcement during church, please contact Josh on 0403 505 016.
There will be fellowship drinks following the Church Service this week.
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Please come along to our special Easter weekend as we join with our friends from the Wesleyan Methodist Church and reflect on what our Saviour did for us 2000 years ago. This will be a special time to remember His sacrifice, how Jesus overcame death and lives today and to also fellowship with some fresh faces. Please make our visitors feel very welcome!
Friday night 2nd April @ 7pm: Agape Feast on Good Friday. There will be a light meal followed by a special Communion service and Ordinances. Come along for a very sacred night to remember the real reasons we celebrate Easter!
Saturday 3rd April @ 11am: The Easter Sermon by Pastor Darrin will take us through a Lawyer's perspective on the trial of Jesus. Don't forget the lunch afterwards!
Sunday 4th April @ 9:30am: Please come along and support our Wesleyan Methodist friends as they host a special Easter Sunday service. The topic to be discussed: When Jesus was on earth, was He Lord, a liar or a lunatic? -
Breakfast will be provided in the Church Hall for all people attending Sabbath School this year. We will begin this Saturday (February 27). Breakfast will start at 8:30 am and finish at 9:20 am. No need to rush around at home before you come to Church. Enjoy fellowship and good food as a church family before we begin worship.
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This is an essential workshop for all Sabbath school leaders/teachers working with children, Elders, Deacons and Deaconesses, Pathfinder, Adventurer and Youth Leaders and all those interested. This training session is a requirement by the conference Child Safety policy we have adopted for all those in child & youth related ministry and is the next phase in our process to implement the policy in our church.
Guest speaker: The Conference Child Safe Coordinator. Venue – Youth Room. Light lunch provided after meeting
RSVP– Stan Shaw ph 5432 4469, standra7@bigpond.com
Topics will include: Child Safe Best Practices, Child Safe Systems, Child Safe Requirements, Responsibilities of Team leaders,Responsibilities of Team Members -
All members are encouraged to attend our first Business Meeting of the year on Monday 22 Feb, 7pm at the church hall. Next week we will share a few bits of information to help you understand why, how and when our Business Meetings occur. Any agenda items should be submitted with Pr Darrin or Val Marshall the week prior to the meeeting.
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*** Church lunch next week, Feb 6th. ***
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In all families, there are discussions to be had, opinions to be shared, advice to be given, guidelines put in place, decisions to be made and so on for family life to function effectively. Well, the same can be said for our Church family. Whilst the highlight of our time together as a family comes when we meet to worship and fellowship together there is much that happens aside from those times. So What are those things, Where and When do they happen, How are the decisions made and Why do certain aspects of church life take place? Reflecting on these questions recently we've realized that perhaps we have not always made the time to give our members all the information needed for you to effectively participate in some areas of church life. We need your help for our church to function at its best. Your opinions count, we want you to be part of discussions, help us set those guidelines needed, your vote is important and your advice and input is invaluable. We are sorry if we have not often let you know that in the past and with a growing and changing membership these are things we want to commit to reminding you about from time to time. So here's what we would like to do to answer some of the how, what, when, where and why's of church life. Commencing over the next few weeks we will highlight in our church news emails and bulletin various committees, processes and aspects of church life. We will give you a brief summary of how that particular process or department functions and how you can contribute. Here are a few of the areas that we will address.....
Business Meetings, Board Meetings, Nominating Committee, Church Finances, Church Safety, Department ministries. Please let us know if there are other aspects of church life you would like more information about. You can obtain detailed information on these and many more topics in the SDA Church Manual which is available to purchase from the ABC or on-line. Our Pastors and Elders Team are here to support you, be your advocate and serve our church family and we want to continue to improve the way in which we do this and we hope that the information we share over the coming months in our Church Life snippets will be not only informative but inspiring to you as a valuable member of our church family. -
Leaders Training Weekend- Jan 29-31
Church Lunch- Feb 6th
Outreach Team Meeting- Feb 6th after church lunch.
Camping Ministry Meeting- Feb 6th after church lunch.
Child Safe Training Day- Feb 21st Sunday.
Church Business Meeting- Feb 22nd Monday. -
Please be sure to check the bulletin each week to see who the Elder is on for the week ahead. Our Pastors days off are Sunday and Thursday, should you require pastoral assistance on those days please contact the Elder on duty for that week. The elder for this current week is Terry Bottrell and for the week commencing this Sabbath, June Zuch. The contact details will be available each week on the bulletin. Pr Darrin will be on holidays from Dec 12th for two weeks.
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For those that attended last year you will remember what a great night this was packed full of talent. SoulCare is an initiative of the Encounter group who wanted to conduct an event to support local charities. Last year over $3000 was raised for CareFlight. This year in addition to CareFlight the event will also be supporting some vital projects at Cabooluture Hospital. These are both organisations that anyone of us could need at anytime so we hope that you can plan to be there to support the Concert on Nov 21st. This event is organised and sponsored by the Encounter Group and there is a line up of Professional talent for the evening once again. Please take note of posters, flyers and bulletin for full details.
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Are you feeling a bit out of balance and want to feel more relaxed, peaceful and energized? Then bring a friend and plan to be at this presentation with Cameron Johnston, the stress fitness coach from the Silver Hills Lifestyle Centre in Canada. You will learn how to thrive and prosper in today’s demanding and constantly changing world. October 31st 11am-5pm. Church lunch that day so plan to bring along some food and join us for the afternoon. This is an event not to be missed. Check out the flyers at church for further details.
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