| Sunday, 2 October 2011 | |
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The dancer and the postie (Alan Jamieson) |
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Korean Faith Community (Byounghak Cha) |
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Pizza Church (Rodger Vickers) |
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Chosen imitators and models (Alan Jamieson) |
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Lauren |
| WELCOME | |
| Gidday everyone, It’s good to have you here today. Thanks heaps for all the support over the last few weeks of Global Missions. At the moment we have had $387,000 promised for this coming year. That is fantastic! The generosity of Spreydon people always blows me away. If you didn’t manage to get your slip in yet please still do. Every dollar above $350,000 can go to supporting projects and developing our next generation of global workers. Nearly 100 people signed up to pray for our people. If this was you please sign up at the Info Centre to receive the newsletters from the people you want to support. Thank you so much for this - it means so much to our people overseas and to us all as a church family. Today at 11am baby Caleb Jordan is being dedicated (his mum Hilary leads worship on Sunday mornings), and we are also stoked to be celebrating with Rebecca Thurston at 9am, Sarah Davenport at 11am and Marcus Burton at 7pm as they get baptized. I hear there could be couple of Grace people also getting baptized at 7pm. It’s been fantastic having the 22-strong team from Figtree Anglican in Wollongong Australia here with us for the last week. They came in response to the earthquake, and have worked all day and half the night serving our community, doing everything from cooking meals for pastoral care, providing food for and helping out at various ministries, digging liquefaction, gardening, electrical and plumbing work, house cleaning and prayer with groups and individuals, and lots more. All the food and all items needed for gardening and repairs were funded by their local Lions Club! You guys have been awesome and a huge blessing to us, so thanks so much for making the trip across the ditch. In the first week of the school holidays we are going to be reroofing the Auditorium - the first part of the Auditorium maintenance and upgrade. The need for reroofing is urgent. It is being funded from rent paid by Grace Vineyard. We will insulate at the same time. Scaffolding will be erected this Friday and the work should be completed in a week or so. Chris and Ibrani Barus are off to Indonesia tomorrow morning for seven weeks. Have a great time guys! Cheers, Ants |
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| FINANCIAL GRAPHS | |
7 months to August 2011  These graphs represent the operational budget. They do not include Global Mission or the Building Fund. |
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| PRAYER | |
| For emergency prayer needs phone Betty Warrington 980 8185 or Les Yetman 942 1172. They will alert the prayer chain to your need. |
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| LIFE TOGETHER | |
Mercy Basket. We are so appreciative of your donations as we help those in our community struggling to make ends meet. At present we are running low with some items and would appreciate donations of cereals, marmite, creamed rice, pasta sauce, muesli bars, creamed rice and soups. Thank you! Riccarton & North-West Lunch. Sunday October 9, 1pm at Milnebank reserve. Bring a picnic and meet others living in this area. Phone Cindy & Derek 348 2438 or 027 203 5370 for directions or more info. New Horizons. Meet for lunch in the Café on Wednesday October 4, then in the Auditorium a policeman and fireman who will talk about safety in the home. Tickets $5 from the Info Centre today. Any enquiries, ring Lorna 980 0773. Halswell café conversation night. Monday October 10, 7:30pm. Come and chat with other people from Halswell over (free!) delicious cake and coffee in the Spreydon café. Please RSVP to dbates@spreydon.org.nz or 338 4163. Calling all bass players! We have need for 2 new bass guitar players in our Sunday morning services. The bands work on a 3 weekly rotation with Thursday evening practices. Contact Michelle 338 4163 ext 225 or michelle@spreydon.org.nz. Want to help out on Sundays? We need volunteers to hand out newsletters at our 7pm services and a Media person at 11am on the third Sunday of the month. Leave your details at the Info Centre or phone Sheryl at the Church Office 338 4163. Combined SBC-Grace Men's Camp. November 18-20 at Waipara. Diary these dates now. Contact Ken Moore for further info 338 8078. Bishop Victoria Matthews Women’s event talk. Recently Bishop Victoria spoke to a group of women from Spreydon. She told some of her personal journey and life experiences. The dvd of her talk is not available on the website but you can order a copy from the Media Centre. Men’s breakfast October 15 in The Hub cafe. Mark this date in your diary now. Tickets $12 from the Info Centre. Picnic Lunch in Somerfield Park, today at 12.30pm (postponed from last Sunday) - Barrington neighbourhood community. A BBQ will be set up. Contact Nick on 021 229 9923 if weather is doubtful or Amanda on 981 6767 for more details. Beckenham Area Community. Shared lunch on today. Landsdowne Community Centre, Landsdowne Tce 12.30-3.30pm.Contact Simon Kingham 337 1326, 021 150 3254 or simon.kingham@canterbury.ac.nz. |
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| CHILDREN & FAMILIES | |
| We are having a family movie night again these holidays. Keep October 20 free! More details to follow. |
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| COMMUNITY MINISTRY | |
| Part time teaching position (up to 20 ½ hrs) at Spreydon Baptist Community Early Learning centres for a NZ registered teacher. Casual Release teaching position covering leave, suit a qualified teacher. Contact Chris or Colleen on 338 5468 or creid@spreydon.org.nz for more info. |
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| GLOBAL MISSION | |
Please sign up at the Info Centre if you want to receive the newsletter from somebody overseas you have decided to support in prayer. |
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| OTHER | |
| Elijah House Seminar – Handling Life’s Losses: Depression Saturday October 15 9.30am – 1pm in the Cobham Street Hall. Register by October 10 to Joan 338 3345 or Margaret 352 2972. A couple based in northern Fiji working with Pioneers need to have a small contained unit built. Plans are drawn up and they need a builder or a small team to make it happen any time from now until Christmas. It is 2-3 weeks of work. For more details contact Rachel 09 526 8446 or rachel.murray@missionworld.org.nz. 'After His Heart' worship gathering. On Friday evenings October 14 & 21 at 7.30pm, this gathering (formerly Lunch with the Lord) will be held in the Auditorium. Everyone of all ages is welcome to join us in this is empowering and refreshing time of being in the presence of the Lord. For more info, contact Julie Morrow 322 1961. Ladies, rego forms are at the Info Centre for the CWCI (Christian Womens Communicating NZ) Camp ‘Beneath His Wings’ on March 9-11, 2012 with inspirational and fun speaker Liz Curtis-Higgs, well known author of ‘Bad Girls of the Bible’. Contact Sheryl 338 4163 for more info. A Christian foster family is needed for a delightful, bubbly 15 year old. She is enthusiastic and loves sport. This is a permanent placement. See noticeboard for more details or contact Sue Booth at Open Home Foundation phone 366 5977. Hillview Christian School (Y0-10). Due to the effects of the earthquake, we have limited spaces available for students who may wish to enrol for 2012. If interested, contact the school office 332 6923 or office@hillview.school.nz. Leaders are required for the Te Mapua Respite Kids Camp in the October school holidays. Get all the info on the website www.temapua.com. Sister Eveleen will host two retreats led by Macrina Wiederkehr at Mary Potter Community Center, 442 Durham St Friday October 21 & Saturday October 22; and Wednesday October 26. To register contact sr.eveleen@xtra.co.nz or 326 6897. |
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| GLOBAL MISSION | |
| David & Barb Howe, Daniel, Caleb, Heather and Jennifer Murree Christian School, Pakistan They have almost all the staff they need for this school year. Visas are something that they never take for granted, and they are very grateful to God for acting on their behalf in this. David had an accident in his car which led to new opportunities. He was returning from Peshawar after some good visits with friends. After he hit a concrete median strip, his car needed to be towed to the nearest garage. While some willing mechanics worked on the car, David was invited into a local hostel where he met some new Pushtuns. He was later able to visit again and leave them with a movie called the Hope. David is taking on the role of Principal of the school as well as Director this year. The former Principal has returned to New Zealand, for his wife’s retirement, so they are greatly missed!! Barb is enjoying doing some PE teaching this year and the children are enjoying friendships and activities at school. |
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| COMMUNITY MINISTRY | |
Spreydon Youth Community (SYC) SYC has had a great term with loads happening, from awesome fun youth group nights, a combined night for all of SYC to get together, to Winter camps through to all the All Blacks games being shown live at our youth house which has been transformed into a grandstand. All three Youth Communities headed away for a fun weekend together, with great discussion and exploring faith, fun competitions and activities, tobogganing, skiing, and geek themed dinners. Coming up we have St James tramp in the first week of the holidays, and the second week is Soul Survivor - a time to connect with God and get into some serving the community on the East side of the City. For more info check the website www.syc.org.nz Tim Perry 021322907 www.syc.org.nz |
