| Sunday, 9 October 2011 | |
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Quality care (Daphne) |
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Korean Faith Community (Juan Withington) |
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Pizza Church (Ian Brown) |
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A receptive heart (Phil Tait) |
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Marj Robertson |
| WELCOME | |
| Gidday everyone, Welcome to our services today, the second week in our series from 1 Thessalonians. Today there is a prayer and healing focus in our services, and there will be opportunities for personal prayer. Today also marks the start of the school holidays - what a long term it has been. A special thanks to all our children’s leaders - you have earned a well-deserved break. You do such an awesome job. It’s been great to see so much activity around our local village journey - the many ads for neighbourhood lunches in the newsletter are a sign of lots of new life for this journey. Last week alone Beckenham, Eastside (great curry thanks) and Barrington got together. I see Riccarton Norhwest are lunching today. This journey is very much one step at a time and it is so encouraging to hear about so many meeting, praying and eating together! The combined Grace and Spreydon Men’s breakfast is next Saturday October 15 at 8am in the Café. Come for a fantastic breakfast and hear David Mitchell from Grace and Bruce Apperley from Spreydon speak. Get your ticket today for $12 from the Info Centre. There is still opportunity to put in your response to the Global Missions giving for the next year. Pick up a pledge form today from the Info Centre, or put one in the offering bowl if you haven’t done so yet. Today is also the last day to sign up at the Info Centre for the Global Leadership Summit, an annual event from Willow Creek, happening this Friday October 14. We are getting down to the business end of the Rugby World Cup and we are very glad the organisers have arranged the times of the All Blacks games for after the night service. So I know at least half of you will join with me and wish the All Blacks well tonight. Cheers, Dave |
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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. A reminder for those who would like to donate gifts for Christmas to our struggling families. These can be left at the Info Centre or Church Office during the week. This week we require donations of pasta sauce, creamed rice and cereals. Thank you for your continued support in helping us to help those in need. Hoon Hay Village Picnic. Sunday October 9 at 12.30pm in Spreydon Domain weather permitting (will be postponed till Oct 16 if wet). Contact Emma 339 6432 for more info. Riccarton & North-West Lunch. Today, 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. 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. Finance Position. We have a position in finance coming up here at SBC. We would be very interested to hear from Spreydon people with a background in finance and accounts who would be available to start mid-November. All enquiries welcome. Contact dmajor@spreydon.org.nz or ring Reception 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. Men’s breakfast October 15 in The Hub cafe. Tickets $12 from the Info Centre. |
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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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| SPREYDON OVERSEAS | |
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 | |
Urgent call for donations of blood! NZ Blood mobile unit is at the Addington Raceway, 3rd floor, Metropolitan stand this Thursday October 13 from 10am – 3pm. If 3 or more require a shuttle please phone Jan Condell 343 9078. We need you!!! Wycliffe Bible Translators are offering a weekend Bible story-telling course in Blenheim from Friday night to Monday afternoon, October 28-31. For cost and other details contact 09 262 8440 or admin@wycliffe.org.nz Trauma Education Workshop. What is trauma? What causes it? Dealing with trauma; Saturday October 29 from 10.30am – 12.30pm at Familial Trust, 6 Wilson’s Road. Gold coin donation. Registration is required to attend this workshop! Contact 981 1093 or email info@familialtrust.org Craft Day. Have you any craft projects (embroidery, scrapbooking, etc) you love to do but no time to do it? Come to our UnFinished Objects day - bring your craft project. Lunch, morning and afternoon tea provided at Halswell Baptist October 15 from 9.30am - 4.30pm. Cost $15 for day or $10 for half day. Register with Jo Wicken 337 1010. This is a fundraiser for Hillview Christian School gym. Al Bedaya Seminar to resource churches and Christians to reach out and support Muslims living in New Zealand. Riccarton Baptist Church Tuesday, October 18 7pm to 8.30pm. No charge. Please contact 349-4387 or matt18-20@maxnet.co.nz for catering purposes. 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. |
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| GLOBAL MISSIONS | |
Sione & Evelyn Lalahi Nuku’alofa, Tonga A nurse specialist in strokes has encouraged them to look for a pattern for Sione of plateau/improvement/plateau going on for at least two years. He is getting better at resting between activities, and that is what enables him to achieve more. Sione is working frequently with a local group in developing a "helping strategy". Both Sione and Evelyn are involved in lots of interceding and have seen a healing or two and other turn-arounds in lives. Evelyn is spending hours with new co-ordinators/elders at English church (they are such learners) and getting libraries sorted and people in Vaevae Manava up to standard auditing accounts. They have re-arranged part of the house so their daughter Elisabeth and her husband Villi can have two small adjacent rooms for themselves and the expected baby. The young couple plan to move back next week, two weeks before Sione & Evelyn leave for their break. They will arrive in Christchurch on November 6. |
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| COMMUNITY MINISTRY | |
Project Esther – Single Mums Support I would like to welcome Alley Mander to Single Mums as a support worker. As school holidays and Christmas are quickly descending upon us, Single Mums Support has a number of activities happening alongside our Monday Group - Mums with Toddlers; Wednesday Group – Mums with babies & Thursday Coffee – Mums with school age children which will continue to run weekly till December 15. There will be a trip to the “Farm Park” during holidays, a “Trivia Nite” for working mums and in conjunction with ‘Adventure Specialties Trust’ a “Mums on the Move” week. In January we are having Family Fun Days at the Park for mums and families. For further enquiries regarding single mums’ activities please contact Evelyn or Alley on 338 0158. I would like to also thank all those who give generously and continue to pray for single mums’ support and for our mums who attend groups. |
