News and events for the week beginning 5th January 2014

Summer Series – The Spirit-filled life

It is nothing short of a miracle that God the Holy Spirit lives within all of us who know Jesus as Lord and saviour. As the Holy Spirit lives within us, we gradually become more and more like Jesus, as we demonstrate in our lives what the Bible calls in Galatians 5:22-23 the “fruit of the Spirit.”

During the five weeks of Summer we’ll be looking in detail at the nine aspects of the Spirit’s fruit in the life of believers. Each Sunday we’ll have a different topic in the morning and the evening, so that we will cover the full nine aspects of the Spirit’s fruit, as well as an introductory talk on the first morning.

Next week, we welcome George Statheos as our guest preacher at 5pm. George is a school chaplain in Sydney, a veteran youth minister and conference speaker, and is well-known for his humour, his Hellenism (he’s a proud Greek!) and his heart for the gospel.

We also get our first chance (in his capacity as our all-new Assistant Minister) to hear Adam Hotson speak to us from God’s word in the morning at 9am… don’t miss his first Sunday in the pulpit!

29th December 9am Living the Spirit-filled life Roger Kyngdon
29th December 5pm Love Graham Stanton
5th January 9am Joy Jodie McNeill
5th January 5pm Peace Jodie McNeill
12th January 9am Forbearance Adam Hotson
12th January 5pm Kindness George Statheos
19th January 9am Goodness Jodie McNeill
19th January 5pm Faithfulness Adam Hotson
26th January 9am Gentleness Ben Pfahlert
26th January 5pm Self-control Tim Orange

New Rosters

Yes, it’s that time already and we’re making plans for our Term One rosters for next year. If you’re planning to be away at all from February to April then please log on to our members website and enter the dates that you’re unavailable. If you’d like to opt in or out of volunteer roles then please let Lydia know. Thanks so much for your help!

School holidays

During holidays many of our normal programs are taking a break, including our children’s and youth programs, our Seniors’ Service, our Men’s and Women’s Dinners, and other programs. A perfect reason to join us twice on a Sunday for our summer series!

Direct giving

To give financially to the ministry of our church and beyond: BSB 062 638 Account Number 00900445 Account Name St Andrew’s Anglican Church.