Church news for the week beginning 9th October 2016

Today’s Bible Talk

Today we welcome Dan Odell, chaplain at Shellharbour Anglican College, who will be speaking on the topic “The Prodigal Son” from Luke chapter 15 verses 11 to 32.

Next week’s Bible Talk

Next week, Jodie will begin the second half of our series on the Old Testament book of Job, “Mythbusting Reality”, from chapters 22 to 24.

SWITCH Women’s Conference

The women’s conference for the Illawarra is this Saturday 15th October from 8:45am to 4:30pm at Waterslea Conference Centre (Nowra). Cost $60. Bookings and details www.southernwomen.org.au. Registrations close today (Sunday 9th October).

CityServe Shellharbour

Join us this coming Saturday, the 15th October from 8am to 3pm at Lake Illawarra High for painting, gardening & the creation of a unique outdoor learning area for the students. This Shellharbour City Council and church combined event will enable us to have an impact in our region as we seek to show practical love to our community. For this project we need everyone to bring supplies such as shovels, metal rakes, wheelbarrows, paint brushes, paint trays, gloves etc. as they won’t be supplied.

Ladies Dinner

Tuesday night 18th October is our next Ladies’ Dinner. Our speaker is Christine Jensen. We meet at our church and start at 7pm. Dinner is $7 payable at the door, and there is no need to RSVP.

Giving update

Each week we need to receive [olimometer_target id=3] in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was [olimometer_progress id=3], leaving a gap of [olimometer_remaining id=3].

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Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received [olimometer_target id=1]. Compared to that total we received [olimometer_progress id=1], leaving a gap of [olimometer_remaining id=1].

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Electronic giving is a great way to give! It helps us prayerfully plan our giving, and then the bank will help us keep that commitment, even when we may be unable to attend. To use your MasterCard or Visa to make a one-off donation or to set up regular giving, then securely provide your details by clicking on this link. Or, to give by direct transfer then these are the details. Account name: St Andrew’s Anglican Church. Account number: 00900445. BSB: 062 638.