News and events for the week beginning 17th May 2015

New series – 1 Peter: Real Hope!

Today we continue our 18-week series on the letter of 1 Peter, with the theme, “Real hope!”. Jodie is speaking on the topic, “Real hope from real encouragement”, from 1 Peter 1:10-12.

1 26 April Real hope in our real identity 1 Peter 1:1-2
2 3 May Real hope for our real longing 1 Peter 1:3-5
3 10 May Real hope for real trials 1 Peter 1:6-9
4 17 May Real hope from real encouragement 1 Peter 1:10-12
5 24 May Real hope in a real future 1 Peter 1:13-21
6 31 May Real hope with a real love 1 Peter 1:22-2:3
7 7 June Real hope in a real home 1 Peter 2:4-10
8 14 June Real hope with real goodness 1 Peter 2:11-12
9 21 June Real hope as real citizens 1 Peter 2:13-17
10 19 July Real hope as real employees 1 Peter 2:18-25
11 26 July Real hope in real marriage 1 Peter 3:1-7
12 2 August Real hope when submission leads to suffering 1 Peter 3:8-17
13 9 August Real hope from the real victory 1 Peter 3:18-22
14 16 August Real hope in real holiness 1 Peter 4:1-6
15 23 August Real hope in real service 1 Peter 4:7-11
16 30 August Real hope in real persecution 1 Peter 4:12-19
17 6 September Real hope with real leadership 1 Peter 5:1-5
18 13 September Real hope in real grace 1 Peter 5:6-14

Ladies’ Dinner

Come along on this Tuesday 19th May at 7pm at the church to hear Anglican Archdeacon of Women, Kara Hartley. Cost is $6, and there’ no need to RSVP! Don’t miss out.

Gong Men’s Day

Join us on Saturday June 13th, 9am till 2pm or 5pm to 9.30pm at Dapto Anglican for a great day of teaching and encouragement for the men of our region. Price is $35 (or $25 concession). Register online at www.gongmensday.net

Prayer meeting

Every Saturday morning at 7.30am we have a half-hour prayer time at the church. We’d love you to join us to be part of one of the most important events in our church calendar.

Teachers’ morning tea at Oak Flats High

Our church has the opportunity to provide the teachers a delicious morning tea on Friday morning 29th May at 10.30am. Can you help by providing a plate? Please advise on comment cards or email office@oakflatsanglican.com if you can.

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.