Church news for the week beginning 12th June 2016

Today’s Bible Talk

Today we welcome Mark Short from Bush Church Aid (BCA), who is speaking on the topic “Mission: unchained and unchanging” from Acts chapter 12 verses 1 to 24.

New mini-series next week

Next week Jodie begins a three-week Bible talk series called ‘Leviticus: Life in God’s presence’, with the first talk ‘Sacrifice–the cost of pleasing God’, from Leviticus chapter 1.

MiXer – Voting for Dummies

Young Adults event at the Pratt’s Place (78 North Kiama Drive, Kiama Downs) from 6pm on Monday 13th June. Join us for dinner with guest speaker: Geoff Kyngdon.

Year 13 Fiji Mission Trip

Liana McNeill and Daniel Rainey, along with a team of 120 from the Year 13 program, head off to Fiji this Thursday, 16th June for a month-long mission trip. Please remember them in your prayers.

Gong Men’s Day

Join us next Saturday June 18th, 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

Ladies Dinner

Tuesday night 21st June is our next Ladies’ Dinner. Our speaker is Stacie Pakula. We meet at our church and start at 7pm. Dinner is $7 payable at the door, and there is no need to RSVP.

Introductory Pastoral Care Course

This course is perfect for those interested in becoming a Volunteer Hospital Chaplain or Church Pastoral Carer. Runs over five Saturdays during August & September, 9am to 3pm at Oak Flats Anglican. For more information email office@oakflatsanglican.com

Soup and Sandwich lunch

Join the Ladies Guild of Jamberoo Anglican for a Soup and Sandwich lunch on Wednesday 13th July. Guest speaker is Alison Blake, speaking on the topic “Who do you think you are?” from Matthew chapter 1. Cost is $10 at Jamberoo Anglican church hall at 11.30am. Please RSVP to Helen on 4236 0158 for catering purposes.

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.