Holidays are here!
We’re delighted that you could join us today during this time of holidays. If you’re taking some time off with family and friends then be sure to give thanks to God for the joy (and sometimes challenges) of relationships, as we hope for Heaven!
Today’s Bible talk
Today Graham Errington will be preaching at our two services on the topic ‘Fear not, little flock’ from Luke chapter 12 verses 22 to 34.
Dinner at 5pm
There will be no dinner after the 5pm service today, to allow people to head of to celebrate the New Year with family and friends.
McNeill’s and Chaplin’s away
Jodie and his family, plus Simon and his family, are now on leave until this Thursday 4th January after which they will head to CMS Summer School. Graham Errington will be leading our parish during this time. You can contact him on 0430 043 765 or 4232 4914 or graham.errington@oakflatsanglican.com.
Children’s and youth programs in holidays
During school holidays our normal children’s and youth programs take a break until Term 1, 2018. However there will be a ‘light version’ of a children’s program during the sermon at our 5pm service.
Summer Sermons
During the five Sundays after Christmas, we will be hearing from a range of local and guest preachers on a variety of topics, before we commence a new sermon series in Term One. Next Sunday we welcome John Wilson as our preacher.
CMS Stamp Collecting
Help CMS (the Church Missionary Society) by bringing your stamps to church and put them in the brown box located on the bookstall. Around $17,000 has been raised for CMS from the collection of stamps in the last year. For details contact Robyn Thomas.
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].
[olimometer id=3]
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].
[olimometer id=1]
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.