Today’s Bible talk

Today we continue our series on ‘Romans: The Heart of Truth’, with Jodie speaking on the topic ‘God’s faithfulness’ from Romans chapter 11 verses 1 to 10.

Serve & Ministry Team Leaders Meeting

Our Serve Team (Bible Study) and Ministry leaders will be meeting this Tuesday, 18th September at 7pm. Please pray for them as they plan and pray for the pastoral care in our church.

Real Kids Day!

On Tuesday, 2nd October it’s our next ‘Real Kids Day!’ For kids aged K to 6. This is a great day to invite families with kids to our church. Registration now open! Details at www.oakflatsanglican.com/realkids.

BCA Boxes due

If you’ve been collecting coins for Bush Church Aid (BCA) please return them this month for counting.

Giving update

Each week we need to receive $5,000 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5,162, leaving a gap of $-162.Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $170,000. Compared to that total we received $150,877, leaving a gap of $19,123.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.

Today’s Bible talk

Today we continue our series on ‘Romans: The Heart of Truth’, with Simon speaking on the topic ‘Christ is the centre’ from Romans chapter 9 verse 30 to chapter 10 verse 21.

Catholic Evangelism Taskforce

Join us this Tuesday, 11th September for our next meeting of the Catholic Evangelism Taskforce. We will meet at 7pm at the church for a training night on cross-cultural evangelism with Mark Gilbert. Everyone from our church is welcome.

High School SRE Seminars

This Friday 14th September, Simon will be hosting Seminars from 11.10am to 1.10pm at Oak Flats High School. Please remember Simon and the team in your prayers as they share God’s word. If you would like to assist, please see Simon.

Refuge Camp

Our high-school-aged youth group, Refuge, is heading away next weekend, 14th to 16th September with Jamberoo Anglican youth group, Alive. They will be heading to a property at Robertson, and the cost is only $50. Please keep them in your prayers.

Single Minded Conference Livestream

Single Minded is a conference running at Village Church, Annadale that is about singleness… but for everyone.
Main speaker – Sam Allberry. Albion Park Presbyterian will be hosting the Livestream on  Saturday, 22nd September from 10am to 5pm. Cost: $25 (workers) or $20 (students, pensioners, etc) which includes morning tea & lunch. RSVP to Gordon Coleman on 0425 224 577.

BCA Boxes due

If you’ve been collecting coins for Bush Church Aid (BCA) please return them this month for counting.

New roster coming soon

If you’re unavailable to serve on a roster from 1st October through to 16th December please let us know via comment card, email office@oakflatsanglican.com or even better go to www.oakflatsanglican.net.

Giving update

Each week we need to receive $5,000 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5,162, leaving a gap of $-162.Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $170,000. Compared to that total we received $150,877, leaving a gap of $19,123.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.

CREDIT: Mitchell Joyce, via Flickr.

It is hard to claim that pyramid-shaped tea-bags have added much to the sum of human happiness.

They’re just another part of our society’s never ending quest for better and more luxurious things. The continual rise of technology has made products, once considered only for the elite, now available to everyone – the pyramid tea bag one such example! I’m not sure anyone expected that particular product to create a wave of new found happiness. But what of more sought after technologies? With the ability for more people to gain access to these goods we might have expected a steady rise in our society’s general happiness.

However as levels of wealth and technology have risen, levels of happiness have gone down. Technology was meant to bring a higher standard of living with less work. However all we have found is that the goal posts have moved. We don’t just want a higher standard of living, we want a higher standard of living than others. In other words we take for granted luxuries that were only dreamed of a generation ago, and we want more. We are now working more and are dissatisfied with what we have.

This should come as no surprise to Christians (although we too find ourselves caught up in this cycle). However what may come as a surprise is that any pursuit of happiness as an end goal, seems to lead to a decrease in happiness. The more we chase happiness, the more elusive it is. We often wish this goal for others with sentiments like ‘whatever makes you happy’, or  ‘I’m happy if you’re happy.’ However this goal in the end is simply counter-productive.

That’s because God has made us for a greater goal than happiness.

We are created to love and serve him, and to love and serve others. And a wonderful truth emerges here – the more we forget about focusing on ourselves and our own happiness, the happier we become.

SIMON CHAPLIN

Today’s Bible talk

Today we continue our series on ‘Romans: The Heart of Truth’, with Jodie speaking on the topic ‘God’s sovereign election’ from Romans chapter 9 verses 1 to 29.

Seniors’ Service & Prime Time Luncheon

Coming up tomorrow Monday, 3rd September, 11am at the church is our Seniors Service followed by lunch. $10 for a two-course meal. Ideal for our seniors and your friends and family.

Catholic Evangelism Taskforce

Join us on Tuesday, 11th September for our next meeting of the Catholic Evangelism Taskforce. We will meet at 7pm at the church for a training night on cross-cultural evangelism with Mark Gilbert. Everyone from our church is welcome.

Single Minded Conference Livestream

Single Minded is a conference running at Village Church, Annadale  that is about singleness… but for everyone.
Main speaker – Sam Allberry. Albion Park Presbyterian will be hosting the Livestream on  Saturday, 22nd September from 10am to 5pm. Cost: $25 (workers) or $20 (students, pensioners, etc) which includes morning tea & lunch. RSVP to Gordon Coleman on 0425 224 577.

BCA Boxes due

If you’ve been collecting coins for Bush Church Aid (BCA) please return them this month for counting.

New roster coming soon

If you’re unavailable to serve on a roster from 1st October through to 16th December please let us know via comment card, email office@oakflatsanglican.com or even better go to www.oakflatsanglican.net.

Giving update

Each week we need to receive $5,000 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5,162, leaving a gap of $-162.Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $170,000. Compared to that total we received $150,877, leaving a gap of $19,123.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.

Today’s Bible talk

Today we continue our series on ‘Romans: The Heart of Truth’, with Jodie speaking on the topic ‘Blessed assurance’ from Romans chapter 8 verses 31 to 39.

Parish Council

Our Parish Council meets this Tuesday 28th August at 7.00pm at the church. Please remember them in your prayers.

GAFCON Information Night

Joins us this Wednesday 29th August at 7.30pm at St Michael’s Cathedral, Wollongong to hear more about GAFCON and to pray for the movement.

Andy’s Club Fun Friday

Andy’s Club is getting together this Friday, 31st August, 6pm to 8pm at the church for a time of games, fun and of course the Bible! For children in Year 3 to 6, cost is $5 and includes dinner.

Recharge dinner

Our next dinner for parents and carers is this Friday 31st August 6-8pm, here at the church. We have a special guest speaker, Steve Dinning, who is the Family Skills Facilitator with Anglicare. Steve will be talking on the topic: ‘A Parenting Sandwich: a feast of theory and practice tips for parenting’. Join us for a take-away dinner, and encouragement about Christian parenting. RSVP via comment card or contact the office. We will also have a creche running during the night.

Seniors’ Service & Prime Time Luncheon

Coming up on Monday, 3rd September, 11am at the church is our Seniors Service followed by lunch. $10 for a two-course meal. Ideal for our seniors and your friends and family.

Giving update

Each week we need to receive $5,000 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5,162, leaving a gap of $-162.Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $170,000. Compared to that total we received $150,877, leaving a gap of $19,123.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.