Small group and gc leaders will be meeting on Wednesday night 1 February from 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start.
This term we’ll have Stuart Heath, one of the directors of Groundwork come along to help us better understand mission through community.
Please talk to Pete or Julie if you’re not able to make it.
Well we’re almost there – 2012 is about to dawn. What will it look like for you? I reckon most of us look at a new year a bit like a fresh chance or a clean slate on which to start over. The frenzy of Christmas is behind us, the calendar is clear and the future seems full of possibilities. It’s a pretty cool feeling!
But as the clock strikes midnight tomorrow night, will anything really change? See the problem with every new year’s resolution I’ve ever made (and I wouldn’t mind betting the same goes for you) is that it’s the same old me making the resolution! The 2012 version of Pete Thompson is likely to be just as inconsistent, faithless, distracted & easily overwhelmed as the 2011 model. In short, I’m not the kind of guy who’s likely to stick too long with any new year’s resolutions! I’ll still make them of course – better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all – but I WILL fail.
And this is why I’m SO grateful that God’s grace to me in Jesus will be just as available in 2012 as I know it has been in 2011. I’ll fail, but he won’t. He persevered all the way to the cross for me. I can trust him. He will lift me up when I fall, forgive me when I confess and strengthen me for the journey ahead.
So all-in-all, 2012 should be a pretty good year!
Painting by Linda MacAuley Copyright (C) 2011 www.lindamacauley.com
Christmas didn’t start in Australia but God’s love for the world can be translated into any language – even Australian! Join us to celebrate an Aussie Christmas this year and to hear why Jesus is the best mate you’d ever wanna have!
So Joe hiked up from Nazareth (in Galilee shire) to Bethlehem (in Judea shire)… to fill in the forms and sign the register with his fiancee. Mary, who was pretty near nine months by this time. While they were there she gave birth to a baby boy. She wrapped him in a bunny rug. She wrapped him in a bunny rug, and tucked him in a feed trough in a back shed because the pub was full to bursting”. Luke 2:4-7 (from the Aussie Bible by Kel Richards)
If you are in year 6 or know someone in year 6 please come and join us:
Every Friday in term 4
7pm-9pm
@ 8-10 Park Ave
East Lismore
Due to wet weather predicted over the weekend across the district, we will not head to Ballina this Friday-Saturday.
BUT
Join us as “blokes go bowling” this Friday night 6:30pm
so grab a bite to eat and get over to lismore ten pin, 19 Krauss Avenue South Lismore
(02) 6621 2479
Cost: $7 a game (discounted price)
Over the weekend we are looking at the topic “Don’t be sold a lemon”. As a young fella growing up I made some very foolish choices by believing people who sold me a lemon. Now in life while this can be disappointing and can affect us for the rest of our lives (worse case scenario), but what would be worse would be to believe a lie, ‘to be sold a lemon’, which affects our eternal well being, that would be truly tragic! Over the weekend we are going to look at God’s Word and see how we can avoid making the foolish error, how we can avoid being ‘sold the lemon’ this world tries to sell us.
Look forward to catching up over the weekend of the 25-26th. Al
Over the weekend some members of our gospel community helped to serve the members of Ballina Presbyterian Church by running a kids program for their church camp. It was a great way for our gospel community to spend time together for some very appreciative brothers and sisters in Christ in Ballina.
We spent time with the kids looking at the C. S. Lewis book ‘The Loin the Witch and the Wardrobe’ from the Narnia series. We saw that just as Aslan gave up his life for the betrayal of Edmund, Jesus gave up his life for our betrayal. It was a great time for the kids, the adults and our gospel community.
I mean we even got to boogie with’ Sir Dance-a-lot’… (aka Tim Mc Donald)
Just a reminder that on Sunday (6th November) we’ll be meeting in the MPU (otherwise known as ‘the shed’) see map below – you can park where you normally do and walk over or use the Dalley Street entrance carpark.
Also if its warm, we’ll be having a ‘drinks break’ at half time in the morning service!
See you there…
Most of us like to have a taste of a new dish before we hoe in to it. That first taste puts us in a good position to know whether or not to proceed. We’d like to invite you to make the most of a one-off opportunity, a taste of something new – “Groundwork: training for the ordinary Christian life“.
This is something we’re really excited about! Groundwork puts a great opportunity within EVERYONE’S reach to be better equipped to live for Jesus in everyday life.
In the past, a lot of theological courses have been poorly suited to the ordinary Christian life – in terms of both relevance and accessibility. But the developers of Groundwork have done a great job in producing a course that is directly relevant to everyday life and can be easily tailored to cater for different circumstances.
You may or may not have considered any sort of theological education before but EVERYONE should come along to Park Ave next Wednesday night at 7:30 to hear Murray Smith serve up a taste of Groundwork. That way you’ll be able to make an informed decision about whether you’d like to hook in for more.
Murray, one of the authors of Groundwork and a lecturer in Biblical studies at the Presbyterian Theological Centre in Sydney, will present a seminar from the unit on work, called “good work: a labour of love”. He’ll also be explaining how Groundwork can work for you. So don’t miss out!
What: introduction to Groundwork and sample seminar presented by Murray Smith
When: Wednesday 9 November at 7:30pm
Where: SCPC, Park Ave, East Lismore
Why: because faith needs legs! This is a great one-off opportunity to get a taste of Groundwork so that you can decide for yourself whether to look into it further.
What to bring: a plate of your favorite nibblies to share (but seriously, if you can’t do that, come anyway!)
This Friday for youth we’re heading to Byron Bay with other youth from around the north coast for our last combined night for the year.
We’ll be meeting at park ave to catch a bus at 6:30pm and arrive back at 10:15pm. Please bring along $10 which includes the bus and a BBQ dinner.
During the night we’ll hear a great bible talk so don’t forget to invite your mates as it’s a good opportunity for them to hear the gospel. See ya there!
Clean Up Australia
Sunday 4 March
7.30pm
Tuesday 7 February
Wed 1 February
7.30pm @ Park Ave
