Community Connect
A weekly local bulletin board for Hope Valley Uniting Church
Sunday, 23 July 2006
1263 Grand Junction Rd,
Hope Valley, SA 5090
Tel: 8396 0788
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Prayer Points. . .for this week
Please pray for :
Today’s Services
8.30am & 10.15am
6:30pm
Our Financial Giving
Offering last week : $
Average year to date: $
Our weekly giving goal: $7,415
Bread Tags & Postage Stamps
Please remember to save these items as they go to help various Mission projects & to support Mental Health.
Please give them to the Receptionist during the week, or to the
Welcome Centre on Sundays.
Wanted - Minibus drivers
We have the opportunity to use the Lutheran Homes’ minibus to bring residents from that facility to our two morning services.
If you would like to be a driver - ‘C’ class licence is suitable - please contact
Bev Ramsay on 8336 5061.
Short Term Exposure Trips 2006
Are you interested in visiting another country to find out about the partnerships the Uniting Church has with that country? The trips for the remainder of the year are as follows:
If you are interested please contact Lyn Leane or John Minchin at the Mission Resource Network on 8227 0822.
You’ve Got Mail!
Please remember to visit the Welcome Centre today, or at any time during office hours, and collect your mail from the pigeon holes at Reception.
Winter Dinners
It’s Winter Dinner time again this year, on 29 July 2006. If you would like to come and enjoy an evening of good food and fellowship, ring the Church Office or Karen Whillas on 8265 7034
Need help with your Tax Return?
Please contact Maureen Miller, via the Church Office, or the Welcome Centre
Next Meet the Pastor lunch
Sunday, 23 July, 12.30pm
These lunches are for people new to the church. Invitations are sent, but in case we overlook someone, please contact the church office or call in to the Welcome Centre today if you are relatively new and would like to attend.
Worship & Healing Service
Wednesday, 5th July at 7.30pm
Speaker: Allan George ,
Topic: ‘Praying when you don’t
see results’
(Matthew 6:5-8; Acts 16:6-10)
Holy Communion will be celebrated.
Healing prayers are available to those
who seek this ministry.
All Welcome
‘Extended Care’ Training
The mid-year training session for Pastoral Visitors will be held in the Western Room, on Monday 31 July, at 2.00pm. The Guest Speaker will be Ms Ann van der Zwaag, a counsellor with Alfred James Bereavement Educational Services. Her topic, “Keeping your foot out of your mouth”, explores ways of fine-tuning our communication skills when supporting each other in times of grief.
An invitation is extended to any members of the church family who feel they may benefit from Ann’s teaching.
Afternoon Tea provided
All Generations Service/Prayer Care
(change of date)
Please note that the ‘All Generations Service/Prayer Care’ will now be held on 13 August, instead of 6 August.
Bible League Show Outreach
The Bible League Adelaide Show Outreach will be at the Show again this year, for the 34th consecutive year. It will distribute to passers-by tracts on a theme of a ‘New Life in Christ’, along with New Testaments and single Gospels in modern translations, and copies of the ‘Jesus’ video in various languages. It needs to raise more than $10,000 for this ministry. Please support this work with your prayers, donations or by volunteering.
Enquiries to Joy Meissner, Tel: 8294 4159
Small Group Studies—Pathway 2
Term 3 Pathway small group studies are now available in booklet form. If you wish to obtain copies for your group, please leave your name and number of books required at the Welcome Centre and we will photocopy them for you. The studies can be collected on the following Sunday or during the week.
Overcoming Adversity Dinner
Hear Ken & Lynn Overton’s story of Miracle Recovery at the
Outreach & East Timor Crisis Dinner
Kids’ Ark Ministry is trying to feed over 2,500 starving East Timorese. These families are existing in the bush on tree roots and bark soup and their desperate diet is supplemented with rice.
Your help is urgently needed!
CBMC invites you to organise a table of friends and neighbours for this dinner on Wednesday 9 August.
For further information contact Gordon Gray on 8396 7464 or 0414 302 792 or
Ed Ely on 8251 4551 or 0438 582 592.
Quiz Night - 26 August
Write in your diaries and get your tables of 10 ready. Read up on your trivia and general knowledge. Proceeds to assist the group going to Thailand.
Donations for prizes needed
See Kim Burgis or Michelle Escott
The Community Support Worker’s role is to work with African New Arrivals in the Tea Tree Gully/Modbury area and assist them in settling into their new environment position is up to 14 hours per week for twelve months.
For further enquiries contact Wendy Sinnott (08) 8264 4515 or 0412 646 086. Applications close on 4 August, 2006.
Building Security
Holden Hill Police advise that there has been a recent spate of serious criminal trespasses (break-ins) on places of worship throughout the metropolitan area. These offences have predominantly occurred overnight. Please ensure that the church premises are securely locked if you are the last person to leave the building. We have also been asked to report any suspicious vehicles and persons to the police on 131 444. This may include what would otherwise be considered as ‘normal’ activity and movement in the area, but is occurring at an odd time, such as in the early hours of the morning. Descriptions of the vehicle and person(s) would be useful for the police.
Prayer Requests Welcomed
We have several groups who, at short notice, can respond to any urgent prayer request that you may have. Prayer Request Sheets are to be found on two wall slots just inside the main church entrance. If you pick up a form on entry to worship, complete it and place it in with the offering or complete it during worship and pass in to the Welcome Centre after worship. Remember that prayer troops are greatly encouraged by positive feedback from their ministry via the Church Office anytime. - Pastor Allan
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