Sabbath program and more…
Order of Service
9:00 - 10:00 - Prayer Group - Seminar Room
10:00 - 11:00 Sabbath School - adults start in main Church with preliminaries before breaking into smaller groups; and children in Kinder/Primary or Junior/Teen Rooms
11:10 - 11:20 Song Service
11:20 - 11:30 Preliminaries - welcome, prayer, announcements, offering
11:30 - 12:15 Sermon
Sabbath: 9.12.23
Adult Sabbath School Facilitator: Darren Jacobs
New Believers’ Class Facilitator: Pastor Rian van Deventer
Childrens’ Sabbath School Facilitator: Carol Hanna (Beginners) and Paula Rykers (Primary)
Junior/Teen Sabbath School Facilitator: Altina van Deventer
Speaker: Pastor Rian van Deventer
Worship Host: Carissa van Deventer
Song Service: Christmas Program
Offering: Mission to the Cities
Catering: Catered Church Lunch
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Friendly reminder that donations are greatly appreciated for catered lunch to assist in covering costs. Thank you.
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ADRA FOOD SHED UPDATE
A special thank you to all who have been contributing to the Food Shed. We have raised $75k so far with another $45k to go to reach our budget of $120k!
If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, you may do so by depositing funds into the below bank account. If you require a tax deductible receipt, please speak to Lorraine Ryan first. BSB 033-203, Account Number 43-8679, ADRA Bairnsdale Gift Account.
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DONATE TO THE ADRA APPEAL 2023
Community projects across the country have seen a 30% increase
in demand for services like food support. ADRA has over 100
Australian community projects, run in collaboration with local
Seventh-day Adventist Churches. To donate go to https://adraappeal2023.gofundraise.com.au or call 1800 242 372
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Mums at the Table
Mums! Do you enjoy making friends? We are looking for mums (of any age or stage) who would be interested in getting involved in our existing groups or creating a new meet-up group.
It's a really great friendship outreach/ministry opportunity to connect church and community mums together using Facebook as a springboard to in person meet-ups.
https://mumsatthetable.com/whats-on
Please email Elise at Hello@mumsatthetable.com if you're interested, or would like to ask any questions.
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Youth group and ensemble.
Youth group TBA
Ensemble TBA
For more information see Rachel Turnley.
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Evening Worship (Vespers) on Zoom Every Friday at 7.00pm - NEW TIME
Click on the link to join the meeting https://adventistchurch.zoom.us/j/93796725421 then click ‘open zoom’ and click join with computer audio. If this link doesn’t work, please go to zoom on your computer and click join a meeting and type in the Meeting ID:93796725421 then follow the prompts.
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Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting Weekly on Zoom at new time of 8pm
We will be having a weekly prayer meeting online via Zoom. Join Church groups from East Gippsland as we seek the Lord through the mighty power of prayer. The details are as follows:
https://adventistchurch.zoom.us/j/93399740987?pwd=ZkYwUHozUjdzeUNjdElodWJMVUhyUT09
Meeting ID: 933 9974 0987 Passcode: 220147
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Bible Study Group Thursday Mornings at 11:30am
If you would like to share with others, grow in your understanding of Christianity and encourage new believers please come along to the study each Thursday in the church foyer. Pastor Rian will be leading out the study this week. All Welcome! Please bring a plate of food to share for lunch.
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Cafe Connections at Booth's Cafe (Salvo's) on Wednesday 6th December at 10am.
For more information please contact organiser Paul Breheny on 0423 319 285
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This week’s Intravicon (SDA Victorian Conference Email newsletter): If you would like to read it click on the link or copy and paste into your browser please-enjoy-this-latest-edition-of-intravicon-4213977
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You may find this link enjoyable - some inspirational stories to keep your hope up during difficult times.
https://adventistchurch.com/werthechurch/
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SHAPE PROGRAM
Have you heard of the SHAPE for Ministry program? It is a program which will help you discover your God given potential and help you find a way to serve using your gifts.
Through a series of videos, self-reflections and a spiritual gift inventory, you will develop a better understanding of how God has uniquely wired you for service.
SHAPE: Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality and Experience.
Sign up now for your free course! https://learn.disciple.org.au/ For a link to the livestream go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P958S4dAgjg
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Thought for the week
