PBC Bulletin - July 24

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Enjoying God, Blessing Others

Pastor:Rev Michael Drennan

11 Webb CourtPortland

Ph: 5523 4893M: 0408 568 887

[email protected]

Secretary: Jim Blake

39 Patrick StreetPortland

Ph: 5523 2347M: 0425 714 633

[email protected]

Our website: www.portlandbaptist.org.au

Our Life Together: 24th - 31st July 2011

Sunday 24th

10:00am Worship Service

(plus Sunday School)

Speaker Michael

11:30am Morning Tea followed closely

by shared lunch before the meeting

12:30pm Special Church Meeting5:00pm FUEL Study at the Youth Shed

Monday 25th

9:30am Ladies’ Walking Group

Tuesday 26th

10:30am Church House Prayer Meeting

12:00pm Silver Threads Craft at Robyn’s

7:30pm Lighthouse Depression Support

Group Meeting at Portland Arts Centre7:30pm Home Group at Honeybuns’

Door Greeting: TBA

Door & Offering : Bruce Honeybun

Downstairs D&O: Mark Atwell

Children’s Talk: Peter Dalliston

Media Desk: Camden, Olivia,

James

Morning Tea: Caddick & Blake

Offering Counting:B Honeybun &

G Sobey

Lawns & Garden: Atwell

Church Cleaning: Malseed

Hall/Kitchen Clean: Cocks

Wednesday 27th

7:30pm Home Group at Oakleys’

7:30pm Blakes’ Group at Dallistons’

7:30pm Mibus’ Home Group at Kath’s

8:00pm Young Adults’ Home Group

at Church House

Thursday 28th

7:30pm Music Practice

Friday 29th

7:30pm FUEL Youth - ‘Storm the

Lantern’ … watch for details

Sunday 31st

10:00am Worship Service

(plus Sunday School)

Speaker Michael11:30am Morning Tea

5:00pm FUEL Study at the Youth Shed

BULLETIN NOTICES: To place

notices in the bulletin, please contact

Wilma Crouch on 5523 3595 or email

[email protected] by 10amThursdays. Thank you.

Roster: 31st July 2011

Loaves

& FishesThank you to everyone for your faithful support. Items mostneeded inc lude : canned vegetables; pasta; shampoo;conditioner; jam; tissues; soup;tea; coffee; sugar; toiletries;biscuits. Place donations in thefoyer trolley or in the marked boxon the piano downstairs .

Special Called Meeting: After Lunch Today - 12:30pm

Silver Threads Craft Group: This Tuesday at Robyn’s - 12:00pm

Lighthouse Depression Support Meeting: This Tuesday - 7:30pm

FUEL Youth - ‘Storm the Lantern’: Next Friday 29th

Seaview House Service: Sunday week, 7th August - 2:00pm

Mission Team - NT Work Party: 12th - 22nd August

Our Upcoming Highlights

Sunday 24th July 2011

Welcome to our service.We are so glad you are with us.

We are a company of ordinary people who love Jesusand want to share his love and care with everybody.

It is our prayer that God will speakwith you today.



“ Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Col. 4:2

Those with various health needs -Margaret Wiltshire, Thelma Brown,Matt Harris, Terese and Stuart Oakley,Gillian Karlberg, Jo Moyle, JoySimpson and others. Many with chest/cold/flu infections currently.

Sheila Atwell - praise God for the turnaround in Sheila’s health this week

Kelly A. as she wraps up her time inKazakhstan (see column)

The Northern Territory Team - lessthan a month to go

The Handley Family - settling into thewestern Melbourne area this week

Home sales - Bryen Jones and GillianKarlberg both wanting to sell homes

Dick and Pip - minister to the UnitingChurch over the next 4 weeks

MondayDoug & Jeannette Bennetts—Wycliffe

Bible Translators

TuesdayBrian & Katrina Walker - HCJB

Kununurra, WA

WednesdayNathan & Bagila Billings - Kazakhstan

ThursdayBUV Regional Minister - Geoff Leslie

FridayGraham & Dianne Adams

SaturdayPaul & Jolene Adams,Lucas, Eloise, Bianca

Sunday

Camille Alexander

OUR FINANCES

Total June Offering: $15,305Monthly Budget: $16,250

Weekly Target: $ 3,750

Weekly Average $ 3,826

(avg. from 1st January 2011)

Week 5th June $4,535




Direct Debit Payments for offeringsand donations can be madeelectronically. Details are as follows:

Acc Name: Portland Baptist Church Direct Offering

BSB 704 922Account No. 100 006 869

Building Fund

June Donations: $2,675B/F available balance: $87,529

Total Building Fund raised toend of June: $520,515

All gifts to the building fund are fully tax deductible. Please takethe information sheets (blue & yellow) and envelopes are

available in the porch. You candeposit straight into the buildingfund via internet banking usingthe following information:

Acc Name: Portland Baptist Church Direct Building Fund

BSB 704 922Account No 100 007 044

“Let’s press on in faith!” Michael & Christy

August will be a month of coming and going.

We will send off our team to the NT and our friend Kelly will bereturning to Australia from 2 years in Kazakhstan. This week shesent an email informing us of her latest happenings and asking ourchurch to pray for specific things. Here are some extracts from the email:

Summer is here and it is hot! Imagine the hottest Melbourne day and stretchthat out over 3 months. That’s what it feels like to me. Today is cooler. It isonly going to reach 36C.

It has been a busy few months with teams and visitors from Australia,Germany, Holland, Scotland and Northern Ireland. And best of all my parentscame for three weeks.

I have been busy teaching but also managing the relocation of the librarydownstairs. It is almost complete but it was a massive job. Last week we did afour-day camp at an orphanage with the Irish team.

Many other things have happened in the past few months including a trip toKyrgyzstan and Issyk-Kul, dinner with the British Ambassador, celebratingmy good friend’s wedding, and a fantastic retreat with an Australian team.

I finish my classes this Thursday and then only have a few loose ends to tie upin the library in the following 3 weeks. To include saying goodbyes and amassive clean up of my apartment.

I have booked my tickets home and as long as I get an Uzbek visa I will leave

Shymkent in less than 4 weeks and travel to Uzbekistan. Then I head off toTurkey for a week of rest with friends before I arrive back in Australia in lateAugust.

Here are her praise and prayer points…

Thanks for the visiting teams and the help they have provided (physical,emotional and spiritual)!

For all the goodbyes to students that I need to make. Pray that I get goodquality time with them and get to share the Good News with them one lasttime.

Pray that when I’m in Uzbekistan I will get an opportunity to see my friendKamilla who moved there recently without saying goodbye.

Pray for a good inspection of the apartment with my landlord. Pray that I canget all things finished in the library that need to be done to hand it over.

Pray for my close local and foreign friends (my ex housemate, my teammateand the physio). I will miss their encouragement, friendship and advicegreatly and I know my leaving will be hard for them too.

Pray for safety as I travel and for re-entry into Australia. Pray that as I reflecton the past two years and look forward to the future he will guide my stepsand lead me to what is next!

Join us as we pray for Kelly. We know how hard wrapping up a ministry can be.

Love…



Directory ChangePlease note the

following change of

email address for

Graeme Hayes:

[email protected]

FUEL Youth Study The Term of Tough Questions

You asked the questions and

now we are going to talk

about them - the tough

questions of life.

Tonight's Questions:

Can you lose your salvation? & If you

stop practicing your faith, will you

still go to heaven?

Starting Tonight 5-7pm at the youthshed. NOTE: Bring your own teatonight (and your Bible).

Special Called Meeting

After Lunch Today - 12:30pm

A special called meeting will be held in thechurch at 12:30pm today to discuss the

opportunities and challenges facing our congregation during our transitionperiod. A finger food lunch will be shared before the meeting.

LighthousePortland Arts

Centre - 7:30pm

This Tuesday

Lighthouse meets this Tuesday 26th

July at the Portland Arts Centre from

7:30pm. Special presenter this monthis our own Daryl Hobbs. All welcome

and bring a friend.

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FUEL Youth

Next Friday July 29th

STORM THE LANTERN!!

Watch for details via text and

Facebook. Make sure Brad, Paul, and

Jolene have your contact details.

DATES TOREMEMBER

Special Called Meeting aftershared Lunch: Today - 12:30pm

FUEL Study at the Youth Shed: Tonight - 5:00pm

Silver Threads Craft Group: This Tuesday 26th - 12:00pm

Lighthouse - DepressionSupport Meeting at PAC: This Tuesday 26th - 7:30pm

FUEL Youth: Storm the Lantern!Next Friday 29th - watch fordetails via text & Facebook

Seaview House MonthlyService: Sunday 7th August

Mission Team - Work Party tothe Northern Territory: August12th - 22nd

Roster Helpers -

August-SeptemberIf you know you are

going to be unavailable at anytime during these weeks pleaseadvise Jolene asap. If anyone would like to help with anyduties (or new ones!) please

contact Jolene - 5521 1875.

Partners inDepression

- a special program!

This course runs for two

hours weekly (10.30am-

12.30pm) Wednesdays

commencing 3rd August, concluding7th September. This is a special course

for those supporting a family member

or friend who is living with

depression.

The course provides a basicunderstanding of depression and

addresses practical ways of helping a

depressed family member or friend. It

is run by Aspire and will be held in thePortland WorkSkills Shop 14 Pioneer

Plaza.

There is no cost. To register contact

Suzi Stropin on 5560 3000 or 0438

533 524. Registrations close 28th July.

Our weekly Prayer Group meets

every Tuesday at the Church

House from 10.30-11.30am.Everyone is encouraged to join in

this vital ministry - you will find avery warm welcome there!

SilverThreads

Craft GroupThis Tuesday 12pmAll ladies are invited to SilverThreads Craft this Tuesday, 26thOctober at Robyn Dalliston’shome, 72 Dalwood Lane. BYOlunch and current craft or sewingprojects. This is always a friendlyand entertaining afternoon.

~ Prayer Points ~

Thank you to everyonefor your support of ourNT Mission Team.

Please pray for the Work Partyand their families as the teamprepares to leave for the NorthernTerritory on Tuesday August 9th.

Happy 18th Birthday! Congratulations to our young friendJared Goldsworthy who has

just celebrated his 18th

Birthday!! God blessyou real good Jared!

mailto:[email protected]





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