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We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we meet on – the Jarowair & Giabal people.
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We look forward to you joining us each week for Sunday worship at 9:00am, followed by morning tea.
: Friday nights – 6pm. Continuing the Alpha film series this month.
4 August- Who is Jesus?................................ 11 August- Why did Jesus die?....................... - How can we have faith?............... 18 August- Why and How do I pray?.............. - Why and How do I read……………... the Bible?..................................... 25 August- How does God guide us…………….. into full life?…………………………….…
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July Second Offering
The 2nd offering for July raised $337.85 for East Africa Famine relief through Act for Peace. Thank you! Homelessness Week is 7-13 August. Our August second offering goes to the support of local homeless.
Apple Juice Has Arrived! Granite Belt apple juice to support chaplaincy in local schools is now available. $4 per bottle. Buy a carton of 12 and sell it to your neighbours or put it aside for Christmas. For supplies or orders, see Derek Curnow.
AUGUST 2017
Our official opening festivities will be held next month.
Flyers are now available. Please distribute in your circle
of friends and neighbourhood and plan to be there.
o Saturday September 9: 10am – 2pm featuring live music (some provided by
local school ensembles), market stalls,
free food & drink, jumping castle,
outdoor games, face painting, etc.
This day will allow us to showcase our ministries, with stalls
for the various activities of Lifeworks. A book stall, run by
the Book Club, will offer new and used books for sale.
Good used books may be left with Annette Curnow,
or clearly marked in a box in the foyer.
o Sunday September 10: 9am with invited guests, including the
Moderator, David Baker
& Presbytery Minister, Neil Thorpe.
This will be a service of celebration and thanksgiving for
the new building God has gifted us with, as well as a
dedication of the building and ourselves to the next part
of the journey God will lead us on.
CONTACT DETAILS
MINISTER: Rev Tim Griggs: 0417 706 304
MINISTER IN ASSOCIATION: Rev John Case: 0400 992 786
THE OFFICE: 4634 9128
Postal Address: PO Box 18093,
Clifford Gardens, 4350
CHURCH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN: Derek Curnow 4634 1914
CARE & CONCERN: Avarell Cockfield 4635 8807
EAGLE WINGS: counselling service
Wendy Chapman: 0409 621 727
PRAYER CHAIN: Val Pinkney 4634 2394
KEENAGERS: Dulcie Young 4635 6250
Mary Fisher 4634 7369
Sue Nicholls 4634 7012
BRIDGES: Glwyn Savage 4634 7301
CRAFT GROUP: Avarell 4635 8807; Katie 0407 203 877
INDOOR BOWLS: Cameron King 4637 8886
mainly music: Alison Schultz 4630 4147
TWEENS: Pauline Newton 4630 4606
BLEND: Katie Jamieson 0407 203 877
CAFFEINE BUS: Sam Newton 0434 285 453
NEW WEBSITE:
www.lifeworksuniting.org.au
MOBILE APP – Lifeworks Uniting Church
Apple- App Store
Android- GooglePlay
New Members: On July 30 we welcomed 8 new members into Lifeworks Uniting
Church. Many have been a part of our family for some time, but
we welcome and thank them for who they are in our community
and look forward to the journey ahead together.
Neville & Sue Wright, Glwyn & Bob Savage, Sue Mulder,
Gloria Hamilton, Narelle McNamara and Marshall Hamilton
Newly married couple: Rachael & Jake Norley
mainly music: Wednesdays – 9.30am
Your help with morning tea items (nut free) is very welcome. Trays of slice or other items may be given to Sue Nicholls.
KEENAGERS Thursday, August 10 - 10am Bring & Share Morning Tea at the church. ALL WELCOME.
Guest speaker - Estelle Orrelle, with 45 years nursing experience in several countries, has an amazing story. What she says is guaranteed to interest you so bring your friends. Thursday, August 24 - 10 am Chinese lunch - Garden Restaurant (cnr Ruthven & Bernie) Saturday, September 9 - 10am Open Day at Lifeworks - Devonshire Tea
BOOK CLUB: Sunday, August 13 - 3pm Meet at the Marg Thorpe’s home. Enquiries: 0407 623 447 BRIDGES: Thursday, September 7 – 7.30pm Helpers always welcome. For info: Glwyn 4634 7301
CRAFT GROUP: Saturday, August 19. 9.30 – 11.30am Bring own craft or sewing. Morning tea provided.
EMMAUS REUNION GROUP Monday, August 14 & 28 - 2pm For information about further meetings, contact Annette Curnow - 0438 521 502.
BENEFITS OF GIVING BY DIRECT DEBIT You will still be giving even when you are away
It is easier for us to manage our cash flow
You don’t need to remember to bring cash to Church each week! HOW TO GIVE BY DIRECT DEBIT Like to give by direct debit? It’s quite easy to do.
Set up regular payments with online banking or
Go to your bank and ask how to setup regular payments to the Church. BANK DETAILS ARE: Westpac Bank BSB: 034-242 Account: 359011 Account Name: Lifeworks Uniting Church Remember: Payments can be changed, withheld or stopped at any time you want.
UNITE
UNITE event is designed for youth and young adults
- Year 7 to 30 years of age, but open to anyone.
SATURDAY 12 AUGUST FROM 4PM @ LIFEWORKS.
We have Rev Dr Julian Hamilton (Minister from Ireland)
and Steve Molkentin (Qld Synod) coming to share in this event. This is sure to be a great event for all ages who are
exploring issues of God and faith in our digital life today.
Cost is $10 (direct deposit before 10 August) or $15 (cash on the day) - includes dinner & speakers.
For catering, please rsvp with numbers and dietary needs by Thursday 10 August to:
[email protected] or 0417 706 304.
Sunday 27 August
from 2-5pm,
TRAINING
Rev Beth Nicholls (Messy Church Regional Co-
ordinator for Brisbane/ Gold Coast) will be coming
to share with us about Messy Church: the benefits,
the challenges and how it could help Lifeworks
connect with the wider community.
If interested in more info or attending, please
contact the Lifeworks Office on 4634 9128
Rev Dr Julian ‘Jools’ Hamilton is currently serving as the Methodist Chaplain to Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). Prior to becoming an ordained minister of the Methodist Church in Ireland ‘Jools’ spent over a decade working in youth ministry. He has been a conference & retreat speaker/ teacher in Ireland, the UK, Europe, America and Australia.
Steve ‘Molk’ Molkentin is the Qld Digital Youth Discipleship Project Officer for the Uniting Church in Australia. He is a 25 year IT professional and father of 2 specialising in demystifying technology and is passionate about helping young people connect with and express their faith in a post-truth world.
Take comfort from the fact that willing
amateurs built the Ark, whereas paid
professionals built the Titanic.
Remember this: A good sermon leaves
you wondering how the preacher knew so
much about you.
Thanks go to all those who have already signed up as members of our exclusive club: the Lifeworks Church Cleaning Club. Membership of the CCC costs only $2 weekly, but the benefits are that you do not need to join the dreaded cleaning roster. For application forms to join the CCC, please ask Pauline Newton. (Rumours of membership badges, stickers, T shirts, caps, flags and other club paraphernalia or outings to Dreamworld and Disneyland are –alas – mere rumours. However, a get-together of local members is in the planning stage.)
A team of 2-3 people per week is required to assist in cleaning up after Sunday morning teas. This involves collecting used dishes, washing up, vacuuming where necessary and emptying bins etc. Once volunteers’ names have been gathered, a roster will be drawn up. Morning tea helpers now have the benefit of a Dyson Stick vacuum cleaner for quick clean-up of small areas for the inevitable crumbs. All groups using the facilities are asked to spot clean where necessary, empty bins, return everything to its rightful place and take out any belongings brought in. Please see Tracey Linnett or Roslyn Prestridge urgently if you are interested in helping out on the clean up or morning tea roster.
26 August, 8am As you would be aware, we have a distinct lack of storage in the new church. The process of building the extension to accommodate storage and office space is underway, however, we need to make room for our planned ministries. There are a lot of "things" in storage that haven't been touched in the three years since we moved from Russell Street, so we need to assess if they are all still needed at Lifeworks.
We would love to see as many helpers as possible as we have a lot of things to sort through. Each item stored in the shed and house will be allocated to "Keep. Donate. Sell. Dump." If your group is using storage in the shed, please ensure you have a representative at the working bee. If you are storing any personal items in the house or shed (either end) could you please organise to take them home before Saturday 26 August. If you have sentimental connection to any item, please speak to Paula. If it is decided that the item is no longer needed at Lifeworks, we can talk to you about it finding a new home at your house. The other part of the working bee will be to tidy the main part of the shed ready for events.
TO THINK AND REJOICE ABOUT:
Richard Rohr, Franciscan theologian, says
`Yahweh is the God “of all peoples”’...
choosing his instruments `apart from any
preconditions of worthiness, sinlessness,
racial purity, orthodoxy, group belonging or
lineage. ... God does not love us because
he has to. God loves us because he wants
to. God does not love us because we are
good. God loves us because God is good.
Why can’t we surrender to that?’
“From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality”
2005 Richard Rohr, St Anthony Messenger Press
Caterers & Servers Needed Café Church is a much loved & vibrant part of our worshipping community, offering an informal setting, contemporary music, opportunities to explore the Bible and have meaningful conversation & discussions over a meal. We have been very blessed over the years to have an amazing team of caterers and servers that has enabled this to happen. We would like to form a number of teams to allow breaks for all who are rostered on. Please speak with Roslyn Prestridge or Annette King.
lifeworksuniting.org.au
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www.facebook.com/LifeworksUC
The crew at BRIDGES enjoyed a visit from
YWAM (Youth With A Mission)
at their August meeting.
REVIVAL TOUCHES UGANDA'S OLDEST TRIBE: MIRACLES FOLLOW
For the first time in centuries, a remote African tribe called the Batwa Pygmies is being introduced
to Jesus Christ. "We smoked; we drank; we performed witchcraft," said Jovanis Nyirakayanje, a
Batwa Pygmy. "We were devil worshippers for centuries. We used to live like animals in the jungle,"
said Nyirakayanje. Dr. Scott Kellermann, an American physician, is studying the Batwa people.
"They are very diminutive," said Kellermann, who founded The Kellermann Foundation. "They are
only four and a half feet in height typically. They hunted with poison-tip arrows or nets, collect
fruits from the trees or roots from the ground." Batwa life revolved around the Bwindi forest of
southwestern Uganda. "Actually, they were pre-stone age," Kellermann explained. "They had no
stone implements, so that's a reason very few records are found of the Batwa." The Batwa were
known as the "keepers of the forest."
But that all changed in 1992 when the Ugandan government turned their habitat into a national
park and World Heritage site for endangered mountain gorillas. There are about 750 mountain
gorillas in the world and 350 live within the Bwindi forest. "The result was that the Batwa were
evicted from the forest," said Kellermann. After centuries of living in caves and trees, the Batwa
became conservation refugees, with no title to land, no food, no clothing, and no shelter.
Thousands of them walked out of the jungle into a world that turned against them. Tugume
Gerald and his wife, Barbara, decided to step in and help some of the homeless Batwa. "People
would not give them work to do because they thought the pygmies are like animals," Gerald
explained. The couple moved into a new in the small village of Kisoro, located on the edge of the
Equatorial jungle, to begin a ministry among the Pygmies.
"I began by preaching the message of hope to the hopeless," Gerald said. The result was
transformational. Hundreds of Batwa Pygmies heard about Jesus for the first time. Nyirakayanje
was one of Gerald's first converts. "It was the first time anyone had ever told us about Jesus,"
Nyirakayanje said. "We were servants of the devil, but then we heard Christ died for our sins and
that changed our lives!" He joined Gerald's team as an evangelist of sorts. "Therefore my dear
friends and my fellow pygmies, I'm showing you the Christ I received. I was a drunkard. I was a
smoker," Nyirakayanje told a group of Batwa tribes people while sitting on a hillside. Since then,
scores of Batwa have been baptized. The Geralds says miracles are also happening among the
Batwa. People diagnosed with HIV AIDS are getting healed, including one Pygmy girl on the
verge of death, given new life.
"They brought the child here. She was almost dead, and they started praying for her," recounted
Barbara Gerald. "They prayed and prayed, actually, they prayed for five hours! I was there; I
couldn't believe it! The child got healed, I said glory be to God!" It all led to the founding of the
first-ever Batwa pygmy church in the region. "At times we get up to 1,000 pygmies who come to
attend the church," remarked Tugume Gerald. He and his wife also run a school for pygmy
children. Parents, once animal hunters, are learning to be farmers. But the needs here are still
enormous. "If you can imagine poverty, which exists everywhere in the world, yet these are the
poorest of the poor," said Tino Qahoush, a documentary producer and Regent University
graduate. After making several trips to southwestern Uganda, Qahoush decided to get involved
with the lives of the Batwa people.
He got a handful of churches in Sweden to partner with Batwa Christians, bringing in school
supplies, shoes and clothes for the kids. They are also building small homes for the Batwa. "This
ministry is being run by the Batwa pygmies themselves; they have formed a board and are caring
for their own people," Qahoush said. "And we just want to empower them and give them
resources to stand on their own feet." No one knows for sure, but it's estimated that there are still
many thousands of Batwa who have yet to hear the name of Jesus. "I believe His message of
salvation will change the lives of my tribe," Nyirakayanje said. In the meantime, Tugume Gerald is
welcoming Christians to join him in the adventure of reaching one of the most un-reached
people groups in the world. "We need people to stand with us in prayer so that God may use us
more to reach as many pygmies as possible," he said.
Source: CBN News
