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Enjoying God, Blessing Others
Pastor:
Rev John Simpson
13 Browning Street
Portland
P: 5523 2257
M: 0428 780 421
simmoj@datafast.net.au
Associate Pastor:
Rev Michael Drennan
11 Webb Court
Portland
P: 5523 4893
M: 0408 568 887
mdrennan@eftel.net.au
Secretary:
Jim Blake
39 Patrick Street
Portland
P: 5523 2347
M: 0425 714 633
jim.blake@bigpond.com.au
Our website: www.portlandbaptist.org.au
Our Life Together: 25th July - 1st August 2010
Sunday 25th
10:00am Worship Service
(plus Sunday School)
Speaker: Michael
11:30am Morning Tea
5:00pm FUEL Youth Study Group
at the Youth Shed
Tuesday 27th
10:30amChurch House Prayer Meeting
12:00pm Silver Threads Craft Group
meets at Sue Mole’s home
7:00pm Table Tennis at the Hall
7:30pm Lighthouse Depression
Support Meeting at Portland
Arts Centre
7:30pmHome Group at Honeybuns’
Door Greeting:
Lois Brown
Door & Offering: Stuart Brown
Downstairs D&O:Mark Atwell
Children’s Talk:Michelle Harris
Media Desk:
Ian, Mel, Dave M
Communion Prep: Lois Brown
Morning Tea:
Oakleys &
Barnes’
Offering Counting: M Atwell,
R Crouch
Ch. House Clean:L Handley
Lawns & Garden:B Honeybun
Church Cleaning:H oneybun s
Hall/Kitchen Clean: G & D Adams
Loaves
& Fishes
Thank youto everyone for your
kind donations. Items most needed include: soup; spaghetti; jam; tea; coffee; sugar; toiletries; tuna; biscuits. Place your items in the foyer supermarket trolley or in the marked box on the piano downstairs .
Wednesday 28th
7:30pm Home Group at L&D Oakley’s
7:30pm Home Group at Westlakes’
8:00pm Young Adults’ Home Group
at Church House
Thursday 29th
7:30pm Music Practice
Sunday 1st August
10:00am Communion Service
(plus Sunday School)
Speaker: Michael
11:30am Morning Tea
2:00pm Seaview House Service
5:00pm FUEL Youth Study Group
at the Youth Shed
BULLETIN NOTICES:To place
notices in the bulletin, please contact Wilma Crouch on 5523 3595 or email crouchcastle@hotkey.net.au by 10am Thursdays. Thank you.
Rosters: 1st August 2010
Sunday 25th July 2010
Our Upcoming Highlights
FUEL Youth Study Group: Tonight at the Youth Shed - 5:00pm
Silver Threads Craft at Sue’s home: Tuesday 27th - 12:00noon
Lighthouse Depression Support Meeting: Tuesday 27th - 7:30pm
Seaview House Service: Next Sunday 1st August - 2:00pm
Men’s Breakfast at St Stephens: Saturday 14th August - 8.00am
Church Meeting: Sunday 22nd August - 12.30pm
We are delighted to welcome
everyone to our service, particularly all visitors.
We trust you will be blessed as we share worship
and fellowship today. Please join us in the Hall after
the service for a special “Farewell”
Morning Tea.
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being
watchful and thankful.”
Our friends who need our prayers– k e ep
praying for Patty Edwards, George
Mackley, Joe Wiltshire, Gillian Karlberg,
Lionel Atwell, Keith Whitbourne and
Thelma Brown, Neil Mitchell and Alice
Attwood. Keep praying for Matthew
Harris. Jim Coates is in hospital in
Geelong where he had major and
unexpected surgery this week.
Uniting Church– in Bolwarra, Heywood
and Dartmoor, now without a resident
Minister
Our Mayor– pray for Gilbert and
Councillors
Our leaders– for honesty and integrity
while our nation is in election mode.
Pray that God will guide us as a people.
Our world– give thanks for the major
conference held this past week in
Afghanistan - for the peace conference
held this week
Monday
Jeff & Sandra Shalders, Steve, Lisa
Tuesday
Marjorie Shalders
Wednesday
John & Judith Simpson
Thursday
Peter & Joy Simpson
Friday
Ted & Sue Skewes
Saturday
Doug & Colleen Smith, Kerin
Sunday
Glenn & Helen Sobey, Emily, David,
Olivia
OUR FINANCES
Total June Offering:
$13,885
Monthly Budget:
$16,250
Weekly Target:
$ 3,750
Weekly Average
$ 3,425
(from 1st Jan. 2010)
Week 31 May
$ 2,519
Week 06 June
$ 4,101
Week 13 June
$ 2,284
Week 20 June
$ 3,714
Week 27 June
$ 2,571
Direct Debit Payments for offerings and donations can be made electronically. Details are as follows:
Acc Name: Portland Baptist
Church Direct Offering
BSB 704 922
Account No. 100 006 869
Building Fund
Total Building Fund raised to
end of June: $490,956
June Donations: $13,090
B/F available balance: $87,125
All gifts to the building fund are
fully tax deductible. Please take
the information sheets (blue & yellow) and envelopes are available in the porch.
You can deposit straight into the building fund via internet banking using the following information:
Acc Name: Portland Baptist
Church Direct Building Fund
BSB 704 922
Account No 100 007 044
“Let’s press on in faith!”
Good news from Brian and Katrina!
As most of us are aware, Brian and Katrina stopped by in
Portland on their way to Kununurra to take up brand
new service with HCJB. They have a special soft spot for
us as Adrian’s adopted church family. Here are some
highlights from their recent prayer letter….
We setup camp just past Ceduna and were invaded by a plague of
mice. They chattered and climbed around the car and camper all
night. We didn’t get much sleep.
We arrived here after 3 more days on the road, a total of about
6000km. The volunteers here all are wonderful people. They all
knew us because they have been praying for us but we had to learn
24 new names and put the couples together.
Sundays we meet at the local Baptist Church. We are receiving some
great teaching and fellowship.
There is never a dull moment. The day starts at 6.00am and ends at
4.00pm with a 2 hour siesta at noon.
Katrina has also been trying to get her head around the Office
Administration tasks; computer lessons, typing letters, invoices
answering phone calls etc. It may take a while, trying to ‘teach an
old dog new tricks’.
Brian’s tasks are many and varied. Fixing machinery, learning how
to grow and harvest bananas, (a little different to growing onions
and carrots), getting hay in, maintenance of other farm vehicles and
machinery, fabricating tower footings and guy wire anchors and
attachments in readiness for the towers to be erected, just to name
a few.
Thank you for your prayers and financial support. Knowing that we
have support partners is very important to us. If you would like to
support us or the Mission financially, or receive the mission
newsletter and prayer letter, please contact us 08 9166 9048 (home)
orww w.h cj b.org.au; our email -bkwalker@in ternode.on .net
Let’s keep Brian and Katrina in our prayers!
John & Judith
Read the Bible
in 2010
Jul 25
Isaiah 48:12-52:12
Jul 26
Isaiah 52:13-57:21
Jul 27
Isaiah 58:1-63:14
Jul 28
Isaiah 63:15-66:24
2 Kings 20:20-21
2 Chronicles 32:32-33
Jul 29
2 Kings 21:1-9
2 Chronicles 33:1-9
2 Kings 21:10-17
2 Chronicles 33:10-19
2 Kings 21:18
2 Chronicles 33:20
2 Kings 21:19-26
2 Chronicles 33:21-25
2 Kings 22:1-2
2 Chronicles 34:1-7
Jeremiah 1:1-2:22
Jul 30
Jeremiah 2:23-5:19
Jul 31
Jeremiah 5:20-6:30
2 Kings 22:3-20
2 Chronicles 34:8-28
Aug 01 2 Kings 23:1-20
2 Chronicles 34:29-33
2 Kings 23:21-28
2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Nahum 1:1-3:19
DATES TO
REMEMBER
Special Morning Tea Today:To
farewell the Dyer family
FUEL Youth Bible Study:mee ts
Tonight at Youth Shed - 5:00pm
Table Tennis for all at the Hall:
Tuesdays from 7:00-9:00pm
Silver Threads Craft Group:at
Sue Mole’s home, 4 Donegal Crt.
this Tuesday - 12:00 noon
Lighthouse Support Group
Meeting: This Tuesday 27th at
the Arts Centre - 7:30pm
Harbourside Lodge Service:
This Wednesday 28th - 2:00pm
Seaview House Service:Nex t
Sunday 1st August - 2:00pm
BWF Meeting in the Hall:
Tuesday 10th August - 2:00pm
Our monthly Prayer Day at
Church House: Friday week
13th August from 2:00-9:00pm
Infant Dedication Service:
Sunday 15th August
Songwriter Robin Mann’s Visit:
Sunday 15th August at Wesley
Church - 4:00pm - followed by a
shared meal
Church Quarterly Meeting:
Sunday 22nd August - 12:30pm
Our special morning tea today!
After our service this morning, we are farewelling our special friends, the Dyer family. Jeremy, Michelle and little Oliver are leaving us for Traralgon where Jeremy will be
commencing a new job on Monday 2nd August. This is a sad time for us as a fellowship and for them too– but we cover this little family with our prayers as they press on with this next stage of
God’s plans for them. Thank you Jeremy and Michelle for
allowing us to enter into your joys and sorrows– you have been
a great blessing to us and we thank the Lord for you.
Silver Threads
Craft Group
Silver Threads Craft
invites all ladies to Margaret
Hope’s home, 5/1 Percy St. this
Tuesday 27th July. BYO Lunch and
current craft or sewing projects.
Outreach to the Outback!
Norm & Karen Roberts’
NT Op-Shops
Thank you everyone for
your wonderful response to
the appeal for clothing & other
goods for the Roberts’ NT Mission
Op Shops. Please note the absolute final deadline for donations isTOD A Y. See Roger Crouch for details/5523 3595.
Weekly Prayer Group
Please join us at 10.30am Tuesdays at the Church House. Everyone is welcome to share in this vital ministry. Please Note: the regular Friday prayer group is in recess until late July.
Congratulations!
To Melissa Chisholm and Daniel Wells on the announcement of their engagement last
weekend. We pray that
God will bless you in very special ways as you move towards joining your lives in service for Him.
Lighthouse
Depression
Support Group
Tuesday - 7:30pm
The monthly Lighthouse Depression Support Meeting will be held at the Portland Arts Centre this Tuesday 27th at 7:30pm, featuring our Guest Speaker: "My story - coping with depression." All welcome.
BFG Home Group
The Honeybuns’ “BFG”
Home Group will meet on Tuesday 27th July at 7:30pm and every fortnight thereafter. The group is studying the book of Philippians. See Bruce for more information.
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