Rev John Simpson
13 Browning Street
Portland
P: 5523 2257
M: 0428 780 421
simmoj@datafast.net.au

Rev Michael Drennan
11 Webb Court
Portland
P: 5523 4893
M: 0408 568 887
mdrennan@eftel.net.au

Jim Blake
39 Patrick Street
Portland
P: 5523 2347
M: 0425 714 633

11:30am Morning Tea
2:00pm Seaview House Service
5:00pm FUEL Youth Study Group

7:30pm Home Group at L&D Oakley’s
7:30pm Home Group - at Mibus’
8:00pm Young Adults’ Home Group

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 .

notices in the bulletin, please contact Wilma Crouch on 5523 3595 or email crouchcastle@hotkey.net.au by 10am Thursdays. Thank you.

Seaview House Service: This Afternoon - 2:00pm
FUEL Youth Study Group: Tonight at the Youth Shed - 5:00pm
FUEL Youth - Bonfire Night: Next Friday 6th August - 7:30pm
BWF Meeting at the Hall: Tuesday week, 10th August - 2:00pm
Monthly Prayer Day: Friday week 13th August - 2:00-9:00pm

Welcome to our service.
We are so glad you are with us.
We are a company of ordinary people who love
Jesus and want to share his love and care with everybody.
It is our prayer that God will speak
with you today.

keep praying for Patty Edwards,
George Mackley, Joe Wiltshire, Jim
Coates, Gillian Karlberg, Lionel Atwell,
Keith Whitbourne and Thelma Brown,
Neil Mitchell and Alice Attwood.

Direct Debit Payments for offerings and donations can be made electronically. Details are as follows:

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:

Last weekend a group from Portland Baptist visited Taggerty to
participate in a Habitat for Humanity work day called A Brush
with Kindness. We appreciate the effort made by Dallas and Jess
Mitchell, David and Jono Hein, Jared Goldsworthy, Julia Mason,
Michelle Axisa, and Dale McLean to be involved in this very worthwhile effort.

Last Saturday, over 250 hours of work were contributed to the project by a group
of 54 enthusiastic volunteers. We were delighted to have the team from PBC join
us on this day to assist Ad and Marilyn with their recovery from the 2009
Bushfires. Ad & Marilyn lost their temporary home in the Bushfire along with their
beautiful garden and surrounds. They are yet to complete building their new home
which somehow survived the bushfires. They have built a new shed which is their
new temporary home while they continue to complete building their new home. The
team from Habitat was privileged to be able to help them as part of the Brush with
Kindness Bushfire Recovery Program.

This project was far more than I had originally expected. A Brush with Kindness
was more than a physical task. The couple we helped spoke with us informally
about how the fire, years later, is still impacting their lives. To me it was like a
state of depression, unable to get motivated with the garden which was their
delight pre-fire. The task was too overwhelming to get it under control.
We also had great time getting to know other volunteers from all over the place.
Melbourne University had a great bunch of young adults attend. I was greatly
encouraged by the mature way our young people involved themselves and took the
lead. The drive also gave us time to get to know each other better. It was a great
cause with so many benefits. I had a great time and would like to do this again.

2 Chronicles 34:29-33
2 Kings 23:21-28
2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Nahum 1:1-3:19

2 Chronicles 35:20-27
2 Kings 23:29-30
Jeremiah 47:1-48:47

2 Kings 23:31-37
2 Chronicles 36:5
Jeremiah 22:1-23
Jeremiah 26:1-24
2 Kings 24:1-4
Jeremiah 25:1-14

Sunday 15th August at Wesley
Church - 4:00pm - followed by a
shared meal

Now that the on line translation program has been put to good work, here is a letter from Alexey, written in response to one forwarded to Alexey from John via the translation process....

I welcome John and all friends!
We are glad that you safely have come back home. Thank you for good time
which we could be with you. We are fine, wedding has passed well there was 200
person. I am sorry that has not answered at once your letter, there was no time,
right after weddings at us there has passed bicycle race, then children's camp,
then a scout camp, today only all has ended, all has passed without problems,
Glory to the Lord, thank you for prays about our service. We pray for you and
we trust that the Lord will bless. Your letter clearly therefore write.
With a pray about you,
Alexey

Please join us at 10.30am Tuesdays at the Church House. Everyone is welcome to share in this vital ministry.

are invited to the next BWF Meeting on Tuesday week, 10th August in the Hall.

meetings are sociable and casual, featuring the Trading Table and Afternoon Tea and we are happy to see visitors or new members.

of volunteers who took part in a Habitat for Humanity work day at

total of 30 boxes packaged up and taken to Hamilton, ready for Alice Springs!

taking their week away and will be returning Wednesday.