Welcome!
Encouraging faith in Jesus; Bringing hope to our world;
Showing love for each other.
www.ettalongbaptistchurch.org.au
8 Barrenjoey Road, Ettalong Beach, PO Box 131, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257,
Office Phone: (02) 4343 1237, email: [email protected]
The church office closes for the Summer Holidays and will reopen 27 January 2015.
Sunday Services: Family Service 9am, Traditional Service 11am
Bulletin for Sunday 21st and 28th December 2014
Welcome to our service this morning. Please join us for morning tea between our 9am and 11am
services in the Lower Hall, found at the end of the foyer as you walk beside the stairs.
If you are here for the first time or would like prayer or a pastoral visit, please complete a response card.
These cards can be found in pockets hanging on the backs of the seats. Please place your completed
card in the offering plate or the response box in the foyer.
On Sunday 21 December, Kids Church is held during the 9am worship service. Children will go to their
program in the Lower Hall after a short time into the service.
On Sunday 28 December Kids Packs will be available for the children to use during the service if they
would like to use them.
Sunday 21 December: 9am and 11am
Topic:
Why Would God Choose Me?
Bible Reading: Matthew 1:18-25 (A message from the account of Joseph)
Christmas Day 25 December: 9.30am
Topic:
The Birth That Changes Everything
– even me!
Bible Reading: Luke 1:26-38;
Luke 2:1-7
(A message from the account of Mary)
Sunday 28 December: 9am and 11am
Topic:
Good News For All People
Bible Reading: Luke 2:8-18
(A message from the account of the
Shepherds)
Umina
Umina Mission is on again from Sunday 28 December with a big Welcome Day. They will have a kids
club program through the week from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January at 3pm to 5pm each afternoon and heaps of other events during the week for the whole community!
Please pray for this family mission. Vincent Chan (Leader)
Morning Tea with the Beach Mission in the Church Lower Hall — Friday 2nd January 2015, 9.30am
We are having a morning tea here in the church Lower Hall.
Come and meet the team and find out what is happening on Mission.
Please bring a plate of food to share. Tea, coffee and cordial will be provided.
Hampers:
Thank you to everyone who gave so generously to our Christmas Hamper drive. Thank you also to those
who nominated people for hampers. There are still some hampers in the Hill Hall to be delivered. If you
nominated someone for a hamper please pick it up from the Hill Hall and deliver it by Monday 23 December at the latest.
Three Amazing Ministry Opportunities:
Sunday Morning Junior High Connect Group:
Anthony Crutcher is commencing a Connect Group for young people in Years 7 to 9 High School in 2015
on Sunday Mornings as part of the 9am Worship Service.
We have some really exciting things we can do with this group, but Anthony needs help! Please speak to
Anthony Crutcher to find out more and to let him know that you are available to help him.
Phone 4340 5470 or 0438 488 959.
Kids Church Teachers:
Right now is your chance to volunteer to be a (Primary School) Kid's Church Leader in 2015.
We have openings for commitments to our dynamic team for one, two or three terms with no obligation to
be involved for more than one year. All leaders will receive full
training and orientation to the Kid's Church program in January.
Be one of the clever people and contact Rick Keuning right
now and say, 'I want to be part of the Kid's Church Team.'“
You can contact Rick in person, via email,
[email protected], or on 0425 206 459.
Friday Night Youth Group Helpers:
We are needing more helpers for Youth Group for 2015 either every week or on a once a month roster
basis. Are you passionate about youth? Do you have a desire to see lives changed for the Kingdom and
the youth released to be who they are called to be? Do you want to see Youth raised up as leaders?
Then this exciting opportunity is for you. Please speak to Darren for more details. (0497 796 230).
Receive Your Bulletin Online:
Receive your bulletin early and help the church save paper. You can read the bulletin on your computer,
smart phone or any other electronic device. We will send you an email every Thursday letting you know
that your bulletin is ready. Simply click the link on the email and your bulletin will open.
To receive the bulletin online fill out the slip below and pop it in the offering or in the response box in the
foyer. Thank you to those who have provided their email details already.
Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Email address:____________________________________________________________________
Christmas Day Offering:
During our Christmas Day service we will be taking up a special offering for the Baptist World Aid “Be
Hope” Christmas Appeal.
This appeal is Tax Deductable. If you would like tax receipt please use the envelope attached to the
back of this bulletin.
If you are unable to attend our Christmas Day service but would like to give to this appeal you may also
use the attached envelope and place your gift in the offering by next Sunday, or post it to Baptist World
Aid Australia (no stamp is required if using the attached envelope).
MISSION CORNER:
1. Good new from Lee Morris, he has completed the first round of treatment and the cancer in his
lungs is now smaller. Praise God for this and continue to remember Lee and Lyn as he faces a second
round of treatment soon.
2. BJ David will be despite the recent death of his wife Janet be undertaking the annual Christmas
outreach to the 12 villages around their school. If you wish to join the missionary committee in supporting
this outreach you can place your donation in the offering over the next two weeks.
3. Fleur and Lloyd report that their friend Nikki who almost died is now out of hospital and doing
really well considering how sick she was. She and her husband turned up for dinner at their cafe recently
and thanked them for all their support. (A Christmas letter is on the bench in the Church Foyer)
Together In Ministry:
The magazine of the NSW and ACT Baptist Association is at the back of the church. Grab your copy today.
A Reminder To Lock Up Everything:
The Church Building was broken into this week. Please make extra care all doors and windows are
locked if you are the last to leave the building.
This is a response to the church's vision to reach our community through ministry
to families. It is a ministry that runs for approximately one hour once a week during school terms commencing in 2015.
We need men and women, young and old to help with meet and greet, hospitality,
support and prayers.
Your help could be once or twice a term or on a more regular basis. All help will
be most welcome.
Please pray and seek of God where you may be able to use the gifts He has given you to help. A list of
areas in which you could help us reach our community through Mainly Music activities will be in the foyer
for you to place your name or contact Joy Watt on 0417 443 372
Office Closed In January:
The Church Office will be closed from Tuesday 23 December until Monday 26 January. However, the
Pastors will be at the office at various times.
There will be occasional Summer Editions of the Bulletin during January. If you have anything you would
like in the Bulletin please email it to David Gilchrist instead of the Church Office, however we cannot
guarantee your notice can be included in the Bulletin.
MOCK COCKTAIL PARTY AND MEMBERSHIP DRIVE:
Your Invitation from Skills for Life International Inc.
Where:
Lower Hall Ettalong Baptist church.
When:
Friday 16th January 2015.
Come along and enjoy a range of mock cocktails, appetizers. There will be lucky door
prizes, demonstrations on how to make cocktails, free entertainment.
See Jan Harris for tickets. $25
Who do I ask?
Lead Pastor - David Gilchrist 0448 431 234
[email protected]
Playtime - Lyndl Crutcher - 4340 5470
(10 am Tuesdays during school terms in Hill Hall)
Pastoral Elder - Graham Checkley - 0403 520 278
[email protected]
Men’s Shed - Peter LeMay - 4340 2748
(9am Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Youth Worker - Darren Cardwell—0497 796 230
[email protected]
Men’s Ministry - John Jira - 4339 7028
(Activities on the last Saturday of each month)
Crossroads Counselling - Meg Toon - Mob 0414 238 614
Ladies Fellowship - Elva Badman - 4344 2134
(1:30 pm 1st & 3rd Tues in lower hall)
Kids Church - Rick Keuning - 4326 1501
Preschool (18 mths + ) - 9am in Hill Hall (adjacent to this building)
Kindergarten to Year 6 - 9.15am in the Lower Hall.
(children join in the 9am service and go to their own program during the service)
Kids Klub - David Gilchrist - 0448 431 234
(Kindergarten to Year 6 children, Fridays 4:30 pm during school term)
Youth group - Darren Cardwell - 0497 796 230
(Each Friday Hill Hall 7- 9pm for activities and devotions, during school
terms)
Girls’ Brigade - Janine Arrua - 4368 3328
(6:30pm Wednesdays during school terms)
LIFT Ladies in Fellowship Together - Maria Janos - 4342 5442
(For women who are single and single again)
Thursday Friends - Jan Baker - 4326 1968 & Jan Rose - 4344 4600
Peninsula Pastimes - Heather Crawford - 0419 297 496
(Various craft activities — Fridays 9:30 am during school terms)
Morning Tea, 21 December:
Morning Tea, 28 December
Set Up: Jane Keuning & Jan Karsai
Clean Up: Jo Hooper & Sheila Hooper
Set Up: Jane Keuning & Helen Brooks
Clean Up: : Marion Edwards &Maureen Vickers
9am Greeters, 21 December
9am Greeters, 28 December
Wendy & Len Creamer
Diane Nagle and Merryll Mead
Welcome Table, 21 December
Ian and Aimee Durrand
Welcome Table, 28 December
Lynda Blandford & Thelma Minto
11am Greeters, 21 December
Rosa Wilkinson
11am Greeters, 28 December
Lorna Overton
Count Your Blessings:
Thank you to everyone who wrote down a blessing that they have received from the Lord this year. Due
to unforseen circumstances we have not been able to type these into the church bulletin this week. We
will include them in various bulletins over January so please watch this space!
We have a phone prayer chain and an email prayer chain in our church. Please consider joining one of
our prayer chains. See Lynda Blandford for details.
Please phone Lynda, 4344 4404 if you have a prayer request.
From The Treasurer
Budget is $3,800/week. Actual average offering for November was $3914 per week.
Thank you for your generous giving.
You may give electronically. Direct Debit information is as follows:
BSB: 032-527
Account No: 350-062
Recordings Of Messages:
Each Sunday we record the Bible Reading and the Sermon. These are uploaded to our website.
You can listen or download these recordings at
http://www.ettalongbaptistchurch.org.au/messages
https://www.baptistworldaid.org.au/behope