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5pm service: Running the Race with Faith
I watched my five year old daughter run a race for the first time a few months ago and it wasn't easy, I think I found it harder than she did. But life is a lot like a race, it has a starting point, it has a marked out course, and it has a goal, a finish line that we're striving for. In Hebrews 11 we see a list of those who have run before us, and the thing that unites them all is faith. So what is faith? What does it look like? And how do you run the race we call life with faith?
Passage: Hebrews 11:1-12:3
Preacher: Josh Hartog, preacher at Westside Christian Church, Goodna
Boy's Fun On Sunday
If you are a boy in year 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 then you are invited to a nerf gun challenge.
This Sunday (27th November) at RCRC upstairs from 9am. Please bring your nurf gun and safety glasses. If you don't have a nerf gun you are still very welcome to join the boys.
If you have any questions please contact: Roger 0423 433 519 or Mark 0414 999 143
Playground Equipment
An opportunity has arisen for the purchase and erection of playground equipment for the church at a very low price. If you are able to help contribute to the cost and labour to erect the structure please see Glenn Williams or Todd Hammond.
Redlands Christian Reformed Church AGM
Just a reminder that the Church AGM is on Sunday morning 27th November, directly after the morning service.
Prayer Points
- Mr and Mrs Lyons' as they prepare for the kidney transplant.
- Thinus Roos as he fights the cancer in his body.
- De Groot family as they grieve over the loss of their son Ron.
- The Calling Committee, that they may have wisdom to make informed decisions.
- The students as they begin finishing their schooling for the year.
9am service: Don't Back Down - Build Up
Nehemiah was granted permission and the responsibility to take his people back toJerusalemto rebuild the broken city walls and gates. The repair was necessary to protect the ‘holy city’ from enemy attacks. After the work had begun, he faced scorn, slander, and threats from enemies, i.e. external threats, as well as fear and discouragement from his own people, i.e. internal threats. We also have a responsibility to safeguard our lives from spiritual attack. We are well aware of the external attacks that come upon us, but sadly, there are subtle attacks from within the christian community that hinder God’s work and destroy sections of his Church.
Reading:Nehemiah 4:1-15
Preacher: Bevan Burnes
Office Hours
The office will be unattended Monday 21st November - Friday 25th November. For Urgent matters please contact your duty elder.
All emails, enews and bulletin will remain the same.
Nominations for Membership of the Calling Committee
Nominations for Membership of the Calling Committee for a new Pastor at Redlands CRC
Church Council is inviting nominations for a Calling Committee. Please send your nominations to Peter Goodridge by 5pm this Friday, 17 November. Peter can be contacted on 38222641. The Calling Committee will be made up of 6 or 7 members from the Redlands CRC Congregation, including Keith Warren, Peter Goodridge and Michael Noakes (the current Steering Group). We want to ensure that there is good congregational representation on this committee and we welcome your nominations and suggestions.
Chris Downs, on behalf of the RCRC Church Council
5pm service: What does Worship look like?
When you think of the word 'WORSHIP' what sort of images come to mind? Some scenes from Mel Gibson's Apocalypse where tribal people sacrifice human hearts? People in a church singing while led by a band? The silhouette of a girl on a beach with her hands stretched out towards the sun setting over the water...or what? Sunday arvo 5pm we'll look at another, perhaps very different picture of what worship truly looks like... You're welcome to join in!
Passage: Micah 6:1-8
Preacher: Ettiene de Wilzem
9am service: Any Slavery in Australia....?
Abolitionist Sunday
Today is recognised as Abolitionist Sunday by churches around Australia who want to take action to abolish human trafficking and slavery. It may surprise many people that slavery is still a big problem today, with an estimated 27 million people having been trafficked. Today we recognise that this is a challenge to us as Christians – joining the next generation of abolitionists to shed light on this injustice and finally end human trafficking and slavery.
Passage: Galations 3:21-4:7
Preacher: Jacob van Rensburg - Jacob was a pastor in South Africia for 15 years. He now lives in Maroochydore with his family after emigrating from South Africia 5 years ago.
5pm service: Is your position (status) perfect? Yes/No?
Tonight we will have a further look at 'growing in grace', 2 Peter 3:18.
In the Kingdom of God there ought to be no 'spiritual babies'; read the first part of Ephesians 4, where mention is made of 'no longer being infants, tossed back and forth by the waves', but we are 'in all things to grow up into Christ.'
Here is a question for you: Will God love you more when you become more spiritual ?
Maybe we have a tendency to say: Yes, of course; but then the next question is:
Has God not given us His full love in Christ?
Passage: Colossians 3:1-17
Preacher: Rev Keith Warren
9am service: iWorship vs Worship
How often have you looked at another person and secretly envied their sense of hapiness, fullness or closeness to God? It just seems as if there is something in their experience of life which makes yours look dry, lacking and even makes you angry! Do these people indeed have something that you don't and if so what is it and how do we get it? With these questions in mind, we will look at an old story of two brothers in the Bible and find some answers.
Passage: Genesis 4:1-5a
Preacher: Ettiene de Wilzem
ACL Marriage Petition
There's just five weeks to go to the Australian Labor Party's National Conference and I'm hoping that you will view the video below to encourage people to be politically activated on the marriage issue, and sign a new petition.
Same-sex marriage activists are pushing for the ALP to adopt same-sex marriage as party policy. However, this would be a breach of faith, with the PM Julia Gillard making an election commitment to keep marriage between a man and a woman. You can watch a video clip of the interview I had with the PM where she gave the ALP's commitment to marriage http://vimeo.com/17629316
The video below is three and a half minutes and features comments from some prominent Australians including Mark and Darlene Zschech (Hope Unlimited Church), Dr Peter Jensen (Anglican Archbishop of Sydney), John Anderson (former Deputy Prime Minister), Tasmanian Senator Helen Polley and National Secretary of the SDA union Joe de Bruyn.
The video directs people to the website www.australianmarriage.org to sign a petition directed at the ALP conference.
Our previous petition to the parliament had great effect, but now we must petition the ALP National Conference and we hope to get 100,000 signatures!
Click the link http://vimeo.com/31071412 to watch the video on the ACL's Vimeo account. To download this video you can do it via Vimeo (you'll need to join up to Vimeo which is free and easy to do). Otherwise you can download it via zip here (remember to save the file). At the end of the video is a SMS number for people to use to get a direct link to the website - you might like to pause it at the end when you play it in church.
I hope your church will help.
God bless,
Jim Wallace AM
Managing Director
Australian Christian Lobby
Car Wash
Please remember to come and support the Red Frogs Teams at schoolies by washing cars on Saturday morning.
Parents of Year 6 & 7 Kids @ Church
Important: Can all parents of children in Year 6 and 7 stay behind after the morning service for a brief meeting with Ettiene and Dana.
Some important Kids@Church and HSM matters to be discussed. Thank you :)
5pm service: Be a Good Workman
Faced with persecution and opposition, Paul urged Timothy to continue his preaching and teaching ministry without fear or shame, utilising the gifts given to him by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit helps us to be wise and strong and God honours our confident testimony, even when we suffer. To overcome the fear of what people might say or do, we must take our eyes off people and focus on Jesus. We can count on opposition and hardship as we serve Christ, but He will give us the strength we need to persevere. "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."
Reading: 2 Timothy 2:1 - 7 and verse 14-15.
Preacher: Bevan Burnes
9am service: Show Respect
One of the greatest lessons we can possibly learn is that respect for God is fundamental to a good attitude to the people around us. In the words of the Bible, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Wisdom is about knowing what to do and what not to do, when. Wisdom requires values and selfcontrol.
God's fundamental value for life is love; to love God himself and to love the person God puts on your way. That must become the desire of our hearts, to love because we have discovered the joy of being loved by God.
Passage: Exodus 20:12
Reading: Matthew 15:1-20
Preacher: Rev. Bill Wiersma
Office Hours
The office will be unattended from Monday 31 October - Friday 4 November. For urgent matters please contact your duty elder or email Wendy on tham8298@bigpond.net.au . All emails to the office, enews and bulletin will be as normal.
Raising Boys
Parenting can be a difficult task, and parenting boys is a whole field on its own!
Well-known counsellor, speaker and author Peter Janetzki will be speaking on Raising Boys at Ormiston State School on Tuesday 8 November. The seminar will run from 7pm-9pm with registration from 6:30pm, and costs $10/person or $15/couple (paid in cash on the night). This will be an evening not to miss-
RSVP by Monday 7 Nov to Melody Groenenboom at melodyg@su-chaplain.com or 0431144126. This event is open to all, so invite friends, neighbours, colleagues etc!
5pm service: Testimonies
Come and join us as we listen to three people share their testimonies about God's work in their lives.
9am service: Friendship is Forever
Despite there being more people in the Redlands and we can communicate more effectively than ever, statistics show that people are feeling increasingly lonely. What's going on and how do we fix the problem? As we look at Ecclesiastes 4:8-12 this morning we will see yet again how the Bible's counter-cultural insights points us into the direction of a world where true friendship reigns.
Reading: Ecclesiastes 4:8-12
Pastor: Ettiene de Wilzem
Roster for Holiday period
Hi all wonderful RCRC volunteers,
We do so appreciate your willingness to serve on our rosters and especially over the difficult months of December to February. I am making up rosters for that time and would love to know any planned holidays that you have so that I can work around them. Please email me with any dates when you are NOT available from December to February at margaret@willowcreek.org.au.
Thanks so much, Marg.
Prayer
Please pray for:
Margaret Van den Akker who had a fall late last week and has since been at the Mater Public Hospital, South Brisbane.
Margaret is having a series of tests and is hoping to be allowed to return home in the next few days.
Pray for Margaret as well as continuing to pray for Julie , David and the children.
5pm service: Baby or Adult?
We will look at 2 Peter 3:18, and this will be the first sermon dealing with this text. There will be a second sermon to follow., at a later date.
One of the worst things that can happen to a mother must be when she is told by the nurse at the clinic: Your baby is not growing, not growing at all! To hear that must be quite devastating, for 'new life' is supposed to grow, new life is meant to develop and mature.
How devastating it must be for God when He sees that there are those who claim to be Christ-followers and yet they do not grow and develop as people of God.
What can we learn from the Scriptures about that?
Passage: 2 Peter 1:1-11
Preacher: Rev. Keith Warren
9am service: Love the Giver
As Aussies we are given so much to be thankful for in our part of the world. Aussies who have accepted the gospel have a share in an even greater gift - the promise of eternal life with our Creator. Is it possible for us to value these promises and gifts of God more than God himself and how will it become evident if we do?
This Sunday morning we'll delve a little deeper into this question as we look at the story of a remarkable man in the Bible.
Passage: Genesis 22:1-19
Preacher: Ettiene de Wilzem
Compassion Sponsor Appreciation Night!
You are invited to a Compassion Sponsor Appreciation Night!
We know you’re not in it for any kind of recognition or glory… but without you- without your generosity, without your commitment to speak up for the life of a little kid- there would be one less child released from poverty in Jesus’ name. So we want to say THANK YOU... your partnership with Compassion is so incredibly valuable! We would love you invite you to share in an evening of celebration, inspiration, passion and prayer.
Hear the incredible testimony of Satish Kumar from India- living proof that Compassion works! Enjoy a delicious authentic Indian meal while chatting with other sponsors, and keep in touch with your sponsor child by getting busy at the letter-writing table!
Date: Saturday 12 November 2011
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Victoria Point Baptist Church, 11 Barcrest Drive Victoria Point
What to bring: $5 to cover dinner, your Compassion sponsor child’s photo/profile, and one or two of your favourite letters from them to show and tell!
RSVP: by Wed 9/11 to Melody, mgroenen@gmail.com or 0431 144 126
Raising Boys seminar with Peter Janetzki
Parenting can be a difficult task, and parenting boys is a whole field on its own! Well-known counsellor, speaker and author Peter Janetzki will be speaking on Raising Boys at Ormiston State School on Tuesday 8 November. The seminar will run from 7pm-9pm with registration from 6:30pm, and costs $10/person or $15/couple (paid in cash on the night). This will be an evening not to miss- RSVP by Monday 7 Nov to Melody Groenenboom at melodyg@su-chaplain.com or 0431144126. This event is open to all, so invite friends, neighbours, colleagues etc!
HSM Triva & Auction Night
When: 15th October 2011, from 7pm (That's this week!)
Cost: $10 Adults or $5 Under 18s.
Please contact Ettiene de Wilzem 0403 720 501, Renee Watson, Lucy de Ruysscher or Wendy Murphy for more information.
Cleaners Needed
The church is in need of someone to help with cleaning the facilities. This is a paid position. Please see Bill Sikkema or Todd Hammond if you are interested.
9am & 5pm service details
BURMA SUNDAY
It is with much thankfulness to God, that one of our leaders of the orphanage, Israel was able to get his visa application approved and be our special guest at church this Sunday.
Israel will be sharing God's word with us both in the morning and evening services. This will also be a time of finding out what is happening in Burma and how God is working to rescue orphans and abandoned children. Come join us. This is a unique opportunity.
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