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RCRC Month of Prayer

June 10 – The Lost

Read: John 3:16-17 God so loved that world

Observe: No one needs convincing that we live in a fallen world. Outside of Christ human beings live in open rebellion and defiance of God (Gen 3; Romans 1), without God and without hope (Eph 2), alienated from each other (Titus 3), helpless and harassed by their own fallenness (Matt 9). Yet it is this world God loves, and to which he sent his son. Jesus’ work is not one of condemnation, but rescue. That is grace, friends, through and through.

Pray:

·         That God will open our hearts and minds to what it means to love a fallen world

·         That we, like Jesus, will seek to enter our fallen world and seek the rescue of lost people who matter to God

·         That the rescue we seek to bring to people around us will have Christ as its focus and foundation

 

Feedback: dave@redlandscrc.org.au

RCRC Month of Prayer

June 09: The Lost 

Read: Matthew 9:35-38

Observe: Jesus came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). When He is confronted with lost people, harassed and helpless, His heart is grieved. Lost people matter to Him. This scene drives the Saviour to prayer! He prays for workers who will bring the good news of His grace and life to the lost. He prays for His people to be what He calls them to be.

Pray:

·         That God will help you feel compassion for the lost

·         That you will feel their helplessness, and how they are harassed by their separation from God

·         That God will use us to bring the message of Jesus’ grace, the wonder of his hope, and the reality that he is the Good Shepherd

Feedback: dave@redlandscrc.org.au

 

This Week

Sunday

AM: "Why truth brings freedom" 
 
John 8:31-47
 
Does truth really set you free? How can that happen when that say that truth hurts? Why do so many people try to escape the truth of their lives? What will we believe? Does truth still matter? More importantly, can truth change people's lives, for the better?
 
PM: What God can do for you

2 Samuel 7

So David is nice and settled as king. He has a great palace, a time of peace, lots of wives, a growing family. And so David thinks, what can I do for God? He sees the Ark of God in a tent, looks at his house and says, “I know, I’ll build a house for God.” But God comes back with the most amazing promise for David, he will establish David, his family, and the nation, FOREVER. Its not ‘what I can do for God’, but ‘what God can do for me’. Read ahead in 2 Samuel 7

 

Mid Week News

Kids@Church

As this Sunday 11th June is Gems/Cadets Sunday all the children in grades 4
to 7 will remain in church to join in with the service.  It will not be
necessary to sign these children in at the registration desk.  The children
in Kindy to Grade 3 will go to Kids@Church at 9.00am as usual.

ALSO

It's coming up to school holiday time again and we are looking for 6 adults
to help supervise our Kids@Church holiday program. This program caters for
children
in the prep to grade 3 classes and runs for approx 45 mins during the Sunday
morning service. This is an extremely simple task and involves showing up
and supervising some planned activities. Your help will enable our K@C
teachers to have a well deserved break.

We need 2 adults for each of the following dates:
        Sunday 25th June,
        Sunday 2nd July and
        Sunday 9th July.

If you are available please reply to Emmi or Jo.
THANK YOU

Brisbane Kids Games Update

There is a frenzied amount of activity happening at the moment to do with BKG, which is only 14 days away. There are lessons being prepared, dramas being rehearsed, crafts being organized, sports activities pulled together, enrolments rolling in and many other bits and pieces. We are thankful to God for everything that he has provided, and thankful to the church for the way in which we have got behind the ministry. Even if you have no hands on involvement in the Games, please read this section, especially the prayer points at the bottom.

For Parents:

The last week has seen a number of enrolments come in, and with the sign at the front of the church, we expect this to increase soon. If you have children, or friends of your children, that you would like to enroll, please do so this week. Please see this as a great opportunity to get families in your neighborhood introduced to the church.

For those who have enrolled, you will receive in the next couple days more information, as well as a medical and indemnity form to return. This is standard practice for churches involved in this ministry, so your help in getting them back ASAP is appreciated.

For volunteers:

Thanks to all those who have volunteered, its much appreciated. Just a few reminders:

 Please hand in your application to serve in Children’s and Youth Ministry  this week. With references to check we would value getting these in soon.

 Tomorrow is the last day to order polo shirts. Please see or email Clinton  with your size if you want one.

 If you are a group leader / helper, please let Clinton know if you a  preference for which age group you are working with.

For all:

We really need and value your prayers at this time. In the foyer of the  church there is a basket with prayer cards in it. These are color coded, each color prays for a specific aspect of BKG. So if a particular aspect jumps out at you, please take a card and pray for these things.

Here are some more general prayer points:

• Thank God for this wonderful opportunity.
• Pray for the children who have enrolled who don’t know Christ, that the Spirit would open up their hearts to receive and respond to the Word.
• Pray for more enrollments, so that more families would be reached.
• Pray for safety and purpose in the things that we do for the week
• Pray for the opening ceremony, closing ceremony, and Family Night – that parents too may be impacted by the message that we give, verbally, and in love shown to them and their children.
• Pray for the team as they work on all the preparations.

 

RCRC Month of Prayer - News Flash

New Property Developments!

The Church Council would like you to know that in the last 24 hours one of our Ormiston neighbours has indicated that they are willing to talk about selling their property to us. This is in addition to the neighbour a few doors away who has indicated they are also willing to talk with us. The Church Council regards this as a very timely and welcome development: it may open up new avenues for further use and expansion of the current Ormiston property. Consider that at our meeting last Saturday we believed that avenues like these were simply not open to us: isn't God good!

If we are able to advance these discussions with the neighbours concerned, it may also mean that the Boundary Rd property could be sold to offset the cost of purchasing these further properties in Ormiston.

We will be able to give more information as soon as details are clear and when discussions reach a more conclusive stage.

Please note that any contract of sale offered by the CC on any property will require congregational approval. Should we get to that stage we will advise you accordingly.

Please make these matters the focus of your prayers!

Please pray for wisdom for the Church Council who, though we have prayed for precisely this sort of development for some time (especially this month), still seek that we bring this matter before the Lord's throne of grace and wisdom.

Feedback: dave@redlandscrc.org.au

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Month of Prayer: June 08 – The Lost

Read: Titus 3:3-7

Observe: Sin's separation is not just a matter of what happens inside us, or between us and God. Sin’s ugliness breaks relationship between people: “we lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.” These things are the breath of the snake and the smell of the fall. Our papers and newscasts are full of the ugly consequences of busted relationships and broken hearts.

Pray:

·         That God will keep us from being self righteous and judgemental: that instead our hearts will seek to reflect the transforming kindness and love of God our Saviour

·         That a basic reason for being church together will be to bring Christ’s light into the darkness of broken relationships: Lord, let our church be an aroma of life, and a fragrance of hope!

Feedback: dave@redlandscrc.org.au

 

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Month of Prayer: June 07 – The Lost

Read: Eph 2:11-13

Observe: Verse 12: This is the way we were: the way we used to be before Christ entered our lives. This is what people without Christ still are: separated from him, excluded from God’s holy people, foreigners to the promise of grace, without hope, without God.

Who would want a life like that? Who, in all good conscience, would want anyone to remain in that condition?

Pray:

·         For God to open your heart to the true plight of the lost

·         That you might see every pair of eyes you meet as someone who needs to be brought near to God though Jesus

Feedback: dave@redlandscrc.orgt.au

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June 06 – The Lost

Rom 1:18-32 What a terrible life!

Observe: We often (mis)read this as proof that people are condemned forever. And as an affirmation of the life we have received in Christ. But the horror of sin and depravity is something the Gospel of Jesus seeks to address. Just try and imagine people living this way: the pain of destructive relationships, the ugliness of greed, the ‘hell on earth’ depravity.

Contemplate today the ‘trouble and distress for everyone who does evil’. This is our world apart from Christ. This is our community. These are your neighbours and workmates.

Is there a greater need for the people you know than for them to know the Jesus you know? To hear the Gospel He has given you in Jesus Christ?

Pray:

• That we might be moved by the aimless, empty and destructive lives of the lost around us
• That as these realities settle on us our great desire might be to share the hope we have in Christ

Feedback: dave@redlandscrc.org.au 

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Month of Prayer: June 05 – The Lost

Read: Gen 3

Observe: Our real condition: fallen creatures; God’s real heart: a seeking God: God’s real remedy: promise and deliverance

Pray:

·         That we might see the people around us in their greatest need: people created by God and yet who do not know him

·         That we might understand the power of grace: God’s heart seeks the lost, the rebellious, and the fearful

Feedback: dave@redlandscrc.org.au

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Breakfast Meeting notes 

Yesterday’s breakfast meeting was great! Great fellowship, great food, great discussion. It was so encouraging to observe that most of the discussion focussed around questions like why are we here? Why has God given us such rich blessings? It was a blessing to hear and affirmation of being a pilgrim church “a stranger in a foreign country” (Heb 11:9) seeking to obey and follow God, even though we may not have all the answers (v.8). This means we will not want to be a church focussed on the safe, the known, and the comfortable.

There was a lot of positive discussion about moving into some form of church planting cycle and a recognition that significant resources and commitment will be required for this. It is a picture of the future which assumes a high level of engagement with the community around us, more developed skills in outreach and witness, increased attention to raising leaders (for church plants and in general) and providing teaching depth throughout the body. These are some of the ways we may re-invest the wonderful “talents” the Lord has entrusted to us (well done, here’s some more” – see Matt 25:14-30).

Discussion about buildings and facilities, then, becomes a means to an end: “what will help us achieve things like these in the best possible way?”

With that in mind, the following options were presented to the meeting, and we encourage you to focus on these as you pray for the remainder of June. There may even be other options that come to mind: feel free to share them (send your email to justask@redlandscrc.org.au ). For now, please pray about these:

1)    Continue with the current concept plan, and prepare all the necessary reports, and tests council require with this application.

2)    Review the current master plan, and design a development that will cater for a smaller church eg 500  ( approx 100 car spaces, which is 2 times our current premises ).

3)    Seek to purchase the 1.75 acre next door property on Boundary Rd ( for approx $650 k.). And retain the same size development as first suggested.

Note- The extra land will overcome concerns for parking / sewage / landscaping and possible main roads issues.

4)    Just hold onto the Boundary Rd property, and await future development programs in that area, … while at the same time focusing on other evangelistic / mission solutions.

5)    Liquidate the Boundary property, and find other options for evangelistic / mission solutions.

6)    Continue to negotiate with the neighbours of the Ormiston property to purchase their properties so that we can begin a facility expansion program.

7)    Other suggestions? Please let us know and please keep praying for the Lord's guidance.

 

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