23 January, 2024

3 minutes from Pastor Ian published 23 January 2024

Check out video update recorded by Pastor Ian.

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16 January, 2024

3 minutes from Pastor Ian published 15 January 2024

Check out video update recorded by Pastor Ian.

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9 January, 2024

3 minutes from Pastor Ian published 9 January. 2024

Check out video update recorded by Pastor Ian.

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14 December, 2023

Michele Black - Newsletter - December 2023

Michele's Newsletter advises that after seven years of starting on an adoption journey and while everything legally looked impossible for so many reasons we finally got there -we finally have a federal adoption and I am legally under Australian law her parent.

Here is the text of the email that included the Newsletter

Merry Christmas!

We can hardly believe that we are preparing for our second Christmas in Australia - where does the time go?

Here's a little update from us - time is flying and the days are busy but we are both doing well and enjoying the season.

Many blessings to you all and a very Merry Christmas,

Michele and Flora.

Read more in the PDF.

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13 December, 2023

Invite someone to our Christmas Service

On Sunday 10 December, we started our Christmas series of teachings and Ian shared that a recent survey demonstrated that a high percentage of people will say “yes” if invited by a friend. Our Christmas Service presents an ideal opportunity for people who have never attended a church service.

The PDF attached is a flyer that you may like to share as a follow up to your personal invitation. It says what people can expect on the day, provides our address and the time of the service.

Hard copies of the flyer will be available at this Sunday’s service at the Garratt Street Centre.

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3 December, 2023

Hay family News from Woolongong - December 2023

David Hay sent their December Newsletter.

The newsletter includes stories of several children whose lives have been turned around during the time that David, Jannene and Rachel served at iKhethelo.

We received a final in-person visit from family members at our service in October.

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26 November, 2023

Theme for 2024 - Going Deeper

Our theme for 2024Going Deeper

The Key Verse:

Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.

For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ [2 Peter 1:5-8]

January The Armour of God

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12 October, 2023

Michele Black - Newsletter - One Year On - October 2023

Read Michelle's newsletter - a year on.

Michelle talks of Flora's assimilation, moving back into her home and she asks for our prayer when a decision is to be made that will finally see Flora with Australian Citizenship and the right to use Black as her name. This will happen on 20 October.

Michelle has not been able to secure a permanent teaching position but has been kept has many days of casual work teaching a very wide variety of subjects and age groups. She asks us to pray that she will get sufficient work to cover 6 weeks of unpaid leave during the Christmas break.

Flora is to have extensive dental work shortly. We pray that this will be successful without trauma.

Read more in the PDF.

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27 September, 2023

Hay family News from Woolongong - September 2023

David Hay sent their September Newsletter.

The Newsletter contains:

- News about how they are settling in since their return to live in Australia and their future plans

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