The Link

September 1 2013

Neil Ryan Senior Pastor

Seth Emery Youth Pastor

Kathy Heath Childrens Pastor

Gavin Jones Pastor, LifeChurch

Allan Stanley-Smith Pastor, Pastoral Care

Welcome

September 1 2013

Welcome to Unley Park Baptist today. It is great to have you with us. If you are new to Unley Park, we appreciate that it can be daunting to walk into a new church, so as much as we can, we want to help you feel at home here. In the pew in front of you please find a black folder that contains a white care card for you to complete. There is also a "Welcome Pack" available for you that, among other things, has a special Care Card for you to record your visit and for us to follow up any requests you make. All Care Cards should be "posted" as you leave the church, in the locked box on the table by the "Baptistry Door".

10.00am Morning Tea: Morning Tea Next Week: 5.00pm

Morning Worship Rob Waldron Irene Downie, Lyn Ryan Jill Page, Doug & Sandy Castle, Danny Page Life Church

Finances
August 2013 Giving Target Cash Giving to date Electronic Giving to date Total Giving August 26,385 14,857 9,680 24,537

Account Name: Unley Park Baptist Church Inc Offerings Confidential BSB: 704 922 Account Number: 100013066

Just a Minute
The Pastoral Team spent a couple of days at Victor Harbor this week as part of our annual retreat. We had a number of sessions. At the beginning of each session we watched a short teaching video and then discussed a range of issues that came out of it. Let me share a few quotes. I know you will not know the context of these words but I believe they still have the capacity to challenge us. Our precedent has more power than our imagination What if the Church became the best human incubator for producing the worlds best community.. One speaker likened the gospel to a virus and questioned how much it is infecting our society. He posed the question, Have we exposed our culture to a weak Christian virus that has only succeeded in making people immune to the gospel..? Christians have done well at communicating to the world what we stand against, but not so well at what we stand for If you dont have a theology of suffering, you dont have need of redemption You are not impacted by information transfer but because someone is committed to you God does not present himself in this world by saying, every question they have, I will answer, or every problem they have I will solve. Instead, over and over and over again he says the same thing. I am with you. I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. If the incarnation means anything it means that our task is not to teach dis-embodied theological concepts. It is to be Gods skin. What a stirring time we had as God reminded us and renewed in us the incredible privilege of being Gods incarnated presence in this world. As a team, we want to thank you for giving us the time to be refreshed and renewed in God. We had a great time and apart from everything else, we just enjoyed being together. God Bless Neil

Morning Tea for Highgate Primary

The local churches are providing morning tea at Highgate Primary School on Tuesday 2 September. If you are able to help can you please deliver the morning tea to the school for 11am recess. Access is via Hampstead Ave Highgate. Thank you for supporting this valuable outreach into our local schools.
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OMF SA State Conference

This conference afternoon is for anyone with a heart for mission or evangelism. Johan Linder, OMF Executive Director, will help us capture something of the way OMF is reaching out across East Asia. Christine Dillon, author of Telling the Gospel Through Story will be sharing with us experiences of Tellers and Hearers of Bible stories in Taiwan and elsewhere to show and engage us in interactive story telling. Where: Adelaide College of Ministries 18a Fourth Ave Klemzig (off O.G. Road) th When: Saturday 7 September 1.00pm-5.00pm nd RSVP by 2 September to Harlan Wright E au.sa.sd@omfmail.com P (08) 83815832

Christian Option Program

The team is currently preparing to commence another Christian Option Program in Highgate Primary School. This years topic is Heroes. We discuss popular and unknown Heroes in society and also Jesus as the Hero of Christians. We have three classes ranging from years 5-7. (One class is Barbara Adcocks). Our nd th seminars run on a Monday mornings on the following dates 2 & 9 September. Prayer suggestions include: 1. Health and safety of the team and their families. 2. That the team leader (Anita Venning) and the team will be thoroughly prepared. 3. That the team and program is delivered in a vibrant, applicable and relevant way so the children can experience living out what they have learnt. 4. As many children attend as possible and that the chil dren and teachers ears would be open to hear the message. 5. (There are plans to offer a morning tea for the staff also) Pray that plenty of donations arrive on time and that the staff would be blessed. Thankyou for your faithfulness in praying for this ministry. We value your support very much. Kind Regards Catherine Warnecke

Our Missionary Families

The Badger Family Tim, Bron, Stephen, Joshua, Amie, Annalise & Kaitlyn OMF, Manila, Philippines Everyone loves a good story and stories are a great way to share the Gospel or your personal testimony with family and friends. Many Asian cultures are deeply rooted in the use of story, so naturally it becomes a great tool on the mission field as well as in the local community. We'd like to encourage you all to take some time to learn more about what God is doing through telling stories and how you can become better story tellers yourselves by attending the OMF South Australian State Conference. You'll find the details in this bulletin so please make sure you RSVP. A children's program will be provided so you can take the whole family along too. Its great to be back home in Japan. We are very thankful that Joshuas surgery went smoothly and he was ab le to travel well on the plane. We praise God for opportunities to reconnect with Japanese friends soon after we arrived as well as the encouragement of meeting a man who has started attending SonRise Church as a result of studying English at the caf during the summer! Please pray for our friends and contacts as we continue to reach out and share Gods love with them. We appreciate your prayers for the coming week for Rachel and Jessica as they familiarise themselves with their school routine, for Joshua as he starts kindergarten again from Thursday, for Owen as he participates in a 3 day TEAM leadership retreat and planning session and for Sarah as she recommences her mummy and me English class (and keeps on top of all the different family schedules!).

The Ames Family Owen, Sarah, Rachel, Jessica & Joshua OM/TEAM Church Planting, Tokyo, Japan

Pray for these families

Names for this week beginning September 1: Tim, Bron, Stephen, Joshua, Amie, Annalise & Kaitlyn Badger Adam, Katherine & Joshua Baird Bruce & Val Battersby Peter, Tam, Asha, Max & Jed Battersby Peter, Lijean, Gabriel & Reuben Beier May Bennett

Wednesday Night Small Group Bible Study

We will recommence this Wednesday evening, September 4 at the church 7.45pm9.00pm when Dema and Carolyn from GIA who have been working in Thailand will be speaking. Dema is an excellent communicator of Gods goodness and grace.
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When: Friday Sept 20th Where: Church hall Time : 7:30pm Paulette from Rahab will share her ministry to women in Adelaides sex industry
Delicious deserts and coffee will be served

Come and enjoy coffee, cake and good conversation as we discuss Captive in Iran
A true story of hope and triumph amid the horror of Tehrans brutal Evin prison

WHEN: Friday September 13th WHERE: Koorong Bookshop in the city TIME: 7pm-9pm

Pre-service Prayer
We plan to meet each Sunday morning before the coffee time and before the service, in Neil Ryan's office for a short time of prayer at 9.45 a.m. All welcome. "Did I not say to you, if you believe, you will see the glory of God"? John 11:40

Election Webcast
The election webcast will be held at the church on Monday night September 2 at 7.00pm. The event is up on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/163301253864415/) and is posted on the UPBC page.

Sermon Notes

This week at UPBC

Playgroup Tuesday September 3 9.30am-11.30am Tuesday September 3 9.30am-10.30am Tuesday September 3 11am-12noon Tuesday September 3 5.30pm - 8.00pm

Prayer Team

Hilighters

Munchiez Food Van

Playgroup

Wednesday September 4 9.30am-11.30am Wednesday September 4 7.45pm-9.00pm Thursday September 5 9.30am Friday September 6 7.30pm-9.30pm Saturday September 7 1.00pm-5.00pm Sunday September 8 10.00am Sunday September 8 5.00pm

Bible study at the church Dema & Carolyn, GIA Know Your Bible

Elevate Youth Group (year 8-12)

OMF Conference Adelaide College of Ministries, Klemzig Morning Worship

LifeChurch

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