Dapto Anglican Church

Next week the rest of our Carnarvon Mission team fly out. It is the culmination of months of preparation. It also is a concrete expression of our partnership in the gospel. The Kingdom of God is not constrained by geographic boundaries or state borders. The good news about Jesus is the way of salvation for every person. Over the next two weeks, 39 members of Dapto Anglican Church will be helping St. George Anglican Church at Carnarvon in getting that message out to their whole township.

Please support us in prayer. Pray that God’s Spirit opens doors and hearts to the message of salvation. Pray that Carnarvon will never be the same again. Pray that each team member will never be the same again. Pray that the team and the Christians in Carnarvon will have a deep love for the “lost” people. Pray that we will all work together in Christian unity and love. Pray that the lessons we learn will change our thinking and pray that the witness we live will transform our discipleship.

Dapto Anglican Church’s vision is to see God’s message shared throughout the world. This mission is a great example that gospel ministry is personal and that we are all involved!

Stephen Semenchuk

What’s it all about?

Bulletin 26/06/06 (pdf, 1.23 MB)

Soccer takes on spiritual proportions in the lives of many supporters throughout the world. None are more passionate than Australia‚Äôs next opponents Brazil. Brazil’s brilliant goal scorer in their first match against Croatia was Kaka. Did you realise that Kaka and a half dozen of his Brazil team mates are men of faith?

Kaka has been playing soccer since he was 10 years old. He also grew up in an evangelical home where both of his parents were Bible-believing Christians. His conversion occurred after his baptism in 1994; “something supernatural happened to me. I began to know God in more depth, and I’ve learned that faith works within the limits of the circumstances.”

His advice to us is;

‚ÄúTo those who already have Jesus: you have made the best choice and are in the best team. Go ahead. Do not give up. The fight is great, but we can only win being on Jesus’ side. To those who have not yet surrendered their lives to Jesus: What are you doing being outside of this team?! Come to learn the Word of God, come to know who God really is.
Stop eating cookies, while God offers us a banquet…‚Äù

Stephen Semenchuk

Read it here

Bulletin 18/06/06 (pdf, 867KB)

On a cold Tuesday morning in 2006, a small cluster of committed Christians braved the weather to travel to a distant location to share Jesus with the natives. The venue for this expedition… Dapto High School.

This band of brothers (and sisters) huddled together to assess their rations & equipment. One projector, one laptop, a dodgy school sound system, one toasted sandwich and a Bible. The unit realised they needed more than this in a hostile environment and so they prayed for God’s strength. And God’s strength they needed as the first tribe to come in was Year 7.

Andy Stevenson stood in front of the crowd and boldly shared the message of Jesus being the light in our dark world. The team then played games, ran discussion groups and showed different forms of media to connect with the inhabitants of this strange land called High School.

The day continued with over 400 students in Year 8, 9, 10 and 11 each hearing the message of Jesus in their own tongue. Each tribe was different… asking different questions that were relevant to them, varied levels of participation and diverse responses to the Bible.

At the end of the day, the small cluster felt an overwhelming level of patriotism to their Commander in Chief – God and thanked Him for the privilege of sharing His word.

Dianne Whittaker

Matthew 28:19-20

P.s.: If you want to continue support of scripture seminars and the regular teaching of primary school scripture, why not take advantage of the special envelopes in today’s bulletin. Dapto Anglican has a special SRE Account which is tax deductible. Any donations you make before the 30th June can be claimed back in your next tax return. If you require a receipt remember to fill in the slip inside the envelope.
Stephen Semenchuk

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Bulletin 11/06/06 (pdf, 478 KB)

Better late than never!

Bulletin 04/06/06 (pdf, 786KB)

During the storm God sent on Jonah’s escape boat (Jonah 1:4-5) the crew went into survival mode. They threw the cargo into the sea so that the boat would be lighter and more likely to survive. Their survival tactic was to lighten their load.

Our world spends billions of dollars in advertising, encouraging us to increase our debt. Our financially insane environment has a simple message; spend, spend, spend!

The result is that many of us struggle under a financial burden of debt. The freedom and life Jesus offers us gets lost in a fog of interest and pressure.

Jesus offers his financial plan for free in Matthew chapter 6.

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Matthew 6:25

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33-34

Stephen Semenchuk