Building for Eternity
Archive for September, 2006
Is Joy your Identifying Mark
5 years ago
by Lyndall Bailey
in News
Our lives are becoming weighed down with worries and strangled by busyness. Take a look around the supermarket, particularly the “Express” queue. Everyone looks so serious. Their faces are so long that they could eat corn out of the bottom of a coke bottle.
What is of particular concern is that Christians have caught the disease. Many walk around with a look on their faces like they have been baptized in lemon juice.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:13
Joy is one of the fruits of the Spirit. It’s a matter of the heart. The Bible says we should rejoice when we come together, we should celebrate when a person becomes a Christian and we should give cheerfully to God’s work. There will be times of great struggle and sorrow but even so at all times remember that we should always glorify God with joyful lives.
Bulletin 1st October, 2006
5 years ago
by Lyndall Bailey
in Bulletin
For the latest news and events, remember to check the church calendar.
Bulletin 01/10/06 (pdf, 1.80 MB)
Prayer October, 2006
5 years ago
by Lyndall Bailey
in Prayer
The DAC Prayer Focus for October ’06.
Prayer 10/06 (pdf, 212 KB)
Young Adults Ministry
5 years ago
by Lyndall Bailey
in News
Good News
The Archbishop has appointed Shane Dirks (with Rachel & Levi) to full
time staff members in 2007 at Dapto.
Shane will be establishing our Young Adults ministry which is likely to
go by the name XL.
XL stands for “Christ for life”. Its aim will be to continue and
develop a Christian world view and practice in order to set young adults
up to live for Christ for the rest of their days. This is a vital stage
of Christian development because school is over, and the many voices
(career, money, consumerism, relationships, substance abuse, freedom and
mobility) of the world call for attention and even worship.
Once a month we will have a Saturday social called XLT = “Christ for
life topics” nights, which will include discussion topics that are
relevant to the stage of life young adults are at. Also continued and
expanded involvement in bible study and prayer groups will be
encouraged. Shane & Rachel see their home becoming a place young adults
can gather. We also plan to have a launch night in February and a
weekend away around Easter holiday time, we hope these whet your
appetite!
A key aim will be to build a community identity for young adults in our
church, that they may know that they have one another to spur each other
on. Also as identity as a group is established our young adults may feel
that they are an object of love for the rest of the Church.
Stephen Semenchuk