Building for Eternity
Archive for April, 2008
Pray, Connect, Expect
4 years ago
in News
In early November a young Church Leader from Sydney, came up to me and asked did I recognise him? Those questions are usually uncomfortable. He looked somewhat familiar and he mercifully identified himself as a member of the youth group I led in 1989. He was now training for full time mission work and he encouraged me by explaining how 1989 had been a real turning point in his life.
God is at work in our world, turning lives around and providing the only real future.
Our Archbishop has called upon us to join all the other Anglican Churches of the Diocese. He is challenging us to intentionally connect with our neighbours and communities. He is challenging us to be Christ’s representatives in whatever context God places us.
This challenge is focused towards 2009 but he invites us to start today!
The first step is to pray.
We have enclosed a prayer card for you to fill out and use over the next 2 years. As we pray and connect, we can expect our great God to work.
Stephen Semenchuk
A Stamp Of Approval
4 years ago
in News
On Monday night the report of the Diocese’s Mission Property Committee was endorsed by the Archbishop’s Mission Board. This report identified parish projects that were likely to lead to a rapid increase in the number of people attending churches in the Diocese.
The criteria used in assessing growth included; church attendances, the current life cycle of the church, the population changes in the parish, the ministry growth strategy of the church, the utilization of existing buildings, the leadership of the parish and the training and sending of people into ministry by the parishes.
Our Parish was assessed as being in the highest priority grouping in the Dioceses. The high priority projects will receive significant financial help and encouragement. We will publish the detailed amount that is available to Dapto and how this will affect our building fund next week.
Please offer your thanks to God, as He answered the prayers offered at our Annual Meeting and that of many of our church members.
Stephen Semenchuk