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Be prepared for 2012 PRAY!!

Hilary Brown — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:07:28 +0000

Friday, 3rd February,
7pm to 8pm
at DAC Moombara Street, Dapto

Parish wide prayer.
Join us, young and old, for our prayer event.

We will be praying for ….

God’s guidance, as we prioritise the year ahead.
God’s blessings on all our plans and preparations for His work in 2012 at Dapto and beyond.
Guidance to work in and through His Church family, asking for wisdom, sensitivity and boldness as we share the gospel, with our family, friends and neighbours.
For God to bless our church, with many new believers.
and more….

Chin update

Lyndall Bailey — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:52:02 +0000

21st November, 2011

Dear brothers and sisters,
God has mercifully answered your prayers. Bronwyn was discharged from hospital over the weekend after her pancreatitis settled reasonably quickly. In fact she came home and promptly enjoyed a BBQ feast with family friends!

As for her slow growing recurrent tumours (in her left lung, and liver), it is likely she will again try oral chemotherapy called 5FU. Despite constant back pain and weakness, God continues to give her strength. We’ve certainly had our valleys both physically and emotionally. But God sustains her joy in him.

Rachel is now in Vanuatu helping proclaim Christ with a Scripture Union team. Music exams are over for Thomas and Grace, and Naomi continues on her busy schedule which now includes driving lessons from Dad. NTE preparations appear to be on track.

Thank you so so much for praying. We are very grateful to God for your love.

Do take care,
the Chin family.

Melting Moments with Philip & Deanne Gerber

Hilary Brown — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:28:25 +0000

Philip & Deanne Gerber are serving God with the Church Missionary Society in the Northern Territory and we are one of their link parishes, supporting them financially and prayerfully.

This week we’ve received the Gerber’s latest newsletter called ‘Melting Moments’ – November edition.

Click on this link to be informed and hear their news, stories, prayer points and praise points. ‘Melting Moments’ Philip & Deanne Gerber: Nov 2011 Newsletter

Chin update

Hilary Brown — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:13:44 +0000

16NOV2011 – Bronwyn back in hospital

Dear brothers and sisters,

Sadly Bronwyn is back in hospital with her second bout of pancreatitis. Also her latest CT scan shows slow growing recurrences of her cancer in her liver and left lung. But as always she remains in good spirits which enables us all to cope well. God willing she will be out of hospital in a few days.

Rachel finished her HSC last week. Thank you for praying for her. She was dissapointed with a couple of papers because although she knew all her work, she ran out of time. But it was wonderful to see her entrust herself to God in all this. Very kind friends have paid for her to join a Scripture Union mission to Vanuatu next week. She will also join us for our AFES National Training Event in Canberra soon after.

Naomi, Grace and Thomas remain busy and well.

So between hospital visits, music exams, school, preparations for Vanuatu and work, life is a little hectic. But God continues to care so wonderfully for us.

On the AFES front, it’s the countdown to our National Training Event in early December. We are expecting around 1500 people in an ever increasingly complex conference with multiple parallel programs. I’m due to give 2 talks at the main conference, and 3 other addresses at pre-NTE events. Over 60 campus teams will then partner 60 plus local churches throughout Australia on various missions.

Please thank God that:

Bronwyn is in good care and in good spirits.
Our family is coping relatively well through this trial
We are being wonderfully supported by our church family and friends.

Please ask God:

to heal Bronwyn’s pancreatitis quickly and keep her cancer at bay.
grow all of us more like Jesus through these trials
transform the lives of all those attending our NTE in Canberra
save many lives in the missions we take part in afterward with local churches throughout Australia.

Thanks for loving us

Abiding in Jesus,
The Chin Family

Thanks for your ongoing support of us – Richard Chin

Hilary Brown — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:54:24 +0000

Dear brothers and sisters,

Thanks for your ongoing prayers.

As I write, Bronwyn is studying biology with our oldest daughter (Rachel) who is in the middle of her higher school certificate (hsc) exams.3 down and 3 to go (finishing early November). All of us can’t wait for them to end! In the kindness of God, it’s been relatively stress free. (I’m sure parents get more stressed!)

Bronwyn was able to attend most of the AFES wives conference last weekend.As you can imagine, many were delighted that she was there and able to contribute helpfully.

Bronwyn is in good spirits (as always) and holding her own at 38 kg these days.Within hours of the last email I wrote, she was in hospital with pancreatitis.Although that has settled, we know how vulnerable she is.But God has graciously answered your prayers and sustained her with joy in Him, andan ability to endure through her weakness. Our next set of scans are in mid November. Will keep you informed.

Naomi, Grace, & Thomas are well and enjoying their busy lives at school & sport.

I’m a little weary but well. There’s a fair bit on my plate at the moment. But our church family continue to provide meals twice a week and mow our lawn, which we are so very very thankful for. It really is an enormous help.

Please thank God for:

sustaining Bronwyn so graciously.
enabling us to number our days for his glory keeping our family looking to Jesus
providing us with so much help from our church family.

Please ask God our father to:

continue to heal Bronwyn if it is his will.
grow our children in the love and fear of Jesus.
save and transform many lives at our National Training Event (NTE) this December.
enable me to preach well at a combined churches event this Sunday night, and at NTE

Thank you for loving us.

All our love,
the Chin clan.

Missionary update – Charles family serving with CMS in Chile

Hilary Brown — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:17:12 +0000

Michael & Jo Charles with their 4 children are serving with Church Mission Society in Santiago Chile.

This week we’ ve received two newsletters from them click on the links below to view them.

September 2011 – Newsletter No. 82: Newsletter 82

October 2011 – Newsletter No. 83: Newsletter 83

Do take the time to read them, be informed and pray for the work they are doing under God in Chile.

Melting Moments with Philip & Deanne Gerber CMS Missionaries Northern Territory

Hilary Brown — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:05:05 +0000

Philip & Deanne Gerber serve with CMS in the Northern Territory and we partner with them both in prayer and financial support.

Click on this link to hear about the latest work by the Gerbers: Gerber – Newsletter Sept 2011

Link Missionary – Supporting AFES; Richard Chin, University Ministry

Hilary Brown — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:05:50 +0000

Richard has been busy caring for his sick wife, Bronwyn as well as continuing on with his work in sharing God within our Australian Universities. Richard is based in Wollongong and has sent us 3 quick updates which we now pass on to you for ongoing prayer.

LATEST NEWS FROM THE CHINS
- Fri 2 Sept
Dear brothers and sisters,

Thank you for your prayers. As I write, Bronwyn remains fragile but stable. The latest scans show a spot in her liver that suggests a low grade recurrence that is

being held at bay by sporadic chemotherapy for the moment. In God’s kindness however, she remains in wonderful spirits and full of humour. She was even Rachel’s most valuable study partner through her HSC trials which have gone relatively well. Otherwise family life is as busy as ever with the business end of the school term and the soccer season.

I’ve enjoyed preaching through Joshua and speaking at the Wollongong University Mission. Now I’m in the midst of preparing sermons for church on Job. What a great book of the bible. What a great God we have.

On the AFES front
* The missions around the country continue to see more students saved. God is so gracious.
* Another 10 (so far) have applied for senior staff positions and grants have been approved to seed fund 6 of them.
* Our National Training Event looms on the horizon.

If you are in striking distance to Wollongong, please join us for our Supporters’ Dinner

AFES SUPPORTERS DINNER:
When: Sat 17th September 6pm (registration) for a 6:30 pm dinner (there will be a tour of Wollongong Uni at 5pm if you would like a visit!)
Where: Wollongong TAFE (next to Wollongong Uni, directions to be received after RSPVP-ing)
Cost: $30 per person for a fabulous banquet meal (pay on the night)
RSVP: Sarah Schachtel on sarahschachtel@hotmail.com OR 0466413303 (mobile) OR 42107702 (home phone)

For your prayers Please thank God for
* Keeping our horizons on Jesus through Bronwyn’s cancer
* saving students on campuses throughout Australia
* growing our staff team Please pray that
* I faithfully preach through Job to the glory of God
* Bronwyn’s cancer helps us grow in Christ likeness and if it is God’s will that she is given long life for his glory.
* Many more students on campus are saved.
* More supporters will partner us to proclaim Christ on campus and raise up generations of students to serve him here and overseas.

Thank you for loving us.

The Chin clan.

URGENT UPDATES
- Sat 3 Sept
Dear brothers and sisters,
Within a few hours of sending my last email, Bronwyn developed acute abdominal pain and is now in Wollongong hospital with pancreatitis. It appears that one of the pancreatic ducts is obstructed. But we don’t know the cause conclusively. Obviously we think that a recurrence of the cancer is a very real possibility. Will find out over the next few days. Our surgeon is out of the country till next week.

Please ask our gracious God to:
* alleviate Bronwyn from the pain and heal her pancreatitis
* use this trial for his glory

- Wed 7 Sept
Dear brothers and sisters, God has mercifully answered your prayers. Bronwyn came home last night. She still has some residual (but very manageable) pain from the resolving pancreatitis. We still don’t know the actual cause conclusively, but the doctors have understandably adopted a wait and see approach. Not being able to eat (for a few days), coupled with her ongoing malabsorption, has meant even more weight loss. But thanks to God, her good spirits and humour remain unabated.

Although we don’t know how and why everything happens, we are grateful to know the God who knows how and why everything happens (in Jesus!). This lesson from the book of Job has been a gift of God throughout.

Thank you for your prayers, emails, phone calls, and personal visits. Sorry I cannot reply individually.

Please thank God that
* Bronwyn is back home.
* the other patients and medical staff knew she was a Christian as friends prayed with her

Please ask God
* to prevent the pancreatitis from recurring and heal her for his glory, if it is his will.
* help many others come to know him through our experience somehow.

Love the Chin family.

Moore Sunday: Prayer, Provision & People

Hilary Brown — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:35:13 +0000

Sunday 7 August is Moore College Sunday. A day to highlight the College with prayer, provision & people.

The college seek our ongoing support with prayer for the College, helping them financially and encouraging people to go to Moore College to study and be equipped for Christian ministry.

Please praise & thank God:

for the students, their humility in learning & enthusiasm to serve.
for over 7000 external studies students & for progress in the on-line learning environment.
for 15 mission teams that partnered with churches in Australia & Overseas.
for graduates serving in Sydney, Australia & the world.
for the Centre for Christian Living that is helping people to follow Jesus in all areas of life.

Please pray:

that College remains faithful to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in everything it does.
for those who heard the gospel from the mission teams.
that students will be well-equipped for the ministries God leads them into.
that many people consider studying at Moore in 2012. ± for wisdom for the future.

Special Prayer for August & September

Hilary Brown — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:01:06 +0000

Please pray throughout August & September for the following points …

Commitment: from our many volunteers who will help us make the transition work.

Defence: from vandalism and theft of trees & plants and internals of our building.

Enthusiasm: as we move the service of celebration to Saturday the 3rd September.

Guests: Our special guests already invited to join us in our opening Celebration Service are able to change dates with us.

Manufacture & Delivery: for all remaining manufacture, delivery and installation to occur on time.

Patience & Perseverance: as we move to a changed schedule.

Sunshine: we need fine weather for the bitumen in the southern car park and to complete our landscaping.

Wisdom: as final decisions are made about furnishings and fittings.

Our revised Timetable is this:

From Monday, 1st August: carpeting and half of foyer flooring

Saturday, 6th August: major landscaping. Remember inductions of what to do 9am and 1pm

Sunday 7th August, Mufti Sunday: come to church at 10am in clothes ready to work, stay for a sausage sizzle (or meet us at 1pm ready for work) and then help finish off the landscaping.

From Monday 15th August: installation of air conditioning, front doors and audio & visual equipment.

From Monday 22nd August: painting and final fit-outs

OPEN DAY & CELEBRATION SERVICE Saturday, 3rd September

10am walk through & view our new building then at 2pm Service of Celebration,Moombara Street, Dapto

Sunday, 25th September at 7pm: Confirmation Service.

CHARLSIES Angles – keeping in touch from Santiago – Chile

Hilary Brown — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:01:03 +0000

Michael & Jo Charles with their children; Sam, Caleb, Emma & Lola are serving with Church Mission Society in Santiago, Chile and are one of Dapto’s Link Missionaries.

We’ve just received 3 newsletters in quick succession from the Charles family in the field in Santiago, Chile.

They’ve had a busy few months with friends Rev Andrew & Heather Reid (Holy Trinity Doncaster, Melbourne) joining them leading up to Easter for an intensive course on the book of Exodus.

Great news about Jo’s women’s bible study group. The ladies decided to continue meeting while Jo was in Australia. A very big step for these ladies! They discovered that they didn’t need Jo to run this group and learnt instead to trust God. They are studying Isaiah and while a little bogged down are making great links from the Old and New Testament.

More recently, Michael reports on a mission to Antofagasta where they spent a week in evangelistic events. A highlight for Michael was being able to preach in English at a service held for nearby miners. It was great for the students with him to see a very different part of Chile and experience the difficult reality of a minig city where there is a high turnover of congregation members due to short-term contract work.

Why not check out their newsletters #77 to #79 for yourself by clicking on the links here.
Charles – Newsletter #77 April 2011
Charles – Newsletter #78 May 2011
Charles – Newsletter #79 May 2011

News from the Chins

Hilary Brown — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:05:06 +0000

As we support our Link Missionary Richard Chin – who works as the National Director for AFES; working to bring the gospel to the students attending our Universities, Richard and his family are struggling through suporting wife & Mum Bronwyn who has been afflicted with cancer. Read on and uphold Richard and his family with prayer.

Richard writes the following:
Dear brothers and sisters, I am so sorry for being out of touch.

Bronwyn remains fragile. She hovers around 39-40 kg and has chronic back pain. This means she is unable to sit in a chair or stand upright for long periods of time. Although we don’t know exactly what is causing the pain, a recurrence of cancer is at the top of the short list.We have a CT scan next Tue (12th July) which will reveal more. Either way the treatment is the same with sporadic chemotherapy.

However, although her diarrhoea is constant due to the surgery, her vomiting has settled (apart from when she has chemotherapy).But she remains (as always) in good spirits with good humour in the sovereign grace of God. She is also able to get to church and bible study most weeks.At church she sits in a bean bag in the office foyer listening through a speaker that broadcasts the entire service. We usually share this intimate ’church plant’ with some mums and babies.

In God’s kindness, our children remain well because of Bronwyn’s incredible endurance.

As I write, Naomi (15), and Grace (13) are at a CMS Camp called Triple M. Thomas (11) has enjoyed a local Christian Kid’s holiday club,and Rachel (17) is studying hard for her HSC.

Our church family continue to flood us with love – organising meals, a cleaner for our home, mowing our grass, and regularly praying for us.

I am weary but generally well and am due to speak on the books of Joshua, and Job, … and the mission at the Wollongong campus soon.

On the AFES front,

It is Mid Year Conference season across the nation. Students are engaging with God for a week in campus or regional conferences exploring great doctrines such as the Cross, church, relationships, and humanity.

Some dear supporters have enabled us to set up the “AFES New Ministry Initiative” to seed fund strategic staff appointments throughout Australia.

Please continue to thank God for

* preserving Bronwyn’s life and hope in him

* keeping our children well

* the opportunity to know Him better and make Him known at our Mid Year Conferences

* the generosity of friends to set up the New Ministry Initiative

Please ask our Father

* to cure Bronwyn if it is His will and alleviate her back pain

* to continually strengthen her with a steadfast joy in Him

* keep our horizons large with a ballast of humility and a sails full of adoration for Jesus

* to transform the lives of the thousands of students meeting at conferences this month into the image of Jesus.

* to raise up more workers for the University harvest field in Australia and overseas.

Thank you for loving us,

the Chin family.

Wollongong Regional Prayer Diary – March to May 2011

Hilary Brown — Wed, 11 May 2011 22:51:14 +0000

Each quarter the Wollongong Regional Prayer Diary is produced with prayer points for you to pray about and it covers our Wollongong Region. The diary is set out over 31 days with something different to pray for on each day. Have a read and be informed and then PRAY, PRAY and PRAY!

If you are unable to print a copy of this booklet, you can call our office on 4261 1001 and we will produce a copy for you to collect.

Click on this link to view and print a copy of the Prayer Diary: Prayer-Diary-Mar-May-2011

Chin Prayer Update – 28th April, 2011

Hilary Brown — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:00:04 +0000

Dear Brothers & Sisters,

Bronwyn’s father sadly passed away early on Easter Sunday. Although he never professed to be a Christian, he read a long letter from Bronwyn explaining the gospel a few days before, and prayed with us in response to Psalm 23. He even asked God to have mercy on Bronwyn with regard to her cancer.

His funeral is on at 1:30 pm Tue 3rd May at St. Matthews Anglican Church, Manly. Bronwyn will be praying and I will give a brief talk from Psalm 23 at the service.

In the mean time:
* Bronwyn’s mother is still recovering from a triple bypass.
* Bronwyn is well enough to receive chemotherapy
* Her sister (Michelle) will be with our family whilst I am speaking at a convention for medical students and staff in Queensland this weekend (on the theme of suffering – teaching the
book of Habakkuk).
* Our children started back at school after a busy and fruitful break.

Please pray that
* the funeral service will glorify God and turn Bronwyn’s wider family back to him.
* the chemotherapy keeps Bronwyn’s cancer at bay and she has enough energy for the funeral.
* Richard will speak faithfully and well this weekend.
* Our children keep looking to Jesus.

Thanks for loving us,
Richard Chin.

DAC at Prayer

Hilary Brown — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:47:28 +0000

The week just gone was our Dapto Anglican week of prayer during which we held two parish wide prayer meetings to come together to give thanks to God and to ask Him to be working His kingdom purposes in our community. We used our DAC discipleship pathway to inform our time together, praying for
1. our connecting activities;
2. Each other who gather together throughout the week;
3. Our growth in the Lord;
4. Our care ministries which seek to meet both spiritual and material need throughout Dapto, Australia and around the world.

It was an enormous encouragement to see so many people come along, but also to know that many more were praying throughout the week in their Growth Groups, prayer triplets, and by themselves.

Prayer is such an important part of what we do for it expresses our fundamental dependence upon the Lord who works in and through His people.

Here are two simple ways to help you be a praying person:
1. Meet up with a trusted friend for the purpose of praying for each other.
2. Read a psalm every day, using it as the beginning of a time of personal prayer.

Prayer is the most basic expression of our trust in God and our desire to live according to His pleasure and purpose.

Scott Goode,
Assistant Pastor

Parish Prayer Week

Hilary Brown — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:41:44 +0000

Come and join with others in prayer, as we give thanks for all the Lord has done and pray for the growth of His kingdom in our community.

Make one or both of the prayer times. Come with your Growth Group or come to the one that suits you best.

TUESDAY, 22nd March 7.30pm to 9pm
and/or
THURSDAY, 24th March 11am to12.15pm

Just a reminder to our Growth Groups attending, could you help, by bringing a plate of goodies to help with refreshments. Thank you.

Prayer Focus August 2010

Lyndall Bailey — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:55:55 +0000

Prayer Focus August 2010 (PDF 194kb)

July Prayer Focus

Lyndall Bailey — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:47:00 +0000

July 2010 Prayer Focus

June Prayer Focus

Lyndall Bailey — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:10:33 +0000

Prayer Focus June 2010 (PDF 191kb)

Regional Prayer Diary

Lyndall Bailey — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:13:04 +0000

Regional Prayer Diary March-May 2010 (PDF 278kb)