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Armidale Mission 2021 Day 6

Armidale Mission 2021 Day 6

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Young Mums Bible Study

Sarah, Merryn and Kim lead a Bible Study on Romans 5 with some of the young mums of St Peters. It was a great time of fellowship around God’s word.

Youth Group

Most of the team got to join the youth group in the evening! It was a great time to meet the youth group and be encouraged by them! We were blown away by how welcoming this group was and how well they all related to each other!

This week was a special week called “Surge” where all the youth groups in the diocese would normally gather together to encourage one another. We were all trained in doing the Swedish Method as a way to be reading the bible for ourselves and encouraged to survive, strive and thrive for the Gospel from Philippians 4.

Prayers:

Thank God for the hard work of the regular leaders and keep praying that more leaders would be raised up.

Thank God for the way the culture of this group is so shaped around His Word.

Pray for these youth, that they would continue to read the bible for themselves.
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Liverpool South Mission Day 5

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On Thursday, our mission team was sent out to different shopping centres in Liverpool to ask shop assistants how we could be praying for them. Further, to invite them to a community BBQ at the church this Saturday, and to offer copies of the Gospel of Luke in various languages. Adam Johnson and I went to a small shopping strip at Lurnea. We had some trepidation but had a nourishing experience with 10 interactions, including two customers.

The most fulfilling and proactive was with a young Catholic lady in a pharmacy. Although born in Australia, her parents were from Vietnam, one Catholic, and the other a Buddhist. We mentioned we were from Moore College on mission week, and she asked if the Wollondilly Anglican School at Tahmoor was a good school, as her friend wanted to send her boy there? My granddaughter goes there, and I replied that our family were happy with the school. Our prayers for her were that the young boy would get a good education and that friends of hers, that had a flooded house at Windsor, who couldn’t insure due to it being flood-prone, could receive comfort.

The other religions represented in our discussions were Muslim and Mandaean, and nationalities included Vietnamese, Lebanese and Cambodian. One young Muslim man, unloading a truck, asked if we were Jehovah Witnesses. We told him we were from the local Anglican church, and we had an amicable short discussion. We gave out BBQ invite coupons to all and a couple of the Luke books.

In a bakery staffed by Cambodians, we were not getting any positive response initially. However, an Australian women customer said, “It costs nothing to accept a prayer, like a smile costs nothing, so you ladies should accept.” Further, this lady asked could we pray for her bad health and the health of her family? The assistants then agreed that we could pray for the prosperity of their business. The Australian women was a great ice breaker, and we prayed for them all.

After lunch we did house door knocking, Stuart Sharry was my partner now, again the response was not negative, with some good conversations, including an Anglican who said he hadn’t returned to church since the virus, so he would consider the BBQ. Among others, two Muslims and another Mandaean. More BBQ invites and Luke books were distributed. A good and spiritual day was had by all.
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ENC Mission 2021 Day 5

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Chester Hill

The team spent the morning meeting with Paul, the minister of Chester Hill Anglican Church, to learn more about how the church operates. Paul highlighted the multi-cultural aspect of the suburb, speaking of how this creates unique challenges for evangelistic ministry and how he and his team have worked to overcome these challenges.

The afternoon was spent in a time of walk-up evangelism amongst the community, with a particular focus on engaging with these different cultural groups and asking them questions relating to their particular cultural celebrations or religious beliefs. These conversations were used to open up a dialogue in which we could share the Gospel and speak about what we believe as Christians. This was also used as an opportunity to invite community members to a dinner being held at the church on Friday night, as well as the church’s Easter services next weekend.

Praise God for the way in which Paul and his team have been able to minister to the people of Chester Hill, finding functional ways to get around the numerous cultural and language barriers that can so easily hinder the spread of the Gospel message.

Please pray that God will continue to work in the hearts of the community of Chester Hill, that the conversations had during the walk-up can prove fruitful, and that many members of the community can be drawn to the dinner event being held on Friday night. Please pray that through this event the people may come to know Jesus and have a desire to be plugged into the church community.

Leppington

The Leppington team spent the day today preparing for our SRE seminar on Friday and meeting the wonderful people of Hope Anglican Church. We are looking forward to the continued involvement with Hope tomorrow as we run SRE and help out also with their Hub kids activities and youth tomorrow evening.

Praise God for the gift of being able to meet all these different churches and ministries, that we are able to see how God is working through so many wonderful people across Sydney so that many are reached with the Gospel.

Please pray as we prepare and teach in the SRE assembly that kids will learn about Jesus, the good shepherd who laid down His life for them.
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Maitland Mission 2021 Day 5

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On Thursday night, a few of our women joined with MEC for their ‘Holy Guacamole’ women’s outreach event.

We met at a Mexican restaurant in town and had a blast with tacos, Mexican themed activities, and great conversation. Along with a woman from MEC, Zaneta and Marian were interviewed about where they find true joy – ultimately, in Christ.

We were encouraged by how eagerly the MEC women invited their friends. Of 50 women, 15 were not from a church background. One MEC woman brought along two work friends who were eager to ask more questions about Christianity. Another woman brought a uni friend who found one of the interviews really resonated with her life, and realised she wants to find out more about Jesus.

Praise God for women taking their next step with Jesus!
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Normanhurst Mission Day 5

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Today the SRE team rolled on to Normanhurst West Public School to share about the empty tomb and Jesus being raised from the dead! Another great Easter Assembly full of interaction and songs making it clear that Christ is better than Easter eggs and hot cross buns. Jesus is alive!

Praise God for the encouragement and time in God’s word at the women’s bible study.

Praise God for all the conversations and people invited to the SSNAC Easter Services during door-knocking and manning the Anglicare food collection table.

Prayer:

  • Pray that all those invited would take up the invitations to the Easter Services to hear about the fresh start Jesus offers.
  • Pray for more opportunities for gospel conversations as we continue door-knocking and inviting people to Easter Services.
  • Pray that the youth will grow in deeper conviction to serve Jesus at tomorrow night’s youth training seminar. Pray that our team members will provide encouragement as they share their lives and experiences with the youth.

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Asquith Mission 2021 Day 5

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Walk-up

Making the best use of the sun the entire team made its way into Hornsby Westfield fountain to have a go trying to engage with the local community.

The local markets made for lots of traffic as we tried to share the good news of Jesus with the community! Please praise God for the conversations we were able to have and ask that God might call them to repent and believe his Gospel.

Pray

Please pray that for the conversation Tara had with a woman who was interested in coming to church and investigate the claims of Jesus. Pray she might be connected well with the local church, hear the Gospel and believe.

Please pray for A who is currently connected to a church where she doesn’t understand what is said from the front but loves the community there. Pray God might convict her of the need to hear and understand and that she might find a church where she is able to not only connect with the community but hear and believe the Gospel.

Kids Club

Kids ask some incredibly curly, creative questions (“why is the sky blue?”, “why does cement smell weird after it has rained?”). They also ask the deeper questions of life: “what happens when you die?”.

This week at St John’s Asquith, a Moore College Mission team has been helping run the kids club. It’s great fun – crazy games, colourful craft, a lot of silliness and laughter. But it’s also a great opportunity for kids in upper-primary school to ask the big questions.

This week we explored the question: “who is Jesus?”. We explored Jesus’ power to heal, his power over nature, his power to forgive, his power to die for our sin and rise again.

Pray

Praise God that at such a formative time in the kids’ lives, there’s a team of leaders at Asquith working hard to help the kids learn about God in a fun, friendly environment. Pray for the kids, that they would know and trust Jesus, and for the leaders, that they would be encouraged and energised as they help the kids explore the big questions

Men’s Event

What do you get when you combine a message, men, meat and machines, in one tin shed?

Over at the Men’s Shed in Asquith over 50 men bonded together in a big tin shed to see how big machines turn big bits of wood, into little ones. In one hand a snag, and in the other an ice cream.

Kevin gave a great talk on Jesus being the bread that satisfied and called us to see that true satisfaction is only found in Jesus. Some 30 men not from the church were there, praise God!

Pray

Thank god for the evangelistic zeal of many of the members of the church. Some brought 2 or 3 mates along! Pray that God would soften their hearts to who Jesus is and that they might repent and believe in him, feeding on the bread of life and fine real satisfaction.
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