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ENC Mission 2021 Day 6

ENC Mission 2021 Day 6

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Leppington

Today, we were able to partner with Hope Anglican Church and witness the growth of south-west Sydney for ourselves. We began with visiting local parks and shopping centres to hand out flyers for upcoming Easter services. We then ran a SRE assembly at a local primary school about Jesus, the good shepherd who knows us and loves us. After an opportunity to hear from some ministry staff about the future growth of the area, we got to be a part of their wild Friday night HUB where kids, youth and parents all come together. It was interesting to hear the motivation behind doing ministry in this way and immediately seeing it unfold.

Praise God for the way Hope Anglican has been able to connect with the community in an area that is going to grow massively over the next few years. It’s so encouraging to hear how God has already exceeded expectations.

Pray for the kids from the SRE assembly that they would know Jesus as their good shepherd and ask their parents to go along to church for Easter.

Chester Hill

Today we started the day with some door knocking in Chester Hill and Villawood. This was a great opportunity to get out into the community and let people know about the international dinner, the Villawood community picnic and upcoming Easter services.

In the afternoon we got involved with the kid’s club and helped set up for the international dinner. After the kid’s club, we ran an Easter egg hunt, a skit and a craft. The international dinner was a wonderful expression of community as it brought together many different cultures and was a great opportunity to meet people from the local area.

Please pray for all the people we met today from various backgrounds and cultures. Pray that they would let the gospel into their hearts. Also, pray for Paul and his team as they navigate ministry in this context and work hard to help love and support their community.
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Emu Plains Mission 2021 Day 6

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We had a few things happening on Friday afternoon!

Some of us helped out with their years 6 to 8 youth group. Since we were at the end of term 1, we were summarising what they had learnt (can you guess from the picture below what book of the Bible they had been learning from?).

Some of us served at Kids In Christ, where we spent time with early primary school kids. Lots of fun games and activities! They had been learning about Jesus’ resurrection and thinking about what eternity means… it’s a difficult concept! Praise God that we may spend eternity with him because of Jesus.

Some of us helped out at a pop-up café where parents would meet while their toddlers went to Kids in Christ. It was a joy getting to know the parents and chatting about their lives, their kids, and church.

The night event was an evening for the youth, with a focus on connecting youth to the church and evangelism. After a fun game with some zombies, Martin shared his testimony, on how he saw that true meaning and purpose could only be found in God. He then recited the transfiguration passage of Mark 9:1–13 from memory with actions (something the leaders have been doing all term) as an engaging way for the youth to learn from Mark’s gospel. The youth separated into small groups where they retold the story and discussed what it means.

Prayer points:

  • Thank God for many faithful brothers and sisters at Emu Plains Anglican who we can serve the kids and parents alongside.
  • Pray that the kids at Kids in Christ would trust in Jesus, who makes us right with God for eternity.
  • Pray that the youth would know that Jesus is the Son of God, who we should listen to (Mark 9:7). Pray that they would respond in faith.

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Church @ the Peak 2021 Day 6

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In the morning some of the team headed to Beauty Point Resort to help run the monthly chapel service. True to its name, it was a large, beautiful retirement village and one of our team members has already enquired about being put on the waiting list.

There are two ladies from the church who live there and see the place as their mission field. It was such an encouragement hearing how invested they are in reaching out to their neighbours, running Bible studies and Christianity Explored courses, and regularly inviting residents to church.

Ming gave a clear gospel talk on Jesus healing the paralysed man and urged the residents to recognise our biggest problem is our need for forgiveness. We enjoyed lunch afterwards shouted by the owner of the resort who is a Christian and was very excited to have Moore College students there.

In the evening half of us helped with leading a youth group while the other half put on a BBQ for youth group parents. Angus called on the youth to humble themselves or be humbled as he preached on the parable of the Pharisee and tax collector. Over at the park, some of our talented musicians offered live music while others milled around chatting to parents.

 Praise God for the conversations we had over this day. Pray that the Spirit will be at work in the retirees, the youth, and the parents. Pray that many might come along on Sunday.
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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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