Your Notes

April 26th 2009

Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to

My words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body.

It may have been a sad day in the school canteens the hour Jamie Oliver
declared war on junk food...but here's the thing, he was doing it for the
children’s own benefit. We need to be careful what we digest. It's not just
our stomachs either, we need to watch what we feed our brains.
Our favourite mags may give us the lowdown on what's hot and what's
not, but there's not enough substance their to sustain us. Our spiritual lives
need a good dose of iron and all the right ingredients. We need to tuck into
our Bibles for a healthy meal.
It's a diet of
a) POWER. Read Luke 4 to understand the power of Jesus' Word. It's a
healthy tale of forces submitting to God's Word
b) FORCE. '...by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was
formed...' (2 Peter 3:5 NIV). God didn't call in the builders when He
made the world, His Word alone was enough to create all that exists
c) LIFE. 'The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are
life' (John 6:63 NIV). When you eat the Word of God, it can't just sit
there and do nothing, it comes to life. It gets to work in you and starts
to produce results.

So don't just sit there drooling, tuck in, feed yourself with the Word.
OVERSIGHT TEAM:
Pastor Shane & Glenda Whitbourn
Dwayne & Cynthia Alexander
YOUTH & YOUNG CO-ORDINATOR & WORSHIP DIRECTOR:
Julian Gollash Ph: 0413 771 390
Services @ 10am
Fawthrop Community Centre Hood St, Portland
Pr. Shane Whitbourn Ph: 0417509516
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 today@church
9.30am Prayer meeting ….please join us!
10am Service: Praise & Worship, communion & a tribute to
Justin. This will be followed by a message from Ps. Shane Whitbourn
this week
Home Groups
We continue this week with “Regroup” & “God’s Stewards” by Ken Legg.
Day and evening groups available in Portland and Hamilton.
Please talk to Ps Shane if you would like to be part of a group.

Also during the 10am Service:

Young Guns
Kindling Kids Games & Activities night This is a new bible study group for
Year 7-9 students
Pre-school Primary School Saturday 4—8pm which will run during the
Mathew & Victoria Nash's 10am service
If you are visiting with us this morning, Welcome! 123 Holmes Road, Gorae. Starts next Sunday
Please stay after the service and enjoy a cuppa and then lunch with us. Bring warm old clothes and a torch.
For more details see
Tea included
Reid Stiles

Tribute to Justin Justin’s Funeral

As a part of our service this morning
we will have a special tribute to Justin
Pomery. Justin was a faithful part of
our church for the past 3 years,
and will miss him.
If you are with us especially
because of Justin, we hope and
pray that you will know God’s
peace and hope as you deal with
the tragedy of his death.
Sometime during this week there
will be a funeral service for Justin
SWCC Senior Youth presents...
Pomery at the Heywood Uniting
Church. This will be followed by a
committal service in Port-
land and then afternoon When: Saturday 2nd May 6:00pm—9:30pm
tea back at Heywood Where: J & J Gollasch’s 11 Robin Ave, Portland West
Uniting Church
(Cnr of Robin Ave & Oakpark Rd… entrance in Oakpark Rd.)
Date and time yet to be Cost: $4 to cover dinner and munchies
announced.
Bring: Yourself, a friend, a torch (optional),
(Most likely late-week)
an appetite, warm layers to put on.

RSVP to Julian: Call: 55217693 Text: 0413771390 email: jgollasch@bigpond.com

Morning Tea Lunch Today
We are having a fellowship lunch
Today: Cynthia’s Team
today after the
May 3: Margot’s Team
service. If you Leadership Development Night
came unpre-
Kindling Kids
pared, please
Next Sunday 7.30pm @ Julian & Julia’s
Today : Sarah F stay and join us 11 Robin Ave, Portland West
May 3: Dianna anyway. (Cnr of Robin Ave & Oakpark Rd… entrance in Oakpark Rd.)