WEST CESSNOCK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

JULY 2010
Website: www.cessnockcongregationalchurch.com.au
Email: westccong@gmail.com
Ph 4991 1519
Pastoral Elder: Mr Rick Schroder
Secretary: Mr Scott Field
Treasurer: Mr David Harris

A yellowfaced honeyeater enjoys a

winter breakfast

Look at the birds of the air; they do

not sow or reap or store away in
barns, and yet your heavenly Father
feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable
than they?
(Mt 6:26)

Take time to pray for:

• Outreach opportunities • Leadership: • CREDO & AFES outreach in
• Work opportunities ¾ church universities
• Health issues ¾ council, state and national • Vital Christian Radio Outreach on:
• Generation Y • Persecuted church and missionary ƒ Rhema 99.7
endeavour ƒ CHR 96.5
• Process and procedures for calling a
Minister • Scripture in Schools

"Seeking to be a worshipping fellowship, experiencing the awareness of God,

recognising His person and responding to His leadership"
 Church Letter July 2010
Halfway through the year and as a church we have much to be thankful for.
During June, a successful Garage Sale held over two Saturdays made
contact with a number of people and was able to assist them as well as
assisting with the practical needs of the church.
School holidays fill much of this month, so some activities will be on hold.
Remember those travelling, participating in camping programs, and
Jonathan Harris who is in Brisbane for the next 5 weeks as part of his final
requirements for his pre-flight external studies program.
The verse for the month highlights one of the symbols of scripture. God’s
provision for all creatures of His creation is certain and expressed in the
words “The birds eat what they have never had to sow.”
To people, God gave a greater autonomy; to think and create, to make and
to build, to organise and to plan, to invent and to destroy, and to experience
a much broader range of emotion and feeling, culminating in the ability to
decide on our own destiny.
While the birds eat God’s provision, the Children of Israel ate manna; God’s
provided food that sustained them for forty years of wandering in the desert.
Many would say that it is just the provision of nature and deny the influence
of God.
Today, people are focussed on the material aspects of wealth creation and
salary justice and rightly fear the changes to circumstances about which
they have no control. You only have to listen to the news or read a paper to
see what is thought to be important information to be shared across the
world.
One of the best reasons to regularly attend a church is to share with others
a different perspective on life. Jobs, salary, family, housing, health are all
important but are placed in perspective when we consider our place in
God’s plan.
This is because, as spiritual and physical beings, we need food that
nourishes both parts of the body.
Mt 4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread
alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’
Over the past six months, as a church, we have been blessed with a variety
of thoughtful, bible-based sermons from within our own membership and by
Phil Hirons, Perry Smith and Mike McClure.
The current program runs through to the end of August and shortly work will
commence on arranging the next quarter.
The words of a sermon are only as good as the digestive process of the
mind that receives it and derives from it strength and direction in life.
I recently had a chuckle after receiving this perceptive quote, attributed to
N.A Prichard, in an email and share it with you for the ‘picture’ that it
conjures up.
"Perhaps those who say they didn't get a thing out of the sermon
didn't bring anything in which to take it home."

So I return to where I started. God provides for His creation and His people
sustaining them with food both physical and spiritual.

Vic Rae
Newsletter Editor

Announcements

Next Shed Date

Sep 11th
Church Secretaries and Committees are reminded that the closing date for nominations for
President, Treasurer, Registrar and Committee Members, the names of Assembly Delegates
and ALL reports is 31 July. Electronic copies of reports are preferred.

th
34 Annual FCC Assembly
Thursday 23 September FCW Coffee and Dessert Night,
Friday 24 September Pastors’, Missionaries’ and Students’ Meeting,
at Miranda CC. Speaker: Rev. Grant Thorp
(Randwick Presbyterian Church)
Friday 24 September Assembly Celebration Meeting, at Miranda CC.
Speaker: Rev. Grant Thorp
Saturday 25 September Assembly Meeting, at Kogarah Bay CC.
Saturday 25 September Youth Night, at
Engadine CC.
Saturday 16 October FCC Mission Awareness Day, Ryde CC
 JULY - entries for your diary.
DATE / TIME ACTIVITY Reminder - prayer in office 9:40am each Sunday

Thu 1st 7.30am Men’s Morning Bible Study – Church

5.30pm ääåç Music Team Practice ääåç
Fri 2nd 7.00pm Trns4md @ Church

School Holidays commence

Sun 4th 10am & 7pm Morning and Evening Services
Wed 7th 7.30pm Bible Study
7.30pm YA Bible Discussion Group – venue Schroder’s
Thu 8th 7.30am Men’s Morning Bible Study – Church
Sat 10th 7.30am The SHED
Sun 11th 10am & 7pm Morning and Evening Services * Communion
Members’ Meeting following morning service
Tue 13th 7.00pm Combined Churches Service – Cessnock Presbyterian Church
supporting SRE in Schools
Wed 14th 7.30pm Bible Study
7.30pm YA Bible Discussion Group – venue Schroder’s
Thu 15th 7.30am Men’s Morning Bible Study – Church
Sun 18th 10am & 7pm Morning Service and Evening Services
Wed 21st 10am Ladies’ Fellowship
7.30pm Bible Study
7.30pm YA Bible Discussion Group – venue Schroder’s
Thu 22nd 7.30am Men’s Morning Bible Study – Church
Fri 23rd 7.00pm Trns4md @ Church
Sun 25th 10am & 7pm Morning Service and Evening Services
Wed 28th 10am Ladies’ Fellowship
7.30pm Bible Study
7.30pm YA Bible Discussion Group – venue Schroder’s
Please pass on items for the August Newsletter by Thursday 22nd July to Vic Rae 4990 8560 or by email -
vicrae@optusnet.com.au

Check the noticeboard for more financial information

Information for Direct Deposit or Electronic Transfer:
Bank Name Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Name of Account: West Cessnock Congregational
See the Noticeboard for details Church
BSB No: 062805
Account No: 00901411

David W. Harris Treasurer

VERSE FOR THE MONTH

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in
barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much
more valuable than they? (Mt 6:26)