Together in Mission | June 2019

TOGETHER

IN MISSION

June - July 2019

IN THIS EDITION Our movement joins the National Redress Scheme What’s happening at Trinity Baptist Church What happened at: the Autumn Assembly Belonging Together on Earth - new resource for churches!

A movement of local churches thriving in Jesus transforming the world.

Dr Karen Walker President

FOR PRAYER 10-16 JUNE •

West Beach: Pray for our new Lead Pastor Mick Barrett - may he be guided by the Lord in his ministry with us, especially for the West Beach people who need to hear the Gospel.

The real story of Joshua

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Global Interaction: Pray for the national office and search committee as they look for a new General Director.

You’ll remember the story of Jericho, and how Joshua marched the

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Pray for young people from Baptist Care SA’s Inner Southern Youth Homelessness Service engaging with Blackwood Hills Baptist young people via Get Out project.

people around its walls until they came tumbling down. Remember that Jericho was a major city and people had been fending off invaders for

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7,000 years. Conquering Jericho was never going to be a picnic. And the

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Pray for children with trauma who have no sense of safety, thus no sense of belonging.

Israelites didn’t need to be polite: Joshua had 40,000 battle-hardened

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Global Interaction: Please thank God for the home that He has provided for Luke and Rachel. Pray for the health of this family.

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20th - Prayer day for the accreditation candidates, currently Nathan Randall (Aldinga Bay), Mang Cung (Adelaide Chin), Michael Thompson (Flinders St), Mick Barrett (West Beach), Michelle Stevens (Clovercrest) and Mike Harris (Rostrevor).

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Global Interaction: Praise God for the work that Ian and his team have completed through the English-Ciyawo dictionary. Pray for the ongoing work on the CiyawoEnglish dictionary, for unity in the team working together.

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men with recent victories over Moab and Midian. The Israelites were on a roll and, as their commander, Joshua had ‘GOD IS ON MY SIDE’ printed on his T-shirt.

But instead of sending the boys in to tidy Jericho up, Joshua asked everyone to simply walk around the target. Together. In silence. For seven days. While the townsfolk yelled at them and threw stones. You can imagine the soldiers’ frustration and humiliation. Why did Joshua do this? It was a waste of time, bad for morale, and he risked becoming a laughing stock.

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25th – Please pray for our young adults on our discipleship night with Patricia Weerakoon, Christian Sexologist, as she speaks into today’s culture.

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27th – Journey Seminar on Mental Health, a key day for ongoing training and professional development of our pastors.

for a stroll in his ‘GOD IS ON MY SIDE’ t-shirt. He saw a man he didn’t

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28-30th Growing Together in Marriage at Barossa Weintal Resort, Tanunda. Pray.

the man, “Whose side are you on?”. The man simply said, “I’m not on

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Global Interaction: Continue to praise God for those asking questions and searching out Jesus in Thailand. Pray that God’s Spirit will reveal Himself to these people, that He will give to Dema and Carolyn the words to support these new seekers.

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Pray for Hoa and Hien’s ministry in Vietnam, that the construction of the Grace Family Home is progressing.

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Global Interaction: Pray for Catherine, for wisdom and compassion from God, as she journeys with a lady who is questioning fate, destiny and karma within her family relationships.

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6-8th M&M Kids Camp at Mylor.

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Salisbury: Pray for the church to grow and be effective in evangelism & making disciples.

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Global Interaction: Pray for David and Susie, that God will open doors for them as they continue to grow their partnership team, that He will continue to prepare the hearts/heads of their family as they prepare to serve in Malawi.

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On the morning before they reached Jericho, Joshua had been out recognize standing before him with a drawn sword. Joshua challenged anyone’s side. I’m the commander of the LORD’s army.”

I suspect that Joshua felt sick at that moment. He fell to the ground and stayed there. He was being reminded that he, Joshua, was not the commander of the LORD’s army and it was really a question of whose side Joshua was on. Joshua was told to take his sandals off for the very ground he was on was holy. The clear message was, “This is God’s patch.

Don’t mess with God”.

And only then did God speak into the humbled and, I imagine, fearful heart of Joshua. “This is my show, not yours, and this is how the script will run.” And it did.

You don’t win battles, God does. And God doesn’t choose sides, you do.

Written by a friend and shared with permission.

Global Interaction: Pray for state office staff, Jane and David, that they would continue to seek God, that He would guide them in their work to support the SA/NT cross-cultural staff.

16-31 JULY •

Pray for the Baptist Care SA Collaborative Community Project rolling out as planned with good outcomes for people.

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Pray for the President, Dr Karen Walker.

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Global Interaction: Thank God for Rob and Deb’s visas for this year. Pray for ongoing safety for them and the team as they are out on the busy Cambodia roads.

1-11 AUGUST •

7- 8th – Pastors Conference, an important time to get all our pastors and their ministry teams for encouragement/equipping.

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Pray for Mike Mills and staff.

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Pray for our pastors.

Praying for Adelaide Matu Christian Church at the Autumn Assembly

TiM News from our churches

What’s happening at TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

Social group for men & women aged 65 or over, who live in the south/east metropolitan area of adelaide.

Trinity Baptist Church is not situated

Activities and 2 course hot lunch $15. Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fridays.

Come along, meet new friends and join in the fun.

on a main road; instead, we are placed in the middle of the Colonel Light Gardens community, where we seek to

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connect with a wide range of people in our local community.

Our playgroup runs two mornings per week and attracts pre-schoolers and their carers; generally mums but some grandmas and dads too.

Four days a week we host ‘Care and Share’, a group for over 65s which has staff and volunteers. All participants receive a two-course hot meal, and are engaged in a range of activities for

The playgroup at Trinity Baptist Church

school-aged kids that connects well with children from our local public primary schools.

We run a range of other ministries like cycling, mens and womens groups and a group for young adults with disabilities.

socialising. Recently Care and Share

Alpha course. We had 25 participants

have partnered with the UniSA School

join in with Alpha, many of whom do

of Psychology to provide placement

not attend church. These people were

opportunities for third year Social Work

invited by family or friends, and some of

students, who will help to integrate

these friendships had developed through

wellness activities, encourage personal

playgroup and the local school.

We hope and pray that these ministries

Mick Barrett was introduced and

A wonderful time of fellowship and

Adelaide Matu Christian Church was

welcomed as the new pastor of West Beach Community Church

delicious cake and coffee was followed by

unanimously received into affiliate

our Autumn Assembly meeting on Friday

membership

night, 17th May 2019.

Steve Woods was congratulated Delegates and assembly members

on his appointment as SA/NT State

gathered in the sanctuary of Unley

Representative for Baptist World Aid

Park Baptist Church for a great time of

Australia

singing and worship and encouragement attended to and prayers were lifted up.

Mike Mills, State Executive Minister, encouraged us to be true to who we

New Accredited Ministry Formation

things that make us who we are

deeply connected to our local community.

Our desire and expectation is that we would see more families connecting with us and then coming to exploring faith in Jesus. We are excited about the shoots of new growth that we have seen so far and are prayerful that Jesus continues a renewing work in Trinity Baptist seeing His Kingdom grow in our local area.

Baptist, Baptist Care SA and Global Interaction the budget for 2019/20 was presented and adopted and we heard that we have officially been declared a member of the National Redress Scheme – hallelujah!

What a night! Special thanks to Unley Park Baptist for hosting us and for the delicious desserts that were supplied. For

candidates, Recognised Pastors

those who missed this time there will

and those who had completed

be another opportunity – speak to your

the requirements for continuing

leaders about becoming a delegate for

accreditation were acknowledged

your church and put it in your diary to

are under the wonder of who God is, not taking for granted the good

a more diverse people of faith that is

will grow us in line with our vision to be

What happened at the AUTUMN ASSEMBLY

as stories where shared, business was

Rosie and Betty chat over a cuppa at Care and Share

basketball, junior youth, Bible studies,

Our recent focus has been setting up the

enhance quality of life for older adults.

www.trinityclg.org.au/care-and-share

We also have a kids club for primary

the body and brain, to help support

and community development and

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We are located at Colonel Light Gardens.

be intentional in doing all that we can to

Updates, stories and prayer points where heard from Unley Park

attend our Annual Assembly on Saturday 16th November. We would love to see you there!

TiM News from our churches

Sacred Agents Looking down on Jesus?

By Andrew Turner Church Development Facilitator

Our movement joins the National Redress Scheme

sexual abuse. The Scheme can provide

We are pleased to note that on 17

a way of providing a measured response

May 2019, Baptist Churches of South

in the most compassionate way possible.

Australia, including all member churches,

Redress is not an attempt to restore or

was officially declared by the Minister

repay what has been stolen, but to ‘re

for Families and Social Services as

dress’ the wounds and help with what is

participating in the National Redress

often lifelong, ongoing healing.

Scheme. This declaration is the result of a series of steps we have taken in seeking to respond well to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. As survivors of abuse shared their stories with the Royal Commission, it became apparent that many had spoken up and reported abuse to institutions, including churches, but were sadly dismissed, ignored or mistreated.

access to counselling, a payment, and a direct personal response from an institution for those who want it. While the Scheme is not perfect, we believe it is

The process of joining the Scheme has included significant thinking, discussion, and interaction with government by state and national Baptist leaders; unanimous resolutions to join the Scheme by our Assembly Board in June 2018 and Assembly in November 2018; agreement by our churches to discharge any obligations under the Scheme and to contribute financially to a Support Pool; and training and work undertaken behind

Our vision as Baptist Churches of South

the scenes by BCSA staff over the last few

Australia (BCSA) is to be a movement

months to facilitate the process. We are

of local churches thriving in Jesus,

grateful to all those involved in getting us

transforming the world. Part of our

to this point, and trust God will continue

mission and commitment to build healthy

to guide us as we respond to the hurting

churches is to ensure our churches

with the love and compassion of Jesus.

are safe places. We are committed to responding as sensitively and pastorally

FOR MORE INFORMATION

as possible, and as quickly as possible, to any notification of abuse which involves,

For any queries regarding the participation

or potentially involves, BCSA, its member

of BCSA in the National Redress Scheme,

churches or any agency of BCSA.

please email redress@sabaptist.asn.au or call 8357 1755. For more information about

The National Redress Scheme provides

the Scheme itself, visit nationalredress.gov.

acknowledgement and support to people

au or call the National Redress Scheme line

who experienced institutional child

on 1800 737 377.

They must have been difficult words for the Messiah to hear: “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” They imply “We thought you were The Answer To All Our Problems - but now we have more. We thought you’d blow away our enemies – but they still have it over us. We thought… frankly we thought you’d be more impressive.” The words must have hurt all the more coming from John the Baptist, one of the very first to point Jesus out as the Christ.

But John is stuck in prison, and he won’t be coming out in one piece. So a fair question, maybe? We’re familiar with Jesus’ reply: “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.” But his last sentence has always rocked me: “Blessed is anyone who does not fall away on account of me.”

Think about that: Blessed are those who don’t fall away because of Jesus. Because he is not enough for them. Because he is beneath them.

When Paul wrote to the Romans “I am not ashamed of the gospel,” he wasn’t merely saying that he wasn’t afraid to speak up publicly. The gospel was causing a lot of problems for the Roman church, bringing together ‘those Jews’ and ‘those Gentiles’ and all sorts of ‘those people’ – the blind, the lame, the lepers, the deaf, the dying, the poor.

That in turn meant layers of difficulty and tension. It certainly didn’t make life easy. Paul knew as well as anyone that Jesus can mess your life up. But he also knew this was the way God’s power works. It would bring salvation, upend an empire, change the world and lead to ultimate glory.

So I try to remember this when church is hard work, when ‘those people’ are frustrating, when progress seems slow and when God’s enemies seem to be winning. I hear Jesus saying “Blessed is anyone who does not fall away on account of me.” If those people and that path are not beneath him, they mustn’t be beneath me.

Let’s keep learning not to look down on Jesus but to trust him and his way instead.

PS. We’re building a Gospel Sharers Network here in SA. To join us visit sabaptist.asn.au/ evangelism

TiM On mission

Belonging Together on Earth - new resource for churches!

Your once a year opportunity to have 6x the impact!

When I met Sharon in November last year, we were delighted to discover we were the same age as one another… but as I sat in the hot, Kenyan sun and listened to her story, my heart broke – our lives are worlds apart.

Here’s what she told me.

My name is Sharon, I am 34 years old and I have four children.

When I was young, my life was full of hardships. I never finished school due to lack of school fees.

I felt very troubled for it was like I was the only breadwinner in the family, everyone looked upon me, but I had not much to offer them.

This led me into an early marriage and having children while we were not yet stable. I was struggling to start a life which I was not yet fit for. I was only seventeen years old.

My husband was not working, and I was going out to look for casual work to help me get food for my children. There was a lot of starvation.

I had a lot of problems and always thought back about my life and how I started as a young girl. I thought if I had finished school, maybe I would be a better person. But when I heard about a development project starting in my area, I thought about how my life would be in the future… and with courage and determination, I believed this could change our lives.

I have now been able to receive a lot of trainings that have really transformed the life of my family.

We have doubled our household income and improved food

nutrition for the family.

All my children are in school now and I feel very happy. I give thanks to God that I am always able to make sure my children have a good education to avoid future struggles in life. I keep calling my Lord to look into the lives of my children, to have a better and bright future and pass well in school.

I have seen God’s wonders in my life, for whatever I pray for is provided in Jesus name. Always, with great efforts, I see His deeds in my life.

We are very grateful to them who have seen our problems.

Sharon’s quiet strength taught me volumes about faith and perseverance. Hers has been a life of struggle and poverty, mine is a life of boundless opportunity.

How much I have to be grateful for.

Not the least of which is this… that I have the privilege of expressing generosity towards mums like Sharon – of actually seeing her and responding in love.

Will you join me?

Your generous gift to the Matching Grant Appeal will be matched with an Australian Government Aid grant – and that means up to six times the impact for mums like Sharon! Don’t miss this once a year opportunity. Give before the June 30 deadline and support mums like Sharon to end poverty for their family and ensure bright futures for their children.

Go to: baptistworldaid.org.au/ matching-grant.

With a focus on people living with disability and their carers the fifth in the ‘On Earth’ Biblical Justice series will be available for churches for use during Baptist Care SA month in August and beyond.

Workshop with Rev Scott Higgins, Wednesday 3 July - save the date!

More details soon.

Join us to spend time with Scott exploring the theology of inclusion.

He ar about prac tical examples working well in local churches. Share 10 new disability inclusion guides developed specifically for churches.

On Earth as it is in Heaven – FREE resource If your church or small group is yet to engage with this informative and though-provoking resource, why not take a look on the Baptist Care SA website: baptistcaresa.org.au/onearth Let us help you make this happen need a guest speaker, someone to preach or to run a workshop in your church? Contact E: churchsupportteam@baptistcaresa.org.au or call M: 0427 784 745 Disability Inclusion Workshop – two hour interactive workshop supporting you to include people with a disability in the life of your church – and reap the benefits. Available across metropolitan and regional SA. All presenters have lived experience of this important topic.

Contact Sophie Laguna E: slaguna@ baptistcaresa.org.au to discuss a tailor-made workshop.

Belonging Together on Earth and On Earth as it is in Heaven are provided

by Baptist Care SA in conjunction with Baptist Churches of SA.

TiM On mission

Journeying Together in Mission…

Being Salt and Light in Communities Providing Transition Pathways out of homelessness into community/church Baptist Care SA has been working with young people experiencing homelessness in the Inner Southern Region of Adelaide for over 25 years.

250 young people annually are provided with emergency, transitional and longer-term accommodation.

One in five young people presenting to our homelessness services have experienced domestic or family violence and 17% struggle with alcohol misuse. There is a high incidence of significant family and relationship breakdown.

The majority of young people in the service identify as having mental ill health issues, including depression and anxiety.

Although family re-unification is sought and encouraged, that outcome is often not possible.

Yo u n g p e o p l e without positive suppor tive relationships remain at a gre ater risk of Dan Newton, Blackwood social exclusion, Hills Baptist Church mental ill-health, risk-taking behaviours and experience difficulties retaining tenancies. To help facilitate a healthy transition from homelessness, we are increasingly using place based approaches to engage community members and stakeholders and tap into local skills and resources to meet the unique needs of the homeless young people in their region.

The collaborative par tnership bet ween Blackwood Hills Baptist Church and Baptist Care SA’s Youth Homelessness Service is an example of this. By fostering healthy friendships between young people in the region, including young people experiencing homelessness, and homed youths from the church, via a broad range of social activities, natural friendships are encouraged and stronger social networks built.

The partnership has been in place for six months and early indicators show positive development in many of the young people who are participating.

This initiative was showcased in the Baptist Care SA presentation to the Autumn Assembly including a short DVD clip which can be seen here: https://youtu.be/txfPKcSB818

I have been recently been delighted to read and reflect upon a document titled “Journeying Together in Mission” that was crafted by faithful and wise representatives from both the Baptist Churches of SA and Baptist Care SA during 2016 who shared a collective vision for collaboration ministry to people and communities who are struggling under layers of adversity in their daily lives.

The text beautifully expressed a genuine sense of collective missional endeavor that is nested deep within the DNA of the Baptist movement in our State. The statement expresses that: Recognising that Baptist Care SA is an expression and outworking of the mission and ministry of Baptist Churches of SA, it is also appropriate to speak of the relationship between the two organisations due to the unique and complementar y structure, personnel and role of Baptist Care SA. Therefore we will promote this framework for good work between Baptist Care SA and the Baptist churches in SA under best practice principles.

The document goes on to express that: “…w e co m m i t t o w o r k together in the Spirit of Christ we share. We believe Baptist Care and Baptist Churches have unique and complementar y roles in supporting healthy, thriving co m m u n i t i e s .

We w i l l promote the development of an effective continuum of care bet ween acute care ser vices and faith communities.

We will be prayerful with and for one another, and be open to the voice of the Spirit. We will work to understand one another by suspending judgement, assuming the best of one another, respecting

conf idences, and being open to innovative possibilities.

O ur “ journey together” envisions and establishes this as an ongoing process and provides a sense of hope for constant progress.

By journeying together in this way we will set an example for our services, our churches and our communities.

Note: A full copy of this prophetic document can be accessed via https://baptistcaresa.org.au/ journeying-together-in-mission This comp e lling vision for ‘serving to transform lives’ also outlines various approaches to “working in a manner that is reflective of the ser vant attitude demonstrated by Jesus” by “promoting an attitude of service that minimises power imbalances, and seeks to place vulnerable and disadvantaged people within our communities at the centre”.

I find great encouragement in the faithful wisdom of these words and I hope you do too.

But more importantly, I see and hear evidence that the collective missional efforts of Baptist Care working alongside local Baptist churches is in fact transforming lives and communities every day. Praise God! Reflection: Let’s pray together that our Lord’s expressed desire that all people would experience fullness of life might continue to inspire, empower and enable groups and individuals to help us realise ‘heaven on earth’.

(See Ephesians 3:14-19) M a y o u r L o r d r eve a l H i s blessings to all who seek to serve others.

Graham Brown Chief Executive Officer Baptist Care SA

TiM On mission

A big thank you May has been and gone for the year.

encourages generous giving beyond what is normally accepted or reasonable or a last-minute thought for My first experience of May Mission Month as State God’s wider work. The grace of God can be at play Director is over. through new opportunities, unexpected provision and My prayer is that you and your church will continue to intentional lifestyle choices. “grow where you are planted and sow where you are The challenge is what occurs in the rest of the year. called.”

Ongoing opportunities exist to be generous towards How encouraging to see the commitment of churches and individuals in the past May Missions Month. A BIG THANK YOU to all who supported nominated projects, attended specific events and gave financially.

God’s activities amongst some of the least reached people groups.

If you were not able to participate in May, it is not too late. There are churches who have a missional focus later in the year. Also, the ‘May’ resources are available for use for such events. The State Office can assist on request. Prayer is vital for new and current workers, and their ongoing provision. The main prayer meeting is at the Baptist Centre (second Tuesday of the month at 1.30pm). You can receive the prayer material from Global Interaction (http://globalinteraction.org.au/ resources/pray), or establish a prayer room in your church.

The appreciation for the interest and generosity shown extends beyond the State Office and the Global Interaction cross-cultural workers. Those from the least reached people groups often comment on the opportunity to hear the good news which without such generosity would not likely to occur. As a result, God is responding to the prayers of those seeking truth and life just as much as the prayers from within Global Interaction. God’s faithfulness is evident. Relying on God to supply our needs in this manner is a rich spiritual Look forward to your ongoing partnership with God journey as Paul discovered in Philippians 4. Much joy and seeing God’s provision. and encouragement occurs.

David Turnbull, State Director SA/NT This dependency on God reminds me of Paul’s teaching in 2 Corinthians 8:1-10 and 2 Corinthian 9:1-10 where he

FAMILY UPDATES

Ian – returned from a productive trip to Malawi – continues to work on English-Ciyawo dictionary (due end of 2019) Luke & Rachel – moved into a new house on the outskirts of Siem Reap.

Dema & Carolyn – Praise God for an excellent camp and for new seekers Rob & Deb – Thank God for Visas David & Susie – Praise God for recent opportunities to share their story around SA churches – please pray for new opportunities.

Catherine – As cultural & language facilitator, she encourages the new team members. Pray for her as she organizes visa/work permit.

BAPTISMS

What’s on IN OUR COMMUNITY GROWING TOGETHER IN MARRIAGE

Rostrevor Baptist Church SooMi, Shin, Jungsun (Grace), Junghee (Jully), Junghee (Jenny), Hyechan (Lucas), Hyunrae (Dana), Chaeyeon (Bella), Grace, Enswer, Bonnie, Anne and YeonEui (Yuna) were baptised on 10/3/19 at Normanville Beach

Take time out for a retreat weekend that allows God to work in your marriage helping it become the best it can be.

June 28-30 August 23-25 October 25-27

Cici, Kimberly, Nikki and Laura were baptised on 21/4/19

All SA retreats are held at Weintal Resort, Tanunda

Jessica and Hanna were baptised on 5/5/19

For more, contact Rob and Lee Allen

Unley Park Baptist Church

8331 7061 | 0438 892 980

Micah Lee, Iris Lee, Abbie Lee, Kaitlyn Badger, Alireza (Martin) Javdani and Sobhan Samiei Ashtiani were baptised on 5/5/19

Or visit gtimsa.org

BAPTIST 40+ SINGLES Upcoming dinners for 2019 2019 M&M Kids Camp is going to

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Morialta Charitable Trust Fund Morialta Charitable Trust Fund has been supporting disadvantaged Children, Young People and their families in South Australia through its annual program of Distributions for 40 years.

To enable the Fund to continue this support through Community Organisations in South Australia Morialta Charitable Trust Fund seeks donations from the public.

Donations of $2- and above are Tax Deductible and can be forwarded to the Morialta Charitable Trust Fund at PO Box 92 Crafers SA 5152.

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SAVE THE DATE M&M Kids Camp 6-8th July Pastors Conference 7-8 August

BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY Friday 26th July 4:30pm in the Raws Room at Flinders Street Baptist.

Speaker will be Dr Matt Gray on ‘Baptism, no wall of division’: 17th Century Particular Baptists and the dynamics of toleration.’Light tea will be served. Donations appreciated.

Friday 20th September 4:30pm at West Croydon United Church (Baptist and Uniting), 38 Rosetta St, West Croydon, at 4:30pm.

Mal Victory will speak on ‘the history of Lefevre Bapist Church and its predecessors’. Light Tea will be served and a donation would be appreciated.

Friday 15th November 4:30pm at Flinders Street Baptist in the Raws Room.

Speaker Rev. Dr. John Beasy. He will speak about his ministerial career including the churches he has ministered in; Baptist Churches of SA; Australian Baptist Ministries and Baptist World Alliance. A light tea will be served and a donation would be appreciated.

You are welcome.

Any enquiries please contact Marie Lines. Phone 8332 4887 or email linesmb@internode.on.net