TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Prayer Power Meet a member of the Prayer Ministry team after the service in the Elder’s room. Fly ‘n’ Build Team Sabbath School the Fly ‘n’ Build team will be taking Sabbath School. There will be no lesson study. Fellowship Luncheon after the service. All welcome. Slave Auction at the Town Square (School Hall) from 7.30pm. Gold coin entry allows viewing of the “slaves” and other goods plus a light supper. Bring all your friends; it will be a great night. Funds to go towards the Stormco Trip. SMALL GROUP MINISTRY MEETINGS Mon – 7.30pm Women’s Cell at Nicole Sarader’s – 16 Bellangry Rd, ph 6583 5960. Tues – 6pm Men’s Group at Henry Wilkes’. Tues – 7.30pm Men’s Cell at Chris McCheane’s – 41 Springhill Pl Lake Cathie, ph 0402 434 968. Prayer Gem: “God’s conquering days are when the saints have given themselves to mightiest prayer. When God’s house on earth is a house of prayer, then God’s house in heaven is busy & all potent in its plans & movements, then his earthly armies are clothed with the triumphs & spoils of victory & his enemies defeated on every hand.” LAST WEEK’S OFFERINGS Sabbath School Church Improvement Local Anonymous Tithe $407.50 $287.45 $775.35 $120.00
DIARY DATES FOR MAR 9th Mar: (Mon) Board Meeting 7pm at the Church. Any agenda items to be given to Pr Joseph or Grace by Wed 4th March. 10th Mar: (Tue) Women’s Ministry Dinner 6.30pm at Wall of China Restaurant. Come and join us for a fun night of fellowship. RSVP Mar 9 to Anne Trotter annemtrotter@aapt.net.au, 6582 2870, 0419 029 510. 19th Mar: (Thu) Social Committee Meeting 6.30pm at Heather Knobbs’. 21st Mar: (Sat) Trivia Night – Bushfire Fundraiser 7pm at the Church, $10/pp. Put together your table of 10 or we can organise this for you. Please let Heather Knobbs or Julie Gillies know if you plan to come as we need to know for catering. Nibbles, cold & hot drinks will be on sale at bargain prices. Don’t buy elsewhere – brought from will nibbles will be confiscated. Care Flight Dr Bear up for auction at the end of the night. All proceeds go to the Bushfire Appeal. Greeting Sunset Maternity Offering Worship Co-Ord Worship Service Prayer Ministry Church Cleaning TODAY O Johnson / S Doyle Sat 28th 7.26pm R Richardson Local M Williams Pr J Maticic Jared & Anita NEXT WEEK H Crossman / E Pearce Fri 6th 7.18pm M McKay Adventist World Radio N Sarader B HollandLillehagen Chris & Ron Knobbs, Whalen, Maggs
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Prayer Meetings Survey Reminder for completed survey forms to be placed in marked box next to prayer box. Blood Donations If you want to give blood to help with the bushfire victims, please contact Heather Knobbs or Julie Gillies and they will organise times and let you know. Social Seniors Equipment It has come to our attention that the computer and other material belonging to Social Seniors in our fellowship room have been tampered with. If you know anything about this, please speak to Pastor Joseph or Bill Rosendahl. Comfortable Chair Senior Sabbath School is looking for a comfortable chair for a person with a disability who would like to re-attend Sabbath School. If you can help, please see Ron Keeler. Bible Worker and Health Courses Eastward College is starting short and longer courses to train Bible and Health workers as well as a 2 Week Bible Boot camp. See notice board for further details. Prayer Box Members & visitors are encouraged to use the prayer box. A supply of forms is available next to it on which you can write out your request. All prayer requests will be handled only by the Church Pastor, & be kept in strict confidence. Box is cleared each Sabbath. World Day of Prayer This year’s program is to be held on Friday 6th March at the Port Macquarie Salvation Army, 110 Lord St, Port Macquarie, commencing 10am. Its theme will be “In Christ we are many members, yet one body.” Favourite Hymns – Sabbath School If you have a favourite hymn, please give the number to one of the Senior Sabbath School leaders so they can incorporate into the preliminaries. Update on Details Ken Norcross has changed his email; please update your directories to – everton@midcoast.com.au.
Lunch after church Join Pr Joseph and his family after church for lunch. Please bring a plate to share if you are able. Upcoming dates are: March 21 and 28.
22 – 28 February Hazel Williams Nancy Phillips Sylvia Lawrence
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Who is the father of …? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rehoboam Noah Samson Nimrod Ephraim Eleazar Judah Saul Japheth Judas Iscariot Abram Lot David Abel John the Baptist
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Head Elder:
Pr Joseph Maticic 6583 4874 0407 020 280 joalel26@hotmail.com Michael Sarader Office 6581 2999 9am – 5pm Mobile 0400 733 004 6582 6561 Checked daily so leave a message. Grace Livingston 6583 8548 Phillip Lillehagan 1 Maranatha Pl, PMQ 6582 2271 Donna Shelton By Wednesday Morning 6584 9245 rmsvdrs@bigpond.com www.portadventist.org Ormond Williams 6584 2240 Tune into 87.8FM.
Port Macquarie Seventh Day Adventist Church 28th February 2009
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Interactive Bible Study 9.30-10.40am
This is the House of the Lord. Please help us keep it tidy by taking all bulletins, Records, papers and belongings with you as you leave. Bins provided in the foyer. Thank you. Lord, I love the Temple where You live, where Your Glory is. Psalm 26:8
Worship Service: Pr J Maticic
Purpose of Port Macquarie SDA - Part 2
A sense of humour is as important to life as shock absorbers are to a car; it helps us over the bumps.