Our Life Together: 14th - 21st October 2012

Sunday 14th
9:00am Music Practice 10:00am Worship Service (plus Sunday School inc. Gr. 5 & 6) Speaker: Laurance Hose 11:30am Morning Tea 5:00pm FUEL Study at P&J Adams

Wednesday 17th

7:30pm Home Groups at: L & D Oakleys Kath Lewis 9:00am KYB at Lois Browns 7:30pm Special Prayer for a Pastor at Church House 9.30am Walking Group

Enjoying God, Blessing Others

Sunday 14th October 2012

Thursday 18th

Friday 19th Monday 15th

7:30pm Music Practice

Welcome!
A warm Welcome to all, especially our Guest Speaker, Laurance Hose from Naringal Baptist Church and all our visitors. Please join us for fellowship over a cuppa in the hall after the service.

Sunday 21st

Tuesday 16th
9:30am Walking Group 10:30am Prayer at Church House 12:00-2:00pm Christmas Child Drop-Off Centre at the Hall

9:00am Music Practice 10:00am Worship Service (plus Sunday School) Speaker: David Jones 11:30am Morning Tea 2:00pm Glenelg Aged Care Service 5:00pm FUEL Study at P&J Adams

Our Upcoming Highlights

Special PSC Prayer Time at Church House: Every Thursday - 7:30pm Glenelg Aged Care Service: Next Sunday 21st - 2:00pm Silver Threads Craft Group: Tuesday week, 23rd - 12:00pm Lighthouse Support Group Meeting: Tuesday week, 23rd - 7:30pm FUEL Youth - Wild, Wide Games: Friday week, 26th - 7:30pm Upwelling Festival - MSG Market Day: Saturday 3rd November AGM - Sunday 25th November: After Service & Lunch - 12:30pm Secretary: Deacons:
Nathan McLean 0429 691 477 Doug Smith 5523 6950 Glenn Sobey 5529 2439 Jan Westlake 5523 3639

BULLETIN NOTICES: To place

notices in the bulletin, please contact Wilma Crouch on 5523 3595 or email crouchcastle@hotkey.net.au by 10am Thursdays. Thank you.

Roster 21st October 2012

Door Greeting: Verna Mackley Door & Offering: David Hein Childrens Talk: Yvonne Simons Media Desk: Morning Tea: David A, Karissa Goldsworthy

Thank you to everyone

Loaves & Fishes

for your faithful support. Items most needed include: canned vegetables; soup; pasta; shampoo; conditioner; jam; tissues; tea; coffee; sugar; toiletries; biscuits. Place donations in the foyer basket or in the marked box on the piano downstairs .

Offering Counting: D Hein, G Sobey Lawns & Garden: Hein Church Cleaning: Westlake Hall/Kitchen Clean: Lewis

Glenn Sobey Dianne Adams 5523 6202 PO Box 574 Paul Adams 5521 1875 Portland 3305 David Hein 5523 3958 Ph: 5529 2439 (Treasurer) M: 0409 258 135 tractor_commander@hotmail.com

Our website: www.portlandbaptist.org.au

Many thanks to our Guest Speaker this morning, Laurance Hose, a retired Dairy Farmer who has preached in Portland a number of times. Laurance is an Elder in the Naringal Baptist church. He and his wife Valda have 3 children, 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children; and what an inhuman world without the aged. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Pastoral News

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Col. 4:2

OUR FINANCES
September Offering total:$13,527 Monthly Budget: $15,150 Weekly Target: $ 3,500 Weekly Average $ 3,094
(avg. from 1st July 2012)

Ver y Sp eci al Congratulations to Len and Lee Caddick who have just become Grandad and Granma for the first time - and of course to Adrienne and Rod Groves, proud parents of their first child! Coen James arrived safely on Thursday 4th October and we pray that God will bless and protect him and the whole family.

Very warm Congratulations to Paul and Jan Westlake who have just achieved Grandparenthood again! Congratulations to David and Sarah on the safe arrival of Noah Paul on Tuesday 9th October, a little brother for Sophie and Maddie. May God bless and protect little Noah and his family.

Marie Wilsons newborn greatgranddaughter Ruby Ruth - has been diagnosed with a rare, severe blood disorder that requires international medical advice. She is presently in hospital in Adelaide Please continue to pray for those with ongoing health needs - Stuart Oakley; Matthew Harris; Neil Mitchell; Colin Colston; Phillip Brown; Peter Berry. Prayer support for the families of all these folk. David & Ruth - taking a refreshing break, returning next Sunday 21st Our Pastoral Search Committee Gods blessing on their search Monday Graham & Dianne Adams Tuesday Paul & Jolene Adams, Lucas, Eloise, Bianca (& watch this space) Wednesday Camille Alexander Thursday Kelly Armitage Friday Alice Attwood Saturday Lionel & Eileen Atwell Sunday Mark & Susan Atwell, James, Joshua, Benjamin

Week 2nd September Week 9th September Week 16th September Week 23rd September

$2,030 $3,657 $4,446 $3,393

Direct Debit Payments for offerings and donations can be made electronically. Details are as follows:

Acc Name: Portland Baptist Church Direct Offering BSB 704 922 Account No. 100 006 869

Building Fund
September Donations: $
1,280 Current available balance: $114,369

Heartfelt Thanks
To all the wonderful people who sent us meals, flowers, cards, also for the phone calls, visits and getwell wishes, a big Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for showing and sharing the love of Jesus during the last 2 months of my illness. Recovery is now on the way and we are very humbled by your generosity. May God bless you and repay you 100 fold for all your love and care.

All gifts to the building fund are fully tax deductible. Please take the information sheets (blue & yellow) and envelopes which are available in the porch. You can deposit straight into the building fund via internet banking using the following information: Acc Name: Portland Baptist Church Direct Building Fund BSB 704 922 Account No 100 007 044

Mieke & Dallas Walker

Lets press on in faith!

DATES TO REMEMBER
FUEL Study at Paul & Jolene Adams: tonight - 5:00pm Walking Group - Ladies and Men: Tuesdays & Fridays - 9:30am Prayer Meeting at Church House: Every Tuesday - 10:30am Special PSC Prayer Time at Church House: Every Thursday - 7:30pm Silver Threads Craft at the Hall: Tuesday week, 23rd October from 12:00 noon Lighthouse - Depression Support Group: Tuesday week, 23rd October at Portland Arts Centre - 7:30pm FUEL Youth - Wild, Wide Games: Friday week, 26th October - 7:30pm

Offering Envelopes 2013

It will soon be time to order offering envelopes for the coming year. Please let Glenn Sobey or David Hein know - as soon as possible - if you would like a box of envelopes for your personal use. Thank you.

Silver Threads Craft Group

Our next meeting will be held in the Church Hall Tuesday week, 23rd at midday. Bring your own lunch, endless cuppas are provided. Well be finishing off our Samaritans Purse fillers, so bring your machines and scissors, anything else you are doing or need help with. All ladies welcome. Please call Joy for more information - 5523 4084.

for your Diary

Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 12:30pm on Sunday 25th November after church and a shared lunch. Would all the ministry leaders please provide your reports to Wilma or Roger Crouch no later than Sunday 4th November, for preparation of the annual report. If possible please provide the report electronically email: crouchcastle@hotkey.net.au

AGM

Our weekly Prayer Group meeting is held each Tuesday at the Church House from 10:30-11:30am. Everyone is encouraged to join in this vital ministry. You will find a very warm welcome there! And dont forget - special Prayer time on Thursdays at 7:30pm when we pray specifically for the new full-time Pastor who God has been preparing for us.

The Childrens Ministry Network presents: Warrnambool & Region Training Event Saturday October 27th at Gateway C of C Raglan Pde, Warrnambool: 9:00am -1:00pm
Anyone involved in Kids Hope, CRE, Sunday School including Parents is encouraged to join in this event so close, Warrnambool, and it also counts as CRE training. It would be great to support training closer to us and also to encourage the planners to do it again. Cost $20 includes a light brunch and handouts. You can register online at: http://warrnambool2012.goregister.com.au, or Phone 9340 8815; or Email explore@ctm.uca.edu.au Copies of the paperwork and registration are in the foyer or downstairs.

Upwelling Festival & Market: Saturday November 3rd - see separate Parents are welcome to notice use the Parents room just off the foyer, with Annual General Meeting/AGM: activities for children up to 2 Sunday November 25th - 12:30pm years, if your child is after the service and shared lunch unsettled. It is sound-linked to the auditorium. The Portlands Town Christmas Carol Preschooler Sunday School Service: Sunday December 9th runs throughout the service, with Bible stories, activities and crafts. For ages 2 years to Prep, downstairs (door just past side gate).

PARENTS & Tots ROOM

Roberts Ramblings # 51
You may ask why the current issue of Roberts Ramblings [now available upstairs or downstairs] is number 51 - what happened to # 50? Collect your copy to find out! Also read about Revival at the communities, prayer points for Norm and Karen, and what was the answer to Nangala Aprils prayer?

Habitat for Humanity

A Brush With Kindness
The latest news from Brian Finch at Habitat is that the next Brush With Kindness day will be at Yea next Saturday, October 20th where the teams are finishing off three homes that they are hoping to hand over to the partner families by mid November. Brian says next weeks day is organised, but if you would like to think about volunteering, check your diary for the next two dates which will be November 24th and December 15th. Although the location is not locked in, there are jobs at Buxton, Narbethong and Kinglake, so these dates will be at one of those locations. It will be block clearing and log splitting and possibly cutting up fallen trees. If anyone is interested in joining the team for these dates please contact Brian direct by email: BFinch@habitat.org.au If you would like to contribute financially to these vital housing projects please contact Brian, or Phil Curtis - email vic.info@habitat.org.au

Samaritans Purse 2012: Operation Christmas Child

Thank you to everyone who is supporting Operation Christmas Child this year, one of the great ministries of Samaritans Purse.

Our church hall is the Portland district Drop-Off Centre - open for collection from 12:00-2:00pm this Tuesday October 16th, plus Sundays after church until October 21st. Any boxes still to be completed may be handed into the Drop-Off Centre at these times, or call Mark (0407 541 760) or Wilma (5523 3595) with any queries. Boxes and leaflets/envelopes are still available in the foyer and downstairs. Processing Volunteers ~ If you will be in Melbourne and can spare a few hours, the Christmas Child Processing Centre would like volunteers to prepare shoe boxes for their overseas journey. See Mark or Wilma for details, or phone 1800 684 300.

~ Missions & Building Fund Special Event ~

Saturday 3rd November at the Foreshore!
Upwelling Festival 2012

FUEL Youth
NO Youth event on Friday 19th

PBC: Cake Stall, BBQ & Donuts

Now a well-loved traditional PBC Annual Event, its a great combined church family effort so we are hoping for your help, donations and prayers again. Only 3 weeks to go! HOW CAN YOU HELP? We need to roster teams of BBQ cooks/servers; Cake Stall helpers; Donut cooks/servers; setters-up and planners. For the Cake Stall, all donations of baked goods, produce, jams etc will be gratefully accepted. See Debbie, Wilma or Brad ASAP. Thank you!

BUT
Friday week, 26th October - be ready for

Wild, Wide Games!!

Venue is to be confirmed, watch this space, check your texts and the FUEL Youth Facebook Page for more info closer to the 26th. Cost and time will still be 7:30-9:30 & $4 as usual.