Newsletter 2016/12/25

Lord’s Day Message: Galatians 5:13-26; Romans 8:1-6

¹³ For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. ¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

¹⁶ But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. ¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, ²¹ envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

²⁴ And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ²⁵ If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. ²⁶ Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. (Gal. 5:13-26)

¹ There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ² For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³ For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ⁶ For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. (Rom. 8:1-6)

Message Next Week:Galatians 6:1-10

Church Meetings/Time/Place

Home Meeting:   25/12 Sun. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily, cancelled

26/12 Mon., 7:30pm,  Richard & Flora’s, cancelled

Chinese speaking YP meeting/ Pursuing of Uni Students:  27/12 Tue. 6:00pm, Yulin’s

Sisters Meeting: 28/12 Wed. 10:00am, cancelled

Prayer Meeting: 28/12 Wed. 7:45pm,

David Tan (Warrawee)

Lydia Xu (Chatswood)

Pursuing of Words: 30/12  Fri., Yulin’s

Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：31/12 Sat. 7:30pm, Olsen & Likun’s

Announcements:

1. We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
2. This Thursday and Friday some sisters will go to Woywoy for outing. May God bless their trip and be with them. For details please fellowship with Sister Susan Zhang.
3. The combined meeting and Lord’s Day breakfast in January will be delayed until 8^th.
4. On January 22^nd to 24^th 2017 there will be a young people camp (year 6 and up) at Hunter Valley to care for them as we go into a new year. The camp will be served fully by university students (with some adults supervision). The estimated cost is about $150 per person. Please consider before the Lord if your children can come. For details please contact Sister Elsa Young.
5. In the past gospel meeting we did see God’s blessing and His presence. So the church plans to have another gospel meeting on January 29^th 2017 (Chinese New Year). It will focus mainly on gospel message with hymns and testimonies. Please pray  for the meeting and ask the Lord add more people to His church.

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1. During the meeting, please turn off your mobile phone or put the volume on silence and not to walk around or to wonder/talk too laud in the kitchen.
2. When you prepare the love feast for Lord’s Day lunch, please do not prepare any food containing nuts as someone may have food allergy.

Please refrain from bringing uncooked food for the love feast so we may lighten the work for the serving ones in the kitchen.

Intercession:

1. May the Lord bless the gospel friends among us that they can know how precious the Lord is and are willing to believe in Him.
2. Pray for sisters Angela and Sarah that the Lord blesses their trip in US that they may receive bountiful supply of life in visiting churches and attending the conferences.
3. Pray for the new believers (David Hu, Gerald Huang, Bangde Liu, Peter Zhang Michael Qiu, and Hui Li 6 brothers and Li Li, Mandy Zhou, Leonie, Berry Fei, Jessica Li, Hennah Dong, Grace Li, Tina Xhang and Chrystal Lin 9 sisters) May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
4. Pray for the brothers and sisters or their relatives  who are weak in body or spirit. May the Lord care for them and give them sufficient grace. Pray especially for the health of Brothers Shanwon Chow and Sister AhSeng Chow.
5. May the Lord bless and lead our young people who are entering into university that they can get into a university fit for them and help them to grow in the Lord.

Serving Next Week: (Jan. 1)

1. Message: Richard Chen & Yulin Wang
2. Breaking the Bread: Shanwon Chow & Sam Li
3. Serving Bread and Cup:  Olsen Yu, Benchu Guo, Jason Wang & Chuan Ma
4. Cleaning:  Richard & Flora Family, Lydia, Olsen & Likun Family, Pauline Zhang
5. Kitchen: Lisa & Pauline
6. Children: Supervisor – Terri, Singing – GAP/GAP, Teachers – Christine/GAP