Last Updated 11 Aug 2006
August 2006
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Happenings
On July 11, Sam Sampson of the Albany (WA) church celebrated his 99th birthday! Sam, described as “a shy farming gentleman”, was part of the nucleus which established the City Beach congregation and later the Darling Range church after his baptism in 1966. He took every opportunity to share the gospel. In 1979 he and his wife Emma established the Lord’s church in their home when they moved to Albany. After Emma died he married a Christian lady, Irene, in 2002. An active member of the Albany church, Sam still goes out to visit the elderly, because he knows they can benefit from such fellowship!
Baptisms, Visits at Belmore Rd
Amber Drew & Ainsley Jackel were baptized into Christ in June during a visit by 5 Texas A & M students to this Melbourne congregation. They conducted a camp for young people at Wilson’s Promontory. The church was also blessed by a visit from Allan McNicoll from the Austin Graduate School of Religion who taught on the History of the Lord’s Supper & Worship in the early church.
Bob & Melba Abney have arrived safely in Melbourne where they will be until August 10th. They then go on to Perth (Aug 10-20), then to NSW where they plan to work with Eastside (Aug 21-29), Bankstown (Aug 30-Sep 6), Hawkesbury (Sep 7-12), Hunter Valley (Sep 13-17) and Gosford (Sep 18-26).
The Southeast (Melbourne) church has been in existence for ten years and will be marking that with a lunch on August 20. They are actively searching for a place to lease permanently to provide more facilities for Bible school and youth activities.
This web-based course is now in its 16th year of operation and has conducted over 25,000 correspondence courses during that time. It is currently looking for on-line teachers to help out with taking students through the course. If you would like more details send an email to David Adkins at david@brs.org.au. You can view the web site at www.brs.org.au.
Kerry & Diana Bain of the Albury (NSW) church report that Narelle & Joanne (daughters of the Kilgours, former Blacktown members) were recently restored and are living at Wingello (near Moss Vale). It would be great for them to receive a visit from brethren. You can get details from the Bains at kerryjbain@bigpond.com.
After the lectureship, students have begun regular third term classes including Romans & Galatians, Prison Letters, Lesson Preparation & Presentation and Practical Teaching, taught by David Carr, Bob Marks, Peter Tickner and Ted Paull.
On August 23rd over 25 young people from various congregations around Sydney and NSW attended the Hunter Valley Christians Youth Rally. An afternoon full of fun and games, singing and prayer, food and fellowship was followed by some thoughts by Joshua Turner on “Not Giving In To Temptation”, following Jesus’ example in John 17.
Mersey Bluff, Devonport, Tasmania has been advertising their congregation on the radio for years. They have also been advertising monthly in the Devonport Times. Now they are planning to try large screen T.V. in a public place, instead of their newspaper ads. This is called “Community Channel” advertising. The screen will be in the local post office and 20-second messages advertising the church will flash on the screen every few minutes.
In July, Jason and Nicole Whaley, Shawn & Kendra Griffith and Jon & Sara Grizzle, assisted by Dale Hartman, visited the Wollongong (NSW) area to investigate possibilities for working for the Lord there in the future. During the trip they worshipped with the Wollongong congregation, and expressed a willingness to work with them in this endeavour.===========================================================
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