Short Term trip to Indonesia

Our Short Term trip to Indonesia with Ken Frewer leaves soon. There are 8 in the team 6 unichurchers and Ken and myself. Here is a brief itinerary for your prayers and interest:

July 07 - Arrive in Jakarta: Orientation in Indonesia's capital city

July 08 - Travel from Jakarta to Bandung visit Oz missionaries in language study, and the Revd Yopie.
July 09 - Travel Jakarta to Pontianak - West Kalimantan - overnight at hostel of the Theological College of the National Christian Protestant Church of Indonesia.Visit/observe Oz missionary family engaged in teaching English as a Second Language.
July 10-14- Travel By road to in inland towns of Bodok/Brontas/Semintoh/Sanggau - reside in homes/hostel. Engage with local church population in worship and community development activities (eg child activity program), home-visiting, sporting fixtures, outings together for mutual encouragement/sharing stories. Together mastering basic language-learning skills in Indonesian and English.

July 15- Return to Pontianak - evaluation of visit to inland. Sightseeing, shopping and eating out !

July 16 8AM by air Pontianak to Jakarta. Daytime - sightseeing in Jakarta.
Jakarta to Perth - ARRIVE PERTH at 01:15AM Friday 17 July 2009 !!

Pray for us, our health safe travel and cultural sensitivity to our hosts, mutual encouragement with hosts.

GP.

CMS: Opportunities to serve

On the CMS website is a list of opportunities to serve both short term and long term. Challenge yourself by looking at the list you could be the next person CMS sends out from St. Mathtew's Shenton Park.

Click here to access the opportunities to serve list


GP

STEPPE INTO N.E. ASIA

As Part of our Global Gospel Focus, meet Mikey and Lil Bayliss (and Raph – 6 months)

– our new missionary family going to N.E. Asia in 2010.

Saturday 20th June, 7.00 – 9.30p.m. St. Matthew’s Church

Come and enjoy an interactive café-style evening
Explore a world of need – millions without the Gospel
Taste the foods of Korea, Japan, Mongolia and North China

At St. Matthew's Church

RSVP: office@stmattsshentonpark.org.au or 9381 2640

Global Gospel Focus #1: Chappels in Bolivia

Help us send Jeremy to Bolivia !

off to the judiciary...

Click here for pics of the Family Footy Match at Rosalie Church

Enjoy ! GP

Sunset at Clergy Conference

Yorkster and the leap of Faith

This is the pole I was talking about....

I wet my pants doing this

GP

Postcard from Paris

This Mission focus is on Libby Leach, with CMS in Paris, France seeking to reach students with the message of the Gospel. From her recent letter we sense the hard slog it is to reach secular students whose world view is so different. I think we can all relate to that. She speaks of the GBU Conference in April focussing on helping Christian students bridge this big cultural gap. This is a spiritual battle echoed long ago with Paul's words in 2 Cor 4:4 "The god of this world has blinded the eyes of those who do not believe lest the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ should shine in" It is in this that our prayers are so vital. Libby can't break through this barrier on her own. She depends on us and other prayer partners to be part of her team to defeat the Enemy of souls.

Libby asks us to pray especially for the End of Year Camp in late June when the topic will be "The End Times". They are planning for that and also wondering whether a radically new strategy is called for to reach students in this huge city. She continues to work with her two Ministry Trainees - Claire and Jungmin. Jungmin would like to continue on in student ministry but lacks funding. We can pray that Christians who have the resources, will make it possible.

Why not promise yourself to drop Libby an email to encourage her in her faithful service of the Lord Jesus.

Blodwyn Timms

I encourage you to use the Mission Partners Update to help us be faithful in upholding those far from family and friends for the sake of the Gospel. A new Mission Partners

The Global Gospel Focus June 2009

June 13th - Missions Concert

June 14th - Focus on Pioneers
Hear from Jeremy and Annie Chappell headed for Bolivia early 2010 with Kaitlin, Holly, Sam and Jessica

June 20th : A Steppe into North Asia : Meet Mikey and Lil Bayliss (and Raph - 6 months) - our new missionary family going to N.E. Asia in 2010. Come and enjoy an interactive café-style evening. Explore a world of need - millions without the Gospel. Taste the foods of Korea, Japan, Mongolia and North China 7:00pm -9:30pm

June 21st - Focus on OMF

Hear from Mikey and Lil Bayliss headed for NE Asia in mid 2010 with baby Raphael

27th June CMS Missionary awareness day

June 28th - Focus on CMS
Hear from Dan Claughton, CMS Associate, Gove, N.T. and Ken Frewer
Greg Anderson (CMS, N.T,) will preach at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7p.m.
Short Term Team to Indonesia with Ken Frewer will be commissioned at 7 p.m. service

Father's and daughters: SCC AGM

If you missed Bruce Robinson at the Autumn Sessions. There is another chance...

Why not join us for an informative evening at the Shenton Christian Council AGM? Come along, share a meal and hear about what is happening with Chaplaincy and Christian Religious Education in our local schools.Business includes reports and election of officers. All reports are circulated prior to the meeting. Following the AGM, we look forward to hearing a stimulating and challenging address for families and teachers presented by Prof. Bruce Robinson.

Dr Bruce Robinson recent author of ‘Dads and their Daughters’ is also author of the best seller ‘Fathering from the Fast Lane’. A daughter's relationship with her father is usually her first male-female relationship, and it has a profound effect on her life, for good or bad.
Lecturing on fathering for nearly 20 years to thousands of people in 5 different countries, he is a doctor, teacher and scientist, with over 150 published papers and numerous awards. He co-leads The Fathering Project team at the University of Western Australia.

6.00 p.m.THURS. JUNE 11th.

at HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

Thomas St. NEDLANDS

$10 Pay at the door
R.S.V.P. June 4th
Laurel on 9381 8095 OR
email: collin1@iinet.net.au

African Enterprise Opportunities

St. Matt's has always had a connection with the work of African Enterprise and many of our members actively support its work. To remind you we have included below an extract from AE's website;
"The mission of the African Enterprise Partnership is:
To evangelise the cities of Africa through word and deed in partnership with the church
Over 45 years of ministry we have determined that the best way to achieve this mission is through the integration of four key ministry areas. These are:
Evangelism, Social Action, Reconciliation, Leadership Development

By God's grace we have seen amazing fruitfulness in our ministry. We are thankful for this and seek to be excellent in all we do, yet we understand that our primary purpose is to seek to be faithful to God's call. Therefore we are committed to upholding the following values in our ministry:
We are evangelical Christians in faith and practice
We are team based - seeking to form strategic partnerships and alliances
We are committed to reaching every strata of society holistically
We seek to bring peace where there is conflict
We are committed to the authority of scripture and hold to the Lausanne Covenant as our statement of faith"
How can you support AE?
If you are interested in supporting this work or are already involved as a supporter, African Enterprise would like you to re-affirm your interest. Peter Cheel the executive Director, together with Jeff Collett (an ex- St. Matt's member), will be in Perth at the end of this week to promote the work of African Enterprise and to plan how they might raise its profile in Western Australia.

You can assist them by indicating your interest in an email to Ian & Ngaire Jeffery at - ijeffery@aapt.net.au by Friday 12th June.
Thanks
Ian Jeffery

Leap of Faith

Jack Parsons is braver than his Dad.....

Postcard from Jordan

Some news of Peter R. ( Jordan) I was able to visit with Peter in April for several days. He was busy with language study (now with a tutor) and doing some IT work to generate income to fund future study plans. We joined in his bible study group (all non English speaking Christians in Jordan to learn Arabic for mission work) and had dinner with his Jordanian tutor and family, as well as visiting the Jordan River for a baptism and exploring some ancient sites in Amman and Jerash.

Peter's flat seemed to be a bit of a drop-in centre as he is very welcoming and hospitable to expats and locals alike. His Arabic was in use constantly when we were out and about. Peter has just completed a unit of study at the University of Jordan and hopes to do more next year with the ultimate goal of working on the campus. He will be back in Perth in July and looking forward to catching up with us all in Perth.

Keep praying for Peter's friendships with locals and expats and opportunities to talk about Jesus. Pray for good health and continued progress in language study.

Ask for guidance in the time back in Perth and in plans for the future in Jordan.

Allison Chapple