The Life of Jesus: A New Documentary with John Dixon

It’s been announced that a one hour excerpt from John Dickson’s new documentary, The Life of Jesus, will air across Australia on the Seven Network on Good Friday, 10th April.

Produced by the Centre for Public Christianity and Anglican Media Sydney, it’s an ideal way to start conversations about Jesus over Easter.

See the programme’s website for a preview

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The Autumn Session May 2009

We invite you to The Autumn Session. This is a series of seminars in May 09 to help us think more deeply about important life issues so we can live life to the full. It’s about healthy relationships. 7:45pm to 9:30pm at St. Matthew’s Church Cost $5:

1. Raising resilient kids
Thurs 7th May, Dr. David Michie
Skills for parents

2. Surviving work/life stress
Weds 13th May, Dr. Daniel Morkell
Skills for the stressed

3. Helping Families avoid addictions
Thurs 14th May, Dr. George O’Neill
Director of Fresh Start recovery programme.

Skills for drug proofing your family

4. Make Poverty History
Weds 20th May, Steve McKinnon, Tear Fund WA
Poverty awareness raising

5. Living Together, Black & White.
Thurs 21st May, David Michie chairing an indigenous panel.
Awareness raising of indigenous issues in Perth.

6. Issues about Dying
Weds 27th May, Dr. Doug Bridge
Head of palliative care at Royal Perth Hospital.

Skills in Facing Death

7. Fathers and Daughters
Thurs 28th May Dr. Bruce Robinson
Skills in family relationships

St. Matthew’s Shenton Park
Cnr. Derby and Onslow Rd
RSVP Office 9381 2640
office@stmattsshentonpark.org.au

Reaching out to Aussies on holiday

Are you interested in spending part of your summer holidays telling other people about Jesus? Come to a Scripture Union information and planning meeting at Subiaco Church of Christ (260 Bagot Rd) on Saturday 4 April, 3.30-5.00pm. Hear about the Family Festival at Ocean Beach Caravan Park in Denmark and SU's plans to multiply this mission.

For more info contact Khim Harris 0433 033 174.

St Matthew’s Missions Working Group is offering an opportunity to experience life and ministry in another culture in a rural mountainous (2100m) area of West China.

Date July 10th - August 8th (plus travelling time)

Cost AUD $ 2600 (plus personal spending money)

Task Teaching oral English to low level English speakers. No teaching
experience, or training in ESL is required Team Up to 6 people some of whom could speak Mandarin.

Applications By March 31st

Travel By air to Chengtu, air to Xichang, then a 3 hr bus trip to destination

John and Blodwyn Timms are available to take a team to Szechuan Province, to a small town where OMF has been seeking to reach one of the minority groups - the Yi people They number 6.5 million but there is no viable church. OMF is the only NGO in the area and they are reaching people through a youth centre, community development and vocational and livestock training. The team from St Matthew’s would work with young people who are on summer holidays who want to improve their English. We would help in the programme which would be led by a small group from Canada who have run it in previous years. The programme would conclude with the famous Torch Festival. The lifestyle of the long term workers speak the truth of the message they bring.

St Matthew’s sees these short term mission trips as valuable ways of trusting God in new ways, and being trained in ministry. Those who would like to go are encouraged to gather a group to pray for them and to look to God for the necessary monies. The Missions Working Group is organising a Music Concert for 13th June and this money would be shared among those who go. There would be some orientation sessions prior to departure

If you are interested please contact John and Blodwyn on 9245 5330 or (M) 0422 798 169 / 0412 707 964 or jbtimms@australiaonline.net.au

Urgent CMS Prayer Request – Jono & Amy Vink

Urgent Prayer Request – Jono & Amy Vink
Tanzania – 2 March 2009

Amy and Jono were at my church in Terrey Hills
as supporters of CMS we have been sent this prayer request

GP


To our dear friends,

Thank you for your prayers. We are writing to let you know that we will unexpectedly be heading back to Australia arriving Wednesday morning. Amy has been having tests this week in Nairobi because of suspicious breast lump and the results were not looking good so Jono drove up to join her with the kids on Thrusday and we were told the final diagnosis on Friday that the lump was cancer.

We will fly out of Nairobi on Tuesday rather than spend another 10 hours returning to Musoma and 1 or 2 days madly packing and saying goodbyes and then another day to get to Dar on top of an already long flight back to Australia. However, this decision means we have left and packed like we are going away for a weekend rather than a couple of months, we have about 4 sets of clothes each and very little else and our house is not packed in anyway, so we have not emotionally or physically planned for leaving Tanzania or returning to Australia - please pray for us in this speedy transition.

Please pray also that we will be able to get into the public medical system quickly and begin treatment - we have no idea of how to do this and would appreciate your prayers for Gods preparing the way for all that needs to happen. Please pray also for fast and effective treatment but most of all that God will be glorified through our response to all that is ahead us.

Thank you for your prayers, love and concern. We are very aware of God sustaining us at this time and his goodness through Jesus Christ, we are thankful for his incredble care of us and promises in His word. We know He is a good God and will carry us through this time. Pray that we may live lives worthy of all He is calling us to.

Lastly we are very thankful for CMS' care and response to us, bringing a family of 6 back to Australia is a large and unexpected cost especially in these financial times, thank you for all who give and enable this to happen.

we love you all
the Vinksters