Our Life Together: 29th May - 5th June 2011

Sunday 29th Wednesday 1st June

10:00am Worship Service 7:30pm Blakes’ Home Group at Elias’
(plus Sunday School) 7:30pm Home Group at Kath’s Enjoying God, Blessing Others
Speaker John 7:30pm Home Group at Oakleys’
11:30am Morning Tea
6:00pm Combined Churches Prayer
8:00pm Young Adults’ Home Group
Sunday 29th May 2011
Service at All Saints Thursday 2nd
7:30pm Music Practice
Monday 30th
9:30am Ladies’ Walking Group
Friday 3rd We welcome all visitors to the 5th
9:30am Ladies’ Walking Group and final service for our „May - Missions Month‟.
Tuesday 31st 7:30pm FUEL Youth “MasterChef
Challenge” at the Hall
Glenn will present the latest update on the August NT work party
10:30am Church House Prayer Meeting and we will also receive the special “5-Cent Coin Collection”. Please
7:00pm Table Tennis at the Hall Sunday 5th join us for morning tea and fellowship in the hall after the service.
7:30pm Home Group at Honeybuns’ 10:00am Communion Service
(plus Sunday School inc. Gr. 5 & 6) This Evening a special Combined Churches‟ Service
Speaker Michael will be held at All Saints‟ Church at 6:00pm.
11:30am Morning Tea
5:00pm FUEL Study at Youth Shed
2:00pm Seaview House Service
Our Upcoming Highlights
Combined Churches’ Service at All Saints: Tonight - 6:00pm
BULLETIN NOTICES: To place Roster: 5th June 2011
notices in the bulletin, please contact
FUEL Youth - “MasterChef Challenge”: Next Friday - 7:30pm
Wilma Crouch on 5523 3595 or email Our Monthly Service at Seaview House: Next Sunday 5th June
Door Greeting: Jill Goldsworthy
crouchcastle@hotkey.net.au by 10am Monthly Prayer Day: Friday 10th June - 2:00-6:00pm
Thursdays. Thank you. Door & Offering: Roy Symes
BWF Birthday Luncheon at the Hall: Tuesday 14th June - 12.15pm
Downstairs D&O: David Hein
Ministry Retirement Celebration Luncheon: Sunday 3rd July
Loaves Children’s Talk: Michelle Keiller
Media Desk: Camden, Roger,
& Fishes Jason
Thank you to everyone for your
faithful support. Items most Morning Tea: Smith & Cocks Pastor: Associate Pastor: Secretary:
needed include: canned Communion Prep: M Harris Rev John Simpson Rev Michael Drennan Jim Blake
vegetables; pasta; shampoo; Offering Counting: D Hein & 13 Browning Street 11 Webb Court 39 Patrick Street
conditioner; jam; tissues; soup; Portland Portland Portland
J Donehue
tea; coffee; sugar; toiletries; P: 5523 2257 P: 5523 4893 P: 5523 2347
Lawns & Garden: Atwell
biscuits. Place donations in the
Church Cleaning: Mibus
foyer trolley or in the marked box Our website: www.portlandbaptist.org.au
on the piano downstairs . Hall/Kitchen Clean: L & D Oakley
 “Devote yourselves to prayer, being
The hostile voices…. watchful and thankful.” Col. 4:2 OUR FINANCES
Over recent times certain journalists have been caning the Lois Brown – had surgery Friday, now Total April Offering: $14,710
Federal Government’s financial commitment to school recuperating. Pray for Lois & Stuart Monthly Budget: $16,250
chaplaincy while here in Victoria a campaign has been mounted Lighthouse – give thanks for an excellent Weekly Target: $ 3,750
against the teaching of CRE in schools. meeting last Tuesday evening Weekly Average $ 3,833
Some things worth noting: Others with health needs – Matt Harris, (avg. from 1st January 2011)
Stuart Oakley, Graham Adams, Peter Week 3rd April $3,711
 There is a profound lack of fair play – the case for chaplaincy and CRE has Simpson, Gillian Karlberg
had little prominence in the media. It has been a field day for critics of the Week 10th April $3,311
Pastoral Search Committee – as Week 17th April $2,781
Christian faith with no acknowledgement of the benefits of both chaplaincy meetings continue
and CRE. Week 24th April $4,907
Our Mayor – pray for Mayor Bruce and
 The critics of the Christian faith would not dare to write or speak so Councillors Direct Debit Payments for offerings
offensively about indigenous spirituality or Islam. There would be an outcry. Steve and Glenda Venz – still waiting and donations can be made
Susie O’Brien in the Herald Sun this week described basic Christian beliefs as for a permit to enter Malawi electronically. Details are as follows:
fiction. Come on Susie – get real. Get out of your office and talk to school Ian and Wendy Cathie – leaving Acc Name: Portland Baptist
Principals, chaplains and parents. Or do something radical – like taking time Melbourne tomorrow for the US and Church Direct Offering
to consider the evidence for the resurrection (or is that too obvious and may China BSB 704 922
be too disturbing for you?) Aaron and Kelly – in US and Account No. 100 006 869
 Common to most critics of chaplaincy and CRE is a clear ignorance of the Kazakhstan respectively
faith itself and the ground rules covering the way in which chaplaincy and Coptic Christians in Egypt – facing
CRE are regulated.
 What’s so toxic about the teachings of Jesus? Apparently the current crop
horrific persecution from extreme Islamic
believers
Building Fund
of atheists are uncomfortable with the principles of loving your neighbour Libya, Syria, Afghanistan – needing a April Donations: $2,350
as yourself, or doing unto others as you would have them do to you. tsunami of peace B/F available balance: $115,536
 And why it is that whenever there is a disaster, or the loss of a public life,
there is always a church service? And often one filled with dignitaries Monday Total Building Fund raised to
including our Prime Minister who has no claim to faith (although she Glenn & Helen Sobey, David, Olivia end of April: $516,271
attended a Baptist Sunday School in Adelaide). Geelong’s Bob Davis was Tuesday All gifts to the building fund are
buried from St Mary’s in Geelong this week. Sandra Sutton, Melissa, Tanya fully tax deductible. Please take
 Our atheist friends fail to realise that they are people of deep faith
Wednesday the information sheets (blue &
themselves – faith that there is no God. That’s a pretty big deal. They can
Roy & Margaret Symes yellow) and envelopes are
take that line if they want to. But ordinary Aussies know where to turn
Thursday available in the porch. You can
when the chips are down – they may not “dig” church as such but they
John & Robyn Trowbridge deposit straight into the building
have no hangups about offering prayer when needed and accepting fund via internet banking using
pastoral care from the servants of Jesus. Friday the following information:
Damien & Carmen Uebergang,
Let’s continue to be a people who love Christ and serve Him. Atheist journalists Thalia, Bailey, Tyson Acc Name: Portland Baptist
take note: His teachings have shaped history and Western civilisation so chill out Church Direct Building Fund
Saturday BSB 704 922
and let those same teachings shape you. They will do you good. And more
Dallas & Mieke Walker Account No 100 007 044
power to chaplains and CRE teachers!
Sunday
John & Judith Vi Walker “Let’s press on in faith!”

Dallas & Mieke Walker have moved!
Their new address is:
34 Browning Street, Portland
Phone no. and email remain the same.
DATES TO
REMEMBER
Combined Churches’ Evening
Prayer Service: at All Saints
TONIGHT - 6:00pm
Ladies’ Walking Group: -
9:30am Mondays and Fridays
FUEL Youth - MasterChef
Challenge: Next Friday at the
Church Hall - 7:30pm
Habitat for Humanity -
Volunteer Day: Next Saturday
4th June at Redesdale
FUEL Youth Study at the
Youth Shed: Sundays at 5:00pm
Seaview House Service: Next
Sunday 5th June
Our Monthly Prayer Day: Friday
10th June NB: 2:00-6:00pm
FUEL and Junior Youth -
Prayer, Pizza and Pictures:
Friday 10th June
BWF Birthday Luncheon: June
14th in the Hall - 12:15pm
Retirement Luncheon for John
& Judith: Sunday 3rd July at
Wesley Uniting Church - 1:00pm
Mission Team - Central
Australia Work Party:
12th - 22nd August
Our weekly Prayer Group meets every
Tuesday at the Church House from
10.30-11.30am. All welcome.
Bags of BAGS?
Loaves & Fishes would like to have
clean shopping bags. If anybody
has bags to spare, they
can be left near the
trolley in the foyer. For
further details please
see Dianne Adams or
phone 5523 6202.
Walking Group
2 days a week
9:30am
The Ladies’ Walking Group will
continue on Mondays and will also
meet at 9:30am Fridays. All ladies
welcome. For more details contact
Lee Caddick (5523 4520).
Located just beside the
foyer. Toys and activities
for young children up to 12 months
of age. You are welcome to use this
room especially during our prayer
time and the sermon if your child is
unsettled. It is sound-linked to the
auditorium.
Combined Churches Evening Prayer Service
at All Saints Church - Tonight at 6:00pm
Everyone is invited and encouraged to meet with our brothers and
sisters in Jesus for worship, fellowship and a time of prayer.
Today's five cent offering! Thank you!
As you know, we always
To all the movers and
conclude our Missions shakers who pulled
Month with our five cent off yesterday’s great
of f er i ng - a ver y Trash/Treasure/
convenient way to empty our purses, Market Day. Special
wallets and cash trays of those little thanks to the Mibus’
pieces which we often don't use. And Home Group for all your
the project being supported is our NT organisation and hard work. We all
Mission Team heading off in August to enjoy a shared project and it was
work alongside Norm and Karen great to be able to
Roberts. Hopefully you have come
work together,
prepared! If not, you can pop your five especially for the
cent pieces in an envelope next week benefit of our NT
and simply mark it "NT Work Party." Work Party.
Thank You! to Len and CRE Teachers
Jim for clearing the
gutters on the North Portland
Mellblom side of our School
property this week.
2 CRE Teachers are
Sue Mellblom has expressed her
urgently required at
thanks for our being good
North Portland Primary School.
neighbours.
One to teach Grades 1/2
Thank You! to everyone combined and one
who has taken home to teach Grades
church tea-towels to
3/4 combined.
wash! Much appreciated ... and if Please see Christy
you could send them home asap, that Drennan or Stuart
would be very welcome! Brown asap.
After a decade of faithful & honourable service to FUEL YOUTH
the Portland Baptist Church, the Reverend John &
Judith Simpson are retiring. Please join us at their “MasterChef Challenge”!!
Next Friday 3rd June 7:30-9:30pm
Ministry Will it be a Pressure Test, Mystery Box or Invention Test?

Retirement Come to the Church Hall to find out!

Cost $4. Bring a cooking utensil as well please.

Celebration Details: Paul & Jo (0403 119 289) or Brad (0448 259 394).

BUV Training Day

on BWF Saturday June 18
9:30 to 4:00pm
Birthday Lunch Cost $10 - includes
Sunday 3rd July 2011 Tuesday lunch (the church will
pay the $15 balance)
14th June
Wesley Uniting Church 12:15pm at the Hall
Once again, the BUV is providing a day
of training, new ideas, and helpful
resources for our church leaders,
59 - 61 Percy Street Portland. We will share a Sunday school teachers, home group
“Ploughman’s leaders, diaconate, and ministry leaders.
Celebratory Luncheon will begin at Lunch”. The
Word for the day
The theme this year is re-imagining:
God, love, and justice. In addition to a
1.00pm. is “Celebrate”.
Please see Judith
time of worship, reflection and
discussion, elective workshops will also
or Dianne for be held. Please turn in form located in
RSVP: to Church Secretary Jim Blake more details. foyer to Michael by Wednesday, 8 June.

Note to Baptist family: As we are catering the Luncheon, everyone

will receive a note from the Deacons regarding food required. Please
see Jan, Rosemary or Wilma for further information or any queries.
A freewill offering will be received over the next few weeks. If you
would like to contribute, please place your gift in a plain envelope
marked ‘John and Judith’ and place it in the usual offering.
Habitat for Humanity, Vic.
“A Brush with Kindness”
The next “Brush with Kindness” Volunteer Day is
planned for NEXT Saturday 4th June. Including block
clearing, fencing and general tidying up, this day will be held in the
Redesdale area (SE of Bendigo). If you would like to be involved - or for
more information - please see David Hein - ph: 5523 3958.