Our Life Together: 15th - 22nd January 2012

Sunday 15th
10:00am Worship Service Speaker Roy Hope 11:30am Morning Tea 2:00pm Glenelg Aged Care Centre Monthly Service

Tuesday 17th

9:30am Walking Group - meet at Fawthrop Centre carpark

Enjoying God, Blessing Others

Friday 20th

Sunday 15th January 2012

9:30am Walking Group

Monday 16th
7:30pm Music Practice 7:30pm Deacons Meeting

Sunday 22nd

10:00am Worship Service Speaker Stephen Parish 11:30am Morning Tea 12:00pm Mission Group Meeting

Welcome
A warm Welcome to all, especially our visitors. Our Guest Speaker this morning is Roy Hope. We trust that all will receive a blessing as we worship together. Please join us in the Hall afterwards for Morning Tea.

Wise Words for the Week ...

Be always at War with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let each New Year find you a better person.

Benjamin Franklin

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Winston Churchill

Our Upcoming Highlights

Glenelg Aged Care Centre - Monthly Service: This Afternoon - 2:00pm Deacons Meeting at Church House: Tomorrow - 7:30pm Mission Group Meeting: next Sunday 22nd - 12:00pm Our Annual Commitment Service: Sunday 29th January Harbourside Lodge Monthly Service: Sunday 5th February Relay for Life - with PBC Team 2012: 17th & 18th February Secretary:
Jim Blake 39 Patrick Street Portland Ph: 5523 2347 M: 0425 714 633 jim.blake@bigpond.com.au

BULLETIN NOTICES: To place

notices in the bulletin, please contact Wilma Crouch on 5523 3595 or email crouchcastle@hotkey.net.au by 10am Thursdays. Thank you.

Roster: 22nd January 2012

Door Greeting: Dianne Adams Door & Offering: Roy Symes Downstairs D&O: Bruce Honeybun Childrens Talk: Wilma Crouch Morning Tea: Lewis & Morrison Media Desk: Paul, Karissa, Jason Offering Counting: B Honeybun & R Dalliston Lawns & Garden: Smith Church Cleaning: Hope Hall/Kitchen Clean: Lewis

Thank you to everyone

Loaves & Fishes

for your faithful support. Items most needed include: canned vegetables; soup; pasta; shampoo; conditioner; jam; tissues; tea; coffee; sugar; toiletries; biscuits. Place donations in the foyer basket or in the marked box on the piano downstairs .

Deacons:
Dianne Adams 5523 6202 Paul Adams 5521 1875 Jim Blake 5523 2347 David Hein 5523 3958 Bruce Honeybun 5523 6750 Nathan McLean 5526 5293 Doug Smith 5523 6950 Jan Westlake 5523 3639

Our website: www.portlandbaptist.org.au

Its a Boy!!
Congratulations to Roger & Rosemary Mibus on the safe arrival of their third grandchild! Well done to Belinda & Daniel Newnham, whose son, Jonothan David was born last Saturday 7th January, weighing 5lb 10 oz. We thank God that all are well and ask for his blessing on all the family.

Glenelg Aged Care Centre

Monthly Service Today
This afternoon our Glenelg Aged Care Service starts at 2:00pm and everyone is welcome to join our dedicated friends who present the service, and to share great fellowship with the residents.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Col. 4:2

OUR FINANCES
December total Offering: $12,560 Monthly Budget: $15,150 Weekly Target: $ 3,500 Weekly Average $ 3,209
(avg. from 1st July 2011)

Congratulations . . . and . . . Celebrations!

50th
Wedding Anniversary
Congratulations to Bruce and Betty Malseed who chalk up 50 years of marriage this Tuesday 17th January! May God continue to bless you both and your family with many more years together, good health and joy.

You are invited to the home of Bruce & Betty Malseed 1 Clifton Court, Portland next Sunday 22nd January from 2:00-4:00pm to help them celebrate their 50th Wedding anniversary.
Parking: please feel free to park on the vacant block a couple of doors away. No gifts or cards please, your presence will be their joy.

Please continue to pray for those with various health needs - Dick Hayman; Stuart Oakley; Matthew Harris; Daryl Hobbs, Neil Mitchell, Lees brother-in-law, Colin Judy Blake - physio treatment for torn shoulder muscle Safe Travel - for all those travelling during the holidays Bushfire Protection - pray for rain, milder weather, protection for CFA and those in fire-danger areas Pastoral Search Committee trusting God for the right person at the right time Loaves & Fishes - for the care of Portlands needy families Our Mayor - pray for Mayor Gilbert and Councillors Monday Stuart & Lois Brown Tuesday Thelma Brown Wednesday Len & Lee Caddick, Ben, Daniel Thursday Sebastian & Emily Caroll Friday Ray & Joan Clegg Saturday Robyn Coad Sunday Peter & Tanya Cocks, Jack, Liam, Toby

Week 4th December Week 11th December Week 18th December Week 25th December

$2,622 $2,553 $4,152 $3,232

Direct Debit Payments for offerings and donations can be made electronically. Details are as follows:

Acc Name: Portland Baptist Church Direct Offering BSB 704 922 Account No. 100 006 869

Building Fund
December Donations:
$ 660 Total B/F to 31st Dec. $527,675 Purchase of Land $360,000 Other fees & costs $ 71,633 Current available balance: $ 96,042

Our Special Commitment Sunday ~ 29th January ~

This will be the day when all who wish to renew their membership for the coming year are invited to present their Commitment Cards which are now available. If you have not yet received your envelope with the card and covering letter, please see Secretary Jim Blake. This is a very special time of great privilege when we publicly witness again to our faith in Christ and affirm our love for our brothers and sisters in the Portland Baptist Church fellowship.

All gifts to the building fund are fully tax deductible. Please take the information sheets (blue & yellow) and envelopes which are available in the porch. You can deposit straight into the building fund via internet banking using the following information: Acc Name: Portland Baptist Church Direct Building Fund BSB 704 922 Account No 100 007 044

Lets press on in faith!

DATES TO REMEMBER
Glenelg Aged Care Monthly Service: This Afternoon - 2:00pm Deacons Meeting at Church House: Tomorrow - 7:30pm Walking Group: All welcome. Tuesdays & Fridays - 9:30am Fundraising for Relay for Life Sausage Sizzle at Safeway: next Saturday 21st January from 9:00am Mission Support Group Meeting (MSG): Next Sunday 22nd - 12:00pm Our Annual Commitment Service: Sunday 29th January Harbourside Lodge Monthly Service (see notice below): Sunday 5th February - 2:00pm BWF - Picnic in the Gardens: Tuesday February 14th Relay for Life: 17th-18th February

Walking Group
Everyone is welcome to join the Tuesday and Friday Walking Group which is open to men as well as ladies. Just meet at the Fawthrop Centre/Lagoon carpark at 9:30am on Tuesdays and/or Fridays. Please call Lee (5523 4520) for details.

Monday 16th 7:30pm

Deacons Meeting

Special Thanks

to our Guest Speaker Roy Hope today. Thank you to all our Guest Speakers for their willingness to bring us Gods message. Next weeks Speaker will be Stephen Parish.

All Deacons are reminded of their special Meeting at Church House tomorrow at 7:30pm.

Mission Group Meeting

MSG will meet in the Sunday School room after church next Sunday 22nd.

PARENTS & Tots ROOM

Parents are welcome to use the Parents room just off the foyer, with activities for children up to 2 years, if your child is unsettled. It is soundlinked to the auditorium. The Preschooler Sunday School runs all year round during the service, with Bible stories, activities and crafts. For ages 2 years to Prep, downstairs (door just past side gate).

Calling all Worship Team members

All music, sound desk and media team members should have received a draft copy of the February/March roster via email. Would you please check it and let Helen know whether or not it is ok for you - as soon as possible, to allow for coordination with the general church roster. NB: Music Practice will be held on Mondays at 7:30pm.

RELAY FOR LIFE - PBC TEAM 2012

Registration Fee: $15.00 When: 7:00pm Friday 17 to 4:00pm Saturday 18 Feb. Where: Nelson Park ... to be confirmed

Great community spirit - raising funds for cancer research!

Seaview House Change of Service

The monthly service at Seaview House on the first Sunday each month will now be held at Harbourside Lodge - just next door to Seaview. The first service at Harbourside Lodge will begin at 2:00pm on Sunday 5th February. Please see Roy Symes or Bruce Honeybun for more information. Our regular Tuesday morning prayer is in recess until after the school holidays. Prayer notes will still be passed along to the people of the prayer group. The monthly Sunday afternoon prayer time will not be held in January.

Relay for Life begins at 6:00pm Friday 17th February with the Survivors and Family Walk. Relay walkers start at 7:00pm and finish at 4:00pm Saturday. PBC Relay for Life Team will again have Narnia as their theme and in keeping with this, the baton will be a scroll which includes walking verses plus any favourite Bible verses. A short Meeting will be held after church next Sunday 22nd, to distribute T-Shirts and take final registrations. Registration forms are in the Hall near the heater, along with the Walking Schedule. Please write times you can walk on this form. Fundraising -2 Sausage Sizzles will be run outside Safeway: Next Saturday 21st January and Saturday 4th February. If you can help please see Debbie. NB: If anyone has quick, easy fundraising ideas please see Debbie asap. Would all interested people contact Debbie Oakley on home ph: 5521 7164 mob: 0439 550 244 or email: ldoakley@bigpond.net.au