BAPTIST CHURCH NEWSLETTER 15 DECEMBER 2024
Christmas 2024 Schedules
We invite you to take note of our activity schedules. Your participation would make a difference, so we hope to see you there! Thank you!
Join us for a worshipful Christmas Eve service, where you’ll enjoy a heartwarming traditional Christmas story play, uplifting carols, and inspiring song presentation. Experience powerful testimonies, insightful messages, and moments of prayer that will fill your spirit with joy and hope. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the season with our community!
Join us for a joyful worship celebration this Christmas Day at 10:00 AM! After our 10:00 AM worship service, we will have a church family potluck lunch around noon. If you don’t have a family to spend lunch with, we warmly invite you to join the family lunch and fellowship at the church. It’s an excellent opportunity to connect with church family and enjoy delicious food together!
Working Bee on Saturday, 21 December
Let us clean and beautify our premises on Saturday, 21 December, 9:00 AM.
It’s good to buzz our church with cleaning tools, rugs, and other equipment before the end of the year and the beginning of the new year.
The trees need trimming, our fence and gate need repairs, and our flower and greenery patch needs some TLC. There is so much to do. Please come. See you! 🙂
Men’s Burger Evening held Saturday, 7th December
About 15+ old and young men came and held a burger evening. Thanks to Rodney’s super BBQ, burgers and buns were done in a jiffy.
The young man who squeezed hard that BBQ sauce had indeed had a saucy evening. The burger champion was the one who had the tallest stack of burgers, bacon, tomato slices, etc. and managed to eat it without deconstructing the burger sandwich. That was a full-filling evening.
From what I’m hearing, the men plan to have another fellowship in the first quarter of 2025. 🙂
Christmas and Advent reflections
We invited church members to share their inspiring reflections on Christmas and other meaningful topics. Here are a few of their uplifting contributions.
What Are You Waiting For This Christmas?
We long for Christmas; we want it but struggle to take hold of it. What is this peace and goodwill to all men, and what does it mean?
Hope
What does hope mean to you? What are you hoping for? Please read these verses and discover your source of hope. Thank you.
New Zealand Baptist Arotahi Daily Advent Readings 2024
For your Advent readings, we are sharing the “Arotahi Daily Advent Readings 2024” that have been circulated to New Zealand Baptist churches.
Through the Arotahi, our Baptist whanau has prepared a 48-page prayer guide with daily readings from 1 December until 6 January.
