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Uniting Church in Australia, NSW Synod
Hunter Presbytery
North Lake Macquarie Uniting Church
Boolaroo and The Uniting Church at the Willows

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Uniting Church in Australia, NSW Synod Communications Unit publication of "Insights"

Minister: Rev Dr Chris Budden
Phone: 4956-5544
E-mail: revcb@bigpond.net.au
 Church Office phone 4956 5544
office hours Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
9am to 12 noon
Email: nlmu@bigpond.net.au

Love is the one gift that grows bigger the more you take from it

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The Holy Spirit operates in the church as a definite personality; a Person given to the church to make clear the continued ministry of the resurrected Christ. He imparts the gifts of the spirit through the life and witness of the church.

Romans 12:3-8 describes gifts which seem to be inherent tendencies of individual persons - speaking God's message, serving, teaching, encouraging, sharing, giving encouragement, using authority and showing kindness. These should all be done in God's grace.

There are gifts for ministry Ephesians 4:11-12 He appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists others to be pastors and teachers. He did this to prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build up the Body of Christ.
the way to life
is Jesus

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Regular Worship Services

Sunday

Boolaroo Uniting Church
Main Road Boolaroo
10.00am
(Tea & coffee served after the service)

Uniting Church at The Willows
342 Hillsborough Rd, Warners Bay
8.30am .....Traditional service
(Tea & coffee served after the service)
10.30am ....Youth & Family service

Wednesday

The Willows
5.45pm ...A time to explore bible & life issues
(Tea & coffee served from 5.30pm)

Prayer note:
Please pray for the people who have served in East Timor and Afghanistan that they may find there way back into ordinary life with less trauma. Pray for people involved in emergency services - ambulance, fire, rescue, SES - that they will find ways to deal with the trauma they see each day. Pray for the families of those who always bring home the pain of their work.

A Moment of Faith

I wonder, do most of us feel afraid to be Christian and to bear our witness to faith? Do we live lives in places where there is a risk if we do that? Probably many of us would see people in other places as being those who do that - who are told not to fear those who kill the body in response m their being the followers of Christ. Do most of us really remember what it means to walk the way of the cross? And yet, it is often very hard to sit at dinner with friends and to hear them talk in racist ways or unjust ways about other people - it costs us dear sometimes to dare to stand against the stream over dinner. To be a person of faith in societies which are not generally religious is not too easy. Jesus tells us to proclaim our faith from the housetops and, oddly, when we do that the truth is that many people respect us, compared to when we do tricky little things to try to manipulate them into conversations about Jesus.

Heaven is a great big hug that lasts forever

We pray for

  • For members of our congregation and local church who are not well, for friends and family, for carers of the aged. For those who have ongoing medical problems, for those who are grieving at this time.

  • Pray for our local church, the leaders of the Congregation, and for the different groups.

  • For those we know who are carers for those who are sick or disabled.

  • For the Sunday Schools and teachers and helpers. For children, youth and parents. For those who teach Scripture classes and pupils.

  • Pray for each person in the congregation. Pray for the Synod meetings and decisions to be made and those participating.

  • Pray for our men and women in the peace keeping forces in East Timor and Iraq.

    • Pray as we seek the Lord's will.

  • Pray for Rev Dr Chris and Wendy Budden personally and for their ministry.

  • As we pray and look at the future of the North Lake Macquarie Congregation.

  • For those who are away or travelling.

    • Could you be the answer to someone's prayer?

You don't have to know all the answers
as long as you're teamed up with the One who does.

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