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Dwayne, Valerie & Austin
Lifting Christ Up
Down Under
Jerrabomberra Community Centre
“For Parents Only” Class
Valerie Teaching in Scripture Class
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Church on the Move
This
Sunday, the 4th of July we will be moving to our new location,
the Jerrabomberra Community Centre. The school hall where we
have been meeting for the past several years is undergoing major
renovations. God worked it out that the centre just became
available recently. This will put us in a much more visible area
of the community. We will also be able to store our equipment
there instead of transporting it back and forth each week in our
trailer. Pray with us that the transition will go smoothly and
this new location will help bring in more new faces each week. |
Our country is also going through a major change. Just this past
week the Labor government voted in a new prime minister, Julia
Gillard. She has already publicly announced that she does not
believe in God. This is disturbing since there are many groups
out there already trying to get Scripture classes and chaplains
out of the public school system. This could give those
anti-Christian groups more power to push their legislation
through. Pray that this will not happen and at the next public
election a leader who favors Christian values will be elected.
Last month was a huge month of outreach for us. We had 58 people
attend our 50’s night outreach event, including several families
that we have been trying to reach. Pray that as relationships
are strengthened these families will take the next step and join
us for our church services. We also wrapped up our “For Parents
Only” class. We had nine parents complete the six-week course.
We plan to offer similar programs in the future to our
community.
Scripture classes in the local public school are still going
strong. Valerie helped teach the stories of Joshua, Gideon and
Esther this past month to over 190 Kindergarten through Grade 2
children and their teachers. We are getting a lot of positive
feedback from the teachers who attend the classes with the
children. They are very pleased with the “professionalism” we
bring to each class. We teach each story through a variety of
methods including puppetry, music, drama, and flannel graph. We
haven’t heard yet if the Ethics classes will be coming here.
This could seriously affect the number of kids coming to our
classes.
Prayer Requests:
We have several prayer requests this month. First of
all, Valerie will be having foot surgery on the
20th of July to remove the plate from her right foot. The
surgeon feels that the bones have fused properly and the
plate is now causing some pain. She is also experiencing
some pain and deformity in her left foot and will be seeing
the surgeon on the 8th to see if anything needs to be done.
Continue praying for our finances. We just
heard from another church this week that they had to drop
our support due to the current economic situation. We have
Australian taxes coming up soon to pay along with Val’s
medical expenses and some major car maintenance needed.
Also, pray with us that the Lord will lead
people to our ministry who have a desire to work for Him
here. Thank you for your faithful prayers!
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You are a big part of helping us
reach the lost here Down Under. Thank you!!
Finally, brethren,
pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be
glorified,
even as it is with you. – 2 Thess. 3:1
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Editor - Don Tarvin
Updated 03 Jul 2010
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