Youth in 4th Term 2007

This term at Mittagong Anglican Church we will be taking a fresh look at Jesus across all of our youth groups and services! We hope you will join us and discover that Jesus really is who he says he is.

FUEL is Refueling

FUEL will be taking a month vacation from October 1 and will be back in November in upgraded form.

Hope you have enjoyed FUEL so far and that God has encouraged you through our messages. Feel free to provide further feedback on any aspect of our site.

See you in November!

Todd Agnew and Rebecca St John

See them being interviewed about their joint single Our Great God on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSkT5ZSvh68 .

This Saturday and Sunday: Be There!

Well it's time! The new MAC Centre is about to open!

Make sure you get to both events:

1. This Saturday at 3pm: Official Centre Opening
2. This Sunday at 10am: Combined Service (THERE IS NO SUNDAY @ 6 THIS WEEKEND)

Some of us are going to be putting up balloons from 11.30am this Saturday around church at St Stephens. We'll then have a barbie lunch and some ultimate frisbee if you're around.

Confirmation for November 11th

Have you been confirmed before? Do you know what that means?

Confirmation is a way for you to share with everyone that you have made your own decision to follow Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. It's usually for people in their teens (although Andrew P got confirmed at the age of 29!!).

It involves you attending a few weeks of short classes with other confirmees to learn more about Jesus and the Christian faith you have taken on as your own.

At the end of the few classes there will be a confirmation and celebration service for all our confirmees on 11th November at Sunday @ 6 with Bishop Al Stewart taking the service and speaking from God's word.

Please speak to your parents first and then either Andrew P, Richard or Janelle if you would like to share with everyone that you have made your own decision to follow Jesus! As a church we will support you 100%!!!

10 points for the name of the man pictured. 60 points for his official title.

You Must Buy Tickets ASAP

Friends - a ticket warning!!!!

a) Tickets for Sunday 16th September combined service lunch ($10 each or $25 for a family) must be paid for by 9th September at the latest!!!! Otherwise you will not be able to eat with every person at MAC! PLEASE BRING YOUR MONEY WITH YOU TO CHURCH!

b) Steve Morrison - tickets are $10 for 18 and under, $15 for adults. Includes dessert. Can buy new Steve Morrison CD on the night!!! PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!

Make Sure you RALPH this Weekend

...Ralph Whitten that is!

Ralph and Kylie Whitten are CMS missionaries in Seville, Spain. They'll be talking to us at Sunday @ 6 this weekend about Spain and how God is working there. Hope you can join us for our mission theme this Sunday night.

CMS Youth

This week our youth groups FEAST and SENIOR HIGH are heading to the Northern Territory (NT)!

It's the CMS Youth Night (see details in 'what's coming up' on the sidebar).

We're going to do some fun NT stuff - including eating NT foods - and then hear from Ruth Brigden, a young new missionary soon to head out to the NT to serve God.

Book Your Tickets Early

It's official! Keep Saturday 29th September 2007 from 7pm (for 7.30 -9.30pm) free!

We have managed to snag one of Australia's premier jazz groups, the Steve Morrison Trio, for our opening night for youth and young adults!

Steve is a Christian who was formerly in the well-known Australian Christian band AROMA before moving into the jazz scene. He has played several gigs at Australia's premier jazz house, The Basement in Sydney (he is playing there again to launch his new CD this Thursday 16 August at 8pm).

The night is going to be really special with top-notch desserts and entertainment. During the night Steve will give a short account of his Christian life - so this will be great to invite your friends for good music, great location, good food and hearing about why a premier musician would follow Jesus.

Who's Playing: Steve Morrison Trio

Date: Sat 29 September 2007
Time: 7.00-9.30pm

Cost: $15.00 (includes swanky dessert)/$10.00 for 18 and under
Location: The new MAC Centre, cr Main St and Church Lane, Mittagong

Book tickets: from Sunday 12 August through Andrew Paterson

Love and Pizza at Sunday @ 6

Join us at Sunday @ 6 - Janelle's going to be telling us about true love in the Bible. We'll also be having pizza after the service. Can't wait to see you then!

This Sunday @ 6...

...Elyse Bywater will be leading our service and Andrew will be speaking on the topic of 'Are Christians Cannibals?'. It will be a discussion on the Lord's Supper and its significance in our Christian life.

A great way to be prepared for Sunday @ 6 would be to read our passage - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Coming Soon to the New MAC Centre

www.stevemorrison.com.au

Chris Tomlin Interview

For an interview with Chris Tomlin on how he wrote the song How Great is Our God (sung at Sunday @ 6) click here.

Peter Bull This Coming Sunday!

This coming Sunday @ 6 we'll be hearing Peter Bull preach on a difficult passage in the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:2-16.

Why not read the passage before Sunday? This will really help you get your head around the passage before Peter talks about it with us.

Pray for Peter as he prepares. Look forward to seeing you there!

5 points to guess where this is (hard!). 20 points for the name of the building it is taken from (harder!).

What Coming Up at Sunday @ 6

This Sunday night we'll be hearing about suicide prevention from Daphne Robey. She's going to give us some pointers to watch for with our friends who we think may be in trouble in this department.

Also Janelle is going to speak to us on 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1 - 'everything is permissible - but not everything is beneficial'.

We'll then share a light supper together and you might want to go out to Shellfish - I mean Swordfish - Cafe or someone's place afterwards to talk about the night and what God has shown you!

STRIVE News

Our STRIVE group for 18-25s will be having a two week break over the holidays.

We will meet again on THURSDAY 19th July at 7.15pm at the rectory.

At STRIVE we study God's word together and also have a time of practical ministry training. we've spent the last term looking at what it takes to lead a bible study group. We'll be doing more of this in term 3 as well as some 'gifts discovery' sessions together!

So if this interests you, you are most welcome to come along in term 3.

Write for FUEL!

Attention budding writers and potential interviewees!

If you like writing and you would like to contribute to FUEL, please send your piece to Andrew Paterson's e-mail address (see MAC Update). Also - if you are interested in being interviewed for FUEL we will send you some questions to answer!

A small sample of things you may want to write on:

• Soapbox - your opinion on an issue happening at the moment
• A book/film/CD/DVD review
• Something you've discovered or enjoyed from the Bible lately
• News about what something God has done in your life lately that you'd like to share
• Or any idea you may have!

FEAST and SENIOR HIGH Combined Social!

Social:
Ten Pin Bowling
Where:
Campbelltown City Bowling Centre, 11 Hollylea Road, Leumeah
How and When:
Saturday 30 June Going in cars - get to St Stephens by 5.45pm, all cars leave on the dot at 6.00pm

COST:
If we get 30 people or more, cost is:
KIDS - $13 for two games
ADULTS - $15
If we get less than 30 people, cost is:
KIDS - $14
ADULTS - $16

So bring $14 plus money for a fast dinner. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS and let us know before Saturday so we can arrange transport.

Food:
Bring money too for dinner - we will all stop for dinner at the fast food place across the road from the bowling centre - then straight into the bowling!

Time Expected home: Each game (we are playing 2) lasts about an hour. So we will be leaving the centre around 9.30pm. Expect to get home about 10.30pm.

Please RSVP to Andrew by Thursday 28th June on his e-mail or ring on (02) 4872 1707.

The Old Testament Easy Study Guide

The old often gives you some background to the new, doesn't it?

In September our new centre will be finished and all of our youth groups will move into it. A look at our (current!) makeshift locations for our youth groups and we see straight away the need for our new centre! It will provide a wonderful new resources for us - like a place to have cinema-standard film nights, great kitchen, lots of space for groups to study God's word and other new resources.

Well---now think of the Old and New Testaments in the Bible....if you want to get a great summary of the Old Testament and why it is there, a great read is the Book of Acts in the New Testament!

The apostles Peter and Paul, as well as others like Stephen and Philip, all show us how to interpret the Old Testament by the way they use it to talk about Jesus.

Have a look at these sample passages in your bibles and you’ll see what I’m talking about:

Acts 2: 22-36 (Peter speaks about King David and his foretelling Jesus)
Acts 3:19-26

Acts 7 (a full summary of the OT and its fulfilment in Jesus)

The Book of Acts shows us how we read the Old Testament - to see the big picture of God’s rescue plan to save us. It foretells the coming of the Messiah – Jesus Christ – and how by Jesus’ wounds ‘we will be healed’ (Isaiah 53:5).

Just as the new church centre will replace the old youth sites - Jesus is the fulfilment of the Old Testament!

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)

Farewell to Our Capernwray Friends

Don't forget to make it to Sunday @ 6 this Sunday to say goodbye to Trenton, Jenny-lyn and Brittany as they leave us to return to Canada. Tony Parks will be interviewing these guys.

Andrew will be preaching on 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 - The Stumbling Block Principle, a really important feature of Christian community and relationships. Find out more about this feature of cross-centred living at Sunday @ 6 this week.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

5 points to guess the location of the picture above!