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July 14 2013

Neil Ryan Senior Pastor

Seth Emery Youth Pastor

Kathy Heath Childrens Pastor

Gavin Jones Pastor, LifeChurch

Allan Stanley-Smith Pastor, Pastoral Care

Welcome

July 14 2013

Welcome to Unley Park Baptist today. It is great to have you with us. If you are new to Unley Park, we appreciate that it can be daunting to walk into a new church, so as much as we can, we want to help you feel at home here. In the pew in front of you please find a black folder that contains a white care card for you to complete. There is also a "Welcome Pack" available for you that, among other things, has a special Care Card for you to record your visit and for us to follow up any requests you make. All Care Cards should be "posted" as you leave the church, in the locked box on the table by the "Baptistry Door".

10.00am

Morning Worship Neil Ryan

Morning Tea: Morning Tea Next Week: 5.00pm

Cherene Slater, Gisela Toelken, Joan Kidman Lyn Ryan, Garry & Jan Gooden Life Church

Finances
July 2013 Giving Target Cash Giving to date Electronic Giving to date Total Giving June 26,385 3,365 2,400 5,365

Account Name: Unley Park Baptist Church Inc Offerings Confidential BSB: 704 922 Account Number: 100013066

Just a Minute
What a great few weeks for all sports loving Aussies! We have had tennis at Wimbledon, three Rugby Union Tests between Australia and the British & Irish Lions, State of Origin Rugby League, the start of a new Ashes series in England, the Adelaide Thunderbirds playing the QLD Firebirds on Sunday in the grand final of the ANZ Championship, Trans-Tasman Netball League, and of course we are in the middle of another scintillating AFL season! As I write this I am watching England open the innings in the first Test at Trent Bridge. The British are on top of the world at the moment. They won the Rugby Union series, a Scot won Wimbledon [Andy Murray] and they are saying its just a matter of the English cricket team turning up and they will win the Ashes! I remember being in England in 2005 during an Ashes series. We were invincible with Warnie, McGrath, Gilchrist, Haden, Langer, Ponting and the rest of them! Everywhere we stayed I made sure they knew I was an Aussie and we were here to flog them in the cricket. I exchanged email addresses with many of them so I could write to them when it was all over and humbly remind them what a big mistake they made sending us to Van Diemens Land 200 years before!!. But the unthinkable happened. We lost the series 2-1. Fortunately I was back in Australia before the end of the last test and pandemonium broke out in the UK. However, I did get a few emails telling me thats why we were sent to Australia as convicts so long ago..because we couldnt play cricket! Paul had a competitive edge to him. Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.. I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air. [1 Corinthians 9:24,26] I personally hope we do the unthinkable and beat the Poms 5 -0 in the cricket, but there is something much more important than that! It is that Christians everywhere take our faith seriously. That we do not carry on like shadow boxers who never really fight; who look like we are running but never race, who think that all that matters is that we are on Gods Team and yet we never run to win! As I write, we have just taken a wicket. The English cricket captain is out! The Aussies have come to play and by the looks of them, they want to win! As we go into another week lets not just turn u p. It is just possible that God can use us to have a win for the Kingdom of God this week. He can bring about patience under pressure, faith in uncertainty, courage in times of fear, forgiveness where hurt, boldness in place of timidity, prayer instead of selfsufficiency and humility in our success. Thats only the start of what God wants to do!! Lets run to win! God Bless Neil

The Ames family Open House

There will be an Open House to welcome home Owen and Sarah, Rachel, Jessica and Joshua. Come and hear about their life and ministry in Japan and chat with them. Venue: UPBC Date: Saturday July 20 Time: 2pm-4pm Please bring a plate of afternoon tea to share.

City Bible Forum Dinner

The City Bible Forum are holding a Celebration Dinner on Friday 9 August 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start at The Adelaide Pavillion, Cnr South Tce & Peacock Rd Adelaide. Come and hear William Lane Craig, one of the worlds most acclaimed Christian apologists, explain how to keep talking about Jesus in the public scene. $45 per person for a delicious two course meal or $400 for a table of ten. Contact Garry Gooden if you would like to join a table.
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June/July School Holidays

Parents please note that UPbc will be in recession during the school holidays. th UPbc will resume on Sunday 28 July. The Creche facilities will be available for you to use with Babies to Kindergarten age children only as these facilities are specifically age appropriate. Children are welcome to bring their own games to use in the Main Hall during Coffee time. (No ball games please)

Wednesday Night Group with Sarah Ames

At the July 17th Wednesday night Bible Study Sarah Ames will be sharing about her life and ministry in Japan. Everyone welcome to share in this special evening.

MLT Meeting
The leadership group is planning to meet on Monday evening 15 July and as always, we would value your prayer for our discussion and decision making. Please pray for Gods wisdom and outcomes as we consider matters on behalf of the Body.
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Pre-service Prayer
We meet each Sunday morning in Pastor Neil Ryans office from 9.45 a.m. to pray for the service etc., and various needs amongst the church Body, before we enjoy coffee together. Would love to have you join us as you are able. Is anything too hard for the Lord

Baby Emery
Thanks so much to all those who have indicated or already donated some wonderful goods ready for Michelle & Seths new arrival. Please keep them coming. Just to let you know that any excess above and beyond what Michelle & Seth can use will be donated to Genesis Pregnancy Support, who would be most grateful. (check out www.genesispregnancysupport.org.au)

Baby Shower
Ladies we are also throwing Michelle a Baby Shower! Please come along and join in the th fun from 2-4pm today, Sunday 14 July in the church lounge. We would like to put together a little book of tips, tricks, advice and wisdom for the parents to be so if you could come prepared to share those that would be awesome. Any questions please see Tam Battersby.

Fundraiser
For my Personal Project at school I'm organising a movie night for the Children's Cancer Centre Foundation. The movie will be The Lone Ranger. Where: Capri Theatre, Goodwood Road When: 6:30pm Date: 17th of July To book your tickets you can email rpiombo@concordia.sa.edu.au and you will be able to collect them at the door or I will be selling them around the church on Sunday the 30th of June and the 7th of July. Please come and support me! Thank you. Rebekah Piombo

Our Missionary Families

The Badger Family Tim, Bron, Stephen, Joshua, Amie, Annalise & Kaitlyn OMF, Manila, Philippines The Ames Family Owen, Sarah, Rachel, Jessica & Joshua OM/TEAM Church Planting, Tokyo, Japan This afternoon, Stephen leaves to attend the Annual Expat Summer Camp in Rizal. He will return again Thursday evening and will surely be totally whacked from all the excitement and extreme fun. Please pray for safety for him whilst he is away (someone always seems to end up getting hurt), especially as they travel for over 2 hours in big buses to get to the camp site. Please pray for our coworker, David, who is managing the cafe and other ministries while our other team members are in America. Pray for our TEAM Japan leadership as they have their two day monthly meetings this week. Owen will be participating via SKYPE. Today we will be sharing at Seaton Christian Fellowship in the morning and Nailsworth Church of Christ this evening.

Pray for these families

Names for this week beginning July 14: David & Chris Robinson Michael, Joanne, Rebekah, Jacob & Thomas Rogers Sandro, Antonietta, Nichole, Victoria & Claudia Rotolo Mark, Jane, Chelsea, Jedd & Lochie Ryan Mel & Madi Ryan Neil & Lyn Ryan

Sermon Notes

Unley Park Baptist Church

Join the Leisure Club as they discover the world of Hans Heysen
Date: 19th of July Venue: The Cedars (Hahndorf). Cost: $6.50 per person Time: Please be at the church no later than 1:00pm. Transport will be arranged. Tour starts at 2:00pm.
Programme: A guided tour of the house and historic working studio of Australian landscape artist Sir Hans Heysen (The Cedars). Have a look at the studio of Nora Heysen (Archibald prize winner and daughter of Hans) which is also open for viewing and features continuous exhibitions of 8 decades. Reproductions are on sale. We are then free to take a walk through the cottage garden. Afternoon tea at the celebrated Local Bakery

This week at UPBC

Playgroup In recess for school holidays Prayer Team Tuesday July 16 9.30am-11.30am Tuesday July 16 9.30am-10.30am Tuesday July 16 11am-12noon Tuesday July 16 5.30pm - 8.00pm Wednesday July 17 9.30am-11.30am Wednesday July 17 7.45pm-9.00pm Thursday July 18 9.30am Friday July 19 7.30pm-9.30pm Sunday July21 10.00am Sunday July 21 5.000pm

Hilighters

Munchiez Food Van

Playgroup In recess for school holidays Bible study at the church

Know Your Bible In recess until August 1 Elevate Youth Group (year 8-12) In recess for school holidays Morning Worship Owen and Sarah Ames LifeChurch

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