"Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done." - Philippians 4:6
Ahoy Church,
What a joy to hear more people share how they have been able to see God answer prayer, and to simply pray for people in their everyday lives.
Whether you're just starting out in prayer, or have been praying your whole life, I want to leave you with one very simple prayer to end our term focused on the simple act of prayer.
It's the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples when they asked him, "Lord, teach us to pray".
It's the prayer that Christians have prayed for over 2,000 years, many of who've prayed it three times a day! While I grew up thinking repetitive, written, or "rote" prayers were inauthentic, I now see there is solace and rest in praying prayers that came from Jesus, and have sustained his followers through every season of life.
If you're new to the Lord's Prayer, I want to encourage you to pray it enough so that you know it by heart, allow it to soak into your heart, and can take it with you everywhere you go:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever.
Amen.
If you'd like to read or watch more about prayer, you can check out our prayer page on our website.
Much love and see many of you Sunday!
Dan
Learn to live the love of Jesus
Emotionally Healthy Relationships (EHR) is half of the bigger Emotionally Healthy Discipleship (EHD) course that helps us learn to love God and others to our full capacity.
In the 8 week EHR course, Pete and Geri Scazzero help to unpack core biblical principles to guide into an experience of lasting below the surface transformation in your capacity to lovingly relate to those around you.
If you have had, or continue to have, barriers in your key relationships in life, join us as we allow God to break through our mindsets and behaviours that are limiting our ability to love others like Jesus has called us to.
This is an actual course, with prayer and devotional readings 5 x days/wk as well as a chapter of a book to read each week. Come prepared to listen, learn and share.
When? Term 3
Where? Renee's house in Kings Beach
How Much? $45 for all the materials. REPLY now if you need financial assistance.
Who? Contact Katie Smith - 0412 500 940
Coming Up
July - 9am [Home] + 3pm [Moffat]
Mondays - Young Adults - Marcello + Mariela 0428 986 423
Fridays - 6am Men's Prayer - Fred 0431 437 080
Jul 05 Monthly Gathering at Caloundra Christian College: Communion, Worship
Jul 12 Sunday Gatherings: Home + Beach
Jul 19 Sunday Gatherings: Home + Beach
Jul 20 EHD: "Emotionally Healthy Relationships" Begins [Ends Sep07]
Jul 26 Sunday Gatherings: Home + Beach
September - 9am [Home] + 3pm [Moffat]
Mondays - Young Adults - Marcello + Mariela 0428 986 423
Fridays - 6am Men's Prayer - Fred 0431 437 080
Sep 07 EHD: "Emotionally Healthy Relationships" Ends
Our Mission
To help people find and follow Jesus.
Our Vision
Fully Alive through faith in Jesus. To see vision come to life, we developed FAM, our Fully Alive Model. Ideally, you can work through FAM with someone else.
Our Rhythms
Get to Know Jesus: how are you getting to know Jesus this week?
Invite people into your life: who can you intentionally open up your life to?
Gather and get involved: who can you connect, listen, share, or pray with this weekend?
Giving Up, In, and Out
Our church follows the same simple pattern of giving that we encourage each other individually: UP, IN, and OUT.
Giving UP
As a church, we give 2.5% to our denomination to support what's happening in churches like ours statewide and show appreciation for all the support they provide. We encourage each follower to consider giving "up" to support their local church - in this case ours :)
Giving IN
We give to personal/family needs within our church from our $5,000 Giving Kitty. Please alert us if you know someone with genuine needs that you're unable to meet out of your own resources.
Giving OUT
This term, we are encouraging our church to give to the family who visit us each year from the country where they share Jesus. We'll give to them as a church, and we encourage you to give to them too.
BSB: 923100
Account #: 37443010
REF: KyleG GIFT
** FYI: Our balance has been reduced significantly due to sponsoring our young adults for the 2026 Project 11 Program.
Last month's giving: $10,856
Last month's expenses: $12,540
Balance: $-,-
Giving in : Oct 23-Apr 26: $5,000
Giving out : Oct 23-Apr 26: $20,293
"Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed." - Proverbs 19:17
If you would like to support what we are doing and our giving to those in need, you can get started giving to Open Road to meet the needs of our church or get in touch with any questions you may have.
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