Christmas at Breakthrough

Sunday 23 December
4pm @ Willow Park Hall
Bring a picnic dinner to enjoy with friends!

Sunday 23 December
6pm @ Willow Park Hall
Church Christmas Celebration!

Tuesday 25 December
CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE
9am (for one hour)

Movie Tuesday (no Life Group)

No Life Group this week, we're heading to the movies to see Amazing Grace! There'll be a whole crowd from church going, and you can take your pick of sessions: 6:30pm or 9pm, this Tuesday 31 July (at Greater Union, Hornsby).

See you there!

Announcement...

Hi everyone:

We're sorry to announce that the young adults retreat has been called off, due to lack of response. If you've given us a deposit already, we'll have it for you at Tuesday's Life group. However, be at church this Sunday night to see what's being planned...

This week is the last Life Group for the term, so make sure you're there! Can someone please volunteer for supper?? Thanks!

See you all tomorrow :-)

Coming up

For your diaries/calendars/memories/sticky notes:

Sunday 8 April
Easter Sunday
6:30am @ Bobbin Head
(+bbq brekky)
6pm @ Willow Park

Wednesday 11 April
Ladies Coffee Night
7:30pm @ Toscani's

Thursday 12 April
YA Bowling
7:30pm @ AMF Hornsby
(RSVP on this post)

Sunday isn't Sunday

... without Breakthrough Church!

In lieu of Friday Funnies this week, we wanted to invite you to come to our celebration service in Berowra on Sunday morning. This will be our last Sunday morning in Berowra, and it's going to be great! Make sure you're there to participate in the service, and prepare yourself for what is coming as we move forward to Hornsby.

Breakthrough Church Berowra

9:30am, 11 March

Berowra Community Centre

Gully Rd, Berowra

If you're a Hornsby-ite (ie: you live in Hornsby!) and you would like to come, but don't have a car, please email us or leave a comment here so we can make sure you can join us on Sunday morning!

ps. Got a Friday Funny to share? Email us the link, the pictures, the joke, so we can share it next week!

Prayer

A big shout out to Pastor Ralph for all the conclusion options we got at Life Group last night - thanks! (and Happy Birthday!)

On that topic, we want to link today to another blog, encouraging us to pray for our pastors. You can visit the page here, but you'll find the points worth noting down below. Let's continue to pray for Ralph & Narelle as we transition to Hornsby over the next couple of weeks. What a great way to practice "eating solid food".

As we pray for them, let's also give thanks for our pastors, remembering that our faithfulness in our own walk with God blesses them.

Pray that he will be a true success: that he will be faithful, true to God's Word and hardworking; that he will be a servant, following the example of our foot-washing Lord; that he will love God with all his heart, soul, mind, and strength; that he will truly believe what he believes about Christ; that he will lead a holy life, and not succumb to the sensuality of our culture; that he will lead a life of deep prayer, following Jesus' example; that he will have a positive attitude free from jealousy.

Pray for his ministry--for his preaching, for time to prepare, for understanding the Word, for application, for the power of the Holy Spirit in delivery, for Sunday's services, for his leadership, for immediate problems he is facing.

Pray for his marriage--for time for each other, for communication, for a deepening love, for fidelity.

Pray for his children by name. Perhaps you might ask the pastor or his wife how they would like you to pray for their children.

(from Kent and Barbara Hughes's book, Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome, via Theologica)