CHURCH CALENDAR
14 - 20 SEPTEMBER
Monday
10:00 am
12 noon
7:00 pm
Tuesday
9.30 am
7:30 pm
7.30 pm
Wednesday
10:00 am
10:00 am
12.30 pm
7:15 pm
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Seedpods (Downstairs)
Knit & Natter (66 Tukapa St)
Williams Home Group (758 3861)
Women in the Word (Lounge)
Siraa Home Group (Fortnightly7539878)
Graham Home Group (1st & 3rd week
of the month)
Wednesday Bible Study
International Group (Downstairs)
Intercessors’ Gathering
Barnes Home Group (Fortnightly 7572525)
Prestidge Home Group (Fortnightly 7598996)
Kelderman Home Group (Fortnightly 7583515)
Men’s Study for Life Group (Fortnightly
at 149 Heta Rd - 7583515 )
Thursday
7:30 pm
Thursday Service (Lounge)
Friday
10:00 am
1:45 pm
7:15 pm
mainly music (Auditorium & Hall)
Mothers in Prayer (Lounge)
Youth Group (Whole Complex)
Saturday
9 am—4 pm
Mission Expo (Whole Complex)
Sunday
9:30 am
2:30 pm
2:30 pm
7:30 pm
Family Service
Jesus is Lord Church Service (Auditorium)
Chinese Fellowship Service (Lounge)
Call to Prayer (Lounge)
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Welcome to Worship
13 September 2015
I lift my eyes…
I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With Him at
my right hand, I will not be shaken. I lift up my
eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven.
( Psalm 16:7-9 Psalm 123:1)
1. Pray for the mission expo next weekend.
Pray that attendance and interest will be
good from across all churches. Pray that a
heart for mission support and interest in
mission service will be birthed and
stimulated.
2. Pray for the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit
upon the church in renewal power and on
the city in revival. Pray that Christians
everywhere will respond to the call of God
to the harvest field in which we already live
and dwell: our neighbourhoods, our
workplaces, our club memberships our
sporting and recreational activities and our
own families.
Today at NPCBC
9.30 am
Family Service
7.30 pm
Call to Prayer (Lounge via
Lemon St entrance)
Prayer Ministry: If you would like someone
to talk or pray with you after the service
please come to the front and someone will
meet with you.
Thursday at NPCBC
7.30 p.m. in the Lounge
Duty Elder
Today:
Crèche:
L Neighbour & S Prestidge
Next Week:
Morning Tea:
Crèche:
Tadpoles:
Oasis:
Main Door:
Inclusion:
Offering:
S Knowles & M Williams
L Neighbour & J Hatch
A Groepies
S Rajasingh
I McKillop & M Moesbauer
J Barnes
I McKillop, R Allen, J Vickers, P
Richards, K Gilmour, A Gilmour
Fiona Cayzer
Ph: 757 4409
Prayer Chain: For urgent prayer requests
please phone Margaret Collins on
758 2777 or Mavis Easton on
753 6493.
Church Office
Tel: 758 6512
Martien’s Musings
I have been reflecting on what it means to ‘meet with
God’ both personally and when we are gathered.
We use that kind of language with new believers don’t
we? We “introduce them to Jesus”; we “lead them to
Christ. “ We use language that tells them to “invite Jesus
into their hearts.” It’s actually all very personal and the
words suggest it is about a personal encounter with Jesus
himself, and it is. It is about meeting with the person of
Jesus not about merely giving assent to an idea or
signing off on a truth.
We sometimes use the same kind of language when we
consider our personal relationship with God; “I had a
time with the Lord” and that may be a prayer time or a
devotional time or a music time. Again it is, or should be,
about meeting a person, not just learning or thinking
about Him.
When we gather as a church what is it we come to do?
We too often come to speak about Him, to read about
Him, to sing songs about Him and occasionally to Him.
All of this is fine and good. Do we actually come to meet
Him and what does meeting Him look like?
The scriptures tell us that when we come to Him the living
stone, each of us as living stones will together be built
into a spiritual house for Him. (1 Peter 2:4-5) Together
we form a house where God can and will dwell. This
concept of house is more than a ‘collective Jesus in my
heart.’ This is a house where God’s presence is manifest,
seen, felt, experienced, heard and enjoyed. We know
that each of us are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, who is also
the seal of our salvation (Eph 1:13-14). However,
scripture reminds us that “you (plural) are God’s temple
and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst.” (1 Cor 3:1617). Not just a collective indwelling but also a presence
in the midst of us. Again it points to a presence of God
that is special and different when we gather. What does
meeting God look like? When I meet a person I
exchange words in conversation, I learn new things about
them and about me, and we do things together. I
actually have an experience of encountering them, which
is more than just knowing they are there. Is this what
happens when we meet God who is the creator of the
universe, who is King of Kings, who is Holy, who is Abba
Father?
Martien’s Musings cont...
Do we attend church services and actually meet Him or do
we merely gather to think about Him. Are we awed by His
presence, warmed by His love, are our minds transformed
by listening to His words and by enjoying His company? Are
our minds and emotions and bodies healed by His touch?
Please join with me to make meeting and experiencing God
the hallmark of our gathering. How do we do that? I
believe it comes about when we come to Him open hearted
and open minded with a ‘here am I, take me, touch me,
embrace me, change me trust with no limits’. No limits!
Martien
Church Life
Call to Prayer
Sundays at 7.30 p.m.
In the Lounge
18th September: Date Night: How often do you get out,
away from children, TV and housework for a fun evening
with just the two of you? Don't worry about the planning, it's
all done for you. Select a time and price, organise a
babysitter, pick up your envelope (containing activities,
questions and little extras), head to the restaurant and
enjoy a romantic night out together. Open to any married
couple. Pick up a registration form or see Peter for more
details.
Working Women’s Breakfast: Saturday 12th September in
the lounge. From 9 am until 10.30 am, the cost is $5.00.
RSVP to Janet Dunlop 758 9309 or Anne Kelderman 758
3515.
Jules Riding Concerts: Saturday 12th September at 7 pm
at St Andrews Presbyterian, Liardet St, New Plymouth and
on Sunday 13th September at Lifegate Church, 27 Cutfield
St, Inglewood at 6 p.m. Free entry—an offering will be
taken.
Church Life continued…
Musical Extravaganza: The Bible Society brings you an
afternoon of music at the Taranaki Cathedral Church of
St Mary, 37 Vivian Street at 2 p.m. today, 13
September. Afternoon tea will follow the concert.
Tickets available at the door.
Mission Expo: 19 September at NP Central Baptist
Church. Doors open at 9.30 am and close again at 4
pm. Information is on the noticeboard and programme
copies in the foyer. Free Entry. Lunch at a small
charge.
Working Bee: 9 am, Saturday 3 October. Please come
along to help with repairs, maintenance and sprucing
up. Morning tea provided with wonderful fellowship too.
Congregation Consultation Meeting:
Saturday 10th October, 9.30 am until 12
noon.
150th Jubilee Celebration: 16th to 18th of October.
Please fill in your registration form and return it by 30
September. Would you also pass on a registration form
to anyone you may know who has been part of the
journey.
Elijah House Taranaki: Are you interested in becoming
a prayer minister? Elijah House is offering the first of a
series of four schools in October. For information see
the brochures in the foyer and poster on the
noticeboard.
Ladies, an exciting event! Influencing Women presents
“I touch the sky when my knees hit the ground” with
Esther Beckley & Team from Bethel Church, California. 2
October at citywestchurch at 7 pm. Tickets $15.00 and
includes dessert & coffee. No door sales! See Karen in
the office for tickets. More information is on the
noticeboard!
Bible Thought:
God made His light to shine in our hearts to give us
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV
Can God be known? From nature we learn something of
His mighty power, but only in the face of Jesus Christ do
we see His love and His mercy. Through Him we can
know God fully and have access to Him.