We welcome you warmly to our services today, praying that all who

gather here will be blessed by God as we worship Him together.

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

MOSGIEL—NORTH TAIERI PRESBYTERIAN PARISH

Jesus is Lord!

Continuing Jesus’ Mission

Changed Lives - Lived out

SUNDAY 24 April 2016

MINISTER: Rev Helen Martin [Hm:489 6156] SESSION CLERK: Fran Short [489 7171] Email: helen@mosgielchurch.org.nz PARISH ADMINISTRATOR: Shona Slocombe CHILDREN & FAMILY WORKER: Bronwyn Miller Email: admin@mosgielchurch.org.nz [Hm: 467 9920] FINANCE & ROSTERS: Nilanthi Sim Email: bronwyn@mosgielchurch.org.nz Email: finance@mosgielchurch.org.nz TREASURER: Alistair McCallum [489 3044] YOUTH LEADER: Warwick Tomlinson [489 5011] Email: amccallum@ihug.co.nz MANAGERS Chair: Margaret Smith [484 7488] ENVELOPE SECRETARY: Les Gillespie [489 6013] HALL BOOKINGS - Mosgiel: Office Email: algflipflop@hotmail.com HALL BOOKINGS NT: Philip Craigie [489 4875] PRAYER CHAIN: June Waugh [489 5980] Office Hours: 9 am - 4 pm Tues - Fri & Margaret Deuchrass [489 7370] Office Phone: 489 6890

www.mosgielchurch.org.nz Mosgiel-North Taieri Presbyterian Church

Welcome to worship at North Taieri @ 10am WORSHIP LEADER AND PREACHER: Very Rev Alister Rae

BIBLE READINGS: Psalm 48 (Pg. 463), Revelation 21: 1 - 6 (Pg. 1002)

NEXT WEEK: 1 May Combined Service North Taieri 10am (No morning tea)

Welcome to worship at Mosgiel @ 10 am “You were formed for God’s family”

PREACHER: Rev Helen Martin MUSIC: Robyn Taylor

SERVICE COORDINATOR: Avis Wilkes BIBLE READERS: John & Fiona Sutton

BIBLE READINGS: Genesis 12: 1 - 3, 22: 15 - 18 (Pg. 11 & 18) Galations 3: 23 - 29 (Pg. 939), Ephesians 1: 3 - 14

Welcome to worship at Mosgiel @ 2 pm “We will remember them”

PREACHER: Rev Helen Martin MUSIC: Winifred Harrex

HOSTS: Wendy Robinson & Irene Jewiss BIBLE READINGS: Genesis 12: 1 - 3, 22: 15 - 18 (Pg. 11 & 18)

Galations 3: 23 - 29 (Pg. 939), Ephesians 1: 3 - 14

Family T is celebrating Mother’s Day on 8 May at 4.30pm Please ‘book in’ with Bronwyn so we can get numbers right for catering. Meal: Small Families $5 Larger families $10

ASSEMBLY POINT if Mosgiel Church buildings are evacuated in an emergency is:

In front of the Technology Block of Taieri College

OPERATION COVER UP Thank you for knitting woollen blankets

and garments and to the people who have donated wool. Items will

be gathered for shipping the end of June.

Information from the Mission Without Borders magazine “Overcomers”

is available in the foyer. This year they want “clothing items for adults

and children only; NO hats or beanies and NO baby clothes”. This is

distressing for those of us who have already made these items. I am

awaiting clarification as to when a baby becomes a child and whether

we should store what we already have, for next year. If you would like

to do some knitting or crochet I have wool available.

Alice Robson 489 4074 Operation Cover Up Co-ordinator

Alistair McCallum is away from 26 April to 20 June. During this

time please direct ALL FINANCIAL ENQUIRIES to

Nilanthi.

New Email Address for Nilanthi, as our Finance Administrator:

finance@mosgielchurch.org.nz.

This address should only be used for questions or

information that relate directly to finances and rosters.

The Mission Friendship

Group will meet on 5th May

at 2pm. Please bring stamps,

handcraft, knitting etc and

ideas for future meetings

PRAYER CHAIN:

Margaret Deuchrass

[489 7370]

1 May - Next Week Combined service North Taieri 10am

NO MORNING TEA - take a friend to coffee instead?

Looking for articles for the Parish Magazine!

A book review, a favourite recipe, an original poem, an article about a recent holiday – all

these and more are sought for our next parish magazine. Deadline = Friday 20th May but we

would happily receive them sooner. We look for positive, encouraging, light reading for the

magazine. Drop them into the office to Shona or email them to admin@mosgielchurch.org.nz

OR directly to Robyn Taylor taylorclan5@xtra.co.nz.

Did your children grow up here? We would love to have a magazine article from you telling

us “Where are they now?” It doesn’t take a lot of writing and up to date photos are always

very acceptable. Check out some back-dated issues of the magazine for the kind of thing we

are looking for. Deadline = 20th May as above.

The Popular Cheese Rolls for Fundraising is back! Julie Judd and her

faithful team are making their yummy cheese rolls again –orders no later than 7 May (a week earlier than the date in the magazine, sorry!) The rolls will be made on 14th May and available for collection Sunday 15 May. Costs: $5 per dozen: i.e. $10 for two dozen, $15 for three dozen etc. Order your cheese rolls after church

on Sunday or phone Karen Willis: 489 2228 or Julie Judd 489 4409 (evenings)

“What on earth am I here for?” Based on Rick’s Warren’s Book: What on earth am I here for?

(new edition of The Purpose Driven life)

Everyone is encouraged to join a home group just for April and May (even if you are not able to commit any longer than that.) Sermons at Mosgiel will be around the home group topic. These sermons will be preached at North Taieri a little later in the year.

TODAY 24 April:Mosgiel at 10am sermon “You were formed for God’s family.” Days 15 – 18 of Rick Warren’s Book

SECOND Home Group Study: Any day or night of the fortnight that starts on Monday 25 April. Topic: Purpose #3 You were Created to become like Christ. Leaders: THIRD study available today

HOME GROUPS VOLUNTEERS WANTED: Would you like an opportunity to show the love of Jesus to elderly residents by giving up one Sunday morning a month to help with Church Services at Mossbrae Healthcare. ASK Helen about it. (this is over and above what home groups are already doing)

Services are short and informal: 3 or 4 hymns or songs, a Bible reading, a mini-message (3 – 5 mins), opening and closing prayer.

For more information: Maureen Quennell, 489 5398, mquennell@xtra.co.nz

1 May - Next Week Combined service North Taieri 10am

NO MORNING TEA - take a friend to coffee instead?

The Easiest Fund-Raiser ever! If you use either the envelope system or an automatic payment for your church offerings you will have recently received a receipt for the financial year just past. On the table in the foyer there is a bundle of forms to claim a third of those donations back from IRD. It’s very simple. Once you have received your refund you can decide what you’ll do with it – if we all put a percentage (or even all) of our refund back into the offering it would cost us nothing and help the church’s finances wonderfully. Think about it. Pray about it. Collect a form today.

Envelope Offering System and/or Automatic Payments It helps us hugely when people give regularly either by the envelope system or by automatic payments. (And these are the only systems that generate receipts that you can then use to get a refund from IRD). If you are interested in going onto the envelope system see Les Gillespie (Ph: 4896013), and if you are interested in setting up an automatic payment: our bank account number is: 020938 0020934 00

We raised $1,099.60

BANNER MAKERS: Embroiders, quilt makers and all those interested in creating a work of

art to glorify God. Bring your ideas and talents to a meeting at Judith Jack’s home 32

Silverstream Drive. 3pm on the 11th of May. Enquiries to Judith Jack or Hazel McAdam.

SINGLES’ LUNCH - 1 May at “The Station” 12 noon Booking form on table