SUNDAY 29th Aug Launch of “Operation Christmas Child 2010”
This is the day we will launch this wonderful mission to children. By stocking these shoe boxes with the things that will bring the message of love to them we will also be sending them with prayer that the Spirit of God will be able to reach out through the gifts to show them the love of Jesus in their lives. Please pray and determine how many shoeboxes you will be able to stock this year.
TUESDAY 31st Aug “UNITE” Ladies
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
WEDNESDAY 1st Sep Connection Groups
Connection Groups will continue this week at various homes at 7pm.
Please see Ps. Stephen if you have not yet joined one of these.
THURSDAY 2nd Sep “Mainly Music”
This is an opportunity for new Mums to get together with their babies and enjoy the “Mainly Music” programme together at AMCC at 10am
SUNDAY 5th Sep SPECIAL FATHER’S DAY SERVICE
We will be celebrating “Fathers Day” with a special service so please invite your friends – especially your father.
TUESDAY 7th Sep Tiny Tots
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
WEDNESDAY 8th Sep Connection Groups
Connection Groups will continue this week at various homes at 7pm.
Please see Ps. Stephen if you have not yet joined one of these.
THURSDAY 9th Sep “Mainly Music”
This is an opportunity for new Mums to get together with their babies and enjoy the “Mainly Music” programme together at AMCC at 10am
THURSDAY 9th Sep Eldership Meeting
This meeting will be at The Holt’s (3 Bowood Court, Seabrook) at 7.30pm
SATURDAY 10th Sep Music Rehearsal
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
FRIDAY 10th Sep Youth Group
We will be meeting at Altona Meadows Community Centre at 7pm.
(Music Rehearsal at 6.30pm) Parent pick up at 9.00pm
TUESDAY 14th Sep “UNITE” Ladies
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
WEDNESDAY 15th Sep Connection Groups
Connection Groups will continue this week at various homes at 7pm.
Please see Ps. Stephen if you have not yet joined one of these.
THURSDAY 16th Sep “Mainly Music”
This is an opportunity for new Mums to get together with their babies and enjoy the “Mainly Music” programme together at AMCC at 10am
THURSDAY 16th Sep Youth Leaders Meeting
This meeting will be held at The Holt’s 3 Bowood Court, Seabrook at 7.30pm.
SATURDAY 18th Sep Lighthouse Club
This meeting will be at Altona Meadows Community Centre from 6.30-8.15pm for primary school aged children.
The cost is $2 and we will have a “Footy Theme” so come along and have lots of fun.
SUNDAY 19th Sep Leaders Night
This will be a meeting of all Leaders and Assistant Leaders as we will be sharing the vision and our plans for next year. The meeting will be held at AMCC at 5.30pm.
Holiday Recess
Please note that all weekday meetings such as Ladies, Tiny Tots, Chat, Connection Groups etc., will be in recess during the School Holidays from Monday 20th September and will resume Monday 4th October
SATURDAY 25th Sep Music Rehearsal
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
SATURDAY 25th Sep Men’s Event - Dinner
This will be an opportunity for the men to go out to dinner together at Fresh Chilli Thai Restaurant in Aviation Road, Laverton at 6.30pm.
The cost will be about $25-$27 for a wonderful meal (based on a set menu).
This will be a night to just relax and enjoy each other’s company.
SUNDAY 26th Sep Fellowship Picnic Lunch
Please join us after the morning service for a special Picnic Lunch at the newly completed Trafalgar Park here at the Altona Meadows Community Centre. This is a time for us to get together with friends and enjoy each other’s company in a beautiful local park. Please bring a plate of food to share
SUNDAY 26th Sep Prayer Night
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 5.30pm and is a great opportunity to focus on any prayer needs that you have and to pray for those around us.
MONDAY 27th Sep to WEDNESDAY 29th Sep CRC National Convention
This year the CRC National Conference in Adelaide will be a people’s Convention. Our National Conferences are usually open to all Pastors and Leaders but this Convention is open to all people in CRC Chruches across the world. Brochures are available detailing the Convention together with its costs so if you are interested in being part of the Convention, please see Ps. Stephen as soon as possible.
SUNDAY 3th Oct DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS at 2am
Daylight savings begins tonight so please don’t forget to put your clocks forward by 1 hour as you go to bed tonight – that’s an hour less sleep !!!!!!!!
SUNDAY 3rd Oct Ladies Night
We are pleased to have Louise Hirsch (from Celebrate Messiah) ministering to the ladies this evening. Louis and her husband Lawrence lead Celebrate Messiah) which is a ministry to Jewish people to introduce them to The Messiah (Jesus Christ) as the Son of God and Lord and Saviour.
Please invite your friends to a very special evening service.
This meeting is a great opportunity for our ladies to gather together and especially for those ladies who cannot get to our Tuesday fortnightly meetings.
This meeting will be at AMCC at 5.30pm
TUESDAY 5th Oct Tiny Tots
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
WEDNESDAY 6th Oct Connection Groups
Connection Groups will continue this week at various homes at 7pm.
Please see Ps. Stephen if you have not yet joined one of these.
THURSDAY 8th Oct “Mainly Music”
This is an opportunity for new Mums to get together with their babies and enjoy the “Mainly Music” programme together at AMCC at 10am
FRIDAY 8th Oct Youth Group
We will be meeting at Altona Meadows Community Centre at 7pm.
(Music Rehearsal at 6.30pm) Parent pick up at 9.00pm
SATURDAY 9th Oct Music Rehearsal
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
SATURDAY 9th Oct Youth Group Big Event “Ten Pin Bowling”
We will have a Special Youth Group Event where we will go Ten Pin Bowling at OZ TenPin Altona 216-230 Blackshaws Road, Altona North, (Melway 55 E1).
We will meet at Altona Meadows Community Centre at 6.30pm
Cost: $15 (includes 2 Games and Shoes)
SUNDAY 10th Oct Visiting Ministry – Barry Buirski (Celebrate Messiah)
Barry was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Barry is the youngest of 17 children and was brought up in a non-observant Jewish home. In January 1985 Barry was born again and he immediately began an evangelistic ministry moving to Israel to preach there. He has been giving out the Gospel with joy and sincerity ever since. In November 1998, he and his family emigrated from South Africa to Australia where Barry served as a development representative with the ministry of Open Doors with Brother Andrew and thereafter was invited to serve in Jewish evangelism. Barry has been serving with Celebrate Messiah Australia as an outreach worker since 2001. His ministry in Melbourne includes meeting with Jewish enquirers and teaching them about Messiah.
SUNDAY 10th Oct Leaders Training Night
We will continue our Ministry Competency Course for 2010 which will be held at AMCC at 5.30pm.
MONDAY 11th May Men’s Meeting
After the Monday evening series earlier in the year for Men was so successful, by popular demand we have arranged another Monday night gatherings for Men.
Please don’t miss this opportunity for all the Men in the church to get together in the comfortable surroundings of Chris Smith’s home.
We will meet at 13 Jasmine Close, Hoppers Crossing Melway 202 K8 at 7.30pm.
TUESDAY 12th Oct “UNITE” Ladies
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
WEDNESDAY 13th Oct Connection Groups
Connection Groups will continue this week at various homes at 7pm.
Please see Ps. Stephen if you have not yet joined one of these.
THURSDAY 14th Oct “Mainly Music”
This is an opportunity for new Mums to get together with their babies and enjoy the “Mainly Music” programme together at AMCC at 10am
THURSDAY 14th Oct Eldership Meeting
This meeting will be at The Holt’s (3 Bowood Court, Seabrook) at 7.30pm
FRIDAY 15th Oct Youth Band Rehearsal
We will have a Youth Band Rehearsal at The Holt’s (3 Bowood Court, Seabrook) at 7.30pm
FRIDAY 15th Oct to SUNDAY 17th Oct LADIES RETREAT
This is a very special weekend camp for ladies (16 years and over) and the venue is Phillips Island.
The cost is yet to be finalized but will be $50 each (plus a little extra for lunch on Saturday) and includes accommodation and meals.
This is a camp you don’t want to miss and numbers will be limited.
See brochure for more details. Please note the brochure can be downloaded from the church website “altonacrc.org”
SUNDAY 17th Oct CHURCH AT LA PORCHETTA
This Sunday the Community Centre is not available to us so we will be meeting at La Porchetta’s at 10am. Why not invite your friends to come to a church service with a difference.
For those who can stay on after the service we can enjoy a fellowship lunch at La Porchetta’s.
TUESDAY 19th Oct Tiny Tots
This meeting will be held at AMCC at 10am
WEDNESDAY 20th Oct Connection Groups
Connection Groups will continue this week at various homes at 7pm.
Please see Ps. Stephen if you have not yet joined one of these.
THURSDAY 21st Oct “Mainly Music”
This is an opportunity for new Mums to get together with their babies and enjoy the “Mainly Music” programme together at AMCC at 10am
FRIDAY 22nd Oct Youth Group
We will be meeting at Altona Meadows Community Centre at 7pm.
(Music Rehearsal at 6.30pm) Parent pick up at 9.00pm
SATURDAY 23rd Oct Lighthouse Club
This meeting will be at Altona Meadows Community Centre from 6.30-8.15pm for primary school aged children.
The cost is $2 and we will have a “Movie Night Theme” so come along and have lots of fun.
SUNDAY 24th Oct Special Youth Service
This is a special Sunday set aside for the Youth Group to both plan and serve us in music, drama, dance and preaching. This is a special Sunday not to be missed.
SUNDAY 24th Oct Pedals on the Path Event
The 2010 Pedals on the Path event will be held after Church on Sunday 10th October.
This year it will again include a 10 or 22km Bike event but will also include a 10km FunRun or a 6Km Family Walk if that is more to your liking.
We will be starting at noon with a BBQ lunch in which a number of other Churches will be joining
us at Cresser Reserve in Altona (Melway Ref: 55 A11).
We are raising money for a Western Suburbs Youth Charity called “Second Chances” so please take this opportunity to ask friends, family and workmates to sponsor you on this “Bikeathon-Runathon-Walkathon” and invite your friends to be involved.
