Community (Page 7)

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Forest Lakes

Church Camp 11 – 13 March

Church Camp 11 – 13 March As we continue to grow our church will move from relationships to mission. This will never mean that we won’t have meaningful relationships within our church, we certainly will at all levels. Our relationships should always be motivated by our love for Christ, keeping His commands as we love and serve each other and the community. We will find our deepest and sometimes most difficult connections serving Christ together. The challenge is to take…
Men's Breakfast

Men’s Breakfast

Men’s Breakfast Join us for breakfast – 6 February 8:30am at St. Mary’s Anglican Church. The guest Speaker is Chris Kemp, Peter Jackson’s personal pilot.  Come and listen to some of Chris’s stories and experiences. Gold coin donation. The breakfast is the good wholesome fare of sausages, bacon, eggs, beans, toast & hash browns. You could try the healthy option of cereal and fruit, Really, you can!! Do bring a friend.  A men’s devotion will be given prior to Chris’s presentation. The next Men’s Breakfast on the 5th…
summer services

Summer Services and kicking off 2016

Everyone is welcome every Sunday at 10am and nightchurch is starting 6:30pm on January 24th (and now every second Sunday).  In January a number of our other programmes (AnchorKids and Youth programmes) take a break for the summer holidays but will be returning in early February. A few things coming up include.. Festival One—29 Jan to 1 Feb. Anchor Youth will be heading to Festival One next January and it’s not too late to join us. Go to this website and…
Carols

Carols – 7pm Christmas Eve

Join us to celebrate Christmas with carols on Christmas Eve. You are invited to a Carol Service on Christmas Eve and also to Christmas Day service at 9:30 am. The Carol service will be followed by Christmas cake and supper. Do come, bring your friends and family and spend a moment to reflect on Christmas.
angel tree

Angel Tree – helping kids in need

Angel Tree is an organisation that is passionate about children who have a parent in prison. You can find out more about the programme here. This year The Anchor has been given 15 special angels to buy gifts for this Christmas.  Please pick up your angel tag and other information in the foyer this Sunday 22nd November. Angel Tree Important dates: Sunday 22/11/15 – Pick up your Angel Tree tag and buy the requested gift. Sunday 29/11/15 – Bring your…
parenting

Parenting @ The Anchor Church

Parenting – Often when we hear that word it makes us sigh and say “Parenting is hard work!” We know that there are many joys involved in raising kids but often we feel that the bad outweighs the good. None of us are perfect, in fact far from it but we are all striving to do our best and raise well rounded, happy children. We have at The Anchor run some Parents Inc. courses and these have been well received…
Family picnic

Family Picnic 15 November

Family Picnic 15 November Straight after church, at Endeavour Park. (Just over the road from the church). Bring your own picnic, sunscreen, rug, sports gear and anything else you need to have an enjoyable time in the outdoors connecting with each other. In the event of cold, wet, windy or damp conditions, we will picnic indoors in the gym.

Grow your faith

Grow your faith For the next few weeks we are studying this topic – Five things God uses to grow our faith. Imagine how different your outlook on life would be if you had absolute confidence that God was with you? Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with certainty that God was in all of it and was planning to leverage it for good. In other words, imagine what it…

Youth Camp 2015

Youth Camp We are heading to FOREST LAKES. Sign up for a weekend of shenanigans, fun, growing and sharing. It is a chance for us to get to know each other better and to get to know Jesus better. We will have special guests, exciting activities and more.   Arrive from 3pm Friday 2 October. (Official programme starts at 6pm with dinner) Ending 2pm Sunday 4 October. The cost per person for the weekend is $150. This covers room, meals,…
Freeset

Raising funds for Women – Quiz Night

Grab a group of your girlfriends and come along to raise money for Freeset.   Friday August 7th  6:30 for a 7 pm start At church – 1 Joseph Banks Drive Whitby At the moment we are supporting six young women on the first Freedom Opportunity programme.  This is a management training programme aimed at developing young women, from poor backgrounds (who are considered to be at-risk of trafficking) who have achieved a good educational standard and have demonstrated potential for…

Youversion – get the Bible on your phone or tablet

There are many exciting tools available to you now that make it easier to build a good habit of reading the Bible and maintaining your relationship with God.  Here is one of them – YouVersion – free, share what yo are discovering with your friends and much more.