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The Anchor Church Team
Here is Brad’s outline of the youth programmes this year. Lots if exciting things are planned and if you are or have kids in the age groups that he is talking about then please talk to him real soon!
You can download the full Freest newsletter at http://freesetglobal.com/news/13/66/January-2010-Newsletter.html. We were able to send the Freeset team $14,000 last year to assist in this mission of freeing these women from exploitation and finding the freedom they can only know as followers of Jesus.
Everybody tells me I’m hard to buy presents for. I guess it’s hard to get excited about stuff, especially when most of us have too much already. I have to say though, if a present can be likened to being able to see freedom at work in the lives of women, there is no Christmas present quite like it. A couple of weeks ago one woman gave me the best Christmas present ever. Let me explain. Continue reading A Great Gift of Freedom
Here is the latest building update from Freeset – this is where those teeshirts the AnchorKids team are wearing came from, and where we have sent funds to enable these wonderful people to build a new ablutions block.
We created this clip earlier this year to tell people a little about ourselves. Enjoy!
We created this in partnership with Titahi Bay Community Church and Porirua Gospel Chapel for a service at Te Rauparaha Arena – another one is planned for September.
A new Kids programme designed especially for kids!
The Anchor Church has launched a brand new Sunday morning programme which has been designed to be really exciting for kids and also really easy for any parents to drop their kids into each week. It has started this term and Anchor Kids caters for children from 3 years old up to the end of Year 8.
Every kid is welcome to come along and register each Sunday morning from 9:45am with the programme kicking off at 10am and running through until 11:30am. Parents can drop your kids in and call back in to get them and a coffee at 11.30.
Sandy Leadbeater says that they would love every kid to have a solid basis for life before they hit teenage years. It keeps with Whitby’s nautical theme as children are welcomed aboard the H.M.S Anchor and this term they have been off on an exciting pirate adventure.
The programme is similar to the widely popular RunRIG holiday programme held at The Anchor Church each year, and is full of songs, dances, crafts, bible teaching and loads of fun.
There is a big, community-wide launch planned for 14th February 2010, so watch this space and also your letterbox.
About 30 are off to Mystery Creek and the Parachute Festival this weekend. Anchorkids is back starting the year on February 14 with the Runrig team. The r12 programme is launching the following week and will take us through the next six weeks, finishing at El Rancho at the end of March. Make sure you find a small group to do this programme with. The weekend at El Rancho with Andy Eldred will be a lot of fun. Darryl, Stella and family are planning to join us at the end of the term, Ruth is coming on as a youth intern. In all this, we need to keep our focus on the one we serve. I am sure that God will use the r12 programme is going to touch our lives on this point. Continue reading 2010 is here!
Remember those shoe boxes that were filled with little treasures for some kids in the Pacific – well watch this to see what happened with some of them.
Other news ………..
Here is the BrightHope News letter – a mission partner of ours CLICK HERE
Here is the Delhi Bible Institute News – another mission partner CLICK HERE
And some news from Christian and Catherine Moreau in France Click Here
And some news from Richard and Nancye Yarrall in Los Angeles (read on for this)
Dear friends at The Anchor
Christmas time! We had a good celebration with our Latino folk at church yesterday with carol singing, Christmas message, a few items and then some gifts for the children. In recent weeks we have seenContinue reading Christmas greetings
Some Summer Listening - check What we are singing under the Resources Menu at the top of the screen or listen to a sermon that you may have missed during the year under Download Teaching Sessions
Its not just what you know – Its what you live
We are planning to run an exciting new programme in our small groups starting mid February. The weekend will also be based on the same topics.
r12 is a guided pathway for Christian growth based on Romans chapter 12, where the apostle Paul begins outlining the personal and practical applications of the doctrine he lays out in chapters 1-11. Paul describes the Christian life in five categories: relationship with God, with the world, with ourselves, with others, and with non-believers.
Each of these categories has a response, that the Bible says is a sign of a mature and equipped follower of Jesus Christ. In the r12 discipleship programme, there are ten studies and we will look at these responses: Surrendered: Separate: Self Assessment: Serving and Supernatural
Here is the newsletter for this weekend – enjoy – a big day tomorrow – worship, baptisms, lunch… Bring some extra cash and buy a Freeset bag or a Brighthope cook book as a gift for someone – this gives a gift back to someone in need.
