Some of the prayer items that were discussed during this month's prayer meeting.

Pray for:

• Those who are currently serving, or about to serve, overseas on short term mission
• Leaders and advisers in our Church's ministry groups as they plan for 2006

Matthew Tse & Betty Chan's wedding will be on 1st Oct. Please pray for their preparation, their loving relationship and commitment to each other and to God.

Andrew Chin & Nadine Groney's wedding is on July 16. Pray for their loving relationship and commitment to each other & to God.

Ruth, our senior pastor's wife, had an operation at St. Vincent Hospital on May 12 afternoon. She has a cholesteatoma in her right inner ear. Thanksgiving to God that her operation was very successful. She had gone back home to rest within a week. She sometimes feels pain on her wound after surgery. Please continue to pray for her smooth recovery and a peaceful heart.

Congratulation to Fiona & Jonathan Snowdon for the birth of Brianna Grace Snowdon. Brianna was born at 8:15am on March 10, 2005. At birth Brianna weighed 2.98kg, measured 47 cm in length. Fiona & baby Brianna are resting comfortablely in Blacktown Hospital after a long and traumatic delivery.

Give thanks to God!

Baby Brianna's photo is in http://english.nscac.org.au/image/tid/22

 

Update on the Christian and Missionary Alliance's response to the Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe.

• At this stage there have been no reports so far of C&MA people who have been injured or lost their lives. Kim Kho is currently in Indonesia but she was not affected.
• The Christian and Missionary Alliance's relief agency, Compassion and Mercy Associates, is coordinating the Alliance's relief efforts in the region. It is accepting financial gifts.

Read on for further details, including how you can contribute financially.

A number of people in our congregation are overseas over the next few months.  Please continue to pray for their safety and their relationship with God during this time.

Who are the Uygurs?

The Uygurs are one of the world’s largest unreached people groups.

They are located in the North West of China in Xinjiang Province.

They consist of approx 7 million people.

Their offical religion is Islam.

There are less than 100 known Christians among the Uygurs and no known churches, and no known pastors.

They present one of the greatest challenges in seeking to reach the unreached.

Opportunities exist for people to go to the Uygurs as teachers, students, tourists or tentmakers.

Thanksgiving to our Lord that Erica Yu & Betty Chan had successfully completed Moore College Certificate in Theology. They started the correspondence course in 1998 and completed the 18 subjects in 2004 August. They had achieved credit in average. Graduation ceremony will be held in May, 2005.