Encouraging kids church comment

Hi all,
It was great to hear Ally speak about kids' church on the way home last Sunday.  She said that for the first time Chanceline decided that she would listen and take part in the activities in kids' church.  Ally said it was really obvious how much of the bible (how many sung bible verses) the kids know.  So Ally said to Chanceline, 'Once you've been here a while, you can know the bible like they do.  Wouldn't that be great?'  Chanceline agreed.

Ally was encouraged too that when the kids were asked, 'So what sins did Jesus do when he was on earth?', the kids were shocked.... They protested strongly against the question, and some could even explain what the consequences would have been if Jesus had sinned - he could not have died for our sins.

This is a such a key part of our ministry, and I was encouraged by these stories.  Please keep praying for both kids and youth church.  There's a youth church event on tonight.  Please pray it will go well.

Core group minutes

St. Barnabas Core Group Meeting - seconds
28.4.2010

Attended: Lynn, Heather, Pauline, Katrina, Ben, Mike
Apologies: Bosco is sore from soccer but clean.
Jeffrey – at home doing his homework
Leanne

Isaiah 29,30. On plans.
God makes the plans. He is sovereign. 

Giving Group meeting planned to happen before Core meeting, but due to lack of attendance it is postponed. Only conclusion is that we will probably accept Alex’s recommendation that we will support a different church for a while other than Bosco’s church. 

Update from Mike:
Christine Lee’s funeral today.
Continuuing to evangelise at the TAFE. Particularly speaking with Robert.
We are doing well with our giving to churches in Burundi. Mike reminded from 1 Corinthians 16 that it was quite common to support churches in other places.
Ian McDonald from St.George’s Magill going to visit Elizabeth and shoot some video to help Magill people get more insight into our church. 
Claude and Bosco have become Australian Citizens. Mike went to Claude’s service, but we did not know about Bosco’s. 

Involvement at church:
Morning Tea roster, some of the ladies.
Get morning tea boxes out on Saturday setup.
Heather to ask Esperance to help with morning tea each week. 

Church pot luck lunch – 30^th May, after church. Ben to organize and promote so people understand how it works and encourage people to bring something. 
Ally to promote the Watoto childrens choir performance at Elizabeth Church of Christ on 4^th June. Inviting people to meet at 6:30pm to then go in and sit together for 7pm performance.  
Next meeting to talk about future plans. 
Finished at 9:15pm.