ALPHA : URGENTLY Needs Your Help!!

Calling all servants of Christ

We still need home groups or groups of people/friends to offer to come down and cook a dinner for our lovely Alpha guests.

It's simple and fun, and a great way to serve the Lord. Have you done an Alpha course before and did someone cook for you?

Why not give something back.

Offers should be directed to Noelle Rentsch on 0415 606 284 or noelle.rentsch@gmail.com.

We particularly need people to serve this Thursday (29 July).

"Hope Against All Odds" : Girls Night In - Breakfast : 8 July 06

It's time for our next Girl's Night In event!!!

Once again we are having a Saturday Morning Breakfast

Brekkie will be held at Zali's Restaurant at the Manly Pacific Hotel.

Sue Ross will be speaking to us on the topic of "Hope Against All Odds". It will be a great morning, so make sure you get in fast as there are limited places available.

Time: 8:30am

Date: Saturday, 8th July

Where: Zali's Restaurant, Manly Pacific Hotel, 55 North Steyne, Manly

Cost: $20 per person

Breakfast includes:

- Full Continental Buffet Breakfast including pastries, cereal, fruit etc.
- Full Hot Breakfast Buffet including bacon, eggs, sausages, tomatoes etc.
- "Eggs Station" where you get eggs cooked to your liking (poached, scrambled, fried etc.)
- Tea, coffee and juice included

To reserve your place, buy a ticket from one of the GNI team by Sunday, 2nd July:

- Katrina Baldwin after 9:45/10am church

- Jen Barry, Vanessa Archibald or Marcella Searle after 18:30 church

Or email girlsnightin@gmail.com to make other arrangements if you miss us at church.

These events are a great opportunity for women to catch up with familiar faces from your own congregations, and meet some new people from different congregations. They are also a great opportunity to invite your girlfriends along ...

Hope to see you there!

The GNI Team
(Kat, Vanoosh, Mars & Jen)

Katie's Farewell Party : Friday, 23 June 06

If you want to farewell Katie for one last time ... Friday, 23 June 06 is the date to do it ...

Where: The Ivanhoe

Time: 7.30pm till late ...

What: Drinks and/or dinner ...

Meet: Top Floor Bar Area

All are welcome to join Katie for one last Aussie "hoorah" ... let's all show her how much we appreciate her, how much we love her and how much we are going to miss her ... she flys out to the USA of Sunday, 25 June 06 ... this is seriously her last Goodbye!!

Flat Mate Wanted : Curl Curl : August 06

Jules from 1830 is looking for a flatmate to share rented 3 bdr townhouse, with one other in Curl Curl. Double room with builtins, 2 x balconies and a garden all with ocean views! Prefer Female Christian 25+ professional,
non smoker. $150/week + bond & expenses. Avail 5 August 06.

Please contact Jules on 0414 524 870 or julieanneshute@accsoft.com.au

Awesome Funky Concert at The Basement : 29 June 06

"The Cafe of the Gate of Salvation" is an amazing a cappella choir and "Extended Family" is an awesome funk band and they will be playing at The Basement in the next few weeks!!

Don't think, just act - buy yourself some good times for the price of a concert ticket.

Thursday 29 June
@ the Basement (Reiby Place, Circular Quay)
Doors open 8pm, Tickets $25+bf
Book early, this show will sell-out!
Bookings: The Basement 9251 2797 or http://www.thebasement.com.au

http://www.cafeofthegateofsalvation.com.au/

Men Meeting The Challenge 2006 Conference : Saturday, 2 September 2006

The Men Meeting the Challenge Conference is run by Men for Christ Ministries. We aim to help Aussie men reach their mates for Christ in a rapidly changing society.

We live in a culture where different faiths, lifestyles, and world-views compete for the allegiance of Aussie men and their families. Today, everyone’s point of view has equal validity and is given the right to be heard. How does the unchanging truth of the eternal gospel transform men in this new context? What are our churches doing to bridge the gaps between diverse cultures and reach out to different groups? How do we change our churches so that they attract rather than repel Aussie men?
Our competitive culture ensures that the quest for wealth and status remains at the top of the national agenda. Many Aussie men find mateship in our celebration of sport or at the local club. In recent years, the ‘land of the long weekend’ has become the ‘land of the retirement package’. We work longer hours and hope that a carefully planned and funded retirement will bring us the peace we all yearn for. How do Christians speak to Aussie men caught in the relentless drive for money, security, and status?

The Men Meeting the Challenge Conference draws together speakers who are well known in the Anglican Church and in the wider Christian community. Each speaker is committed to this conference as one means of transforming Aussie men so that they, through God’s grace, can transform others for Christ.

For More Info, Go to the MMC06 Website: http://www.menforchrist.asn.au/files/mmccrego.pdf

Young Lenses, The Drum Cafe & Rwanda : 27 June 06 : Special Event

A Special Event Supporting RWANDA through Young Lenses is presenting a Great Night of Interactive African Drumming with "THE DRUM CAFE"

When: 27 June 2006

Where: "Star of the Sea" Theatre - cnr Iluka & Collingwood Street, Manly

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $25.00

Book Tickets via Email: events@younglenses.com

Supported by www.drumcafe.com.au & www.younglenses.com

Marketing & Development Coordinator : F/T Position Available

The Crusader Union of Australia is seeking a full-time Marketing & Development Co-ordinator to join its Eastwood marketing and fundraising team. Crusaders is a Christian youth organisation whose vision it is to share the gospel of Jesus with a new generation.

Responsibilities include: developing promotional materials (brochures & DVDs); organising special events; processing and receipting donations; writing grant submissions; and providing administrative support throughout a capital campaign.

The successful applicant will have tertiary qualifications, a creative flair, exceptional attention to detail, experience with Microsoft Office, good interpersonal communication skills and a passion for sharing the gospel with young people.

For further information and an application form please contact Anna Wood on 9874 8933 or annaw@crusaders.edu.au . Applications close 30/6/06.

Female Flat Mate Required : Wollstonecraft

A Female Flat mate is needed for a unit in Wollstonecraft. Large 2 bedroom apartment - Sunny room, internal laundry, large balcony & storage room. Short walk to Crows Nest and public transport to City, Chatswood & Epping.

Rent: $180 / WEEK plus bond and bills

Call Lisa on 0409 039 394