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Nerida’s Nyuusu March 2010
Dear Friends,
Greetings from a cold Japan. We have had a very cold February with snow on quite a few days. I am really looking forward to it warming up. I have some special news for you. Yas and I are expecting a baby in August! We would really appreciate your prayers for mine and the baby’s safety and as we adjust to this big change in our lives. My 4 year term in Japan is nearly up and so we will return in June for home assignment. When things are settled with the baby we will start visiting churches and reporting on how God has been working here.
International bilingual worship service
The first service will start on 11th April. April is the beginning of the new year in schools etc. and so this is an appropriate time to start. Please pray that God will provide the workers needed for this service and that God would bring new people, both Christians and non-Christians to this service.
Outreach English Classes
This semester we have been studying the book of Luke.
Please pray for the approximately 50 students (mostly adults) who come each week and study English for 1 hour and then the Bible for 30 minutes with coffee. Pray that God will bring fruit from this ministry.
Thank God that one of the students has begun attending English Bible study. She has had some family problems and wants to learn more about the Christian life.
Praise God that 2 past English students have started studying attending Japanese Bible studies.
Mr Jeon (elder who has had recurrent lung cancer)
Thank you for praying for Mr Jeon. They have decided to continue with a lighter form of chemotherapy once a month to reduce the chance of the cancer reoccurring. Please continue to pray for him and his family.
Church development
Another elder has been elected making 2 elders and 4 more deacons were chosen making 6 deacons.
Please continue to pray that God will provide a young Japanese pastor to continue the work of reaching out to this town of 25 000 people with an average age of about 32 years.
Saturday small group
Thank God for this small group that meets in our home. We are currently studying the book of John. Please continue to pray for the young man who attends who has not yet put his faith in Christ. Please also pray for a group member who is suffering from depression and is no longer coming. Her husband is supportive and caring but he worships Shinto and Buddhist gods in their home. Please pray for her spiritual protection and healing.
Pizza and takoyaki night
We had a great night recently in our home with some small group members and non-Christian friends making homemade pizza and takoyaki (octopus balls, a popular snack). Pizza here is very expensive, about $30 each. It was interesting that no one had ever made pizza before or takoyaki. We then watched a DVD about a Christian Japanese man who had served God with his whole life about 100 years ago.
Thank you again for your faithfulness in praying and supporting financially. I’ll be looking forward to catching up with you and introducing Yas and God willing our baby in the coming year.
Blessings
Nerida Shimizu
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********************************** MACKELLAR AREA SCRIPTURE BOARD AT MACKELLAR GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ON THE NORTHERN BEACHES.
MACKELLAR AREA SCRIPTURE BOARD
Established by our local churches 25 years ago, MASB exists to ensure that high quality Special religious Education (SRE) is provided at Mackellar Girls' and Balgowlah Boys'High Schools. Legislation still permits us top teach every student up to one hour per week, and in many schools today the church simply doesn't provide this. In our schools, students see their Christian SRE teacher for one school period every week, for four years. The teachers are able to build long-term relationships and oportunities exist for our churches to be involved in daily activities of the schools. The Board has local church representatives from all major denominations, representing your partnership in evangelism. we are deeply committed to providing the next generation with access to the good News of Jesus Christ at this crucial stage of their lives.
TERM 1, 2010 2010 promises to be a year of transition for MASB. Max Sullivan has decided not to continue at Balgowlah Boys, so we have employed a new teacher, Kieran Degan. Kieran is an ordained Baptist Minister, and has worked previously as a chaplain at Narrabeen High School. We are very excited to have Kieran on the team, but he will need our prayers as he settles in to his new role. Megan Halvorsen has also announced that she is expecting a baby, and so will be taking a year’s maternity leave from July this year. This is joyous news for Megan, but she will leave very large shoes to fill at Mackellar Girls. Please pray for Megan’s health and safety over the coming months and for the Board as it prepares to fill her position. I was fortunate to attend the Annual Conference of the NSW High Schools Special Religious Education Association in January. It was interesting to meet and chat with board members from all over NSW. We are indeed blessed in Manly to have supportive local clergy and principals. Please remember our brothers and sisters in other parts of the state who are struggling to install scripture teachers in schools. The Prime Minister’s announcement that federal chaplaincy funding will be continued until 2011 was very welcome news for the Board. Whilst this funding significantly offsets the costs of the ministry, we are still dependent on local churches for 70% of our income, so the need for continuing financial support remains. Please contact me if you have not received an envelope and would like to make a donation. The Annual Commissioning Service for MASB will be held on Sunday, 21 March 2010, at St Matthew’s Anglican Church, The Corso, Manly, commencing at 6.30pm. This is always an encouraging time, and I look forward to seeing you there! Peter Richard
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Joint Ministry with the Brazilian Christian Church in Sydney - Primeira Igreja Presbiteriana De Lingua Portuguesa Em Sydney
Brazilian Christian Church Existimos para glorificar a Deus em nossa comunidade brasileira em Sydney, amando, vivendo e servindo ao nosso Deus e ao nosso proximo, comunicando a mensagem da graca salvardora de Jesus Cristo. Nossa oracao e para que Deus nos fortaleca e nos use para sermos uma bencao para a nossa comunidade, e de um modo bem particular, para voce.
Paster Wilson Fernandes
ATIVIDADES E HORARIOS DOMINGO EM MANLY TERCA-FEIRA EM MANLY QUARTA-FEIRA EM BONDI
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About PIM Stay On-Track with the PIM Quarterly Newsletter The Presbyterian Inland Mission (PIM) is the successor ministry in the Presbyterian Church of Australia to the Australian Inland Mission founded in 1912 with the Rev. Dr John Flynn as its first Superintendent. The PIM is a ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and has an expanding network of patrol ministries in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania & the Northern Territory. The PIM is also involved in a growing range of caring/Philanthropic/community assistance activities - including the provision of relief to assist with the impact of drought, isolation, suffering and medical emergencies. These ministries and activities are offered freely to all and any of the people of the great Outback and Inland of the Commonwealth of Australia, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. For many who live within the ever expanding ministry areas of the PIM, life continues to be very hard indeed. This makes the labour of the patrol teams of the PIM more and more demanding but also increasingly important, as by the power of the Holy Spirit they touch a growing number of people with Christian love.
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Allowah Children’s Hospital - A hospital for severely disabled children. At the moment we are fund raising for extensions that will cost $6 million.
The redevelopment of Stage 1 is done, and what an amazing transformation has happened to Allowah. It is new, it is bright, it is spacious, it is airy, it is colourful—it is just wonderful!! As you walk down the long corridor you can see the large wards with their own big bath-rooms, the colourful carpet, the natural light coming in from the long skylights above, the huge recreation room where the children can gather and be entertained, the large windows in the wards looking out over the valley and trees, the wide corridor where children in wheelchairs can be easily transported side by side. It is all too much to take in at once. But over and above all of this are the wonderful staff, with big smiles on their faces, going about their daily tasks of making Allowah such a happy place. In December 2008 the new administration block was finished and the admin staff moved in. This building is brand new and was built in front of the old existing building. This overlooks the front car parking area and the covered front entry to the hospital that is easily accessed by ambulances and wheelchairs via the ramp. On entering the hospital people cannot believe the transformation from the old Allowah. The hospital now has spacious recreation areas where the children come together to watch television, have fun at play, and have interactive therapies. This looks out through the big windows to the colourful softfall area at the side where the children can play on the spe-cially constructed wheelchair swing, and the raised herb and vegetable garden allows them to enjoy the touch and smell of these plants. Shade sails will soon be erected over this area to give the children protection from the sun. The cost of this will be around $50,000. The children moved into the new wards in January 2009, and the development was finally finished in May 2009. In June 2009 The Hon Andrew McDonald, Member for Macquarie Fields, and a Pediatrician, officially opened the new Allowah.. It has truly fulfilled our dream of making this a ?beautiful place for very special children?. Of course, all the Allowah Supporters have had a part is this. It is due to each and every one of you that this has been achieved. Every donation, small or large, has contributed and for this we are very, very grateful, and would like to thank you all most sincerely. Without you it would have taken much longer to achieve. Since the Presbyterian Church purchased Allowah in February 2004, we have received $1,225,136 in donations. What an amazing effort!! We also say a very special thank you to the Dorcas Committee of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales who have donated many thousands of dollars for special items that Allowah needs. However, we still have to repay a sizeable bank loan so that the hospital can be free of debt. We give thanks to God for Hiss continued Blessings upon us.
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