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9.30am Prayer meeting ….please join us!

10am Service: Enjoy a time of Praise & Worship,
December 12th , 2010 Communion, and then a message by Ps. Shane Whitbourn
Please stay after the service for a cuppa and a chat. Also check
out the table of books & DVD’s for free loan up the back.
Perseverance ..also during the message..
Young William Wilberforce was dis- Kindling Kids

@ the Fawthrop Ctr:

couraged one night in the early (Pre-school)
Primary program
1790s after another defeat in his 10 Great fun and HAVE
teaching time. FUN,
year battle against the slave trade Begins today after LEARN
The musical items .
in England. Tired and frustrated, he LOTS!

opened his Bible and began to leaf

through it. A small piece of paper Community Carols
fell out and fluttered to the floor. It was a letter written by John Wesley ‘The Christmas Story
shortly before his death. Wilberforce read it again: "Unless the divine pow- with a Difference’
er has raised you up... I see not how you can go through your glorious en- Tonight @ St John’s School Hall
terprise in opposing that (abominable practice of slavery), which is the 5.30pm for BBQ
6.30pm Kid’s time & 7pm Carols
scandal of religion, of England, and of human nature. Unless God has
raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of BYO chair or rug
men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of Children welcome to come dressed as
angels, shepherds or wise-men
them together stronger than God? Oh, be not weary of well-doing. Go
Sausages $1, Drinks free.
on in the name of God, and in the power of His might."
Glo-light candles & programs available
Boxing Day Service
10.30am Sunday 26th Dec
@ Ian & Margot Bail’s
This will be a relaxed outdoor meeting,
including music, testimonies and a
short message, followed by lunch
A great opportunity to bring your
un-churched friends along.
BYO: Lunch to share, plus a picnic rug
or folding chair...and a hat!

Services @ 10am Next Sunday

Sunday—— Kevin Mudford will share his amazing story:
Fawthrop Community Centre Hood St, Portland
Pr. Shane Whitbourn Ph: 0417509516
“from the age of 8 to the age of 26 I was in and out of 42 institutions ,boys
homes, prisons ,mental institutions. When I was in prison,... I went to chapel
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to get out of my cell that was the first time I heard the gospel....”