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Teen Challenge Live Free walk

keiyeng — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:16:41 +0000

Thanks Eleasa and Grace for letting us know at church last Sunday about the TC walk you participated in! It was indeed great to see so many (maybe 100?) women from all around Brisbane walking together for the same cause.

Here’s a photo of E&G and their support crew

You can read up about Teen Challenge and what they do here.

Upcoming…

keiyeng — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:12:14 +0000

We’re turning our service leaders’ training session into a BC3 event – this Sunday afternoon at 2.30pm. If you’re not a service leader you don’t really need to worry about this but feel free to come if you’re interested! Otherwise please pray for it and everyone coming.

As announced, it will be 5:17 church’s 1 year anniversary in 2 weeks’ time! The big day is Feb 7 so invite your friends to our special anniversary service which will be incorporating 2 baptisms (wahoo!). Obviously there isn’t a large body of water in or outside of our church building so we are moving church that Sunday to Pastor Ben and Faith’s home at 48 Boundary Rd, Indooroopilly, and we’ll start at the special time of 5pm. PLUS we’ll be having a BBQ anniversary party after the service so that’s triple reason to invite your friends (1. anniversary 2. baptisms 3. food)!

The Women of Purpose annual Bible teaching day is fandiddlytastic and I personally think this year’s (Sat March 13) is looking like the best yet. See the City North Baptist Church website here for all the convincing details and register yourself straightaway or if you must, let me know by comment, email, or at church and I’ll add you to the group rego count. If you’re a 5:17 female you have to come!!! If money is an issue please don’t be embarassed to say so and we’ll see if we can arrange subsidies.

5:17 excursion – Lifeline Bookfest (Jan 16)

steve.nation — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:52:51 +0000

One of Keiyeng and my favourite things is finding quality but cheap books in second hand bookstores. It’s like a treasure hunt. And there’s no better place for this than the Lifeline Bookfest (see below for all the details on the event). So, because we love you guys, love hanging out with you, and love buying cheap books, we thought we’d organise an excursion for us 5:17ers. So, let’s hit the bookfest on its opening day – January 16. We’ll meet there at 10:30am (or if you want help with transport, talk to Muz), then have lunch nearby (most likely at one of the cheap places in West End).

Here’s some details for the Bookfest from their website:

What: The universe’s largest second-hand booksale, now in its 20th year.

Why: The Lifeline Bookfest raises much-needed funds for Lifeline Brisbane’s free 24-hour Crisis Counselling Telephone Line, free face-to-face counselling services, and support programs for women, children and families.

When: January 16-24

Where: Exhibition Halls 3 and 4 of The Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Merivale St, South Brisbane

Where the funds go: Apart from giving people the opportunity to grab a great book from as little as 20 cents, the Lifeline Bookfest also raises much-needed funds for Lifeline Brisbane’s free counselling services.

From humble beginnings, the event now brings in around one-third of Lifeline Brisbane’s self-funded income (the majority of profits coming from the sale of second-hand clothes in Lifeline Shops).

These funds help Lifeline Brisbane enhance the lives of children, families and individuals in our community by delivering relevant, accessible counselling and support programs. Some of the support services we provide are:

Telephone Counselling – 24 Hour Crisis Line, 13 11 14, Free face-to-face Counselling, School-based Counselling, Financial Counselling, Suicide Bereavement Programs, Child Therapy, Refugee support through the Refugee, Claimant Support Centre, Domestic Violence groups for women and children.

How it works:

The Lifeline Bookfest is divided into three sections – High Quality, Priced and Unpriced.

High Quality contains near new and quality stock, as well as rare and collectable books. All books are priced inside the cover.
The Priced section contains a fantastic range of books of medium quality. These books are also priced inside the cover.
The Unpriced section contains more of the ‘well-thumbed’ books and is where some of the best bargains can be found! The books in this section are not priced individually but will be priced at the checkouts.

Categories:

Within each section, books are divided into over 20 categories: Children’s; Australiana; History; Reference; Humour and Oddities; Biography; Literature and Classics; Textbooks; Travel; Health; Science Fiction; Hardback Fiction; Art and Music; Paperback Fiction; Cooking; Computers; Religion; Foreign Language; Vehicles and War Craft; Hobbies; Sport; Gardening; Animals; Penguins and Pelicans; Economics; Sociology; Philosophy; and Science.

In addition to books, each section carries a range of magazines, stationary, videos, CDs, cassettes and records.

Growing as women: a date claimer

steve.nation — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:48:57 +0000

The woman, the dragon, and the baby

keiyeng — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:37:43 +0000

You’ve probably never heard a Christmas message from the Bible book of Revelation – let alone Revelation chapter 12 verses 1-12.

What does Christmas have to do with a woman, a dragon, and a baby?!

You’re invited to 5:17 church’s Christmas Eve service, to find out what this cosmic intertwining means – for Christmas and for you.

You’ve probably never heard a Christmas message from the Bible book of Revelation – let alone Revelation chapter 12 verses 1-12.

What does Christmas have to do with a woman, a dragon, and a baby?!

You’re invited to 5:17 church’s Christmas Eve service, to find out what this cosmic intertwining means – for Christmas and for you.

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Simon Riches event review

keiyeng — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:23:56 +0000

Thanks so much to everyone who came, and especially to 5:17ers who helped set up and pack up in several different ways. It was a pleasure to serve with you to host Simon and so many BC3ers (Brisbane Chinese Church-ers). We were thankful to God for how many people came (a full hall), for how helpfully Simon answered questions, for how attentive and responsive everyone was, for peoples’ generosity in giving to support LCM, and for what God will do in peoples’ lives and churches as a flow-on effect.

We’re also very glad to say the night was videoed so that we’ll be able to make DVDs available for people who weren’t able to come but who are keen to know what was shared – if this is you feel free to let us know – but we haven’t yet determined the details of how we’ll release the DVDs.

And we’re hoping to have other similar events in future to help our churches keep growing in understanding and living out a holistic biblical worldview.

a night with Simon Riches

keiyeng — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:08:37 +0000

5:17ers, we hope you’ll make a point of coming to listen and learn, and also to help host this supremely important night. We want to be thoughtful, loving, thinking, biblical Christians who respond well to the significant issues in contemporary society. This night will help.

And BC3ers, please join us – it will be a pleasure to host you!

There will be an opportunity to ask Simon questions on the night, but it would be easier for him and us if you could submit them beforehand – by email or by posting them (anonymously if you prefer) in the Comments section of this post.

Details again: 7.15pm | Saturday 14 November | 83 Ryans Rd, St Lucia. RSVPs aren’t necessary but are welcome through the same means as above!

John Calvin

steve.nation — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:50:05 +0000

This coming Saturday (October 24), a few of us at 5:17 church are heading over to the Creek Road Presbyterian Church to hear a day of teaching on John Calvin. But it was mentioned to me the other day that some people may not know why John Calvin is an important figure in Christianity – and thus, why should they bother to go to the Calvin day?

As Protestant Christians:

We trace our history to John Calvin and others who led a movement to reform the Church according to the Scriptures. John Calvin (and other Christian men and women) helped to take the church back to believing in the absolute sovereignty of God and in God’s glory as the highest good. This historical and theological heritage is often expressed in the “alones” of the Reformation, namely:

Grace alone as the only way to be reconciled to God.

Faith alone as the only means of receiving God’s grace.

Christ alone as the only ground of God’s saving grace.

Scripture alone as the only infallible authority for belief.

God’s glory alone as the ultimate purpose for the lives of men and women.

Source: http://www.pcq.org.au/presbyterian-church-of-queensland

Grace alone as the only way to be reconciled to God.

Faith alone as the only means of receiving God’s grace.

Christ alone as the only ground of God’s saving grace.

Scripture alone as the only infallible authority for belief.

God’s glory alone as the ultimate purpose for the lives of men and women.

Source: Presbyterian Church of Queensland

These are the truths people like John Calvin fought for 500 years ago. They are the truths we stand on today.

We’d love for you to join us at this event – and I think there’s still time to register, so for more info and to register, click here.

Breakfast by the River

steve.nation — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:54:59 +0000

As you might know, a number of our 5:17ers (Steve and Steph, Muz, Fay and Alice) are currently studying down at the Queensland Theological College. If you’re interested in finding out more about QTC, they’re holding an open morning (they call it Breakfast by the River) to meet the faculty and get a general idea of what theological study is all about. It also includes a free breakfast!

Details: The Riverview Room, Emmanuel College, University of Queensland on Saturday 25th July, 9.30-11.00am

To register for the event, click here.

5:17 church picnic this Saturday

steve.nation — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:39:47 +0000

5:17 Church Picnic

Roma Street Parklands
Saturday 27th June
12pm-4pm

Come along – and bring your friends!! (soccer ball included, but lolly pops and love hearts not provided!!)

We’ll ring around the 5:17ers to give more details about food and other stuff to bring.