Auf Wiedersehen

My final Post for the Copper Coast Baptist Church.
I will always remember the friends who have become family here at the Copper Coast. You will continue to be in my prayers and I pray that the future here is bright for everyone. A passage my father wrote for me in my bible is still relevant to me today and everyday and I hope it also encourages you to do what is difficult by following God and his kingdom.

Matthew 6:33 (NLT) 

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Instead of Goodbye I will say Auf Wiedersehen 

Markus Schmid

Commissioning service

In October Pastor Markus Schmid is taking on a new pastoral role in Switzerland.  On Sunday 18th of September we will be sending him (and his family) with our blessings to the next step in God's mission for them. Please come and say Auf Wiedersehen to them and share in this special service. The service begins at 10 am.

Garage Sale

Monster undercover Garage sale

One Day only 

Saturday 30th April 

At the chapel 65 Owen Terrace Wallaroo

8am to 1pm

Furniture, Electrical, Household items, Books, Clothes, Toys etc. 

everything going Saturday

come grab a bargain.

Concert

A CHARITY CONCERT FOR THE COPPER COAST BAPTIST CHURCH

BAROQUE DUOS

SUNDAY APRIL 10TH 2.30pm-3.30pm

65 OWEN ST WALLAROO

Performers:

JENNIFER COWLEY Violoncello

AGNES WEINSTEIN Baroque Violin

Music to be performed:

J.S.Bach, Jean-Marie Leclair, Giovanni Platti, Giovanni Cirri, Roberto Valentino & Domenico Zipoli

Entry by Donation 

Tea Coffee and refreshments Provided

Good Friday Service

Reminder:

Our Good Friday communion service will commence at 9 am at North Beach Wallaroo,
just look for the cars at the north end of the beach. A Sausage Sizzle will be provided but please bring a chair.

Our Easter Sunday service will be at the normal time of 10 am at the Chapel on Owen Terrace.

Knowing God and the path to spiritual maturity.

Our Church mission Statement is "Know God and make him known".  To achieve this we must combine the actions of our head, heart and hands. We can know God and make him known intellectually but is that enough?  We could know God and make him known in our hearts but that  could lead to a sentimentalist/individualistic form of belief. Or we could know God and make him known through our actions alone, however the trap with this thinking is that we start to believe we can save ourselves through our works. We need all 3 aspects of our  Faith in God  - head, heart and hands to grow in our faith.

We are called to a lifelong growing experience as followers of Jesus and it is not all D.I.Y. We need others to sharpen us and to mould us. That is to a large extent the purpose of the church. As Paul writes in Ephesians we are intended to be "mature in the Lord" and "growing in every way more and more like Christ". So let's get to work!

11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church:the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. 15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church
(Ephesians 4:11-15 NLTse)

Playgroup

The Bizzi Beez Playgroup is returning on Wednesday 3rd February 2016 with a new home. We will meet each Wednesday during school terms at 9.30-11.00 am but we will now be in Wallaroo at the Copper Coast Baptist Church chapel, 65 Owen Terrace Wallaroo. Please come along and join the fun. Cost is $2 per week and all proceeds go back into the playgroup to make it great!  More details are on the playgroup Facebook page Bizzi Beez Playgroup.

1st Advent Hope

We have finally begun our journey towards the coming of Christ at Christmas. Advent is here.

If we look at the world through recent events we could believe the world is a very dark place. We have had major terrorist events in France, domestic terrorism in the US (shooting in the planned parenthood clinic) and tragic deaths in bushfires here in South Australia. We could live in fear or pray that Jesus comes again to take us away from all this darkness.

Or we can do what we were asked to do,  by Jesus.

 Matthew 5:14-16 NLTse
14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father

Let your Good deeds shine in this dark world let victims of the events see that there is a God who loves them through our love for them.

We are the light that shines in the dark. We are the light that overcomes darkness.

Link to our 1st advent Sermon

An international experience of prayer and worship.

In the last month I have been on 10 flights (in 4 countries), 4 long distance trains,  2 international bus trips, 2 Christian conferences and preached in 3 different countries.


There is just so much to process about the whole experience. But I will try to pass on some of the things I have learned.

I am grateful for a home church that allowed me to be away for 1 month to work overseas in this way I have grown spiritually and emotionally in my time away!

I have been reminded that Churches are very similar all over the world. The faces may be different and some of the songs are new(many are the same) but in general the churches are full of people trying their best to follow Jesus  and serve him in his Kingdom.

One of the highlights of the trip was the worship time at St Stephan's Cathedral in Vienna for the 24-7 conference (you can catch a glimpse of it HERE ). Over 4000 people from all over the world, from all the different Christian denominations, together worshipping one God with one voice. This proves to me that no matter our differences we can all be a part of the kingdom and we all have a unique part to play in the body of Christ.

Church buildings can become monuments to mankind's construction ability and end up as tourist attractions or they can be a house of Prayer and Worship! which one are we?

More on 24-7 and church unity HERE from Christianity today!

Watch the entire service HERE

why I Believe!

Here is an excellent gospel presentation. Please take the time to have a look.

click here

Our 24 hr prayer

Friday night several of our people prayed through the night in 1 hr shifts. This was inspired by the 24-7 prayer movement and even though we have not yet achieved the 7 day aspect, 24hr prayer has become part of our DNA at CCBC. We have different stations set up to help focus prayer on different things like prayer requests, prayer for missionaries, prayer for local issues, prayer for congregation. There is also music, candles, coffee anything that can help with the experience of prayer. Most people's first reaction to praying for 1 hr is "I wouldn't know how to pray so long" or" I couldn't stay up and pray late in the night". The opposite is true, most people actually say 1 hr is not enough. We now have people who book 3 hrs at a time and prefer the late night/ early morning shift and these are getting to be the most popular times in the prayer room.

Next time consider joining us in prayer we may be able to put together a whole weekend of unbroken prayer.

Abraham's Sacrifice

Here is the link for the Sermon from Sunday the 19th of July presented by Viv Pearce.

Abraham's sacrifice

Enjoy!

Mrs Job

Here is the link to this week's Sermon By Kay Lawrie, "Mrs Job".


http://www.churchcloud.com/copper-coast-baptist-church/sermon/mrs-job/

Worship God with your whole life

Worship is all about reflecting the love God gives us, back to him.  If we don't think we are too bad, than we don't need much love and then we don't need to show much love to others.  We reflect the love we have been given. When we, like the prodigal son realise how far we have strayed, we know the enormous love God our Father has lavished on us.  We then are so grateful that we reflect an enormous amount of love to others.

So by pointing out the sins of others, all we are saying is "I am pretty good and you are not!"

Worship is about how much grace we have recieved and how much we give back. One of my mother's favourite songs said it well:

      freely freely you have recieved
      freely freely give, 
     go in my name and because you believe 
     others will know that I live.

Here is the link to today's sermon on Worship God with your whole life

Worship God with your Vocation

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord. 23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24 Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. 25 But if you do what is wrong, you will be paid back for the wrong you have done. For God has no favorites

(Colossians 3:22-25 NLTse)

In ALL we do, God calls us to work for him regardless of who our boss is or what our Job is. We can find ways of worshipping and glorifying him in all that we do.

Link to our sermon on this. Worship God with your vocation

Worship God with you finances.

God doesn't ask for your money neither does he need it. God asks that we have a heart for him and what he would like us to do with our finances.  Giving a 10% tithe is not the only aspect of worshipping God with our finances .  How about the other 90%?

Link to Today's sermon on Worshipping God with our finances

What is worship?

Worship is not just the songs we sing on Sunday.  It is our whole lives submitted to God.  Over the month of June we will be looking at how all of our life; our finances our careers even our free time is worship to God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 NLTse
 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Here is a link to today's sermon  What Is Worship?

Sermon Downloads

May is missions month was a great way to highlight the ministry of our overseas workers. Some people have asked "Why didn't we record these sermons?". Due to the sometimes sensitive nature of this work and the highly interactive content of the presentations we have not recorded any of the presentations. If you would like any more details on our overseas workers and their ministries please see Fran Pearce or Markus.

This month we will delve into the topic of "Worship", What is worship? When do we do worship? How do we do worship? Where do we worship?

These sermons will be recorded and added to our sermon downloads as hey are presented.

Biggest morning tea

This Saturday 6th of June 10:00 am we will be sharing in our "Biggest morning tea"at the Chapel 65 Owen terrace Wallaroo.   Raising funds for Cancer research.  There will be lots of yummy snacks and we will also have a magic show. Anyone is welcome to attend, please come along and support this worthy cause.  Raffle tickets are still available see Bob for details.

**************            UPDATE Money raised for cancer research $1170.00.      **************

May Is Missions Month

Matthew 28:18-20 (New Living Translation (NLT) Study Bible, Bible Te)
18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Baptists all over Australia are celebrating May as a month of missions. But what does it mean to be on mission? Are we all on mission? Or is it just a few who are called to overseas work? We will be discussing these issues over the month of May and hearing from some of those who have been called to far away places to serve God and those who feel called to serve God next door.

God is the sending God who says "go make disciples". He sent Jesus to the world and Jesus likewise sends us. His mission is our mission so that makes it a "Co-mission".

This is a great article from Relevant Magazine on their take on Our mission.Disciples not Converts

Come along and play your part in the great Co-mission of God

Listen to This Week's Sermon here!