Rowan Returns

Today Rowan returned to our church, Rowan used to be one of our assistant ministers for quite a number of years, a big part of that was with the youth at our church.

He was very inspirational for me as I was going through the later part of high school as a Christian, and I (along with the rest of our church!) was very sad to see him go.

He left to be head of the 'EU' which is the Christian group at Sydney Uni, and by the sounds of things, God is very much at work through it which is very exciting to see.

It was very encouraging to hear Rowan preach again and also to be able to catch up with him. God as given him an awesome gift with preaching, he always does it in a very clear way, and is always overflowing with energy which is pretty much impossible not to absorb if you are sitting in the congregation. I also love his sense of humour.

I think tonight made me realise how much I miss him - although in saying that I definately wouldn't want Stefen or Peter to leave either! They are awesome too. God blesses us in many different ways through different people, each person can do many things in a unique way that will bless others in the way God knows is best.


I had a bit of a panic attack when I thought I had lost my keys, I got to church and found a hole in my wallet... and no keys! What confused me though, was that the hole only led to inside the padding of the wallet, and therefore they couldn't have dropped out. I fished out each coin from the padding, each time hopping it was the keys, but alas, they weren't in there.

Upon returning home I found that I had just left them in my pocket on Friday.


Oh yes, and the Big Year 13 Kenya Supporters Night is up very soon! Be there... or don't!

Kenya! (Norway?... More Like Snoreway)

Upcoming fairly quickly are two different things that are going to be promoting our mission trip to Kenya:

* First off is Youth Church (5pm) and Evening Church (7:15pm) this Sunday 13th May.

Both services are going 'African', some form of African food is going to be there (Morocan Chicken at Youth Church - thanks to Chris from Year 13 who is going to kindly help), and the supper at Evening Church is going to be African themed thank to the bible study doing it that night.

Also at both services I am going to be interviewed, a DVD is going to be shown, a chance to support the mission with prayer, and another night is going to be pushed... that night is...

* The Year 13 Kenya Mission Supporters Night

This is on Thursday 31st May from 7pm - 9pm at Menai Anglican Church. This is a special night for all the Year 13's, where we will be telling everyone what we are going to be up to in Kenya through various forms (music, dramas, interviews... puppets!). Also a chance to support the mission financially and in prayer.

Everyone is very welcome to come to either of these!


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I've been very tired recently, it all started last week after bible study Monday night, I went to bed kind of late, took a while to get to sleep, then woke up after about 3 or 4 hours cuddling my blanket which was entirely under my sheet... this confused me enough so that I was not able to go to sleep again.

And I haven't really caught up on that lost sleep as of yet, college always exsausts me, add onto that kids club and yr 6 - 8 youth in the afternoon of college and I'm pretty much stuffed. Usually I can use Saturday to recharge, but last Saturdaythere was Children's Ministry Conference. It was really good - great combination of teaching, practical ideas, and hanging out with others from my church, but it left me even more tired, I slept for 12 hours that night.

I though I had finally caught up, but I've hit the wall again, and unfortunately this week is a biggie... I've got a few things to do to prepare for the Youth Chruch and Evening Church Africa things mentioned above, I'm doing the yr 6 - 8 youth talk this week, and still got a fair amount of college homework to do... I'm stressing a bit...