Peter and Sally Cunningham - SIM (Serving in Mission)
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Peter and Sally work with SIM (Society for International Ministries) in Maradi, Niger with the Maradi Integrated Development. They have two boys, Aaron and Steven. Prayer points
Web site: www.sim.org |
David & Alisan Greef (CMS)
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David and Alisan Greef with Etienne and Caris are in Northern Namibiaare living in Ongwediva in northern Namibia involved with TEE associated with the Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary based in Windhoek . They produce a very informative web site www.greeff.blogspot.com with lots of news and photos - great for kids as well. Prayer points
Web site: www.cms.org.au |
Robert & Margaret Love (Wycliffe)
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Robert and Margaret have been working for Wycliffe in PNG. They have one young son, Samuel. Robert is currently the Regional Director for Wycliffe in NSW. Prayer Points
Web site: www.wycliffe.org.au |
Judy Lund (CMS)
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Judy is in Tanzania teaching in the Geography Department of the Christian university set up by the Anglican church in Tanzania. St John’s University will have a strategic ministry as many of the students will be the future leaders of Tanzania and the University is endeavouring to teach them from a Christian world view. Prayer points
Web site: www.cms.org.au |
John and Helène Stambolie (TCZ)
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John and Helène were members of St Mark’s while
studying at UNE in 1992-93. They have 4 children, Andrew John, Estelle,
Jamie and Ria. John is the Vice President of Administration and Finance
for the Theological College of Zimbabwe (TCZ) in Bulawayo. Prayer Points
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Karl and Lyn Weaich (Interserve)
Karl and Lyn Weaich with Xanthe, Daniel and Rebekah ( Interserve) and have been in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India since February 2008. They work with Freeset (http://freesetglobal.com/) which is a business venture that enables women to escape the sex trade and learn bag making skills to support themselves and their families. Xanthe, Daniel and Rebekah are boarders at Hebron School located in South India. Email address: lynweaich@gmail.com
Prayer Points
- For the women to learn new bag making skills so as to expand the product range.
- Give thanks for the women who have become Christians
Jason and Jenny Minnis (New Tribes Mission)
Jason and Jenny Minnis with Jak, Ainsey and Zac is in Australia for 2010 doing
deputation and preparing to go to Indonesia.
Email address: minniscule@gmail.com
Prayer Points
- That they will have productive visits and deputations to supporting churches.
- Pray for good use of this period of preparation before heading to Indonesia.
- Pray for the children in this year of change and them doing Distance Education.
Derek and Anna Brotherson
Derek and Anna with Liam are heading to Southeast Asia with a view to training local believers to reach out, within their own country, to some of the largest unreached people groups in the world.
Prayer Points
- The next four weeks will consist of a three week orientation in Singapore followed by a Field Conference in Thailand. They hope to arrive at their new home at the beginning of August.
- Quick processing of a year-long visa.
- For good health and a smooth transition to Southeast Asia.
Katharine Crossle, AFES Lismore Campus of Southern Cross University.
Katharine is the Women’s worker with the local AFES Group, The Bible Talks or TBT.
Her main role is meeting –one-to-one with women students or with small groups of students.
Email address: Katharine@thebibletalks.com
Prayer Points
- For contacts with new and continuing students on the campus.
- For building relationships with students and challenging them to put aside assumptions about who Jesus is and to consider the gospel afresh.
TEAR & HOPE ENTERPRISES
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HOPE Enterprises is a Christian organisation based in Addis Ababa and other regional centres with schools and vocational training centres. TEAR supports Christian groups in many parts of the world and is involved in advocacy in Australia on a range of social issues.. Prayer Points
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YoungLife Armidale
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Young Life is an organisation that reaches out to secondary school teenagers in 40 countries around the world. In Armidale activities include Young Life and Wyld Life and the Youth Centre in Cinders Lane. Prayer Points
Web site: www.younglife.org.au |
Scripture Union
Scripture Union is a volunteer movement aiming to work with churches so that people come to a personal faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, grow in Christian maturity and become both committed church members and servants of a world in need.
Prayer Points
- For Jonathon Harris and his wife Wendy, recently appointed Ministry Co-ordinator for North West NSW.
- For funding to enable the work to continue.
- Pray for coming events, especially the ISCF Leadership Conference in July at Springwood.
Diocese of North Kigezi
St Marks Chapel, along with our wider Armidale Anglican Diocese has a partnership with North Kigezi Diocese in far south western Uganda. The region is remote and poor and struggling to develop. Its natural environment has been cleared and replaced with eucalypts, bananas and grazing. It is heavily populated and over 60% are under the age of 20. The Church of Uganda remains a major social influence with 45% claiming allegiance. These factors combine to present many challenges to the church there.
St Marks support has mainly been directed towards ...
- Youth - personal and financial support and training for the Diocese Youth Director and training for church youth leaders.
- Children - Compassion in that Diocese is Chapel's recommended child support program.
- Women - funding support for the Mothers' Union development and training projects amongst women.
- Agricultural micro-enterprise - a project is being developed to establish a demonstration agri-forestry farm on Diocesan land.
As well as sharing in Chapel's Mission's Support Budget, further contributions can be made through the collection (clearly marked) or via direct debit and a team is being formed to carry out ongoing fundraising - stand by!
Prayer Points
- For training support for clergy and the youth ministry in the diocese.
- For orphans and other needy children who are being cared for in Compassion Projects.
- For the Mothers’ Union supported micro-enterprise projects for women.
- For plans being formulated for agro-forestry development.
Bible Society
The Bible Society’s mission is to provide the Word of God to all people, in their own language, in a format they can use and at a price they can afford. The Bible Society is involved in over 780 translation projects worldwide providing God's Word in over 14 different formats and distributing over 1.5 million Scriptures worldwide daily
Prayer Points
- Give thanks for the release of a new compact edition of the bible for the state’s 20,000 police officers.
- Chaplains serving with the Defence Force have requested hundreds of bibles for distribution to ADF personnel serving at home and overseas.
Web site: www.biblesociety.com.au OR www.biblesocietynsw.com.au (for NSW)
Anglican Counselling Service
The Anglican Counselling Service, an activity of the Armidale Diocese, provides counselling services over a range of different areas. It receives some government funding (often tied to specific programs eg gambling or financial counselling), but relies on donations and other sources to provide its services. There are 3 counsellors in the Armidale area.
Prayer Points
- For wise leadership and decision making in all the activities of the Service.
- For the refurbishment of the offices in Armidale.
- For Shane Reid, Aboriginal Liaison Worker in Tamworth. Also for Bettina Reader in Armidale as she juggles her heavy workload with her family life.
Web site: www.acsdarm.org.au
Scripture in Schools
Infants and Primary Schools in Armidale have a team of volunteers teaching Scripture each week. Seminars are also held in the High Schools.
Prayer Points
- For the team that co-ordinates Scripture in Schools in Armidale.
- For those who teach and for their helpers.
- Give thanks for the privilege to teach scripture and for opportunities that come from contacts in the various schools.
Theological Students (former St Mark's members)
A number of former members of St Mark’s are studying at a variety of theological colleges.
Prayer Points
- Pray for Tessa Rossington at Moore College, also Dave and Stephanie Fisher.
- Pray for Gus and Christy Robinson at SMBC.
Web sites:
www.moore.edu.au (Moore College)
www.smbc.com.au (Sydney
Missionary and Bible College)
www.tbc.edu.au (Tahlee Bible College)
www.bcv.vic.edu.au (Bible College
of Victoria)
www.ridley.unimelb.edu.au (Ridley College)