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UPDATES FROM OUR BROOKVALE TEAM
The Jesus Cares chapter of outreach on the Northern Beaches in Warringah Mall, Brookvale, occurs every Friday 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm in the open car park near Pittwater Road. We have managed to build a great community of regular guests, some of whom travel from as far as Sydney's outer suburbs. The evening is always enjoyable. We put on praise and worship music with a boombox every night, but more recently have been blessed to have Lisa Cotton come along once a month and do live praise and worship singing with her mic, speakers and the whole set-up.
We always put on a barbecue and are sure to bless our guests with God's love, generosity and provision, providing a range or rotating meals from sausage sizzle, to hamburgers, always with all of the trimmings and toppings, chicken or beef stir fry's, Mexican inspired dishes, curries and they likes, additionally we provide deserts, chocolates, soft drinks and bottles of water, as well as groceries courtesy of Aldi, to take home.
We have a regular evangelist on our team, Shira, assisted by her friend John, who often leads anywhere between 10 to 30 in the sinners/salvation prayer, praise God! We hand out a book of the Gospel of John as well as the Jesus Cares salvation prayer flyer to each one that says the prayer so they can learn more and grow in Christ, to those that we feel are more genuine, we usually provide a Gideons mini Bible, and for those that we feel led, we provide the larger full Gideons Bible. We have already this year handed out, I'd say 3 boxes of Bibles, and a good couple of boxes of Gospels of John.
We also often have the opportunity to minister and pray for our guests, and many have as a result attended our church, and no doubt been inspired to join church's elsewhere too.
We are also more recently blessed by other churches also sending helpers to serve on a Friday night.
We praise and thank God for all that he is doing, and pray a mighty blessing of abundance, blessing and provision to all of our helpers and sponsors in Jesus’ name!
Blessings, Shaun Thompson
HELPING HANDS
We have some exciting news: Jesus Cares is partnering with Helping Hands, marking a new chapter for our ministry.
Helping Hands, led by Justin and Elizabeth Low - long-time volunteers of Jesus Cares—focuses on assisting individuals who are in crisis for various reasons, such as health issues, domestic violence, or financial issues. Many of their projects are referred to by social workers in the community. They work in small teams of 8-10 people of all ages and backgrounds to assist with work around the house including gardening and handyman jobs. Their projects operate on Saturday mornings from 9.00 am to 11.30 am with morning tea along the way. They pray and share their faith during their time with the recipient.
“We have now completed over 10 projects across the community over 3 years and our volunteers love working together as a team to bring Christ’s unconditional love to those in need. We have seen God move amazingly in people’s hearts and we have seen people saved and others renew their faith in God. Please join us for our next project as we seek to obey our Lord’s command to love our neighbour as ourselves." Justin and Elizabeth Low
BLACKTOWN MINISTRY
Andre and I have been sharing our faith with Nuee, who follows the Mormon faith. Nuee has been coming for a few weeks now and shared with us his belief that everyone can become a god one day and that, according to Mormon teachings, even God was once a man. He mentioned that he believes in both the Bible and also the Book of Mormon.
During our discussions, we had the opportunity to talk to him about the God of the Bible. We showed him Deuteronomy 6:4 and explained that Jesus called Himself the Alpha and Omega, reasoning that nobody else can ever become God. Nuee believes that Joseph Smith was visited by John the Baptist to continue the priesthood of Aaron. In response, I read to him from 1 Peter: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:9). We explained that we who believe in Jesus Christ are the royal priesthood through Christ. Nuee was listening and he expressed interest in returning with a Mormon book and continuing our conversation. We hope and pray that he will come to the true faith.
We offered pies to four kids with their mum, allowing us to share our faith again. I shared the story of Zacchaeus and how he did not continue in his sin but repented and turned to Christ. I told the kids that there is a way out of sin, shame, and guilt through Christ, who offers forgiveness. The kids were urged to find Jesus by reading the Bible.
We also had a conversation with a Buddhist man who believes in Karma. By the end of our discussion, he realised that we can never overcome our Karma and that Christ is the answer for deliverance from hell. We explained that salvation is only possible not by works but only by God’s grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8). He took a gospel tract to read.
- KL
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