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Sunday

9am: How to deal with your heart problems. My early career as an engineer was a disaster. I always wanted to find out how things worked, so I pulled some of them apart: a toy train, a golf ball (full of surprises), a new puppy (just kidding). It's true, though. Sometimes we really need to look inside something before we can really get a handle on how it all works. What about people? What do we find when we look inside? No bed of roses, that's for sure. The important thing is that the Bible is the account of how God has started to bring about another reality through Jesus. And the results, especially for people who struggle with questions like "am I really accepted by God?" are outstanding. Read ahead at Colossians 1:21-23

5pm: When people find out what I do, they will often ask "So are you religious then?" I am never quite sure how to respond to that. In one sense, I am religious, I have a faith, a set of beliefs through which I view life and to which I adhere. But on another side, I am not. If religion is about rules, regulations and control, then this is definitely not what Jesus is about, and so it is not what I am about. This week, we will see what happens when Jesus meets religious people, and ask the question, are we more about religion, or Jesus? Read ahead in Luke 13:10-17

Breakfast meeting: June 23

You're invited to another RCRC Happy Meal! We will get together for a breakfast meeting on June 23! We'll be discussing

• Latest developments in the building program. The committee will be presenting options to the congregation before the meeting. These options will outline the nest recommended stage of development for the facilities at RCRC.
• Leadership Structure: Sometimes people ask ‘what do the elders do here?' - the new leadership structure has enabled us to refocus the elder's role in a way which we believe will benefit ministry at RCRC. We'd love to be able to tell you more about it

AM Church

If you've been at RCRC the last few weeks you will have noticed a change: more space. The main reason for this is that a swag of people - at our encouragement - have switched to the evening service. The whole idea with this was to make more space in the auditorium, and that has been achieved. Of course, there is a greater purpose in all this: that we have more opportunity to build the AM service attendance once again. We get to refocus and redevelop the AM community. That will take a bit of effort, but the returns always outweigh what we contribute in time, energy and resources. If you identify AM Church as your ‘home' I would like to encourage you to do the following:

• Bring your friends. Did you know that there is a high percentage of people in the general community who would probably attend a service in a church if they were asked by a friend. That's you! Do you have friends who don't know Jesus? Then make a point of asking them along. God in His sovereign plan may use you as an instrument of grace, just one of a number of ways he may use to draw people to himself (Rom 10:14-15)
• Become more regular in your own attendance: make a commitment to be here every week. We all know there are lots of things on our agenda, life is busy. Sport. Leisure. Need for extra sleep. Yep, got that. This big issue here is that none of this builds the church! None of that extends fellowship. None of that encourages your brothers and sisters in Christ to follow their King. The reality is that the church is blessed when followers of Jesus are committed and regular in meeting together. That's why there are hearty calls in the New Testament to do just that. When the Christian community is meeting and worshipping with their best, the church is strong (Heb 10:24-25; Acts 2:42-27)

Feedback: dave@redlandscrc.org.au

Kids@Church Year 6/7

Sadly, due to the lack of Kids@Church helpers and volunteers, at this stage we will be suspending Kids@Church classes for year 6 and 7, from the beginning of term 3. This is a regrettable situation, and as soon as we have the people resources available, we will recommence the groups.

If you would like any information about this, then please speak to Clinton (0424 477 487, clinton@redlandscrc.org.au).

We would encourage parents to continue to bring their children of this age to church to be a part of the service and to continue encouraging and nurturing them in your home. If you would like any ideas / suggestions of how to do this, then please speak to me.

Clinton

Church Planting Exploration Team

Next meets on Monday 28th May, 7.30pm @ the church

Discussing: Listening to our Community

For more information, talk to Clinton (0424 477 487, clinton@redlandscrc.org.au)

STUDY TOUR - 2007 - UNITED KINGDOM

London, Birmingham, Sheffield

Focus: Churches that are active in Community Engagement and Church Planting

Includes the Total Church - Church Planting Conference

Dates: 18-31 October, 2007

Cost: Approximately $3500

For more information, contact Clinton