LEITH VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday 25th June 2017

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said: ‘Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments’
Nehemiah 1.4-5
Welcome! It’s great to have you with us this morning for our service. If you are visiting today please help yourself to a welcome pack from the back table.
We’d love you to leave us a contact form so we can get back in touch. Hand this to Kristin, Nancy or Fairlie, our duty
elder today.

Seeking God’s Kingdom Growing Great Community

Service leader
Kristin Jack
Preacher
Waldir de Souza

Duty Elder
Fairlie Sim

Today’s
Reading

Nehemiah Chapt. 1

Today’s Team

Bible Readings: Sandi Jull
Door Greeting: Bates Family
Morning tea: Rachel & Russel Elder
Keryn Harrex & Debbie Griffiths
Sound: Dan Sim
Data: Bronwyn Bennington
Welcome Team: Bruce & Pauline Geddes

Offering Counter: Bronwyn B
Set up Team: Craig’s Team
Playground Supervision
Rachel & Nathan Pettigrew
Mark & Kanako Lokman Tim & Philippa Ross

Faith thinking
There are a number of Faith Thinking events coming up in the next couple of months. The next event is:
Healing, Travelling, Seeing: How Augustine Helps Us Understand Christian
Formation. Revd Jono Ryan. Held at 7:00 – 9:00 pm Friday July 14 and 9:00am – 12:30pm Saturday July 15 St David’s Seminar Room 1, University of Otago
Dunedin Night Shelter
CAN YOU SPARE AN HOUR FOR THE HOMELESS?
Volunteers Needed. We are holding our ANNUAL APPEAL from Tuesday July 25th to Saturday July 29th. Collections are at supermarkets, on the street and at the Farmers Market.
If you are able to help, please call Carol on 477 0546.
A Night of Hope
World Vision New Zealand will be hosting an event featuring Charles Kabena, a Malawian man whose life was forever changed by becoming a sponsored child through World Vision. Charles will be recounting his remarkable story of
hardship, courage and transformation, alongside incredible live music from award-winning artist Levi McGrath. This event is free so come along on the 8th July 17.30 - 19.00 at Caversham Baptist Church
Firewood For Sale
Simon Niblock, Richard Dawson and John Speirs are going to Vanuatu in August on a short term mission trip. To fund the purchase of building materials for the project, they are selling three cubic meter trailer loads of wet firewood (for burning next winter) for $220 delivered.
If you would like to order a trailer load, please contact John on 027 432 3695 or Simon on 021 0268 0618.
Fundraiser for Rebekah Hill
OGHS tournaments: Athletics (December) & Football (September)
45 rolls of toilet paper - $20
12 rolls of paper towels - $15
Happy to take monthly/ bimonthly
orders from people
(will deliver to church on
Sunday).
Ph or txt 0211576876

Opportunities

Leith Notices

Collect your new roster today!
Leith’s AGM
Keep you diaries free for Sunday evening, July 2nd at 7.00pm (267 Malvern Street). Dessert & mystery speakers to be announced.
Baptism
This is an exciting & crucial step in following Jesus; a symbol of dying to our old life & starting a new one following Jesus. Straight after todays's service, at 11.45, Kristin will be meeting in the staff room (at the end of the concrete deck) to chat with anyone who are interested in finding out more (there is a Baptism service being planned for the end of July)
FoodShare
Each Wednesday morning Bronwyn Daley and her wonderful team (Helen, Kanako, Renee, Anna, Cat & Mel) distribute food donated by FoodShare to families that they know who could do with a hand. People are encouraged to come into Malvern Street (from about 10.30am on) to collect their food box, have a coffee & chat about what's going on in their lives. This is a really great ministry which is building relationships with people & ministering to them spiritually, socially & bodily - pretty cool huh? Bronwyn would dearly love one or two more guys to be involved, so that the men coming in could enjoy talking to another bloke, & a Christian bloke at that. If you are interested in being involved, please contact Bronwyn on 0226856077.
Contemplative Service
A contemplative service will be held on the 25th of July at Colin and Chris Fitzpatrick’s house. Join them at 6.30 pm for Soup and Buns before the service.
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03-0883-0620501-00. If you would like a giving number for tax purposes, contact Rachel at the office.

When Bad News becomes Good News.
No one likes to be delivered bad news, but the reality is that, more often than not, we don’t get a choice.
Such was the case for Nehemiah, 20 years into his journey from slave to royal sommelier. During this time he had earned the King’s trust and risen to a position of great influence and responsibility - checking if the King’s wine was poisoned! Often, in those days, wine-tasters became personal advisors and confidants, such was the trust and intimacy that developed between them.
While Nehemiah had done well for himself and he had no apparent reason to want to go back to Jerusalem. One day he receives a visit from a long lost brother (nothing in the text indicates they had kept in touch during those 20 years) who delivers some game-changing news.
“How are things back home?” Nehemiah throws in a conversation starter; to which his brother replies, “Not good, my brother… not good”.
"People are in absolute misery, they’re in trouble. The city is destroyed and they are hungry and vulnerable" Do you remember the last time you received bad news? Sometimes we can see it coming, other times it catches us completely off guard… but whatever the case, it is never nice to receive bad news. Nehemiah Chapter1 gives us an inspiring example of how to react in the face of adversity.
For those interested in digging deeper into the full narrative, it is important to note that by the time he has addressed the problems raised by his brother and commits these things to paper (the book: events, his thoughts, measures taken, etc…) we are left with a detailed roadmap of his journey from shock to grief to action to reward. The story of Nehemiah builds on the prophet Daniel’s great vision of a ‘happy ending’ for God’s children, it acknowledges how this underpins Nehemiah’s resolve, and highlights the particular ways in which Nehemiah works out this ‘hope of a future’ as he takes on the task of rebuilding the destroyed walls and gates of Jerusalem.
Blessings,
Waldir

Waldir's Corner

Church Office 267 Malvern St, Leith Valley
Phone 467-9208
Office Staff
Rachel Bates, manager office@leithvalley.org.nz
Ben Gamble, admin admin@leithvalley.org.nz
Bronwyn Miller, finance accounts@leithvalley.org.nz
Children and Youth
Miranda Fairmaid 027 518 7360 Children
Ben Gamble 027 6208 009 Senior Youth
Olivia Gamble 027 7228 695 Senior Youth
Donna Gibbons 027 4184 405 Junior Youth
Pastors
Kristin Jack 022 075 3286 Nancy Parker 021 457 360
Waldir de Souza 027 248 7396
Studentsoul
Tom Mepham 027 337 1763
Lynne Taylor 027 304 6228
Parish Clerk
Ged Forbes 021 852 291

Next week’s team

Service Leader
Preacher
Worship Leader
Prayers for Others
Bible Reading
Door & Offering Morning Tea
Sound
Data Duty Elder
Prayer Min
Welcome
Offering
Set up
Playground

Waldir de Souza
Kristin Jack
Jess Palmer
Kristin Jack
Clair Scadden
Lesa Family
Jane & Andrew D
Keryn Harrex
Barry Clairwater
Sandi Jull
Ged Forbes
Bruce & Paulin Geddes
Nick Bates
Sandi Jull
Nick’s Team
Campbell, Phipps,
Henderson

“Seeking God’s Kingdom and Growing great community”

Money Matters: For all direct payments please use account number
03-0883-0620501-00
If you would like a donation number for tax purposes please contact the office.

Notes

Contacts

Church Office: 467 9208
267 Malvern St, Leith Valley
admin@leithvalley.org.nz

Pastors Leith Valley
Student Soul
Kidztime
Youth -Senior
-Junior
Manager
Administrator
Parish Clerk

This week at Leith Valley
Youth Group Tues 7.00pm
Men’s Breakfast Wed 6.30 am
Prayer meeting Wed 7:15am
Foodshare coffee and chat
Wed 10-11.30am

Contacts

Church Office
267 Malvern St, Leith Valley
Phone 467-9208
Pastors
Kristin Jack 022 075 3286 Nancy Parker 021 457 360
Waldir de Souza 027 248 7396
Studentsoul
Tom Mepham 027 337 1763
Lynne Taylor 027 304 6228
Children and Youth
Miranda Fairmaid 027 518 7360 Children
Ben Gamble 027 6208 009 Senior Youth
Olivia Gamble 027 7228 695 Senior Youth
Donna Gibbons 027 4184 405 Junior Youth
Office Staff
Rachel Bates, manager office@leithvalley.org.nz
Ben Gamble, admin admin@leithvalley.org.nz
Bronwyn Miller, finance accounts@leithvalley.org.nz
Parish Clerk
Ged Forbes 021 852 291
Next week’s team

Notes

Leith's four Mission Foci
this year are:
- PSO's Buddy Programme
- Rock Solid's Youth Development
Programmes
- Orphans Aid International
- Contacts in Myanmar
We are also keeping in touch with Yolanda Ray in the Philippines & looking at ways we can keep supporting her & her work among sex workers there.

Leith Valley

Youth

Prayers for Others	Paul Trebilco	Duty Elder:	Pauline Lovelock
Bible Reading:	Fernanda de Souza	Prayer Ministry:	Kristin J & Rachel P
Door Greet and Offering:	Trebilco Family	Welcome:	Helen & Mal Crossley
Morning Tea:	Debbie G	Offering Count:	Prue Patterson
Sound:	Ged Forbes	Set up Team:	Phil Scadden
Data Projector:	Mark Lokman	Playground:	Campbell, Phipps
			& Henderson