Upcoming Events 2012
 Thanksgiving February |
 DIY March |
 Big Morning Tea May |
 EQUIP May |
 Jazz June |
 Knitting August |
 SALI Social Day October |
 Gingerbread December |
We've scheduled different evangelistic events in the hope that you will want to invite friends and/or family to one or two of them, come to as many as you want, but please don't feel pressured to come to all; spaces are limited for most events.
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VisionSeeking to encourage and nurture women in our church and reach women in our community, with a desire to see their lives transformed by Christ. |
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Date & Time |
Event |
Event Type |
Notes | |
| Sat 18 February 2 pm | Thanksgiving Afternoon Tea
| Social / Thanksgiving / Training for the women of St Aidan's | Join the women of St Aidan's at our annual thanksgiving event: music - prayer - bible - testimonies.
A collection will be taken (recipient to be announced)
Speaker: Tam Ramsay Venue: St Aidan's Church Hall Contact: Tam. |
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| Sat 31 March Time TBA - Daytime | 
| Home & Car DIY | Evangelistic event for women, invite your friends. | Learn how to change a car tyre, fix a running toilet, change a washer and other useful skills from professionals. |
| Sat 12 May 10 am | Cancer Council Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
| Fund raising, pre-evangelistic event for men and women, invite your friends. | Morning Tea and a fun auction to raise funds for cancer research, prevention and support; all monies go to the Cancer Council. Hear from a survivor and others. | |
| Sat 19 May Daylight or Twilight | EQUIP
| Training event for women (there is now a workshop for seekers) | EQUIP "Heaven is Waiting" 2 Peter 3
Time: Daylight 9 am - 3:30 pm or Twilight 2:30 - 7:45 pm Venue: Sydney Convention Centre Darling Harbour Cost: $52 opening week 1-7 Feb (online only) or $57 until Sun 6 May or $67 late by 16 May. Register: through SALI (forms etc out soon) or visit www.equip.org.au & let us know so we can include you in the organisation. Contact Anna. | |
| Sat 23 June evening | Jazz evening | 
| Social, pre-evangelistic event for men and women (includes some testimonies but no talk) - invite your friends. | |
| Sat 4 August 12 noon |
| Knit or Crochet | Evangelistic event for women, invite your friends. | Join St Aidan's quilters to learn how to knit or crochet OR knit/crochet a square for "Wrapped with Love"
Venue: St Aidan's Church Hall |
| Sat 27 October Time TBA | SALI Social Day |
| Social, training day for the women of St Aidan's | |
| Mon 3 & Tues 4 December 7:00 pm |
| Gingerbread Houses | Evangelistic event for women, invite your friends | A fun night where you get to build and decorate a Gingerbread House as an edible Christmas decoration for your family, or a gift. All required materials and equipment and supper included.
Venue: St Aidan's Church Hall |
St Aidan's Quilters is on the first Saturday of each month from 12 noon in St Aidan's church hall; all crafts welcome.
28 April and 22 September are two special Saturdays when we help the St Aidan's Quilters make and pack useful drainage bags for breast cancer patients.
All hands on deck please - men and women, no sewing skills required, 10 am - 4 pm in St Aidan's church hall, lunch provided. Sewers with sewing machines/ overlockers welcome; plenty of vital jobs for non-sewers (eg pinning, ironing, folding, packing). Come and help for an hour or longer if you can to help with this great service to our community; the bags are given to breast cancer patients at St George (Public and Private) and Sutherland hospitals. Fabric donations also very welcome; contact Jane O'Sullivan or Lyn.
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MAC Oasis Sydney Conference is on 22-24 June; visit www.mac.edu.au for further information.
KYC Women's Katoomba Convention "Fueled by Desire" is on 8-9 & 14-15 September; visit www.wkc.kcc.org.au for further information (rego opens in May).
SALI will not be organising attendance at these conferences in 2012.
SALI Team
 Tam Ramsay Team Leader 0431 092 152 |
 Anna Nelson secretary/webmaster 9153 6718 0412 998 357 |
 Cathie Hall 0403 071 336 |
 Lyn MacFarlane 9546 5070 0419 699 096 |
 Rachel Ahyong 9585 0398 |
 Holly O'Grady 0435 451 956 |
SALI Ministry Statement
Rationale: | |
| Obedience: | |
| 1. | God instructs Christians to tell others about Jesus (Matthew 28:18-20) |
| 2. | God has granted each Christian gifts that are to be used for (i) the common good of the church (1 Corinthians 12:7) and (ii) to prepare others for works of service (Ephesians 4:12). |
| Using a Biblical Model: | |
| 3. | The Bible commends gender-based ministry (Titus 2:3-5). Specifically, older women are instructed to train younger women in godliness. It is important to note, however, that younger women are also able to teach (1 Timothy 4:11-12). |
Vision Statement: | |
| Seeking to encourage and nurture women in our church, and reach women in our community, with a desire to see their lives transformed by Christ. | |
Goals: | |
| 1. | That first priority will always be faithful and clear gospel presentations (Romans 1:16). |
| 2. | That SALI will encourage strong links to be built between women of all age groups (morning and evening congregations), with a desire to see older women teaching younger women (Titus 2:3-5). |
| 3. | To support women, and encourage growth, through every stage of life (from teens to retirement and beyond). |
| 4. | To see the women of St. Aidan's love, support and encourage each other beyond the formal structure of SALI. This means meeting both spiritual and material needs. |
| 5. | That we encourage and assist women to build strong relationships in the local community and with their non-Christian friends, in order to share the Jesus with them. |
| 6. | To provide good quality training for women, with the aim of seeing women well equipped for BPMinistry. This includes providing opportunities for women to explore and exercise their gifts. |
Strategies: | |
| 1. | To run at least 3 evangelistic events a year. |
| 2. | That at least one member from each congregation sit on the SALI committee. |
| 3. | To encourage all women to belong to a St. Aidan's Bible study group. |
| 4. | To ensure that advertisement for evangelistic events involves interacting with the community (when appropriate). |
| 5. | That the women of St. Aidan's are actually involved in the planning and running of SALI events (see 'St. Aidan's Women's Ministry Model'). |
| 6. | To run at least one 'in-house' training session per year. |
| 7. | To encourage women at St Aidan's and their friends, to attend EQUIP and Katoomba Women's Convention. |
| 8. | To produce and present written information on SALI events and promote events as they draw near. |
SALI Ministry Model
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