Upcoming Events 2012
EQUIP
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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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Vision
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.
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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 9am-3:30pm or Twilight 2:30-7:45pm
Venue: Sydney Convention Centre Darling Harbour
Cost: $67 late by 16 May through www.equip.org.au (let us know so we can include you in the organisation of transport and meals).
Live Stream: 9am-3:30pm at Anna's home in Peakhurst $30.
Contact Anna.
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Sat 23 June
evening
| Jazz evening
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| Social, pre-evangelistic event for men and women (includes some testimonies but no talk) - invite your friends.
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Sat 4 August
12 noon
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| 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
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Sat 27 October
Time TBA
| SALI Social Day
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| Social, training day for the women of St Aidan's
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Mon 3 &
Tues 4 December
7:00 pm
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| 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
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St Aidan's Quilters is on the first Saturday of each month from 12 noon in St Aidan's church hall; all crafts and women welcome.
Saturdays 28 April and 22 September |
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... are two special days 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. |
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.
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We believe there are two ways to live,
learn about these options here.
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SALI Team
Tam Ramsay
Team Leader
0431 092 152 |
Anna Nelson
secretary/webmaster
9153 6718
0412 998 357 |
Cathie Hall
0403 071 336 |
Holly O'Grady
0435 451 956 |
Julie Tralaggan |
Lyn MacFarlane
9546 5070
0419 699 096 |
Rachel Ahyong
0450 548 225
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The SALI Team would like to thank the women of St Aidan's for their enthusiastic contribution and hard work to make our events possible;
especially past team members: Julie Allen, Fiona Legzdin, Stef Lowe, Diane McKerlie, Emma Penzo and Bev Swinbourne.
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. |
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SALI Ministry Model
Past Events
2012
Date | Event | Notes |
Sat 18 Feb
| Thanksgiving Afternoon Tea
| The women of St Aidan's again enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea while celebrating our thanksgiving and fellowship in Christ Jesus.
Tam Ramsay spoke to us from Colossians 1, challenging us to share Jesus' love with our friends and family and not give up.
We enjoyed singing, accompanied by some of the younger women, a fascinating testimony, prayer, bible reading and time with women from all congregations.
Money was donated to support the missionary work of CMS.
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Sat 31 March
| Home & Car DIY
| Women learnt how to change a car tyre, fix a running toilet, change a washer and other useful skills from professionals; and heard from Dani Treweek about Jesus Christ, the carpenter.
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| Sat 12 May
| Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
| Fund raising, pre-evangelistic community event for men and women, to raise money for cancer research, prevention and support.
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2011
Date | Event | Notes |
| Th 10 Feb | Un Missionaire a Paris? | A lovely evening in a beautiful garden enjoying French food, served by French speaking waitresses, with a gospel message from Libby Leach (a missionary in Paris) |
| Sa 2 Apr | Sew 'n' Sew | St Aidan's Quilters held a beginners sewing afternoon as part of St Aidan's Mission Week
brochure (70.4k PDF).The women had a fun afternoon making stylish bags and easy patchwork table runners, enjoyed afternoon tea and at short discussion of "Who is your Leader?" |
| Sat 14 May | Cancer Council
Australia's Biggest Morning Tea | A yummy morning tea was enjoyed by all, along with enjoying a fun auction and interesting talks. Over $4,000 was raised for cancer research, prevention and support. |
| Sat 28 May | EQUIP
Training event for women | EQUIP "Freedom Fighters" 2 Peter 1:12-3:2. Around 25 women from St Aidan's attended a day of teaching and many enjoyed sharing dinner together in Darling Harbour in the evening. |
| Sat 18 June | Thanksgiving High TeaTraining/Thanksgiving event for women | The ladies of St Aidan's enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of tea, munchies and sharing in unity of thanksgiving to God for our relationship with Jesus.The team did a great job and Claire Gardner reminded us of our reasons to give thanks; ie for our relationship with and salvation in Jesus. We also enjoyed music provided by some of the younger women and fellowship with several of our visiting link missionaries. Check out the great photos on the Facebook event page. |
| Sat 30 July |  | Another great Dinner in the Macquarie Room at Mortdale RSL Club featuring Shane Sparks. |
| Sat 20 Aug | Flower Arranging | A lovely afternoon spent playing with flowers; thank you to Annabel Cato for her talk. |
| 9-11 Sept | SALI Weekend Away | A great weekend of teaching at WKC and time spent together in Wentworth Falls. |
| 27 & 28 Nov | Gingerbread Houses | Our 10th year of Gingerbread was again two fun nights of creating edible Christmas decorations. Thank you to Emma Penzo for speaking to us about the focus of Christmas. |
2010
Date | Event | Notes |
| Sat 13 Feb | A Topped Up Cupcake Decorating Event | Everyone had a fun afternoon in the heat, decorating cupcakes, much thanks to Jayne for presenting the decorating and Michelle for discussing Jesus' love for us.
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| Sat 8 May | EQUIP | "The Great Escape" from 2 Peter 1. Over 22 women from St Aidan's attended the daylight or twilight sessions and reported an excellent day of teaching, come along next year. www.equip.org.au |
| Sat 22 May | Australia's Biggest Morning Tea | Thank you to everyone who attended or contributed to the Biggest Morning Tea last Saturday, we were able to raise almost $3,000 for the  . |
| Thu 10 June | An Insight into Parenting | SALI & SAMM present a free community seminar; Parenting Children ... why the early years matter so much by Professor R Kim Oates ScD,MD,MBBS: paediatrician; author; former CEO of Westmead Children's Hospital; and speaker on the topic of young childhood. |
| Sat 3 July | Dinner | At a joint SALI/SAMM dinner, we enjoyed jazz music, Yuletide food and time to chat; with a challenge from Dennis Oliver to truly love one another as Jesus has loved us; and if we don't know Jesus to investigate Him. |
| 23-25 July | Weekend Away | Women from all the congregations at St Aidan's enjoyed a winter-getaway to build relationships and discus discipleship at the beautiful Cooinda Cottages in leafy Wentworth Falls. |
| 18 Oct | Women's Thanksgiving Service | Cathie Hall spoke and we encouraged one another in thanksgiving; $273 was raised for Collective Shout. |
| 29 & 30 Nov | Gingerbread Houses | Our 9th year of Gingerbread was again two fun nights of creating edible Christmas decorations. Thank you to Rachel Greenwood for speaking to us about how to really have Christmas "All Wrapped Up". |
2009
Date | Event | Notes |
| 31 Jan | Jewellery Making afternoon | A fun afternoon with an excellent talk from our own Katie James. |
| 7 March | Teaching breakfast | An excellent morning of encouragement and learning from Philippians on "Prayer, Partnership & Perseverance" from Mandy Curley. |
| 6 May | An Insight into Depression | A very informative evening, jointly run with SAMM, as a service to our community; thanks to Linda Lindsay for her excellent presentation |
| 16 May | casual walk | A small group enjoyed a walk across Como bridge. |
| 23 May | EQUIP | A large group attended the daylight session with a smaller group attending the twilight sessions; all enjoyed a great day looking at "The Queen & I" from the book of Esther and look forward to next year, hope you can join us. www.equip.org.au |
| 4 Aug | Gourmet Tasting evening | Wow, fantastic and interesting food, great variety and hope in Heaven extended to all. |
| 19-20 Sept | SALI Weekend Away at WKC | The group enjoyed the SALI weekend away together at the lovely Cooinda Cottages, in Wentworth Falls. The talks at WKC received a mixed response and inspired considerable discussion. |
| 26 Sept | Dinner 09 | SAMM & SALI joined forces to present a great night of food and chatting with old friends and new; and hearing from Andrew Levy on "Our identity in the light of eternity". |
| 9 Nov | Women's Thanksgiving Service | Lyn Elsholz spoke from John 15 and an offertory was taken to support Kairos Prison Ministry Australia. |
| 7 & 8 Dec | Gingerbread Houses | Two fun evenings building gingerbread houses, playing with lollies and hearing the truth proclaimed, this year by Tam Ramsay. |
| 13 Dec | Carols in McRaes Park | St Aidan's annual sausage sizzle and afternoon-evening of music celebrating Jesus coming to earth to save us was again enjoyed by people from all over the area. |
2008
Date | Event | Notes |
| 18 June | Introducing SALI | A great night was had by all. Photos |
| 23 Aug | The High Steaks Cook-off | Everyone enjoyed a fun afternoon with food (well done to our chefs Tiana and Gayle). Ali challenged us to consider whether our lives are filled with sugary fairy floss or sustaining bread. |
| 20 Sept | WKC Day trip | Women's Katoomba Convention. "The Complete Woman". An excellent weekend of teaching from Colossians. DVDs are available to borrow, email sali.grovechurch@gmail.com or contact Anna. www.wkc.kcc.org.au |
| 10 Nov | Women's Thanksgiving Service | Another great evening, thanking our Lord for all He has done for us. Tam Ramsay gave an excellent talk. |
| 21 Nov | Dinner | A joint event with SAMM, a lovely evening was enjoyed by all; John Chapman asked us to consider who we trust. |
| 8-9 Dec | Gingerbread Houses | All three nights were a great success, everyone left with a beautiful, yummy gingerbread house and Chris Prouty talked to us about considering how we are prepared for the year ahead, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually; and suggested we take an Adult look at Jesus. |
| 14 Dec | Carols in McRaes Park | St Aidan's annual sausage sizzle and afternoon-evening of carols celebrating Jesus coming to earth to save us was again enjoyed by people from all over the area. |
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