Rivers Baptist Church - Christ alone - and Him crucified

We had our Board retreat on Saturday, 19 May, at the Gynther’s Shed. We started with breakfast and then Jim Woodrow led us through a devotion looking at Jeremiah 29:11-14, John 8:28, John 5:19 and Romans 14:23. It was clear from these verses that God has a plan for Rivers and our job is to discover what it is, not make up our own. He wants to hear from us and to have us seek him wholeheartedly and not rely just on our experience. Just as Jesus spoke only the words God gave him, and did only the actions God told him to do, we need to do the same.

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Welcome to a new month in the life of Rivers Baptist Church. There seems to be a constant state of change happening here at Rivers over the past months. There have also been changes made to the office staff. The Board has appointed Jim Gailer to the position of Church Administrator, responsible for the administrative function of Rivers Baptist Church, including staff management. He will report direct to the Board/Church Leadership Team. Initially he will be working two days per week as a volunteer, progressing to four or five days per week as the need arises. This will free our pastors to concentrate on pastoral care and teaching.

Leadership day feedback material distributed at the members meeting 17 September 2006. Click the title to find the PDF file attached.

TO BE HELD AT 2 PM ON 17 SEPTEMBER 2006

1. Devotion
2. Minutes of the previous meeting (23 April regular meeting and 16 July special meeting)
3. Updates on proposals/questions from the members, including motion to ratify the Implementation Monitoring Group (proposal 10):
That Terry Webb and Glenda Gynther be appointed as the Implementation Monitoring Group as per proposal 10 of the consultant's report
4. Feedback to membership from Leadership Workshop (9September)
5. Leadership Team meeting with new church's leadership
6. Motion to establish back-pay fund
7. Finance report
8. Pastors'/director's reports
9. Prayer time

A week ago, 747 had a speaker from Brisbane City Church, Andrew Carter. As any 747 leader will attest, God has been doing amazing things all year in that ministry. That night, God moved in such a powerful way that 747 ran out of the church’s stock of bibles.
A typical night at 747 has three one-hour parts: two ‘hang out’ times at the beginning and end of the night, where the youth (ages 12–18) can play volleyball, skateboard, use the PlayStations or get into several other activities; and the worship time, very much a youth-focused church service.

‘It’s usually pretty noisy when the speaker comes on. It can be hard to keep the kids’ attention. But this guy had them with his first sentence and talked for 40 minutes,’ says Corey Gieskens, co-ordinator of 747.

Here is Rivers News Newsletter for July 2006 in PDF format

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