The Vine February 2013 - York St Church of Christ
The Vine February 2013 - York St Church of Christ
The Vine February 2013 - York St Church of Christ
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Name Badges<br />
Ballarat <strong>Church</strong>es <strong>of</strong> <strong>Christ</strong><br />
Opportunity Shop<br />
John<br />
JOHN SMITH<br />
Please remember, if you would like<br />
to order a name badge the forms are<br />
available on the information desk in<br />
the foyer <strong>of</strong> the church.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cost <strong>of</strong> the name badges is $10<br />
each and they come with either a<br />
magnetic or pin clasp.<br />
‘<strong>The</strong> Cottage’ - 30 Eastwood <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Church</strong>es <strong>of</strong> <strong>Christ</strong><br />
Opportunity Shop in ‘<strong>The</strong><br />
Cottage’ at 30 Eastwood<br />
<strong>St</strong>reet is open for business.<br />
Opening hours are:<br />
Tuesday, Wednesday and<br />
Friday afternoons<br />
1pm-5pm<br />
Donations <strong>of</strong> clean quality items for resale may be made<br />
through the Ministry Office, Ballarat Central <strong>Church</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Christ</strong>,<br />
Tel. 5333 4396<br />
Thank you<br />
I want to express my great appreciation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
kindnesses shown to me by many people from <strong>York</strong><br />
<strong>St</strong>reet this year.<br />
From July to recently I have had 2 major operations<br />
and have been hospitalised four times. <strong>The</strong>re were<br />
days when the only visitor I had in hospital was a<br />
person from <strong>York</strong> <strong>St</strong>reet and those same people<br />
continued to visit me in my home and help me in<br />
various ways. Other people from <strong>York</strong> <strong>St</strong>reet did<br />
many kind things for me and everyone kept me in<br />
their prayers. Many times I would have been happy<br />
to have just died and for many weeks I could not<br />
pray.<br />
I normally never miss a day to communicate with<br />
God through our Lord Jesus. I knew he was<br />
always with me during the tough times when I could<br />
no longer pray at all. When one is very ill there<br />
comes a time when the joys <strong>of</strong> this earth don’t<br />
seem to be worth the intense misery <strong>of</strong> living. At<br />
these times those <strong>of</strong> us who are fortunate enough<br />
to be aware <strong>of</strong> God’s presence can always know<br />
that if we recover, life can be good and if we do not<br />
recover, we go straight into the arms <strong>of</strong> our God.<br />
How fortunate we are!<br />
I believe at this point that God has chosen to<br />
restore me to health and I hope I can continue to<br />
live a happy and useful life.<br />
My thanks in particular are to Linda and Mark<br />
Pearse, Heather Gordon, Betty Veal, Russell<br />
Mitchell and to Tim and Blake who never stopped<br />
praying for me.<br />
Gwendoline Blake<br />
21.
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