Moore Missions 2018 wrap

TEAM Shire

Apart from being involved in door knocking, ESL class, playgroup and High School scripture, we also had the opportunity to participate in different kinds of events. St Phil’s Caringbah hosted a mobile food pantry—a fortnightly event run by Anglicare that provides those on welfare assistance groceries at reduced prices. Cronulla hosted Colin Buchanan, which saw families from the community come for a sing. The big-ticket Friday night event was ‘Free to Be’ at the WIN Entertainment Centre. This was an amazing opportunity to partner with churches in Wollongong. We were able to help by working in logistics and chatting to youth who were interested in Christianity. Thank God for the four churches— Caringbah, Miranda, Cronulla and Kurnell—that have welcomed our team to partner with them.

TEAM Wollongong

One thing that astounded our team this week was seeing and hearing about the many different gatherings that are happening all around the Wollongong region. So great is God’s work, that even when our entire college comes to support the work that is already going on in this region, we still don’t have enough people to cover all the churches or events. It helped remind me just how big our world is, how small I am, but also how big our God is. For right across the region, God is gathering his people, introducing them to Jesus, and transforming them by His Spirit. We thank God for the opportunities received by the team to glorify Him, and pray for fruit to come from the conversations and events held.

TEAM Macarthur

Our team had the privilege of observing the gospel partnership between St Peter’s Anglican Church Campbelltown and Macarthur Indigenous Church, which began in 2011. Together these churches share land, some support structures, and a love for the Lord Jesus. At different points in the week each pastor shared with our team about the joys and the struggles of working together. These pastors, these Church congregations, share more than just property. They share a deep love for the Lord Jesus and a desire to do his work. Without humility, respect, and a love for the lost, this partnership would never have started, nor will it persevere. Praise God for the amazing work He is doing in Campbelltown.

TEAM Highlands

At Robertson, our team spent the first part of mission week immersed in the world of kids. We were involved in a Scripture Assembly at the local public school, the Kids Club, and the weekly playgroup at church. Give thanks to God that we worked really well together as a team. Praise God for the staff team and church members at Robertson who have put such wonderful effort into teaching kids about Jesus, and that they’ve built good relationships with the local school to make Scripture classes happen. Pray that this would continue to happen so that kids can explore more of what it means to be friends with God.

TEAM Lake Illawarra

On our final day of official mission partnership with the churches in the Illawarra, we again went along to our host churches for the day, with a brief meeting together with the team at Kiama Anglican. This was a wonderful time to give thanks to God for His work throughout the week. We thank God for the conversations, great and small, where people were challenged to consider how they would fill in the blank, Jesus is ____. We also thank God that our work throughout the week was finite and limited, yet we know that God will continue this through others. That our part in Moore Illawarra Mission has been accomplished, but the mission of proclaiming Jesus as Lord will continue throughout our lives, and throughout the Illawarra.

TEAM Shoalhaven

Throughout the week our team had the privilege to participate in different kinds of ministries and events—from preaching, teaching Scripture and helping at a local Opshop run by the church to sharing testimonies at a retirement village and helping out at the Free To Be youth event. We have been welcomed so graciously into the Culburra, Callala and Currarong communities and we all felt at home. We all left feeling blessed by the week that we shared alongside fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. We pray that God will continue to bless these communities, that many more people will commit their life to Christ.