From: R & S Scarcella & Family [inbox@webpastor.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2000 11:40 PM
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Subject: CoGS Weekly Hits! 2000 Vol.5 No.4

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Dear NetFamily,
The temperatures have hovered just above zero in Sydney
over the last few days. Chances are that the summer clothes
will not be seen again for a few months! We hear that our
capital, Canberra (about 3 hours south of us) will get a
rare snowfall this weekend.

READING FROM THE WORD OF GOD
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge
the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and
his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be
prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and
encourage-with great patience and careful instruction. For
the time will come when men will not put up with sound
doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will
gather around them a great number of teachers to say what
their itching ears want to hear.
2 Timothy 4:1-3 (NIV)

What is the most important thing that happens in any church?
Is it the fellowship? Is it the liturgy? Is it the work that
its members do amongst the sick or the poor and needy? These
may be important aspects in church life, but Paul charges
Timothy with one thing and one thing only: Preach the Word.
The life of any congregation of believers must revolve around
the teaching of the Scriptures. We, as Christians, can never value
the Word of God too highly. In the Old Testament, we read that the
word should be written on hands and foreheads, and more importantly,
in our hearts. It should be read to our children, and lived out in
our lives. And we cannot delay in the telling of it, because, as
Paul writes, there will come a time when people will not listen.
They will only hear what they want to hear, and their hearts will be
closed to the truth. While there is still time, let us preach the Word.

TESTIMONY
We often take our freedoms lightly. Here, JP, an Indian brother, tells
us what life was like for his family:
"My parents were strong Hindus worshipping idols for generations in
India. My mother accepted Jesus and was kicked out of her house.
She and my father left all that they had and started to work for their
living from a poor job. Jesus was more precious than all they had lost.
Her relatives laughed at them and persecuted them. But they brought all
six of us up. One day we were all starving to death. My brothers were
praying and out of nowhere, a big wind blew almost to tear away our
housetop made of leaves. But suddenly many 100 Rs currency bills fell
on top of my brothers in the place where they were praying. We NEVER
SUFFERED ANY LACK A SINGLE DAY. Great is HIS FAITHFULNESS (Lamentations
3:23), I am now in ministy and God is saving thousands in India."

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PRAYER POINTS
** Thank God that He has left us His Word, the Bible, which teaches us
about His Living Word, Jesus.
** Thank God that He has also sent us His Holy Spirit, so that we can
tell truth from error.
** Praise God for His goodness towards us by washing away our sins by
the death of Jesus.
** Praise God that we need have no doubts about him because Jesus has
risen as proof of victory over sin and death.
**Pray for our new Netfamily members, including Kathy. Thank God that
our family is always growing!
**Keep praying for Violet as she recovers from the caesarean. Praise
God for little Sheridan. Keep Trisha C, Gina L and Lynn D in your
prayers as their time approaches.
**Pray for Sue's mum, who is in hospital with two fast growing tumours.
She is now a paraplegic. Pray for wisdom for the doctors as they treat
her, and that mum will come to know Jesus.
**Pray for congregations where there is dissension. Pray for all parties
involved that they will find peace either in staying or by finding a new
church family.
** God has been blessing our Fresh Start Mission! Pray for continued
outreach events on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Nights and Sunday morning.

HAHAHA CORNER
**Corporate Talk
Helping you figure out those slick and glossies from companies
recruiting here are what they actually mean.
"JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY"
We have no time to train you; you'll have to introduce yourself
to your co-workers.
"IMMEDIATE OPENING"
The person who used to have this job gave notice a month ago.
We're just now running the ad.
"PENSION/RETIREMENT BENEFITS"
After 3 years, we'll allow you to fund your own 401(k) and,
if you behave we'll give you a 5 percent matching
contribution.
"COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT"
We have a lot of turnover.
"EXCITING AND PROFESSIONAL WORK ENVIRONMENT"
Guys in grey suits will bore you with tales of squash
and their weekends on yachts.
"JOIN OUR DYNAMIC TEAM"
We all listen to nutty motivational tapes.
"MUST BE DEADLINE ORIENTED"
You'll be six months behind schedule on your first day.
"FLEXIBLE HOURS"
Work 40 hours; get paid for 25.
"DUTIES WILL VARY"
Anyone in the office can boss you around.
"MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL"
We have no quality control.
"SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE"
You'll need it to replace three people who just left.
"PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST"
You're walking into a company in perpetual chaos.
"REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS"
You'll have the responsibilities of a manager, without
the pay or respect.
"GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS"
Management communicates, you listen, figure out what
they want and do.
"ABILITY TO HANDLE A HEAVY WORKLOAD"
You whine, you're fired.
--Submitted by Rose T

**The Farmer

A man is driving down a country road, when he spots
a farmer standing in the middle of a huge field of grass.
He pulls the car over to the side of the road and
notices that the farmer is just standing there, doing
nothing, looking at nothing.
The man gets out of the car, walks all the way out to the
farmer and asks him, "Ah excuse me mister, but what are
you doing?"
The farmer replies, "I'm trying to win a Nobel Prize."
"How?" asks the man, puzzled.
"Well I heard they give the Nobel Prize to people who
are out standing in their field."
--submitted by Paul D

**I had been teaching my three-year old daughter,
Caitlin, the Lord's Prayer. For several evenings at
bedtime, she would repeat after me the lines from
the prayer. Finally, she decided to go solo. I listened
with pride as she carefully enunciated each word, right
up to the end of the prayer: "Lead us not into temptation,"
she prayed, "but deliver us some e-mail. Amen."
--submitted by A. O'Connell

**NO WONDER PEOPLE FIND ENGLISH DIFFICULT!
* Polish the Polish furniture!
* Get the lead out and lead us forward.
* The farm was used to produce produce.
* The dump was so full that it had to refuse refuse.
* The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
* This was a good time to present the present.
* A bass was painted on the bass drum.
* The dove dove into the bushes.
* I did not object to the object.
* The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
* The bandage was wound around the wound.
* There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
* They were too close to the door to close it.
* The buck does funny things when the does are present.
* My jaw got number after a number of injections.
* I shed a tear because of the tear in my clothes.
* I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
* How can I intimate this to my intimate friend?
--submitted by Phil Matthews
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Sue: Rocco, how hard can learning any language be?
We all seemed to master it before we went to school!
Rocco: (hitting head against wall)Aaaagggghhh!
See you all next week.
Rocco & Sue.
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