Keep Walking!

Last April I began to think through the planning of the Women’s Conference for 2013.   I had heard about Jenny Salt and I decided that it would be a good idea to phone her.  To my surprise she invited me to Sydney Missionary & Bible College for a morning coffee.  We discussed many ideas of what to teach at the conference and to be honest I was just relieved that she said “yes” to my date.  The Lord knew exactly what we needed to hear and after another meeting in early December, Marg Hudson, Jenny and I were confident with the outline of the vision for the MAC Women’s Conference for 2013.  We prayed!

POWER WALKING – a life worth living!

Planning began, advertising arranged and workshops determined.  We prayed!  Caterer was booked, colour theme decided and music team sorted.  We prayed!  Registrations began. We prayed! Here are some reflections from our conference which was held on Saturday February 16.

• Walking into an atmosphere of femininity with hot pink being the colour theme.  
• Having our very own “women’s music team” and enjoying the singing together, reminding one another what Christ has done for us and living our life for Him.
• Seeing familiar faces and meeting new women from MAC all sitting together waiting in anticipation of what Jenny Salt will teach from Colossians 1 and 4.
• Seeing older and younger women learning together, being reminded that God uses the preaching, teaching and speaking of the Word to bring people into His Kingdom.  He uses us, feeble as we are but he uses us!
• Jenny Salt challenged us to devote ourselves to prayer.  That living each day was power walking in Christ - speaking to God about people and speaking to people about God with gentleness and respect. 
• The urgency of living every day; power walking with the Gospel on our lips! “Soak in the Word of God”.
• The chatter as the women returned from the workshops.  There was excitement and discovery in the air.
• Leaving the building challenged to have thankful hearts to God for everything He provides and to tell others of the grace He has showered us with.

KEEP WALKING – POWER WALKING in Christ!

- Margaret Icke, Women's Ministry Coordinator

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Power walking...a life worth living

I have just recently been thinking about joining a gym (ask me if I have taken the plunge, when you see me!). It’s the same old story – a new year, a new resolve to get fit, lose a bit of weight, and so on. The problem is, we pay our membership fees, go for a few weeks and then stop going (or is it just me?). With all the best intentions, it’s so easy to start well, but then get distracted with the other stuff of life.

The Christian life can be like that. We start out with great joy, lots of enthusiasm and great energy for the gospel. But then stuff happens: disappointment in work or studies, disappointment in relationships, and hard stuff like sickness and death. Not to mention negative reactions from other people about biblical Christianity.

The Apostle Paul writes to some Christians who were facing pressures and distractions that could have so easily taken them away from an on-going walk in Christ.  He writes to encourage them:  

“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” (2:6-7)   

Paul’s letter to the Colossian Christians also enables us think rightly about who Jesus is, what we have in Christ and how to keep going, or as God’s Word says, “to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord” (1:10)

I’m looking forward to opening the Word of God with you all at Menai and thinking more about how we are to continue to “walk in him”, abounding in thanksgiving.  

- Jenny Salt, Dean of Students Sydney Missionary and Bible College

Jenny is joining us for the Women's conference in 2 week's time and will be bringing more fantastic teaching from the Word in 2 keynote sessions and one of the workshop electives. Register by contacting Denise in the church office.