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GENERAL INFO Service time: 11:00-12:00 every Sunday

Sunday school: 10:00 every school term Sunday Bible study: Wednesdays, 19:00, Youth House

Address: 226 Basden Avenue, Lyttelton (Corner of Basden and Alethea)

Church office: 012 664 2614 / 012 664 0004

Office hours: Mon-Thu 08:00-13:00 Fax: 088 012 664 2614

Email: alethea.church@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.gkcenturion.org.za Rev Maarten van Helden : 012 664 1384/ 072 143 1855 mvhelden@telkomsa.net

Newsletter: Magda Jv Vuuren 072 246 1815

ALETHEA social On 27 July 2013 we had our social meeting at the church hall. On this lovely sunny Winter’s day we gathered together from 12:00 and Rev. Maarten brought with some games to play. To play games together is a way of communication and having fun. Some of us were playing and some were just giving advice! The children were also enjoying themselves. Round about 13:00 we could fill our hungry tummies with delicious lasagne, salads and lunch buns, and no meal is complete without dessert. A baked pud-ding with ice cream or cheese cake was a tasty round-off. Something to drink was also available. Thanks to all who helped to prepare the food and washed up afterwards! Our other two Reverends, Gerrit and Paul, also joined us for a while. Within a few weeks Rev. Gerrit will lead a service and he was attending our service on Sunday.

It was good to gather together and share something

about ourselves on a social level. We are spiritually

together in our services and then we have tea or

coffee afterwards, but spending some extra time with

each other is good for our Koinonia. I hope that you

also enjoyed it! ~ Liesje Kuperus

KOINONIA

We would like you to share your joy and sadness in order to practice true KOINONIA - to be close-ly involved in each other’s lives; to love, care and

support each other. Please send your prayer requests and news to

alethea.church@gmail.com before 09:00 on a Thursday morning for inclu-sion in the newsletter. You can also sms or call

Magda on 072 246 1815.

Sunday school news On 21 July we started with our Sunday school classes just after 10 o’clock. There were seven children present and we gave them a chance to ask us some questions. We decided to start our Sunday school lessons with the book Genesis.

On 28 July we read from Genesis 1 and discussed

in which way the Lord created heaven and earth.

Some children came with some questions again

and we like the way in which they are thinking and

ask their questions. We hope that they will contin-

ue to share their questions with us. May the Lord

bless our Sunday school lessons!

~ Liesje Kuperus

Bible Study @ Alethea The first Bible study gathering happened on Wednesday 31 July in the Youth House. Six people attended, and we hope to see many more new faces in the weeks to come! The purpose of the group is to learn together and teach each other more about the Word of God. We are doing Never on your own by Gordon J Spykman, ThD. This will be a weekly gathering, so bring your Bible, a notebook and pen and your enthusiasm!

Sermon by Rev Maarten van Helden Scripture Reading: Zephaniah 2:1-15 Verse: Zephaniah 1:3 Songs: The Lord’s my Shepherd I will sing the wondrous story We have come into His house Praise my soul To God be the glory Amen Music by Christine van Helden

Please join us for refreshments after the service

Perhaps? If we think about the terminology used in our verse we could surmise that there is just no hope. Perhaps? "Perhaps it will rain" is no surety of a single drop! It is such an uncertain word. Wishy-washy faith is not worth the while. So how do we get from "perhaps" to secure faith and hope? How can we be anchored in a life so full of insecurities? What is the message of truth (Greek=aletheia) from Zephaniah to us? Can you solve this puzzle?

~ Rev Maarten

ALETHEA MINISTRY NEWS

04 August 2013 Volume 1, Issue 16

Eph 4:15: “ Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will

grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.”

Today’s service

Songs of worship

In the shortest of all Psalms in the Bible we find the heart of our God: Praise the Lord, all you nations! (Ps 117)

And if this is the heart of our God it should be the aim of his church to call upon the nations to praise the Lord. The Lord elected Israel (today the Christians) to be a light to the nations (Isa 49:6). We should be the witnesses of His glory to the nations that they may come to glorify Him together with us. In our church services and other meetings we will find our own culture of singing and worship, because in the Alethea Ministry we already find that we are all kinds of people, from different nations. Thus we are still finding our-selves in what en how we shall praise our God in our meetings. Please be patient as we try to find the best songs and music. In Christine we found a musician who is very capable but she needs our positive sup-port. Any advice or comments should be brought to our attention, but please do it in writing or by email. You will understand that not all our choices are as sufficient as planned every week, but we are busy finding our way. Let us never stop singing and praising our God. This is what His heart or wish for us is... (Ps 117)... so let us raise our voices and hearts in song! ~ Rev Maarten