Last weekend was a great weekend

where we celebrated the covenant

making and enrolment as Soldiers of

The Salvation Army of Ben, Andrew

and Stephen.

I was reminded as we went through

these services by God of the value

we place on what He says. The ques-

tion that came to mind was,

I love it when this happens because

God is not looking for an answer - He

already knows the truth - He is look-

ing for a response. God is looking for

me to respond to that belief. I can

say until I am blue in the

face. I am revealed for the trueness

of my convictions when I am faced

with a situation that is so much big-

ger than me. My response will indi-

cate the level of my faith in Him.

Now, before I go any further - If you

have gone through an issue and felt

like you have dropped the belief ball,

don’t condemn yourself, there are

enough people who can do that job

better than you, you don’t need to

add your voice to the choir of con-

demnation. Instead make confession

to God and ask Him to increase your

Significance

W e p l a n t t h e s e e d .

O u r r e w a r d i s

a c c o r d i n g t o o u r

l a b o u r

We water with our tears

of prayer and the

teaching & living out of

the Word. O u r r e w a r d

i s a c c o r d i n g t o o u r

l a b o u r

God makes it growaccording to Hispurposes. He alone cando this

God protects and makesit prosper.. We rejoice aswe do our part with Godand for God.

faith. And this calls for immedi-

ate turn around on your behalf.

James 1:2-8 (NLT) says this: In

verse 2

I can tell now

that you are all going to get on

your knees tonight and pray to

God for some trouble, right? Of

course not. None of us want

trouble but we have to look at it

differently. A great way to have

victory over your issue is to see

it as a stepping stone to

growth. James goes on to say in

the next couple of verses that

when the faith is tested it gives

you a chance to grow. James

then goes on to link this trouble

stuff to wisdom. Read what it

says:“

This is where the rubber hits the

road. James is saying, “If you

have been saying that God is

great and that He can do all

things, then ask in a manner

that

You have to believe that

you already have the answer,

you have to ask believing you

already have the victory. If you

walk around whining and dining

on ‘woe is me’ then you don’t

believe you have the answer or

the victory. You have to let your

mouth and your face know that

with God all things are possible.

You say, this is just unrealistic, I

say don’t knock it until you've

tried it. This is the difference

between Godly faith and worldly

faith.

James goes onto say;

Cool huh, at least for those who

believe. God is saying believe

and expect your answer, expect

your victory.

Step one!

The Salvation Army

Floreat

Come and join us on Sunday

Mornings 9:45am, Songster Room

Terri Armstrong

Arthur Jackson

Colin Golding

Mrs. Ellie Norwood

Major Laurie Venables

Cathy Marion

Isabella McGuire who is unwell.

Rose Haywood as she prepares forsurgery on her leg in late March.

New initiatives being taken in SundaySchool, JYG (previously known asOASIS) and Youth Group,

We often say to ourselves how

fortunate we are to live in Australia

and this alone gives us many things

to thank God for. However, we are

surrounded in this world by many

Christians who are not as fortunate

as us and this is why we encourage

you to pray for them, this is why we

encourage you to give generously

for the Self denial Appeal. We also

would like to keep you aware of what

is happening in the world.

We must continue to be aware of

the threats to our brothers and

sisters in other countries who do

not share the same freedoms that

we do.

Below is a report from CBN on the

plight of Nigerian Christians who

right at this very moment are being

murdered in a most brutal fashion

all because they believe in Jesus.

You can see the report in video form

by following the link:

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/

2010/March/Nigerians-Urged-to-

Stop-Religious-Violence/

Nigerian Christians are asking

their government to protect

them as violence continues,

while the U.S. and human

rights activists call on the

country to investigate recent

deadly attacks on Christian

villages.

Hundreds were killed in an

attack on Christian villages

near the city of Jos this week.

The Red Cross said the

attacks were part of a cycle of

sectarian violence.

"After the January killings, the

villages should have been

properly protected," U.N. High

Commissioner for Human

Rights Navi Pillay said. "Clearly,

previous efforts to tackle the

underlying causes have been

inadequate, and in the

meantime the wounds have

festered and grown deeper."

John Hassan of the Anglican

Church in Jos told CBN News

that Muslim leaders want to

drive Christians from the area.

"They are calling for a genocide

in plateau state," Hassan said.

"They were calling for

Muslims to come together

and launch an attack on

plateau on the Christians

because they felt that

plateau state, which is a

predominantly Christian

state, did belong to them

and therefore they see no

reason why they can't flush

out the Christians as the

infidels and take over the

state."

Hassan said the military

does not always protect

Christians because the

troops sympathize with

the Muslims

We have received the

following letter from Family

Voice Australia please read

and if you feel inclined to

make a difference fill in

document attached :

Please help us seek

tougher action on child

pornography.

The WA government is

acting to give children

stronger protection

through the introduction of

the "Child Exploitation

Material and Classification

Legislation Amendment Bill

2009". The Bill would

prohibit a wider range of

material involving the

exploitation of children,

child pornography and

cruelty to children.

However, the Bill could be

significantly improved by

making two changes:

1. In the definition of

‘child’, the age should be

increased from 16 to 18

years.

2. The 'literary' or 'artistic'

merit defence for child

pornography should be

removed.

WORLD EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

714th-18th Capt. Andrew, 10

year service review -

Geelong

14th NO PM SERVICE

19th 2love church, Morely

7:30pm

21st 6PM SERVICE

22nd Officer’s Day Apart- Floreat

23rd RSA Meeting - Songster

Rooms - 7pm

27th Floreat Corps Fete

28th Palm Sunday & OW SOMS

Appeal

PM SERVICE - Youth

Meeting Lower Hall

2nd Good Friday Service

@ 9am

Metro Meeting

4th Easter Sunday Service

NO PM SERVICE

11th NO PM SERVICE

15th RSA Meeting Perth

Fortress @ 7:30am

18th Basketball Church

Parade

6PM SERVICE- Youth

Meeting, Lower Hall

25th NO PM SERVICE

27th RSA Meeting -

Songster Room @ 7pm

2nd Corps Council Meeting,

Songster Rooms @

12:15noon

6PM SERVICE

6th RSA Breakfast Meeting,

Perth Fortress @

7:30am

9th Mother’s Day Service

NO PM SERVICE

11th RSA Meeting-Songster

Room @ 7pm

16th 6PM YOUTH SERVICE

21st GHC Cluster (C.O.’S)

23rd Pentecost Sunday

GUESTS: Majors Len &

Marney Turner, Territorial

Candidates Secretarys

PM METRO MEETING

24-30th RSA Week

Family Voice Australia has

prepared an open letter to WA

Premier Colin Barnett which

argues for these two changes to

be incorporated in the Bill.

We encourage you to sign cand

forward to Family Voice GPO Box

9894, PERTH WA 6848 by 31

March 2010 so that our office

can collate the signatures and

prepare the letter for

presentation to the Premier.

"Turn from evil and do good; seek

peace and pursue it." Psalm 34:14

How about it? You can help us save

money and be good stewards of

what God has given us.

http://issuu.com/floreat.salvos

Let us know if you are going online

for the newsletter by putting your

name down on the form in the

Foyer, so we can print less. It is

a great way of keeping track of

what's happening and download

photos that appear from time

to time.

Ruth Venables

Our team here at Floreat have had

a busy time so far during the month

of March after having had an ex-

tended break from service over the

past 12 months.

Merle & Ray Watchmere, Ruth &

Ron Venables, Thomas & Kathy

Sedgman, Raileen & Tracey McAl-

lister, and Jeanie Taylor attended

to the fires at Boya, Banjup,

Bindoon & Lancelin.

Together they completed 70 and a

half hours of service over five days,

feeding firemen & emergency serv-

ices personnel.

Covenant Night and Enrolment

What a wonderful time they had

at Homeleague this week revert-

ing to their childhood ways of

dressing up. Now I know where

Anastacia gets it from.....

Here are some photos...

Open Letter to Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett

Please get tougher on child pornography

Dear Premier,

I welcome the move to give children stronger protection through the introduction of theChild Exploitation Material and Classification Legislation Amendment Bill 2009. Particularlywelcome is the proposed prohibition of a wider range of material involving the exploitation ofchildren, child pornography and cruelty to children.

However, the Bill could be significantly improved by making two changes.

1. In the definition of ‘child’, increase the age from 16 to 18 years

The definition of “child” in the Bill, currently only “a person under 16 years of age”, should bechanged to “a person under 18 years of age”.

The age of 18 years is used for child pornography offences in the Commonwealth, Victoria,Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. This age is also usedin the national classification scheme for films and publications when material involvingoffensive depictions of persons under 18 is Refused Classification.

The age of persons covered by child pornography offences should be higher than the age ofconsent (16) because child pornography involves the exploitation of children, often forcommercial purposes, usually by older males. This is like child prostitution and child sexualservitude. For these offences a child is defined as anyone under 18.

A pornographic picture of a 16 or 17 year old girl could be circulated to thousands of men andcould remain on the internet for years. Girls and boys in this age range need theprotection of the law from exploitation by older adults.

2. Remove the literary or artistic merit defence for child pornography

The Bill currently allows a defence against child pornography offences by an appeal to the“literary” or “artistic” merit of the material. The corresponding Commonwealth andVictorian offences do not allow for this defence and an inquiry has recently recommended thatthe defence be abolished in NSW law.

The existence of the defence of artistic or literary merit for child pornography suggests thatsuch pornography is acceptable if the material is sufficiently artistic or literary. I do notaccept that art or literature can be a valid excuse for child pornography.

Premier, please help protect our children from child pornographers.

Yours sincerely,

SIGNATURE/S: ........................................................................ ..................................................

NAME/S (block capitals: Title (eg Mr/Mrs etc), First Name and Last Name):

....................................................................... ...............................................................................

ADDRESS: ........................................................................ ..........................................................

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............................ PHONE: ........................................ EMAIL:

..........................................................................to: FamilyVoice Australia, GPO Box 9894, Perth WA 6848 by 31 March 2010