Ministry Updates:

Our Men’s Fellowship has been reborn! After several years of up & down events & stalling out at men’s breakfasts, Matthew asked three men to join him on a Men’s ministry team. They put a few events on the calendar & saw an immediate response. The Sunday afternoon Men’s Cricket Match in April was a big hit with over 24 men playing. People enjoyed watching the American stand baseball style & smash a few long balls before he “flied out”. He also threw some wicked “bowls” (pitches like drop balls).

This past weekend was the fathers, sons & mates Overnight fishing trip in the dunes. The thunderstorms held off & those who attended had a great time.

In a few weeks, the men will enjoy a Sunday afternoon Golf Day for "hackers & golfers". We already have plenty of men signed up. Matthew is inviting Robbie & Mark our two neighbors that are married to Lori’s friends, Karena and Maryanne. Please pray for these two couples to come to faith in Jesus through our friendship.

Our Women’s ministry is running full steam ahead. With Lori & Shirley bringing a clear focus & ministry team approach to the group we are experiencing a lot of excitement, spiritual growth, & participation. Coffee & Chat Nights are held every 4th Monday of the month. This gives women opportunities to bring friends cultivate deeper relationships. This year we added a theme to each night. Next Monday is "Making a House a Home" hosted by an interior decorator. Lori is now planning the W.O.W Retreat for the Sept. 17th weekend. Denise Glenn from www.motherwise.org will be our speaker. Her talks will be based on her book: "Restore My Heart"- God's Passionate Love for His Bride. Last year, Lori prayed for 60 ladies to attend & God provided 60! This year please join Lori in praying for 75 women to attend. Women will have an opportunity to come to faith in Christ there too.

Matthew has proposed a new Vision & Strategy for Missions. He has one for National Missions (Australia) & one for Global Missions. Because there are 80,000 university students in Perth with very little efforts to reach them, he has proposed we partner with Campus Crusade for Christ Australia to establish a ministry here in Perth with some of our University students. Please pray we see movement on this by early June. He has already planting the seeds for STM opportunities in Thailand, sharing the life of Christ at youth camps with Buddhist young people! Harvest time in Thailand!

With Global Missions the proposal includes partnering with a ministry to reach the unreached of Indonesia.

God is Adding! Matthew continues to preach on average twice every five weeks. On Easter Sunday he gave an alter call! This is not an Aussie custom, but many people came forward in the 1st service and after the 2^nd service a man who has been prayed for years, came forward. Praise the Lord!

We are seeing some people come to Christ Jesus; Adults & Teenagers. We are experiencing Addition with anticipation for Multiplication after some more equipping of the saints. This Sunday Matthew challenged each believer to commit to praying for God to use them to reach three specific unchurched peers. After the service, a young man responsible for an Annual Sports weekend for hundreds of young adults, asked to meet with Matthew THIS WEEK to discuss how he can make it clearly evangelistic. This is an answer to pray as Matthew has encouraged them to do so for three years now! PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS MEETING TO BE GOD ORDAINED.

3%! Did you know only 3% of Australians attend an Evangelical Church?

Thank you to those who still send us emails, partner with us in finances & prayers. You really have helped us grow in our faith, ministry effectiveness & made this place a home. YOU ARE A BLESSING TO OUR LIVES & TO THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND US!