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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
Our Pre School kids - 10am service
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
WELCOME TO THE UPPER ROOM CHURCH
Service Times: 8.30am, 10am & 6pm. 10am goes to 9.15am and 8.30am
ROG service goes to 8am on 2nd December.
Our children’s program runs during our 10am meeting and the kids are released
AGE GROUP
LOCATION
CO-ORDINATOR
Creche & under 3’s
Creche Room
Cristiane Heale
3 & 4 years old
Behind Stage / Preschool Room
Cristiane Heale
Year 1 - 6
ACG School Gym / Ground Floor
Taylor Watson & Anna Cusack
Year 7 & 8
Attic / Upstairs Church Offices
Emma Hathaway
Year 9 - 13
Youth Basement / Downstairs Area
Mikkah Drake
(Auckland Do
main)
ACG College
George Stree
t
Clayton St Driveway
Church: 10A Clayton Street
Newmarket, Auckland 1023
Phone: (09) 529 5329
E: [email protected]
Web: upperroom.org.nz
Sound Desk
FREE PARKING
FREE PARKING
(Access gate)
FREE PARKING
Youth
Basement
(Year 9-13)
TUR Office
Youth Attic
(Year 7 & 8)
Sunday AM
(12B Clayton Street)
(Southern
Latitude
Crossfit)
Kitchen
Mum’s
Room
ROG Entrance
Stage
Garden
Creche
(Under 3’s)
Info Desk
ACG Gym
(Year 1-6)
Café
Rhythms of Grace
(8.30am Services)
Front of house
Main Auditorium
(10am & 6pm Services)
Unisex
Preschool
(Ages 3-5 yrs)
Store
Access Ramp
Main Entrance
MAGNIFIED VIEW
(end of Clayton St)
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd november 2015
FOOTNOTES
Well, dear friends, it’s come that time of year that we look forward to Advent.
The coming of our Saviour Jesus didn’t
just change our lives, it changed history
itself.
It’s hard to magnify the event to a
scale where its importance can be
fully grasped and at Christmas time we
are apt, almost, to let the cardboard
figurines of wise men, feeding troughs,
and animals, not to mention the tinsel
and bows, to dominate.
We have seen many splendid and good
days and we’ve watched our children
growing up in faith. We’ve seen souls
saved and God given his rightful praise.
We’ve seen baptisms, marriages and
baby dedications. We’ve witnessed it all
together.
Now is a new season. Consequently,
the old board of the church recognised
that at the five year mark Kim and
myself and our family should be granted
a sabbatical for three months to take
a break from the rigors of what’s been
done at TUR. This has been a joyous
journey but hard and difficult too. We
are grateful for all your support. But
we have to say we are looking forward
to taking a much needed break. We
have a great staff team to look after this
community while we go away to get
refreshed. We’ll be back early next year.
We won’t be able to wait to see you all.
Yet the event still screams out for our
attention. At TUR we try to give it the
attention it deserves by focussing our
services on Advent themes, involving
the best gift God has given us - our
children - and by starting a season of
generous giving towards missions. This
is our way of both looking ahead and
saying thank you to God for the event
itself.
Gratitude is a great gift to give another
and the Gospel calls us to be grateful
people (Hebrews 11.28-9).
In that vein Kim and I want to thank all
of you at TUR for supporting us over the
past five years. Your friendship, too, has
been a gift to us.
But this is really to say thank you for
letting us lead what we think is the
greatest church community in New
Zealand, probably even the world. And
that’s praise to God and thanks to you!
From our earliest days we have been
a great healthy happy community. We
first met in September 2010 and by
February 2011 we started planting our
church in the school hall at Parnell.
January next year is a fifth anniversary
for us.
Peace, Craig
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
TUR PRAYER POINTS
In Thessalonians we read ‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in
everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus’.
So as a community of believers, let us continue to pray over the church.
These are the things we are targeting in prayer:
Pray for the kids in the church as they
prepare for the Xmas Production and the
volunteers who are guiding them. Many
hours of works go on behind the scenes
to make this happen. Bless them Lord.
Pray for the Latu family as they go
into Mt Eden prison on the 1st and
3rd Sunday of each month in prison
ministry. Pray for protection over
them as they are in the prison and that
inmates hearts would be softened and
responsive to the word and songs they
bring. Also contact Ps Phil if you would
like to go into prison with the Latu’s
to support them in this. Perhaps as a
one off or you might feel a call to this
ministry. There are opportunities for this
to happen, so pray and take action!
Pray for the elders as they govern
TUR, ask for God’s continual guidance,
wisdom and Unity amongst the team.
Pray for our Pastors. We have had a
number of new appointments over the
last few months. Pray for God’s grace as
they adjust to their new roles and pray
for protection over their families.
Pray for those who lead our youth and
kids ministries. Pray for energy, creativity
and relationships to grow amongst the
kids and leaders.
Pray for Alpha. Pray for Lisa and the
team as they lead the group. Pray also
that the Holy Spirit will stir hearts and
draw people to Jesus. Pray also for
next year and for opportunities to invite
people to the courses planned for next
year in term 1,2 and term 4.
Pray for our Worship team. Pray for
protection over the team. Pray for
anointing on them all as they usher us
into the presence of God. Pray also
for Tash who heads up the team and is
recovering from recent knee surgery.
Pray for our Community Groups. Pray
for the leaders and those attending
that they would be strengthened and
encouraged. Pray also for new groups
to form as others see the importance
of meeting during the week in small
groups.
Continue to pray for Anne Wilson as
she recovers from her ankle surgery.
Also pray for Kevin as this has put a lot
more on is plate at this time.
Pray for our other missions and
missionaries. A full list of this can be
found on our website:
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For prayer contributions, please contact Ps Phil Hathaway: [email protected]
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
YOUTH
Youth Events Coming Up
Sunday Morning Teaching
Today the Basement high school youth are looking at Galatians 3. If your youth is
in year 8 this year they will be joining the high school group this morning as we are
starting to transition the age groups over in preparation for next year. Attic Youth year
7’s will be connecting with the year 6’s in kids church again this morning as there will
be filming for the Christmas Production in the Attic Youth space.
Youth Events Coming Up
Basement & Attic Youth Event
This Friday 27th November: Early
Christmas Fiesta!
Arriba! We are getting into
Christmas and Summer times
early with a Mexican Christmas
party! Come dressed in cholo/
chola theme, a sombrero &
poncho or like these cool dudes.
Start time is 7pm and pick up
10pm. Entry is $5 cash for dinner
costs and also a wrapped $5
present as we’ll be playing a present game ($10 overall cost!) Invite your amegos - see
you there!
Updated Calendars
FYI We have UPDATED the calendar for our Basement (high school) and Attic
(intermediate) Summer Youth Events! Make sure
you pick one up from the Notices bench or at
Youth today!
Year 6 & Year 8 Transition for Friday Youth
Nights
From now on those in year 8 this year who are
transitioning into Highschool in 2016 are welcome
to come along to the Basement High School
program, and those in year 6 this year transitioning
into Intermediate in 2016 are welcome to come to
the Attic Intermediate program. See you are the Christmas Fiesta this week!
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
MINISTRY UPDATE
ICONZ Regional Camp Report
The Annual ICONZ Regional camp was held on the weekend of the 6-8th November.
200+ boys and 80 leaders made the trip down to the Karapiro for this action packed
weekend.
Our ICONZ boys from TUR were there in force with 21 going down to this event. The
boys were treated to a weekend full of confidence building, team adventures and high
adrenalin activities on land and water.
We all got spiritual input from Petia Wilson AKA: The Mad Messenger, who used
engaging storytelling and speed art to communicate the Gospel message.
Aaron Holmes also kept to the TUR winning philosophy, rallying the team he was
leading over the weekend to victory. This was the first “Roadie” for the new TUR van,
which helped greatly in ensuring the boys got down there.
A few of The Upper Room ICONZ boys
standing by the TUR van and holding up one
piece of speed art by Petia Wilson.
Church Notices
If you are wanting to place a notice on any of the churches communication forums
(eg: newsletter, the city application, etc), please contact Pastor Dean at the church
office or email: [email protected] for further details.
The deadline for notices is Wednesday 6pm each week for that coming week end.
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
NOTICES
Kids needed for TUR Christmas Production
The TUR Christmas Production will be on 20th December this
Year. We are planning something different and fun this year and
we’d love for as many TUR kids to be involved as possible. We
will be filming part of the Production during the coming Sunday
mornings, so even if your family may not be around for the
Christmas Service, your child can still take part in the short film.
A permission form must be signed by all Parents/Guardians.
Please contact Tatiana Hotere for more information: [email protected]
Church Café - Be aware of 9.50am closing time!
The church café operates between 9.30am-9.50am
and after the 10am meeting has concluded.
So if you are super keen for coffee or tea before the
service, please make sure you have done so well before
the 9.50am close off time which gives the cafe team
time to reset everything for after church. Due to health
and safety reasons, please do not go behind the counter
during the cafe operating either.
If you have frozen meal to drop in for the CYO program, please let the cafe volunteers know
and they can put it in the freezer for you. Huge thanks for your co-operation on this one!
JH AOTEAROA 2016 : 22 – 27 January
If you have a teenage son or daughter this event is for
you. JH Aotearoa is an Adventure Experience specifically
designed to strengthen the Parent/Child relationship
and to lead both the teenagers and their parents into a
deep and very real faith in Christ during the critical years
as the teenagers transition from childhood to adulthood.
During a time of fun, adventure and challenge together,
issues facing teenagers and their parents are addressed
from a biblical perspective and family relationships are deepened and strengthened.
View the website at: www.jh.org.nz
If you would like to know more about this, please speak to Phil or Desiree Thompson:
021 967 998 or [email protected]. If you would like to apply for a scholarship
please register as soon as possible!
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
Hope
Joy
Love
Peace
Advent
Come and journey with us in anticipation of Christmas
Sunday 29th November Advent One - Love
8.30-9.30am Rhythms of Grace: Leaning Toward the Light 1
10am Church Service; 6pm Church Service
Sunday 6th December Advent Two - Hope
(Note: Service times change from today for summer)
8-9am Rhythms of Grace: Leaning Toward the Light 2
9.15am Church Service; 6pm Church Service
Sunday 13th December Advent Three - Peace
8-9am Rhythms of Grace: Leaning Toward the Light 3
9.15am Church Service; 6pm Church Service
Sunday 20th December Advent Four - Joy
8-9am Rhythms of Grace: Leaning Toward the Light 4
9.15am Church Service; 6pm Church Service
Thursday 24th December Christmas Eve
7-8pm: Carols & Celebration Service
11pm-12.05am: Leaning Toward the Light
Carols, Candles, Cake, Cool, Company
(Downstairs warehouse space)
Let the anticipation grow as we prepare to celebrate!
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
NOTICES
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We are heading down to the sunny Waikato for Festival One.
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This is an event not to
be missed and we are setting up our very own Upper Room Village as a space to relax
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Pricing is as follows: Adult $129.60, Student $107.10, Child
$67.50, Family (2 Adults
and 2 children) $394.20.
Go to https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2016/feb/festival-one-2016 to secure tickets.
Use #TUR in the Group / Promo Discount box when ordering to get TUR’s discounted
rate.
Camp Director and correspondence email Pastor Phil on: [email protected] or
contact him on The City.
If you are planning to take a caravan or camper DO NOT BOOK ON THE iTICKET SITE
email Dayl Bebbington: [email protected] for more information, basically
so you can camp with us!!
All caravan and camper bookings must be placed by 13th December.
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd november 2015
MISSIONS 2016 - Starting next week
GO INTO ALL
THE WORLD
As you know every year TUR is a significant partner and supporter of other
missions building the Lord’s Kingdom. This year our projects are diverse, full of
impact, and available to support for as small a gift as $75.
We’d encourage every person, every family to pick one project to support, and
get behind it with a gift or pledge to show the Lord this Advent season how
much we praise God for the gift of life in Jesus Christ and to show Him how
much we want others to receive that gift. Generosity is the character of God
and also characterises our community at TUR.
God bless you for your generous giving. Pastor Craig Heilmann.
Kevin & Anne Wilson are Upper Roomer’s now working as volunteers with Hope
Africa Collective, in the townships of the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa.
One of their goals is to see dignity restored to young women who are marginalised in
this culture.
The photo shows the first recently completed
hair salon. Women go through a 9 week holistic
training programme and then get the opportunity
run their own business.
The Upper Room are
committed to providing
support to the Wilson’s
Need $8000.
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PROJECT COST
8,000
$
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MISSIONS 2016 - Starting next week
GO INTO ALL
THE WORLD
Tim and Helen Manson are returning to Mbarara, Uganda to
continue work for the Mission Organisation Tutapona (We
Will Heal). Tutapona is a non-profit organization committed
to addressing the pain and trauma associated with war and
violence. They have taken rehabilitation services to the most
severely traumatized individuals in the heart of war zones.
With the recent birth of Eva, and Hope who is now 21 months
old, Tim and Helen have a couple of
PROJECT COST
financial needs that need to be covered.
$
Storage for house belongings while
they are away is $1100. Purchase of a vehicle in Uganda for Helen
to transport the kids around, needed is $7000.
7,000
Cooking for Other’s (CFO’s Local Mission). This is an
extension of the cooking programme already operating in
the church. We don’t want everyone to stop making meals
for each other!!
The goal of CFO’s Local Mission is to care for others we
know or have heard about in the wider community who
have a crisis, trauma, bereavement or have been in an
accident. With the recent ‘Big Cook Up’ close to 500 meals
were made and frozen.
The goal next year is to have at least 3
‘Big Cooks Up’s’ during the year. Cost
for the project $6000.
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PROJECT COST
6,000
$
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MISSIONS 2016 - Starting next week
GO INTO ALL
THE WORLD
Love This City is a movement inspiring
radical acts of love. From an annual
event that Tim and Jenna started in
Auckland City, churches from around
the world now gather, simply just to
go out and love on people.
Cities are lit up as unsuspecting
strangers are surprised with radical
acts of love. Part of this is also
distributing surprise food hampers to
families in need throughout the city. The project is for The Upper
Room to supply 130+ hampers. Project cost: $10,000. You can
pledge one or more hampers for $75 each or make up your own.
PROJECT COST
10,000
$
24-7 Youth Work is a relationship between a local school and
a local church. We as a church have been invited to provide
pastoral care and support to school children of Newmarket.
This is an incredible opportunity to journey with the next
generation of New Zealand as they grow into being our future
leaders. Our goal is to provide support to these youth through
our Gospel centred community. Through presence based
youth work, being accessible to young people and building positive Christ centred
relationships our goal is to evangelise the youth of Newmarket.
We have been given the opportunity to place four youth workers
into ACG Parnell and ACG Senior College in 2016. Our goal is
that this is just the start and so we are already looking forward to
increasing the number of youth workers we have in school and
the number of schools we are in. Project cost: $40,000.
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PROJECT COST
40,000
$
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MISSIONS 2016 - Starting next week
GO INTO ALL
THE WORLD
PROJECT COST
28,800
$
Lalganj School in India. The Upper Room would like to commit to providing 60 more
scholarships for people in poverty to get the opportunity to get educated. Annual cost
$480 p/a. Project cost $28,800.
We also have a community garden which is
producing vege to compliment the meals.
The hope is to put in a deck in the area that leads
out of the pre-school, so people can enjoy this
space.
Cost for the project: $2500.
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PROJECT COST
2,500
$
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MISSIONS 2016 - Starting next week
GO INTO ALL
THE WORLD
Bright Hope World India. Premila Rumtel felt God calling
her to start a hostel and school for children. But not just any
children – the poorest, most oppressed children in India.
Premila’s children are not just taught english, maths and
school subjects but also life skills.
Most of them had never slept on a
mattress, were not used to using a toilet,
having a bath or washing their hair.
Premila is training these children in
every area, she is showing them love and giving them a chance
at a better life. Total project cost: $12,000.
PROJECT COST
12,000
$
Please consider how you can help us achieve these goals
You can either make a one off donation or pledge as you consider how your family or
community group could fund one of these projects next year.
There are two envelopes available - gold for pledges and red for giving
contributions. The gold envelope is for your pledge card to go inside which you can
confirm how much you would like to give over the next 12 months.
The red envelope is for your giving card and for you to put
your donation in (or EFTPOS receipt or credit card form)
in order to give straight away. Please indicate on either
the pledge card or giving form your name (or community
group name), the amount and the project(s) that you wish
to support.
Once you have completed your envelope, please hang
them on the Christmas tree in the cafe space of the church.
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SUNDAY 22nd November 2015
FINANCIALS AND GIVING
Financial Update 2015
June
July
August
September October
$62,000
$71,000
$73,500
$83,000
$105,000
Expenses & Depreciation $81,000
$90,000
$92,500
$70,500
$96,000
(-$19,000)
(-$19,000)
$12,500
Income
Surplus/Deficit
(-$19,000) (-$19,000)
Tithes and offerings were $105,000 for October and expenses $96,000. There was a
further $11,000 of income from other items. Our deficit for the year has dropped from
$70,000 to $17,000.
Thank you for all your generous giving which is bringing our budget back into line.
Keep going with “Drop and give us 20%” if you can help at all. We are very grateful to
you and to our great God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
TUR Church Family
If we all do our small, medium or large part our community will thrive. So if you are
not currently on our giving team, get on it by doing two things:
1. Ask for a giving number: [email protected]
2. Set up a monthly AP gift to TUR
Account Name: Upper Room Charitable Trust
Bank: ANZ
Account Number: 06-0293-0118183-00
Branch: East Tamaki
If any of you are currently generously giving and have an ability to increase that giving,
or are in a position or have been blessed by God to make a significant contribution to
general costs financially, then now not later would be the time. Remember, every little
gift helps.
As always we are committed to trusting our gracious heavenly father for his abundant
provision.
Church Giving & EFTPOS Machine
If you are using the church EFTPOS machine at the information counter, please
remember to write on the back of your EFTPOS receipt your giving number or name
printed clearly so we can attribute your kind generosity to your tax rebate receipt in
the future. Then place the receipt on the spike.
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SUNDAY22nd
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AUGUST 2015
2015
CONTACT DETAILS
Location: 10A Clayton Street, Newmarket, Auckland 1023. Phone: (09) 529-5329
Postal/Office: 12B Clayton Street, Newmarket, Auckland 1023. Web: www.upperroom.org.nz
CONTACT DIRECTORY
Staff
Senior Pastors: Dr Craig & Kim Heilmann / email: [email protected]
Associate Pastors: Jason & Cristiane Heale / email: [email protected]
Associate Pastors: Phil & Victoria Hathaway / email: [email protected]
Pastor & Curator: Mark Pierson / email: [email protected]
Executive Pastors: Dean & Philippa Smyth / email: [email protected]
Services Support: Christine Quinn / email: [email protected]
Digital Communications: Tania Jeffs / email: [email protected]
Youth Director: Mikkah Drake / email: [email protected]
Youth Director: Emma Hathaway / email: [email protected]
Children’s Ministry Director: Taylor Watson / email: [email protected]
Children’s Ministry Director: Anna Cusack / email: [email protected]
Pre-school Coordinator: Cristiane Heale / email: [email protected]
Mums & New Babies: Grace Nixon / email: [email protected]
Ministries / Departments
Youth & Intermediate: Mikkah Drake & Emma Hathaway / email: [email protected]
Alpha: Lisa Mansfield / email: [email protected]
Worship: Richard & Natasha Kestle / email: [email protected]
Creative Ministries: Karen Sewell / email: [email protected]
Men’s Ministry: Paul Forlong / email: [email protected]
Notices: Dean Smyth & Tania Jeffs / email: [email protected]
Facility Bookings: Dean Smyth / email: [email protected]
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