- Clovercrest Baptist Church

Welcome!
Welcome to our visitors
If you are new to Clovercrest, then we trust that you enjoy your time with
us. Please join our friendly people in the foyer for coffee and a chat after
the service. If you didn’t receive a gift bag during the service, you can pick
one up at the Reception desk. Just ask one of the Welcome team.
GOOD
FRIDAY
EASTER
OFFERING
On March 14, Category 5 Cyclone Pam made landfall on the nation of Vanuatu, devastating
entire communities and leaving much of the nation without access to essential services.
When Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu it caused massive destruction.
An estimated 70% of families have been displaced, and
supplies of food and clean water are running dangerously low.
The risk of starvation and disease is increasing.
Baptist World Aid Australia has launched an APPEAL to meet
the immediate needs of children, women and men affected,
working with the Vanuatu Christian Council, to supply food,
clean water and temporary shelter.
To learn more and give generously to Baptist World Aid's Cyclone Pam Appeal, visit
baptistworldaid.org.au/CyclonePamAppeal or give at our Good Friday church service
knowing the money will be directed to BWAA for this needy cause.
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EASTER
Jesus took a courageous walk all the way to the Cross where he sacrificed his life for each of
us. But to then walk from the grave in victory brings us hope for today and into eternity.
I encourage you to reflect on this poetic piece of writing below (Author: Unknown) and take
a walk with Jesus this Easter. Mark Purser
Jesus Walked
He could hear the crowds screaming "crucify" "crucify"...
He could hear the hatred in their voices, these were His chosen people.
He loved them and they were going to crucify Him.
He was beaten, bleeding and weakened... his heart was broken,
but still He walked.
He could see the crowd as He came from the palace. He knew each of the faces so well. He
had created them. He knew every smile, laugh, and shed tear, but now they were contorted
with rage and anger...His heart broke,
but still He walked.
The sounds of the hammer striking the spikes echoed through the crowd. The sounds of his
cries echoed even louder. The cheers of the crowd as His hands and feet were nailed to the
cross, intensified with each blow. Loudest of all was the still small voice inside His
heart that whispered "I am with you, my son", and God's heart broke.
He had let His Son walk.
Jesus could have asked God to end His suffering but instead He asked God to forgive. Not to
forgive Him, but to forgive the ones who were persecuting Him. As He hung on that cross,
dying an unimaginable death, He looked out and saw, not only the faces in the crowd, but
also the face of every person yet to be, and His heart filled with love. As His body was dying,
His heart was alive. Alive with the limitless, unconditional love He feels for each of us.
That is why He walked.
When I forget how much my God loves me, I remember His walk. When I wonder if I can be
forgiven, I remember His walk.
When I need reminding of how to live like Christ, I think of His walk.
And to show him how much I love Him, I wake up each morning, turn my eyes to Him
and I walk.
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Sermon Topics
3 April
GOOD FRIDAY 10am
12 April
by Faith... Noah
Michelle Stevens
Gen 6:12-22 Mark Purser
5 April
EASTER SUNDAY BAPTISM
SERVICE
19 April
by Faith... Abraham
Mark Purser
Gen15: 1-21
Michelle Stevens
26 April
by Faith... Joseph
Gen 39:20-2117-26
Advance Notice...
LEADERSHIP LIFT
Monday 18 May 7.30pm
Guest Speaker,
Jason Hoet
President of Baptist Churches SA
ALL Ages, ALL Ministries, ALL Level Leaders
ALL WELCOME!
Lock this ‘can’t miss’ event into your calendar now!
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Mark Purser
What is Alpha?
In our Australian culture,
it is increasingly rare that
people have
conversations about
spiritual things
Aussies are generally happy to talk about
sport, family or even politics but when the
conversation comes to the ‘deeper’ things we
tend to change the subject.
Alpha is all about discussing these ‘deeper’
things in a safe and fun environment. Its
simply sitting down over a meal or coffee and
engaging with people in spiritual
conversations, such as “if God exists and you
could ask Him one question, what would it
be?”
Alpha really is for anyone who’s curious.
Join us at the Alpha Introductory Dinner,
Wednesday April 29, 7-9:30pm.
Please register via email,
[email protected] or
phone 8397 9400
‘’
What Alpha offers, and what is attracting
thousands of people, is permission, rare in
secular culture, to discuss the big questions:
life and death and their meaning.
The Guardian
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We want to care for YOU!
COMMUNION CHANGES
Are you coeliac or diabetic?
From this month on we will be providing a gluten free bread
option for communion and water for diabetics. At this stage,
you can find these alternatives at the table at the back of the
Auditorium on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Our next
communion service will be on Good Friday.
FREE TEA AND COFFEE
We still provide free tea, coffee and milo at the foyer servery. We
now also provide a dairy free milk option.
BABY CHANGE ROOM
The Baby Change Room, located near the Creché, is now open for
business!
CAR PARK SAFETY TRIAL
We are currently undergoing reviews of our car park and are trialling some new ideas to
improve the safety of the car park. Please...

enter at the first driveway

drop off at front entrance paved area

follow our signs

respect the car park attendants instructions

drive slowly, 5kms/hr

look out for pedestrians

exit from the bottom of the car park
We value your cooperation during this trial period.
FIRST AID
Do you have an up-to-date first aid certificate? Are you a
practicing registered or enrolled nurse? Would you be willing to
be available to provide first aid, on an as needed basis, during one
of our Sunday morning services?
Please see Jessie Pelentsov if you’d like to join our first aid team.
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PRIORITY PARKING
Do you have mobility issues that make it difficult to walk long
distances? Or do you struggle into church with a baby, pram,
bags and a toddler and wish you could park closer to the door?
You can now apply for a Clovie Priority Park which will enable
you to park close to the building entry.
As you drive in show your green priority card to our car park
attendants, who will then usher you to reserved parking. These
permits will be valid for 12 months. All you need to do is apply
at the info desk and we will post it out to you.
Have you unsubscribed ?
Haven’t received a roster lately? or have you missed out on that all important leaders
information?
The reason may be that you have unsubscribed from our church emails!
To save postage we try and send out rosters, newsletters and other important departmental
information via email as often as we can.
Our Fellowship One database is a useful tool for doing
just this... But quite a lot of emails don’t go out to their
destination because at some time people have hit the
“unsubscribe” button, which shuts off all our email
access to you.
For example, if you have unsubscribed from the Lead
On newsletter then Jessie or Maxine are unable to send
your rosters to you.
We are trying to re-subscribe people, so that we can
email these things to you - to use our money wisely and
to reach as many people as we can, as promptly as we
can. We won’t bombard you with too many emails but
we’d rather you delete an email instead of
unsubscribing us.
By the way, if you haven’t seen a copy of your roster lately then please check the church
Please note:
The cafe will be closed for business on Good
Friday and Easter Saturday, and will only be
open 10am - 12 noon on Easter Sunday.
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Team Members
Healing Prayer Ministry can assist a person in
their spiritual and emotional parts of their
lives, along with counseling.
Our Healing Prayer Ministry members are
trained and gifted in the ministry of healing
prayer. Under the guidance and power of the
Holy Spirit, God will use them to facilitate
profound outcomes between the person
being prayed for and Jesus. All healing comes
from Him.
Who can come?
Everyone is welcome - especially those
seeking, through a deeper relationship with
God, to gain understanding of who they are
in Christ, or why they behave as they do.
God can heal you, if you are seeking freedom
from

past traumas and hurts, wounded
memories;

effects of all types of physical,
emotional, psychological, sexual and
spiritual abuse;
Prayer
Pray for the Dalits of India – 6pm -7pm,
Tuesday 14 April in the Prayer Sanctuary.
Prayer Lift
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repetitive physical ailments;
Monday April 13 & 27 at 7.30pm
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emotional bondages, anger, guilt;
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fears, phobias, addictions and
dependencies;
Come together as a family and join in
corporate prayer as we uphold our
commitment to pray as a church.
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lack of Holy Spirit fruit and spiritual
growth;

effects resulting from occult, false
religion and new-age involvement;
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Prayer Chain
For urgent and pressing prayer requests be
ailments passed down from ancestors; sure to use our Prayer Chain ministry. All
spiritual problems.
prayer requests are held in strict confidence.
Through Healing Prayer Ministry, God is
invited to gently and deeply address such
needs in a loving and non-judgmental
atmosphere.
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On the 27 April Mike Hey will be leading the
night with the theme -‘Jehoshaphat.’
Maureen Park is the coordinator of our
Prayer Chain and can be contacted on
8263 2764.
Youth & Young Adults
Ignite Youth
Ignite Youth Meals
Ignite Youth and Quench Cafe have partnered in providing a meal to youth
who attend small groups on Sundays. The meals will be served at 5:15pm Luke Mihail
and will help fuel our youth for the 6pm service.
Cost is $5 and is payable on the evening.
If finances are an issue, please speak with Luke Mihail.
Ignite Youth will be back on Friday 8 May Baptist Youth Gathering (BYG)
Meet at Clovercrest Baptist Church at 7pm to carpool to Rostrevor Baptist Church, (288
Montacute Rd, Rostrevor). Drop off- 7pm.Pick up- 10:15pm. No cost.
'Parent Connect'
Ignite Parents e-Newsletter
If you would like to sign up,
please email Luke at
[email protected]
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Young Adults
Wednesday May 6th, 7pm-9:30pm
Clovercrest Baptist Church. Cost- $5
1in6
Contact:
Val D’Arcy on 0402 983 154 or Treasured Designs on 8396 3902 or Pathway Community
Centre on 8395 1881
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Val D’Arcy on
Treasured
Designs
We have had a great start to the year
and felt very privileged that we were
able to utilise our skills to efficiently
sort and distribute the donations
given during the fire relief period.
Do you like to tidy?
Because we are so busy, we do not have time
to keep the shop as tidy as we would like. If
you have an occasional hour to spare or
would like to commit to some time each week
purely to tidy our stock, I would love to hear
from you.
Do you all know that we have a furniture
shop? We are using the old deli premises and
it is proving to be a very popular attraction
both for buyers and people wishing to donate
furniture.
Volunteers needed!
Can you help us on our Market Day on
Saturday 11 April? If you are able to help
please contact Val 0402 983 154.
Val just couldn't resist trying out the
stock!
Are you a people
person?
Would you like to spend some time in our
furniture shop welcoming customers? No
cash handling required, just a smile and a
friendly word.
Do you have muscles
going to waste?
We URGENTLY need a team of guys and girls
who are willing to collect furniture for us. This
can be done at any time, so if you are free
evenings and weekends I would love to talk to
you. At the moment this all falls on John
Flack’s shoulders (and bad back) and we need
to share the load.
If you can help us in any way, please ring Val
on 0402 983 154 and if you haven’t checked
us out lately come and see us at Treasured
Designs, your one stop op shop.
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Children’s
Ministry News
Maxine’s Moments
How do the following go together? A shower
cap, porridge and apricot squares?
Well if you were in Sector one4 the other
Sunday at 11am you would have seen me
wearing a shower cap with my face in a tray
of porridge (very thick
porridge!) trying to
extract 5 apricot
squares.
Yes it was Sloppy
Sunday Beat the
Leader and I was the
lucky leader! Well, I
am up for a bit of
fun.... just glad there
wasn’t a camera cross
to adult church. I have photos to prove that I
am a case in point.
Every so often it pays to show the kids that
you are not afraid to be a little bit silly. Why
not try a bit of silliness in your family this
month? A packet of porridge is really cheap!
(Friday fortnightly)
April 10
The Block
#build’emuptear’emdown
We’re having a break for the school holidays
but will be resuming Friday 1 May, Term 2
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We have come to the
end of our Fruits of
the Spirit theme and
look forward to
something new for
Term 2. Stay tuned. Calendars will be out
during the holidays.
Just a reminder that Kids Church collect
offerings each week to support our 2 sponsor
children, Mykaila and Joliana in the
Philippines. We have been excited to see our
offerings grow this year and we will be able
to cover the girls support and see some of
the extra money go towards some
equipment for the crèche playground.
Final sessions for this term
Tuesday 7 April and Thursday 9
April. Term 2 commences
Tuesday 28 April and Thursday 30
April.
There are many needy
children at The Heights
school and we would love
to increase our presence
there through our Kids
Hope mentoring.
If you think you could give
one hour a week during
school terms faithfully to a
child who needs a trusted
friend, please connect with
Naomi Kusic on 8397 9400
to express your interest or
just ask more questions.
We are planning training
during Term 2.
Courses will be available in Terms 2 and 3
Early Years (0-6 years) Tuesdays 7.30-9.30pm starting 5 May
Tween and Teen Years (12-18 years) Sundays 4-6pm starting 17 May
Middle Years (6-12 years) Fridays fortnightly during KNO, starting 24 July
For further details look out for the Term 2 Training Brochure or contact Ann Hughes
on 8397 9400
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Pastoral Care
Do you have a pastoral care need? Please
phone/SMS 0405 329 540 (if you attend our
morning services) or 0404 262 970 (if you
attend our evening services).
ESL Class
The English as a Second Language class would
love another laptop computer to assist the
students in their studies. The computer is
needed to run Power point. If you have a
laptop that you no longer require and don’t
mind donating it to a worthy cause, we’d love
to hear from you! Please contact Ann Foot on
8263 3343
Mystery Trip
Thursday,
9 April
Cost: $6
Meeting at the Church at 11.00am. Lunch
provided. Please bring a folding chair.
(If the weather isn’t favourable we will
luncheon in the West lounge and then
watch a DVD in the Multi Purpose Room.)
Contact David & Yvonne Armstrong for
more details on 8281 7878.
Is Hospitality
Your Thing?
Helpers are wanted to join the team for
preparing, cooking and tidying for the 50+
group which meets monthly. This is an
opportunity to serve many of our senior
church family members. Please contact Janet
Porter on 0412 993 923
The Tea
Table
Cooking class 101
This FREE 8 week Cooking
Class is suitable for anyone
who needs some basic cooking
skills. It will include sessions
on Budgeting, Nutrition as well
as an excursion!
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Nipapanha Visits in 2015
As we draw down to the end of Clovercrest’s ministry to Nipapanha in October, we invite
you to participate in either of the two available opportunities to be part of a team.
 22 - 26 April - (end of the school holidays) includes craft, church, community outreach,
Anzac Day Dawn Service.
Registrations close 12
April.
 14 - 17 August - includes
Angepena Gymkhana,
church, Yakarti Club
Costs for these trips are
down to 2009 levels due to
current fuel prices and
application of outstanding
subsidies.
Further info about these
visits, including costs and
how you can make a
difference, will be available
in the church foyer or contact David Girvan on 8264 2115.
Finance News
Bank Details
General Offerings
Clovercrest Baptist Church Inc.
Cheque Account
BSB 704 922 Account No.
100014517
Pathway Community Centre
BSB: 704 922 Account No:
100014519
BFS Building Fund Gifts &
Pledges
Clovercrest Baptist Church Inc.
BSB 704-922 Account No.
100013517
Please include your Pledge ID
number in the reference.
“Honour the Lord with your wealth, the first fruits of all your crops” Proverbs 3:9
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Upcoming Events

‘Kingdom’ Youth Easter Camp
Thursday 2 April - Monday 6 April

Good Friday Service
Friday 3 April, 10am

Easter Sunday Services
Sunday 5 April, 9am & 11am ONLY

Prayer Lift
Monday 13 & 27 April, 7.30pm

50+ Lunch - Mystery Trip
Thursday 9 April, 12 noon

KNO & Xchange - The Block
Friday 10 April, 6.30pm

Oasis - Movie Night
Saturday 11 April
See inside for more details
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Boost
Sunday 12 April, 9am & 11am

Youth - Chillax Night
Friday 17 April, 7pm - 9.30pm
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Boost
Sunday 19 April, 9am & 11am
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Recovery Camp
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 April
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TiBS - BBQ
Saturday 25 April, 12 noon
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Creative Craft Connections
Resumes for Term 2, 29 April, 9.30am

Alpha - Introductory Dinner
Wednesday 29 April, 7pm - 9.30pm
Service Times
9.00am Family Service
2.00pm Recovery Service
includes Kids Church & Creche
informal worship service
11.00am Family Service
6.00pm Evening Service
includes Kids Church & Creche
emphasis on Youth & Young Adults
Any entries for inclusion to the In Touch must reach the editors by the 20 th of each month.
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