Communion Epsitle!

Fellowship was beautiful with you last Sabbath! Father drew near to us and uplifted the character of Jesus as we saw Him so clearly as a servant to our needs and heard the call to each of us to be His servants to one another. It was a beautiful preparation for this Sabbath. As many had been impressed before and individually that we should commemorate the Communion service last Sabbath, it was a further confirmation of this calling.  So in response to His invite, we invite you to join us in a special Communion fellowship together this Sabbath at 11am at the hall at Coldstream.  Also, Father has been prompting many that we respect the order and harmony of heaven in every aspect of our worship, that we operate in gospel order. "Endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace." This Sabbath particularly we can, by preparing ahead, so that no organising need be done on Sabbath or on the spur of the moment. 

"Angels work harmoniously. Perfect order characterises all their movements. The more closely we imitate the harmony and order of the angelic host, the more successful will be the efforts of these heavenly agents in our behalf.  If we see no necessity for harmonious action and are disorderly, undisciplined and disorganised in our course of action, angels who are thoroughly organised and move in perfect order cannot work for us successfully.  They turn away in grief for they are not authorised to bless confusion, distraction, and disorganisation.  All who desire the co-operation of the heavenly messengers must work together in unison with them.  Never, never will these heavenly messengers place their endorsements upon irregularity, disorganisation and disorder." 

True Gospel order, so the angels can work most effectively among us is a stand alone matter. This relates to our fellowship together. There are needs to be met as the spirit gives gifts so that the body may be fit together. These gifts are manifest as apostles, prophets, evangelists, teachers and pastors, also miracles, the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, the gifts of healing, helps, governments, and different languages.  We have been very blessed to enjoy the manifestation of many of these gifts. There appears to be a need for helps and government! There is the need for a worship leader and coordinator for our praise and worship time, a time keeper to ensure everything runs on time, a program coordinator to coordinate a speaking roster for the main message and program outline for the morning and afternoon programs, someone to be in charge of the food/kitchen, a communications secretary, a 10am fellowship facilitator, a maintainance person to head the care of the grounds, the cleaning of the hall and any other necessary jobs, a person to be in charge of organising a roster to provide flowers, and deacons & deaconesses and elders to fill their Biblical roles, that we may be obedient and follow God's plan in all things, and live within his channel of blessing. 

Some have acted under the giftings that Father has gifted them with, which has brought much blessing, others may be waiting for some human prompting. There may be other issues that need to be answered in your mind. There may be other needs that you see that are not mentioned here. Ephesians teaches us that God is the one who gives gifts unto men and so there is no need to look to others for confirmation of these gifts, but we are not to act independantly of others. Father's spirit will direct and will bring unity. These gifts are given to bring the body into the unity of the faith and into perfection. If you see a need, maybe that is the spirit of the Father prompting you to meet it. For study on this subject read Ephesians 4 and 1 Cor 12. 1 Tim 3 covers the work of Bishops and deacons and the chapters Organisation and Development in Testimonies to Ministers, and Individual Responsibility. As our loving Father impresses you in the gifts He has given you, offer yourself as servant for his body that it may be healthy and be able to run in Father's purpose, or as He impresses you in the giftings you see in others, contact me so we can coordinate this Sabbath Communion at nnh@aanet.com.au or 03 5967 1582.

For this Sabbath, there is the need for a message or a few short messages for the service, someone to lead the 10 am fellowship, and the elder women and men preferably to lead out in organising the practical aspects of the communion service before and on the day ie. baking the unleavened bread, organising glasses, the grape juice, the bowls for footwashing and the towels. Ideally, in the intrests of working in harmony, the earlier you contact me, preferably before Thursday, the better we can be organised for this Sabbath. 

As we need time to search and share God's word, and pray over coming into gospel order, we will have a Body Building afternoon meeting at 3:30pm this Sabbath.  We would encourage those who usually leave around this time, to stay. If you have something to share about gospel order, please bring it along for the Body Building session. Also, if you want to add anything on this blogspot, just click on "comment"! 

And I encourage everyone to pray for each other, to bear one another's burdens, and to provoke unto love and good works! Especially remember Nick, Deana and Tom.  May our Father bless you and may you rest in His peace this week.  Looking forward to hearing from you!