E-BLAST - 30 DECEMBER 2012

Old time barber at the Pioneer Village where Mark preached in the old chapel, the Christmas Service on Sunday 23 December and the New Year's Service on Sunday 6 January.

Mark is now on Twitter - set up by his son Wesley - join in with Mark. 

28.12 Twitter David Lloyd a NZ corporate man visited and catching up again over breakfast 8 March in Auckland (there for the NZ young writers mini-conference on 9 March).

30.12 As cricket chaplain on the passing of cricketer Tony Greig.

E-BLAST - 23 DECEMBER 2012

Handyman Glen McClellend Timeout in the Tweed fixing the fence prior to Christmas. He  fixed the door between Mark's office area and the AIS athlete granny flat.

Christmas fixing tasks -
Taps and spouts replaced in the ensuite basin and shower, a back step replaced, front door sensor light and door bell fixed. We assume you've similarily had such fiddly jobs fixed.

STEVE AND DEBBIE SUBA

Steve and Debbie Suba are long serving Well-Being Australia stalwarts as our voluntary Tasmania Co-ordinator. Steve is Virgin Australia Tasmania head engineer, he and Debbie are former missionaries.

We visited them in Launceston this past January and they have recently opened their own respite facility in our respite network. They have close links with WEC.

Daughter Rebecca and husband Robert (2 years on the Mission field in Romania) have opened a Launceston B&B (Rebecca in photo).  https://m.airbnb.com/listings/549445

E-BLAST - 16 DECEMBER 2012

Delma is passionate for Auslan (deaf signing) weekly class, each December their Tweed Auslan Christmas Choir has a singer (key board) for the Christmas Carol, the Auslan Choir "signs".

The Auslan Choir has done three presentations to date this December, including this past Thursday night's Kingscliff Candlelight Carols in the park at the beach, and Sunday night at the Presbyterian congregation. Delma herself wears strong digital hearing aids. 

2012 CERTIFICATE

Delma received her 2012 Certificate of Appreciation from Southern Cross Care, St Joseph Nursing Home where she visits three oldies as a Pastoral Carer..

Their practise is to have trained Protestants visit those oldies who are Protestants. Delma has been engaged as a volunteer Pastoral Carer for some years now which is thoroughly enjoyable. Tuesday afternoons (when we're in Tweed Heads) is Delma's visiting Pastoral Care time. 

E-BLAST - 9 DECEMBER 2012

Three Missionaries - Fred Schaeffer, Mark and David Smethurst - Wednesday at Coomera. David Smethurst gave debriefing London Olympic ministry - David speaks 6 languages, assigned Belarus Team (Russian) and Paralympics South Africans (Zulu and African). David gave a very illumiating account of the array of Olympic ministry.

Fred Schaeffer is an American ministerting to Indigenous Australia for almost 20 years (lives close by). John Grocott drove us to Commera (took photo) we remebered the late Ian Carlson who enjoyed so many of these missionary meetings.

NORTHERN RIVERS BAPTIST MINISTERS

Northern Rivers Baptist Ministers met for our Christmas meeting on Monday at Brusnwick Heads.

This initiated a huge week of Christmas functions - Delma had something on each day (4 functions on Tuesday), Mark had functions each day and on Thursday and Saturday visitors.

It's the season .....