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  • Anthony Josephs @ SOLACE on Sunday May 20th talking about LOVE!

    20 May 2012 10:00 AM | Penny Davis (Administrator)

    Anthony is the Men’s pastor at Christian City Church in Brisbane and also facilitates the church planter’s course for C3 Australia as well as travelling and teaching at different churches in an itinerant role.

     

    He will be with us at Sunday stuff on the 30th May to talk about following Jesus’ words on dealing with Love towards our enemies. This is a day not to be missed, so invite the men in your life to come & be a part of this fantastic Sunday Stuff.

     

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  • Solace feels the love!

    25 Apr 2012 10:24 PM | Olivia MacLean (Administrator)
    Solace now has over 100 "likes" on facebook. THANKYOU! Go to our page to enjoy a virtual cigar and whiskey to celebrate and more importantly get a few tips to improve your contemplative practices.


    People have also 'shown the love' in responding to our financial notice. (We let you know a month ago that we are about $500 per month short on regular bills.) It looks like we have already had an increase of $260 per month -thanks so much to those new and current givers. So we are half way to achieving our target already! THANKYOU!

    In the last few months we also seem to have received nearly $2,500 in one off gifts from various sources -thanks! wonderful -we can use this to pay off debt incurred whilst there is still a shortfall in our regular giving. THANKYOU!

    Finally we have had a gift of $10,000 from one person. wow - thank you so much. This will not be used for current projects and basic costs. (stay tuned to hear how we might use it.) THANKYOU!
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  • help us get 100 "likes" on facebook"

    17 Apr 2012 10:56 PM | Olivia MacLean (Administrator)
    we are at 96 "likes" on the Solace facebook page

    Please like us or ask spiritually minded friends and family to give us the thumbs up!

    A virtual cigar for all facebook friends when we hit 100!!!


    cheers

    Solace team
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  • SOLACE Easter Gatherings

    03 Apr 2012 7:00 PM | Penny Davis (Administrator)

    SOLACE will continue to meet over the Easter holidays for both Sunday Stuff and Tuesday Stuff as well as some special gatherings for Easter. See below for details & we hope to see you!

    Holy Week Journey –all at 751 Heidelberg Rd, EXCEPT Good Friday

    Sunday April 1st, 10am - Palm Sunday - all age

    Tuesday April 3rd, 7pm - Passover meal - adults only

    Thursday April 5th, 8pm - Jesus’ last night - adults only

    Friday April 6th, 10am - West Preston Baptist - all age

    Sunday April 8th, 10am - Easter Sunday - all age

    Tuesday April 10th, 7pm - Resurrection meal - tweens & adults

    Good Friday April 6th is at West Preston Baptist, 108 Cramer St Preston VIC 3072.

    We will gather there at 10am to participate in their Stations of the Cross and prayer labyrinth together as a community. All ages welcome. Feel free to enjoy the stations and labyrinth at West Preston during holy week at other times: 6.30-9pm Tuesday 3rd April – Thursday 5th April.

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  • Passover meal is alfresco!!!!

    03 Apr 2012 1:57 AM | Olivia MacLean (Administrator)
    its a beautiful autumn day in Melbourne so tonight's Passover meal at Tuesday stuff will be in the rear courtyard amongst the shoe plants and the fairy lights.

    Pesach has and is being prepared all day here at 751  - we hope to see you for the feast tonight. 

    We are catering for 20 and if we run out of food, then the local red rooster will be put to good effect! :)



    The great thing about being part of a passover meal is that it deepens your understanding of the life Jesus' lived and the great celebration for the Jews then and now that is Passover. The central ritual of the Christian community is eucharist/communion/Lord's supper and you CAN NOT understand it without some glimpse of the meal it was first part of.

    Liv
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  • Clean up Australia is our Worship

    07 Mar 2012 5:15 PM | Olivia MacLean (Administrator)
    A big thank you to the Sunday Stuff crew who were part of "clean up Australia" last sunday. 
    check out the snaps at: http://www.dpa.org.au/photos/

    In the Bible the words used for "worship" have two major meanings: adoration (thats the one we are used to thinking about) and action (yep! worship someone/something by what you DO!). 

    Christian spirituality is holistic and its clear from the way Jesus lived that he served God in the streets and homes of villages as much as in the synagogue. So last Sunday we got involved in some hard work for a few hours to help a little patch of the planet as our way of worshipping God.
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  • tweenies adventure is a GO -last chance for a seat

    02 Mar 2012 9:06 PM | Olivia MacLean (Administrator)
    6 people will be heading up to Sydney for a great adventure on march 17th (see earlier post for details)

    Tickets are being purchased monday afternoon (march 5th) so last last chance to add your name to the list.

    call Olivia on 0425 768 441
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  • clean up australia still on -march 4th

    02 Mar 2012 9:04 PM | Olivia MacLean (Administrator)


    even if its wet we will still join in "clean up Australia" at Darebin parklands
    from 10am sunday march 4th. Bring wet weather gear as well as gloves

    call Olivia on 0425 768 441 if more information is needed
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  • Harry Potter Sydney adventure for 10 to 15 year olds on march 17th

    21 Feb 2012 1:40 AM | Olivia MacLean (Administrator)

    Solace Tweenie adventure in Sydney - Harry Potter plus 

    Saturday March 17th ALL DAY

    cost $200-$230 (depending on flights)

    Aim: to give a group of tweenie kids (approx. ages 10 to 15) a great day out with a spiritual edge.

    AND to hopefully start to build a group of tweenie kids for tweenie kids who find themselves in home churches/emerging churches in small numbers and need a "tribe" that does fun and meaningful stuff a few times a year.

    The plan:

    We will fly from Tullamarine around 9am on Jetstar (or perhaps 8:30 on Tiger…) and arrive back at Tulla around 7:30 or 8pm the same day.

    Upon arrival in Sydney we will go by train to Darling Harbour and visit the Powerhouse' Harry Potter' memorabilia exhibition

    Afterwards we will go by lightrail around the city and spend time on a ferry enjoying the sights of Sydney

    We will train it back to the airport for a 6pm flight home.

    Along the way we will have lots of planned and spontaneous fun including exploring some of the themes and characters in all 7 Harry Potter books.

    The care:

    There will be one adult for every 5 tweenies. The in-charge adults will be Solace staff/leaders who have a WWC card and in some cases also have a full police check. Appropriate childsafe and first aid requirements will also be in place and Solace is a fully insured association.

    Solace will cover the cost of the supervising adults as our commitment to help "like-spirited" tweenies come together.

    The costs:

    costs include: return airfares, all train, ferry, rail and lightrail travel (inc. gatepass to the airport), and entry to the Harry Potter exhibition at the Powerhouse museum

    The low-down:

    bring: food, drink and snacks for the day, appropriate clothing for the weather in Sydney that day (to be advised) and some money for food/gift purchases.

    RSVP before Friday MARCH 2nd.

    Olivia Maclean: 0425 768 441 oliviam@solacechurch.org.au

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  • performance poet at Tuesday stuff for pancake Tuesday!!

    21 Feb 2012 12:12 AM | Olivia MacLean (Administrator)
    Cam Semmens, performance poet and editor of "The Zoo in You" will be at Tuesday stuff tonight - Feb 21st.

    Come and enjoy his moving, witty and insightful poems and enjoy a few yummy pancakes. (Including GF!!)

    6:30pm -dinner
    7:30pm - Cam
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