Canoeing, archery, ropes courses, glow-in-the-dark volleyball, a bonfire and real esspresso coffee have also been confirmed for the weekend.

Don’t forget there’s money available for those who need some financial assistance. See Michael Davis, Andrew Adamson or your Growth Group leader if you’d like some help. Don’t let money be the thing that stops you from getting along to this great weekend!

This app is really, really good.  It helps us pray regularily and broadly.

Organise your prayer life with this intuitive and distraction-free app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Prayer is one of the greatest privileges for the person of faith, and yet it’s something most of us struggle with. PrayerMate seeks to help you pray more by letting you organise prayer requests for the various people, causes and topics you care about. Every time you launch the app, PrayerMate will go through each of the categories you’ve set up and show you a topic from each one that you haven’t prayed for in a while. It’s that easy!

Features Include:

• Intuitive index card interface lets you swipe between the day’s topics
• Set up your own personal categories and subjects to suit the way you pray
• Subjects can be entered manually or directly from your address book contacts – no typing necessary!
• Prayer requests can be scheduled for a certain date or day of the week, or just let PrayerMate pick topics for you
• Optional daily alarm clock to remind you to pray (iOS 4.0 upwards)
• PIN code feature for added privacy
• Built-in help system

To watch a 60 second explanation go to this website http://www.geero.net/prayer-mate.html 

Full weekend: (includes two nights accommodation and all food)

Adults & (13+) = $107

6-12yrs = $84

3-5yrs = $30

Family Cap: $400 (limited to maximum of 3 adults + 3 children)

3 meals on Sat:

Adults & (13+) = $42

6-12yrs = $34

3-5yrs = $18

2 meals on Sat / Sun:

Adults & (13+) = $34

6-12yrs = $28

3-5yrs = $12

 1 meal on Sat / Sun:

Adults & (13+) = $26

6-12yrs = $22

3-5yrs = $6

Day visitors (no meals): We need to pay the campsite for day registration:

6yrs+ = $14 per day

0-5yrs = free

The Crux band is sounding great and will now sound even better!

Thanks to all those who took the time to vote.

1. Go to this website: http://projectlocal.com.au/
2. Click on ‘VOTE’ in the top left-hand corner of the page.
3. Select ‘Central Express Advocate’ next to ‘My Local Paper’ and fill in the rest of your details.
4. Check your emails. You will have one from project local. Click on the link provided in the email to complete the registration.
5. Click ‘Log in’.
6. Click on ‘current ideas’ on top menu bar.
7. Under current ideas put in ‘Sound System for a growing youth group’ in seach option (see magnifying glass)
8. Once you have clicked on the magnifying glass, our idea should come up.  Click on ‘Read more’, and then the word ‘VOTE’ will appear. Click on that and submit 10 votes.  If you are  having trouble, email me and I’ll see if I can help: michael@northernlakes.com.au

We can only get the grant if we have more votes than any of the other ideas, so please help us out!

A lifelong pursuit of knowing God should embody the Christian’s existence. According to eminent theologian J.I. Packer, however, Christians have become enchanted by modern skepticism and have joined the “gigantic conspiracy of misdirection” by failing to put first things first. Knowing God aims to redirect our attention to the simple, deep truth that to know God is to love His Word.

The links for the apps are:   Android        iphone

Explore is good for the following reasons:

1. It works through books of the Bible, so each day i just continue on from the day before.  It means i am not jumping all over the place. Also it means i get some NT and some OT.

2. It is not too long.  They recommend about 15 mins, but you can do more.

3. It has questions, which make me think. But it also has a blurb which helps, especially if you find questions tricky.  The application is always practical.

4. Those who write it are biblically sound.  Other daily notes i have used are not as theologically on track as this.

Have a look at the website: http://www.thegoodbook.com.au/bible/daily-bible-reading/explore

Also you can buy paper copies too. A single book ($7 + postage) which covers 3 months or get a yearly subscription ($28 total).  Also, you don’t have to do it everyday if you can’t.

It’s a church property in Gorokan owned by Coastlands Christian Community Church. If you know of any youth who are in year 6-10 at school, let them know! You can find more about things for youth at Northern Lakes here.