Thanks to our Busy P&F

New posts have been installed beside the Junior Campus Shed that will soon house sails over the existing stage area, extending this space.  This is yet another initiative funded by our productive P&F team, who help to provide such a wonderful learning environment for our children.

In recent years, P&F efforts have helped to fund so many important school items. At the Junior Campus they have fully funded our agile furniture, Prep shade sails, the Redcat classroom hearing solutions and STAR reading program. Within the Senior Campus the P&F have funded air conditioning, the bus stand, music and science equipment.

Thanks so much for the time and effort that our P&F team generously offer to the College.  Our final P&F meeting for the year is on Wednesday 10 November, in the Junior Campus Library at 7.00pm, all are welcome to attend and we are always looking for additional support and ideas.

Scholastic Book Fair

Another P&F run event about to begin is the Scholastic Book Fair at the Junior Campus—which will run from Friday 12 to Thursday 18 November.

The fair will be set up in the Spanish Room and will feature a wide range of titles suitable for young children through to teens.

Book purchases can be made during 8:00-9:00am or 3:00-3:45pm on Monday 15, Tuesday 16 or Wednesday 17.

Whom do you serve?

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8

Do you ever struggle with being overwhelmed by trying to please everyone? You know those days or weeks you get when you feel everyone wants you to do something for them, not in your way but in their way. Then when you fall over yourself to try to please them it is never enough. Sound familiar?

As we head into the Christmas season. The expectations from those around are really ramping up. This often leaves us feeling devalued and helpless, overwhelmed and quite often unhappy, frustrated and alone.

This is not the life God intended for you to live.

You might think that God wants you to serve others and give your whole life for other people—and He does—but not in the way the world demands your time from you. You see, the world is filled with people with human hearts, and human hearts will seek self first. This is why there is so much pressure from others for us to please them. When Jesus meets us things start to change. Lives change, attitudes change, decisions change and communities change.

So instead of serving and pleasing others because they demand you to, you in Jesus only have one master to serve. That is Jesus Himself.

It is ok to have boundaries. To say to others I am sorry but I can’t do that for you in the perfect way you want. But when we seek to serve Jesus, He will show us His way to help and serve others.

Saint Paul’s words above are part of a letter he wrote to a church in Philippi. He encourages them to have integrity and to be in the ‘Jesus-space’ with all thoughts. This is so they can bless others in the community, to build them up not to sell them out.

So in Jesus be free. He died on the cross for you so your sins are forgiven and you are set free to serve. Not to be bound by demands of other people, but to be led by Jesus and His spirit to bless others in your words and actions.

This Christmas season ask Jesus to grow you and change you more and more to be a blessing to others, not a slave to them. Remember you don’t have to please others because they expect you to live a certain way, or for you to give or do certain things, be yourself in Jesus and serve Him as your only master and you will see the difference. In Jesus you will be free and you will no longer feel overwhelmed by the weight of what others expect you to do or be. Go in peace and serve the Lord.

Pastor Mark Gierus
College Pastor