Sundays 10am

Cronulla Central Hall

Level 3, 38-60 Croydon Street
Cronulla NSW 2230

Age 1-12 Empower Kids program


For latest info Like us at Empower Church - Shire

CONTACT US:
shire@empowerchurch.com.au
www.empowerchurch.com.au
BORN FOR MORE
AUTUMN
March 2014
- May 2014
ITS OUR TIME!!!

We are now well and truly into the swing of the year
and I pray that youre powering towards Gods
desires and destiny for your life in 2014.

This quarterly magazine gives clarity to our church
vision for the Autumn season, so we encourage you
to take the time to read it carefully and partner with
us towards the exciting March May months
ahead.

In particular, wed love to draw your attention to the
article on our 2014 priorities which clearly spells
out the four focus areas for the coming 12 months
and how you can practically roll up your sleeves and
make your difference and investment in the
Empower Church vision.









Lets make the season ahead one where we
intentionally invite people to Christ through
the use of our Urban Connections, Church
services, personal testimony, and the gospel
message for we are well able to see people
come to Christ through our life and service
this year.

There is no greater joy than seeing somebody
come to faith in Christ as a result of our
invitation and influence!

Its our time, Church!

Jesus is with us and for us.

Lets arise in faith and activate our invitation.

Theres no stopping us now!!!

In Christs service, and yours...




Lead Pastors
Empower Church - Shire

Jesus has a great plan for His church, His desire is to see her grow in
discipleship, worship and salvations but for that to happen it will take ALL of us
as members of His house to rise to our potential. Lets make 2014 a year where
we invest our time, talent and treasure towards His Kingdom as first place
priority in our lives (Matt 6:33). How else are we to respond to His loving
sacrifice towards us other than to give the first and best of ourselves straight
back to Him and His house!!!
Luke & Amber
T V
coming soon
ITS OUR TIME!!!

We are now well and truly into the swing of the year
and I pray that youre powering towards Gods
desires and destiny for your life in 2014.

This quarterly magazine gives clarity to our church
vision for the Autumn season, so we encourage you
to take the time to read it carefully and partner with
us towards the exciting March May months
ahead.

In particular, wed love to draw your attention to the
article on our 2014 priorities which clearly spells
out the four focus areas for the coming 12 months
and how you can practically roll up your sleeves and
make your difference and investment in the
Empower Church vision.









Lets make the season ahead one where we
intentionally invite people to Christ through
the use of our Urban Connections, Church
services, personal testimony, and the gospel
message for we are well able to see people
come to Christ through our life and service
this year.

There is no greater joy than seeing somebody
come to faith in Christ as a result of our
invitation and influence!

Its our time, Church!

Jesus is with us and for us.

Lets arise in faith and activate our invitation.

Theres no stopping us now!!!

In Christs service, and yours...




Lead Pastors
Empower Church - Shire

Jesus has a great plan for His church, His desire is to see her grow in
discipleship, worship and salvations but for that to happen it will take ALL of us
as members of His house to rise to our potential. Lets make 2014 a year where
we invest our time, talent and treasure towards His Kingdom as first place
priority in our lives (Matt 6:33). How else are we to respond to His loving
sacrifice towards us other than to give the first and best of ourselves straight
back to Him and His house!!!
Luke & Amber
T V
coming soon
AUTUMN
READING
PLAN
[ GO LIKE A PRO ]

CHALLENGE
For t he dur at i on of t he
Pro:Verbs series we will be
reading a chapter of Proverbs
per day for 62 days. In that
time (concluding first week of
April) we will have read the
entire 31 chapters of Proverbs
twice!

In addition to this, for those
REALLY wanting to take it to the
next level we want to encourage
you to identify 2 verses of
Proverbs per week to commit to
me mo r y. He r e s s o me
suggestions to get you started:
ln Lhls quarLer we are Lhrllled Lo [oln wlLh bellevers Lhe world over ln Lhe mosL
sacred of Chrlsuan lesuvals... Laster Weekend.
1o commemoraLe our 2014 LasLer Celebrauon we are Lhrllled Lo announce LhaL we
wlll be [olned by our Senlor MlnlsLer, s. Dav|d McDona|d for our LasLer Sunday
servlce. AL Lhe close of servlce (weaLher permlmng) we wlll be publlcly conducung
Water 8apnsms ln Lhe Cronulla 8each pool for all who would llke Lo paruclpaLe ln
a 8esurrecuon Sunday bapusm.
ln Lhe lead up Lo Lhls speclal evenL, we would love Lo lnvlLe you Lo [oln wlLh us ln a
21-day fast Lo prepare our hearLs for encounLer ln Lhe LasLer season. lL ls our
prayer LhaL Lhrough Lhls ume of fasung, we would see !esus and Lhe power of Pls
8esurrecuon afresh. We wlll also be speclcally praylng durlng Lhls fasL for
opporLunlues Lo lnvlLe people Lo church and Lo see many declslons for ChrlsL over
Lhe LasLer perlod.
ln addluon, Lhls LasLer season we wlll be launchlng a new teach|ng ser|es enuLled,
!"# "$ %"& Lo celebraLe Lhe new mouon plcLure belng released of Lhe same name.
!"# "$ %"& comes from Lhe award-wlnnlng producers of Lhe record-breaklng
mlnlserles 1he 8lble, 8oma uowney and Mark 8urneu, and ls a ma[or monon
p|cture LhaL brlngs Lhe llfe of !esus ChrlsL Lo Lhe blg screen. lL marks Lhe rsL ma[or
mouon plcLure abouL !esus' llfe slnce 2004's ()* +,--."# "$ /)* 0)1.-/, provldlng us
wlLh a Lremendous opporLunlLy Lo share wlLh Lhe communlLy who Lhe Son of Cod
ls!
1o leverage Lhe poLenual momenLum and lnvlLauonal power of Lhls clnema
release, Lmpower Church wlll be focuslng our weekend and urban Connecuon
sLudles around Lhe llfe and mlnlsLry of !esus. Worshlp Servlces wlll feaLure c||ps
from the ma[or monon p|cture and wlll follow ln Lheme wlLh new ?ork 1lmes
besLselllng auLhor 8lck Warren's new book ()* 2.$* "$ 3*-4- .# 5"4. 1ogeLher we
wlll be challenged Lo conslder whaL would happen lf we applled Lhe lessons from
evenLs ln !esus' llfe Lo our own.

T h i s E a s t e r . . .
LeL's prepare our hearLs and parLner
LogeLher wlLh prayerfu| expectanon and
bo|d |nv|tanon over Lhe comlng season.
8ecause aL Lmpower Church, we belleve LhaL
2014's LasLer wlll noL only be a ume Lo
celebraLe !esus and Pls vlcLorlous
resurrecuon - buL also of Lhe newly
resurrecLed hearLs of people LhaL we see
come Lo place Lhelr falLh and LrusL ln...
1he !"# "$ %"&
Apr|| 13: Iesus' 8apnsm and Cur 8apnsm

Apr|| 20: Laster Sunday & Water 8apnsms w|th s. Dav|d McDona|d

Apr|| 27: Iesus 1emptanon and Cur 1emptanon

May 4: Iesus' Suer|ng and Cur Suer|ng

May 11: Mother's Day Ce|ebranon

May 18: Iesus' kesurrecnon and Cur kesurrecnon

May 2S: Iesus' M|n|stry and Cur M|n|stry
Mar 2 roverbs 29-31, 1-4
Mar 9 roverbs S-11
Mar 16 roverbs 12-18
Mar 23 roverbs 19-2S
Mar 30 roverbs 26-31, Iohn 1
Apr 6 Iohn 2-8
Apr 13 Iohn 9-1S
Apr 20 Iohn 16-21
Apr 27 Mau 1-7
May 4 Mau 8-16
May 11 Mau 17-23
May 18 Mau 2S-28, Luke 1-3
May 2S Luke 4-10
Iun 1 Luke 11-17
AUTUMN
READING
PLAN
[ GO LIKE A PRO ]

CHALLENGE
For t he dur at i on of t he
Pro:Verbs series we will be
reading a chapter of Proverbs
per day for 62 days. In that
time (concluding first week of
April) we will have read the
entire 31 chapters of Proverbs
twice!

In addition to this, for those
REALLY wanting to take it to the
next level we want to encourage
you to identify 2 verses of
Proverbs per week to commit to
me mo r y. He r e s s o me
suggestions to get you started:
3:3-6 1:7 16:3
13:11 12:11 18:10
18:21 8:17-21 10:22
4:18 18:16 18:22
10:4 11:11 29:18
13:22 22:6 13:1
16:24 16:23 20:29
22:1 23:28 26:2
31:10
ln Lhls quarLer we are Lhrllled Lo [oln wlLh bellevers Lhe world over ln Lhe mosL
sacred of Chrlsuan lesuvals... Laster Weekend.
1o commemoraLe our 2014 LasLer Celebrauon we are Lhrllled Lo announce LhaL we
wlll be [olned by our Senlor MlnlsLer, s. Dav|d McDona|d for our LasLer Sunday
servlce. AL Lhe close of servlce (weaLher permlmng) we wlll be publlcly conducung
Water 8apnsms ln Lhe Cronulla 8each pool for all who would llke Lo paruclpaLe ln
a 8esurrecuon Sunday bapusm.
ln Lhe lead up Lo Lhls speclal evenL, we would love Lo lnvlLe you Lo [oln wlLh us ln a
21-day fast Lo prepare our hearLs for encounLer ln Lhe LasLer season. lL ls our
prayer LhaL Lhrough Lhls ume of fasung, we would see !esus and Lhe power of Pls
8esurrecuon afresh. We wlll also be speclcally praylng durlng Lhls fasL for
opporLunlues Lo lnvlLe people Lo church and Lo see many declslons for ChrlsL over
Lhe LasLer perlod.
ln addluon, Lhls LasLer season we wlll be launchlng a new teach|ng ser|es enuLled,
!"# "$ %"& Lo celebraLe Lhe new mouon plcLure belng released of Lhe same name.
!"# "$ %"& comes from Lhe award-wlnnlng producers of Lhe record-breaklng
mlnlserles 1he 8lble, 8oma uowney and Mark 8urneu, and ls a ma[or monon
p|cture LhaL brlngs Lhe llfe of !esus ChrlsL Lo Lhe blg screen. lL marks Lhe rsL ma[or
mouon plcLure abouL !esus' llfe slnce 2004's ()* +,--."# "$ /)* 0)1.-/, provldlng us
wlLh a Lremendous opporLunlLy Lo share wlLh Lhe communlLy who Lhe Son of Cod
ls!
1o leverage Lhe poLenual momenLum and lnvlLauonal power of Lhls clnema
release, Lmpower Church wlll be focuslng our weekend and urban Connecuon
sLudles around Lhe llfe and mlnlsLry of !esus. Worshlp Servlces wlll feaLure c||ps
from the ma[or monon p|cture and wlll follow ln Lheme wlLh new ?ork 1lmes
besLselllng auLhor 8lck Warren's new book ()* 2.$* "$ 3*-4- .# 5"4. 1ogeLher we
wlll be challenged Lo conslder whaL would happen lf we applled Lhe lessons from
evenLs ln !esus' llfe Lo our own.

T h i s E a s t e r . . .
LeL's prepare our hearLs and parLner
LogeLher wlLh prayerfu| expectanon and
bo|d |nv|tanon over Lhe comlng season.
8ecause aL Lmpower Church, we belleve LhaL
2014's LasLer wlll noL only be a ume Lo
celebraLe !esus and Pls vlcLorlous
resurrecuon - buL also of Lhe newly
resurrecLed hearLs of people LhaL we see
come Lo place Lhelr falLh and LrusL ln...
1he !"# "$ %"&
Apr|| 13: Iesus' 8apnsm and Cur 8apnsm

Apr|| 20: Laster Sunday & Water 8apnsms w|th s. Dav|d McDona|d

Apr|| 27: Iesus 1emptanon and Cur 1emptanon

May 4: Iesus' Suer|ng and Cur Suer|ng

May 11: Mother's Day Ce|ebranon

May 18: Iesus' kesurrecnon and Cur kesurrecnon

May 2S: Iesus' M|n|stry and Cur M|n|stry
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Sat 1
Sun Pro:Verbs 5 - Ps. Luke Harris 2
Mon 3
Tues 4
Wed 5
Thurs 6
Fri 7
Sat 8
Sun
Pro:Verbs 6 - Ps. Amber Harris
2-4pm Band Practice // 6-8pm ELEV8
9
Mon 10
Tues 11
Wed 12
Thurs 13
Fri 14
Sat 15
Sun Pro:Verbs 7 - Ps. Luke Harris 16
Mon 17
Tues 18
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Tues 1
Wed 2
Thurs 3
Fri 4
Sat 5
Sun Pro:Verbs Finale - Ps. Luke Harris 6
Mon 7
Tues 8
Wed 9
Thurs 10
Fri 11
Sat 12
Sun
New Series Son of God - Ps. Luke
2-4pm Band Practice // 6-8pm ELEV8
13
Mon 14
Tues 15
Wed 16
Thurs 17
Fri Good Friday 18
Thurs Citipointe (Heart) Conference 1
Fri Citipointe (Heart) Conference 2
Sat Citipointe (Heart) Conference 3
Sun Son of God 3 - Ps. Luke Harris 4
Mon 5
Tues 6
Wed 7
Thurs 8
Fri 9
Sat 10
Sun Mothers Day - Ps. Amber Harris 11
Mon 12
Tues 13
Wed 14
Thurs 15
Fri 16
Sat 17
Sun
Son of God 5 - Ps. Luke Harris
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Wed Empower Her 19
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Sat 22
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Pro:Verbs 8 - Ps. Luke Harris
2-4pm Band Practice // 6-8pm UC Leaders
23
Mon 24
Tues 25
Wed 26
Thurs 27
Fri 28
Sat 29
Sun
Pro:Verbs 9 - Ps. Luke Harris
21 Day Fast Commences
30
Mon 31
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Fri Good Friday 18
Sat Easter Saturday 19
Sun
Easter Sunday - Ps. Dave McDonald
Water Baptisms 4.30-8.30 Family Dinner
20
Mon Easter Public Holiday 21
Tues 22
Wed 23
Thurs 24
Fri Anzac Day 25
Sat 26
Sun
Son of God 2 - Ps. Luke Harris
2-4pm Band Practice // 6-8pm UC Leaders
27
Mon 28
Tues 29
Wed Empower Her 30
Sun
Son of God 5 - Ps. Luke Harris
2-4pm Band Practice // 6-8pm ELEV8
18
Mon 19
Tues 20
Wed Empower Her 21
Thurs 22
Fri 23
Sat 24
Sun
Son of God 6 - Ps. Luke Harris
2-4pm Band Practice // 6-8pm UC Leaders
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Tues 27
Wed 28
Thurs 29
Fri 30
Sat 31
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EMPOWER
2014
PRIORITIES
At Empower Church we are all about loving God, sharing faith,
empowering leaders, reaching families & discipling generations.
Heres how were going to do it this year:
EMPOWER
2014
PRIORITIES
At Empower Church we are all about loving God, sharing faith,
empowering leaders, reaching families & discipling generations.
Heres how were going to do it this year:
Goals:

Build our Empower Kids team
Outreach Kids Concert performance on the Cronulla Mall stage late 2014
Increased Scripture involvement in local schools
Empower Kids / Young Families resource website, music & clips
Explore growth options with bigger space for Sunday Morning Kids programming

How You Can Help:

Join the Empower Kids Team
Pray for the Empower Kids Ministry
Accompany our mascots for a Sunday afternoon outreach
Invite families to church
Give financially through our V3 Campaign: Victory Generation
Goals:

Monthly 'ELEV8' meeting where we train leaders & volunteers and pray for church vision
Launch monthly U.C. Leaders meeting to help connect members & guests through relationship
Monthly Training / Collaboration with Urban Connection Leaders
Launch Band Practices in church hall 2
nd
& 4
th
Sunday of the month

How You Can Help:

Pray for or serve in one of our Sunday afternoon teams Ministry Leadership Team, Urban
Connection Leadership Team, I.N.F.L.U.E.N.C.E.R.S team, Finance Vision Team, Worship Team,
ETV team
Attend our ELEV8 prayer and training night
3. Outreach to Families through . . .
We believe in our Empower Kids Childrens Ministry. We
want to be obedient to the scriptures in training our
children and encouraging the next generation to remember
their Creator in the days of their youth.
4. Training & Team Building through . . .
After God and His Son Jesus, the most precious
resource that we have is the people that call our
church home. We are committed to training our
volunteers and leaders to be the best that they can
be, in life and ministry.
1. Worship & Teaching through . . .
Gathering people for unified:

Celebration Sacrament
Service Scripture
Spiritual impartation Sending

Goals:

Launching E.TV for Church News and Sermon Media
Potentially starting a second Sunday AM service to cater for guests / church growth (8.30
& 10.30am service) by years end
Increase visibility where we are permanent signage, A-frame advertisements, bigger
greeting & ushering team
Greater presence in the mall with Empower Kids mascots, invitations to families, community
interaction through E.TV

How You Can Help:

Invest in the House through serving in our Service Team, Worship Team, Guest Services,
Greeting team, Set up & pack down team & Kids Mascots
Participate in our current sermon series through mid-week study and invitation
Become raving fans / punctual attendees / passionate promoters of Empower Church and
the good news about Jesus
Repost/retweet church Social Media promotions for online invitation
Financially partner with tithes and offerings, sponsor our media gear and signage, and invite
guests to our services

Goals:

Create Message Notes to aid Urban Connection Leaders
Create Media clips to aid Urban Connection discussion
Launch more Urban Connections throughout the Shire
Increase effectiveness of reporting so we can jointly share testimonies & breakthroughs
Ensure that every generation is being effectively cared for and discipled through at least one
regular Urban Connection

How You Can Help:

Participate in or apply to run one of our Youth, Young Adult, Adult, Empower Her, Man Up &
Young Families Urban Connections
2. Discipleship & Community through . . .

Every member connected relationally in an Urban Connection
and encouraged towards living the Empowered Life:

Inspired by God
Inviting people to Christ
Investing in Gods house
Involved in Deep Community
Influencing your world



Goals:

Build our Empower Kids team
Outreach Kids Concert performance on the Cronulla Mall stage late 2014
Increased Scripture involvement in local schools
Empower Kids / Young Families resource website, music & clips
Explore growth options with bigger space for Sunday Morning Kids programming

How You Can Help:

Join the Empower Kids Team
Pray for the Empower Kids Ministry
Accompany our mascots for a Sunday afternoon outreach
Invite families to church
Give financially through our V3 Campaign: Victory Generation
Goals:

Monthly 'ELEV8' meeting where we train leaders & volunteers and pray for church vision
Launch monthly U.C. Leaders meeting to help connect members & guests through relationship
Monthly Training / Collaboration with Urban Connection Leaders
Launch Band Practices in church hall 2
nd
& 4
th
Sunday of the month

How You Can Help:

Pray for or serve in one of our Sunday afternoon teams Ministry Leadership Team, Urban
Connection Leadership Team, I.N.F.L.U.E.N.C.E.R.S team, Finance Vision Team, Worship Team,
ETV team
Attend our ELEV8 prayer and training night
3. Outreach to Families through . . .
We believe in our Empower Kids Childrens Ministry. We
want to be obedient to the scriptures in training our
children and encouraging the next generation to remember
their Creator in the days of their youth.
4. Training & Team Building through . . .
After God and His Son Jesus, the most precious
resource that we have is the people that call our
church home. We are committed to training our
volunteers and leaders to be the best that they can
be, in life and ministry.
1. Worship & Teaching through . . .
Gathering people for unified:

Celebration Sacrament
Service Scripture
Spiritual impartation Sending

Goals:

Launching E.TV for Church News and Sermon Media
Potentially starting a second Sunday AM service to cater for guests / church growth (8.30
& 10.30am service) by years end
Increase visibility where we are permanent signage, A-frame advertisements, bigger
greeting & ushering team
Greater presence in the mall with Empower Kids mascots, invitations to families, community
interaction through E.TV

How You Can Help:

Invest in the House through serving in our Service Team, Worship Team, Guest Services,
Greeting team, Set up & pack down team & Kids Mascots
Participate in our current sermon series through mid-week study and invitation
Become raving fans / punctual attendees / passionate promoters of Empower Church and
the good news about Jesus
Repost/retweet church Social Media promotions for online invitation
Financially partner with tithes and offerings, sponsor our media gear and signage, and invite
guests to our services

Goals:

Create Message Notes to aid Urban Connection Leaders
Create Media clips to aid Urban Connection discussion
Launch more Urban Connections throughout the Shire
Increase effectiveness of reporting so we can jointly share testimonies & breakthroughs
Ensure that every generation is being effectively cared for and discipled through at least one
regular Urban Connection

How You Can Help:

Participate in or apply to run one of our Youth, Young Adult, Adult, Empower Her, Man Up &
Young Families Urban Connections
2. Discipleship & Community through . . .

Every member connected relationally in an Urban Connection
and encouraged towards living the Empowered Life:

Inspired by God
Inviting people to Christ
Investing in Gods house
Involved in Deep Community
Influencing your world



Sundays 10am

Cronulla Central Hall
Level 3, 38-60 Croydon Street
Cronulla NSW 2230

Age 1-12 Empower Kids program


For latest info Like us at Empower Church - Shire

CONTACT US:
shire@empowerchurch.com.au
www.empowerchurch.com.au
BORN FOR MORE
AUTUMN
March 2014
- May 2014