St Marks Lutheran Church Dubbo

ABOUT ANCHOR

Anchor is our group of youth from Year 8 onwards. We meet each fortnight at church straight after school for afternoon tea and run till 5pm. Our group’s aim is to have times of bible study/film/talk as well as help out in the community. One year we’ve visited the Nursing Home and assisted several times with the kids program at Community Kitchen. We make time for fun things too playing Lazer skirmish, tenpin bowling, watching movies and having great bonfire nights.

Anchor

In 2011 our Anchor group are looking at their individual likes and interests.

Some of their interests are being used to help out in our church services e.g. acting in the puppet show in the children’s service in May and craft in the Easter gifts to the Nursing Home.

Our fun activities are also been organised to include their interests. So far for fun, we have enjoyed swimming, cooking, games, videos and slot car racing.

Terms Two and Three we are also looking at our spiritual gifts and talents.

God has blessed us all with spiritual gifts. Some of the gifts and talents of our group include: faith, hospitality, craftsmanship, discernment, leadership and music.

We are now encouraging each other to be more aware of our gifts and learn to use them more readily in our church, community and in our daily lives.

Community Kitchen ‘kids’ are still greatly supported by our group each month and those in our group whose gifts are in craftsmanship are volunteering to organise crafts for these kids.

We will be hosting a trivia night in Term Three to raise funds for LWS.

We plan to end our Term Three creating Christmas craft gifts ready to deliver to the Nursing Home at Christmas.

Our fortnight devotions this year are mostly being downloaded from the LCA website and we’re trying to keep with our theme of spiritual gifts.

Our group are also supporting each other during the year by taking in turn emailing a spiritual message to each member, and as leaders Kathie and I continue to text a bible message to all each week.

Kathie and I are truly blessed as we fellowship with our youth group.

Ros.

 

 

Anchor Report 2010

Again 2010’s Anchor activities were based around Bible Study, Fun, Church family & Community involvement.

This year, with the help of the Molkentin’s tools and shed and Pastor Brenton and Graham’s expertise, the group made Faith Chests for the upcoming confirmees and baptisms. As well as filling the need for the chests as gifts, this activity also gave the group a time of fellowship, hospitality and interaction with the Molkentins. Biscuits were also cooked there ,ready to be wrapped and delivered with Easter cards to the Dubbo Nursing Home. JAM & Anchor visited Dubbo Nursing Home again at Christmas delivering  heart-lolly decorations. Positive feedback from staff and residents of the Nursing Home has been received as to how these visits have had such a big impact on them.

Anchor planned and participated with the JAM and confirmation groups in the Pentecost service in May and the October picnic service.

We welcomed Rahul, Rachael, Ellie, Anna and Georgina mid-year to our group after their confirmation in July celebrating with a bonfire and fireworks.

Just for fun we tenpin bowled with friends, tested our driving skills at slotcar racing and battled it out with ‘minute to win it’ games.

We opened most get-togethers with bible readings from the LCA website. These proved very good for discussion. We also watched the movie ‘Gifted Hands’ a true story based on Dr Ben Carson’s life – an American-negro brain surgeon – his most powerful asset – his very prayerful , uneducated , single mum – a very recommended watch….

We started this year texting each Anchor member a bible message weekly, just as another way of keeping Jesus in their day. Each member is also taking a turn at emailing the group with a ‘Jesus thought”

We again worked once a month with the kids at community kitchen and visited the blood bank with other congregational members.

Our Anchor group along with their families finished the year with tea and table games at church.

Thanks to all who help with travel, afternoon teas and joining us in community and fun activities. We very much appreciate your support and look forward to any great year.

In God’s service, Kathie and Ros

Anchor Report 2009

Once again we planned our year around studies, community work, fundraisers and fun!!

Our studies

–Term One was on ‘Prayer’ and when and how God answers them
-Term Two we studied Kel Richard’s Aussie Pilgrim’s  Progress. We walked with ‘Christian’ (a new believer) on his quest to God’s own country (heaven) enduring the perils and enjoying the rewards he encountered on the way. We compared it to our Christian walk- peer pressure, worldly values, our Christian beliefs and staying focussed on God’s promises.

-Term Three Pastor Brenton led a short study and with the help of Neil, Michelle and Kathie Anchor organised and led a Sunday Service.

Our Community work

-Community Kitchen is held each Friday night and one Friday night a term we help with the childrens activites- playing cards, drawing, crafts etc. on our last night we made angel decorations for them to take home.
-Clean-up Australia
-Blood bank (quarterly)
-Nursing Home Christmas visits delivering angel decorations made with the help of our confirmation and JAM (infants,primary) kids.

Our Fun Stuff

-Mini putt-putt golf, slip’n’slide, icecream eat-off, go-carting with bonfire and BBQ, Swimming & end of year pool’n’waterslide party

Our Fundraisers

-Warrambui Dome Project was important to us as most kids have been to camps there. We held a BBQ outside ‘Autobarn’ on an extremely hot day!!      – For our LWS fundraiser we packaged bundles of tracts and sold them for use as Christmas gift tags or bookmarks

We have a great bunch of youth & it is our privilege to encourage & meet  with them fortnightly in our planned activity.
In God’s Service.
Ros & Kathie