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In a separate communication from the CPT all churches will be asked to hold this offering on Pentecost Sunday, 26 May 2013, when we remember that Christ sent his Spirit into the world to enliven the mission and build His church. This is an appropriate Sunday to focus on the work of church planting and the missional task God has given to the church. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Giving sacrificially for the work of church planting is important, but a greater task is the task of prayer. For this reason the “Fourfold Task” adopted by Synod 2006 begins with prayer. As churches we are urged:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:72.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>"To call upon God for such an outpouring of his Spirit that his people will be assured of his love through his Word, seek to please the Saviour in all things, manifest the godly life and be filled with prayerful and sacrificial compassion for the lost in all the world."</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Prayer changes things. If we believe this, then we had better be praying that God will change the eternal destiny of our neighbours and country. In the seven weeks after Easter Sunday leading up to Pentecost, church and individuals are encouraged to pray for the work of the Gospel in Australia and beyond. To assist individuals and churches to focus their prayers in the days leading up to Pentecost, a “Prayer Calendar” has been put together beginning with Easter Monday and ending on Pentecost. The prayer items highlight the work of the gospel throughout Australia and beyond. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> There are several ways you use this prayer calendar:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><div class=WordSection2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Duplicate the entire calendar (.PDF format attached) monthly newsletters, include it in your bulletin on Easter Sunday, 7 April, and/or post it on your website;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Include the prayers for the week in your weekend services.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Print the prayers for the week (.doc and PDF format attached) in your weekly bulletin and/or post it on your website, encouraging people to pray daily.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Give a copy of the prayer calendar to your prayer teams and/or pray through each item at the meeting of sessions and/or elders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:skip;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:dropcap-in-margin;mso-element-wrap:auto;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:page;mso-height-rule:exactly;mso-element-linespan:3'><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 hspace=0 vspace=0><tr><td valign=top align=left style='padding-top:0cm;padding-right:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:32.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;mso-list:skip;text-autospace:none;mso-element:dropcap-in-margin;mso-element-wrap:auto;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:page;mso-height-rule:exactly;mso-element-linespan:3'><span style='font-size:80.0pt;mso-text-raise:-4.0pt'> I<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:skip;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>magine your church, filled with God's Spirit, being of one mind and one body as it brings its life into line with God's great purpose of restoring the world under the lordship of Christ. Imagine every one of your church's members fully committed to seeing God's purposes become a reality. May God hear our prayers, may his Kingdom come, and may each one of us and our churches be filled with a sacrificial compassion for the lost in all the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:skip;text-autospace:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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