When to Find us
Sunday
English Service, Mandarin Service, Cantonese Bible Study
Cantonese Service, Mandarin Bible Study, English Bible Study
Prayer Meeting (only on 5th week)
Cantonese Service, English Bible Study
Cantonese Sunday School, English Family Service
Wednesday
Prayer Meeting (only on 2nd and 4th week)
Groups
Wednesday
10am
Mandarin and Cantonese Playgroup
7:30pm
English PLUS & Workers
Thursday
10am
Cantonese Leisure Centre
8pm
Cantonese Workers Fellowship (1st and 3rd week)
Friday
9:30am
English Playgroup
7:30pm
English Youth Fellowship (TYF)
7:45pm
Cantonese Youth Fellowship
8pm
Mandarin Youth Fellowship (odd week)
News
03/03/2019
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Extraordinary Members’ meeting There will be a church members' meeting at 1pm on 17th March to vote regarding Joe Mooreman’s appointment. The meeting will be brief. We urge members to attend, as we need a quorum of 100 members (40% of the total membership), to be present to vote on this appointment.
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PA training is happening again. A one-hour workshop will be held on Sunday, 24th March at 1pm to cover the equipment maintenance and the use of the PA in the main hall. A separate side hall equipment training will be held on April. All current PA users in all congregations and fellowship are urged to attend. Those who are interested in serving in this ministry are also welcome. For more information or questions please see or contact Patrick Wong (wong.pat.c@gmail.com 0425268983)
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Training for Ushers, Chairpersons, and Song/Band Leaders. There will be combined and group training in each of these areas for the two English Congregations on Saturday 13th April, from 9.30am to 12.30pm. The training will be led by experienced people in the English Congregations. It is hoped that everyone involved in these ministries will attend, as some important updates and changes will be discussed. Please let Peter Dart know if you are not able to come.
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Annual Report 2018-2019 Would all Pastors, Elders, Deacons and Congregation Committee Members please forward your 2018-2019 Annual Reports in both English and Chinese to Mandy Wong via mandy.wong@cabc-t.org.au on or before 31st March, 2019.
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Sabbatical Leave Rev Candy Leung is taking four months’ sabbatical leave until 30th June, 2019. In her absence, please contact Ada Ko, Cherry Lai (AM) or Ben Lau (PM) for children’s ministry issues. Please contact our AO, Mandy Wong, for issues related to WWCC (Working with Children Check).
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The Monthly Dinner will be held next Sunday, 10th March, after the 5pm service. All brothers and sisters are welcome to join. Please bring a plate to share.
24/02/2019
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Sabbatical Leave Rev Candy Leung is taking four months’ sabbatical leave from 1st March to 30th June, 2019. In her absence, please contact Ada Ko, Cherry Lai (AM) or Ben Lau (PM) for children’s ministry issues. Please contact our AO, Mandy Wong, for issues related to WWCC (Working with Children Check).
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OMF will be holding their state Missions Conference, 2019—Serving the Unseen—on this coming Saturday, 2nd March, at Toongabbie Baptist Church (180 Toongabbie Road, Girraween), from 9:30am to 4:00pm. Adults $40, children (12 and under) $20. This fee includes conference materials, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. The main speaker is James Robertson, an OMF missionary, serving Muslims in East Asia. Come along to discover how you can serve the unseen God among these unseen people! Please register via https://omf.org/australia/nswservingtheunseen/ if you are interested.
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The Church Quarterly Members’ Meeting will be held today, at 1pm, in the Main Hall. The Agenda, the Minutes and the Financial Report of the last Quarterly Members’ Meeting are available for collection from the table in the foyer. All members, please make an effort to attend. This is especially important, as a quorum of 40% of the membership is required for us to be able to vote on the appointment of Joe Moormann as an English Ministry Worker. Non-members are also encouraged to attend in order to gain a better understanding of the workings of the church.
Wendy Fan from the Mandarin Congregation has applied for membership and her application will be presented at the meeting.
Who are We
Chinese and Australian Baptist Church - Thornleigh was founded in July 1989. Since 1984, Rev. Joseph Fung responded to God's guidance, and, together with Rev. Burman of Eastwood Baptist Church began to reach out to the Cantonese speaking Chinese migrant community, resulting in the establishment of CABC Thornleigh. All this time the Church has upheld its foundation – the Word of God. The ministry of our church has always centred on the Word of God – our Sunday worship, our all-age Sunday school, our cell groups and fellowship groups all built upon this foundation; but from the beginning, never forgetting the Great Commission. Right from the beginning, CABC-Thornleigh already established a mission fund, supporting local and overseas mission.
Here we see a beautiful picture, the Australian and Chinese pastors and brothers and sisters then, in responding to the gospel need of the community, joined in local mission, establishing the church, spreading the Word of God, and supporting overseas missions. Just as the Lord Jesus, before his ascension, instructed the apostles and said, “…You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). We thank God for His provision throughout the years, for establishing CABC-Thornleigh this big spiritual family to proclaim Christ and witness the power of His Gospel.