PROGRAMME FOR THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN QUEENSLAND

Thursday 4th – 6th February 2010

Wednesday 3rd February
8.30am:  Baptism of Louella Ruth Palmer in Mackay 7.30pm:  Brisbane – Gathering at the home of Sue and Rob Vos, 7 Riatta St., Chapel Hill. 
Phone 07 37202915; please contact Sue if you are coming.  Open topic depending on who’s there!
 All other events unless otherwise indicated will be held in the temporary Chapel at MAPLETON FALLS COLLEGE:  36 Mapleton Falls Road, Mapleton.

Thursday 4th February:Chapel Set- up will be on Thursday.  From 10am on we need volunteers to set up the chapel.  Please contact Paul Martin if you can help ph 07 54786260.
7.00pm:  Gospel Study, the reading for the week – (Matthew 20: 1 – 16) – at Therese and Colin Allen’s home, 33 Glenys St., Burnside.  Ph 07 5441 6917.

Friday 5th February
8.00am:           THE ACT OF CONSECRATION OF MAN
7.30pm:        The Transitions of Childhood:  Talk by Cheryl Nekvapil.   In the meeting room at Noosa Pengari Steiner School, 86 Nyell Rd., Doonan.
This interesting talk will cover the 3 major transitions that occur during the school aged child’s development.
Cheryl will look at the changes that affect the inner and outer landscape of the child during these phases and how we can best meet their needs at home and at school.
· 6-7 yr  “first puberty” transition
· 9-10 yr “rubicon’s crossing”
· 12-14 yr teenage transition
 A wonderful talk for parents and teachers alike!

Cheryl Nekvapil is former kindergarten teacher and founding parent of the Orana Steiner School in Canberra.  She was ordained as a priest in the Christian Community in 2002 after studying in Germany and is now a school chaplain. Cheryl is a mother of four and a grandmother of two; and brings much experience, wisdom and inspiration to her presentations.

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