Greetings, on behalf of CITF (Church in the Fields), I would like to welcome you to our church website. Let me briefly introduce you to our church.

CITF (Church in the Fields) are a Seventh-day Adventist community church. We are a new Christian church plant in Macquarie Fields in Sydney's Southwest. We were birthed out of and based at Macarthur Adventist College. We worship together every Saturday morning at 10am. And we range in all ages from 0-60+ as well as from many different nationalities, cultures & backgrounds! We have a relaxed, friendly & informal feel to our church. We pray that when you visit, you will be inspired & sense that you have drawn closer to Jesus by the time you leave. We'd love to see you. Please feel free to join any of our up and coming events.

We meet every Saturday, from 10am - 12:30pm (followed by lunch) at 12 Victoria Rd, Macqaurie Fields (Macarthur Adventist College). The nearest train stations are Glenfield & Macquarie Fields.

Andre Afamasaga
Pastor, Church in the Fields

Upcoming Events @ CITF

CONNECTIONS RELATIONSHIP SEMINAR - MON 28 JULY - FRI 1 AUG 2008, 7-830PM 

From 7-8:30pm on Mon 28 July - Fri 1 Aug, we will be hosting "CONNECTIONS" - a relationship seminar for couples and people.  
 
Our guest speakers are Pastor Francis Pule and his wife Jennifer, a nurse. They are originally from NZ but have been pastoring a number of churches in Tasmania. They are a lovely couple and you are going to love what they have lined up:
 
Monday: LOVE FOR A LIFETIME
Here we will meet our hosts as they share their love experience. They will look at love for life, including wedding vows and what their relationship looks like.
 
Tuesday: COMMUNICATION AND DIFFERENCES.
Couples will have an opportunity to spend some time together discovering how they use communication, how their partner communicates and whether there are ways in which they can improve their communication together.
 
Wednesday: RESOLVING CONFLICT
Resolving conflict, understanding triggers, and different ways of dealing with conflict.
 
Thursday: GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Here we look at a number of areas, touching on expectations, objectives, a roadworthy-ness check, and into the future. 
 
Friday: INTIMACY, ROMANCE AND SEX
What is romance? What is intimacy? How important are they? And sex – does the earth really move?
 
Saturday: SUMMARY & CLOSING
Here Frances & Jen will sumarise the entire week's learnings and they will deal more specifically about how God makes a difference in their relationship. 
 
There are a number of things you can do to support this event for our church:

• Attend, so you can upskill in the area of your personal relationships. (Also please dont think you have to be a couple only to attend, although it is designed with couples in mind, not yet marrieds and singles can still learn alot from this seminar.)
• Attend, so you can meet families from the school and invite them to church
• Volunteer to help out either in the 1) Cafe (hosting, serving), 2) sell books in our resource area, or be with 3) Kids Care (kids activities while their parents are in the session), or be a 4) host/friend to our guests on the night. Options #3 & #4 are our greatest need.
• Invite your friends along to this.
• Pray for the success of this event
• Pray for Pr Francis & Jennifer (they will also be the guest speakers at our Festival of Faith at the school during the mornings)

Although the course is free, we do have a $5 reservation fee only to ensure we get a good turnout.  

 
Also, after CONNECTIONS we will immediately launch a monthly men's group as well as parenting workshops. So keep these ideas in your prayers also.
 
If you have any questions please do not hestitate to call me. Thanks always for your support.
Many blessings
Andre

STATE OF ORIGIN BIG SCREEN PARTY - WED 11 JUNE 2008, 7:15-10PM 

Tomorrow night (Wed 11 June), 7:15-10pm, CITF are hosting our first ever State of Origin Big Screen party.  This is an awesome way to meet families & friends of Macarthur Adventist College.  We have some fun games also (possibly a CITF version of the Footy show featuring Rams, Rueben, Rom!!  

It’s free but bring along some coins to buy some yummy snacks (drinks - $1; pizzas - $2; pies - $3; hotdogs - $2; etc). All funds go towards the MAC year 10 students going on the Kokoda Track! (We also need some volunteers to heat up & serve food from about 5:30pm onwards, any takers?? Please contact Andre).

So bring a friend along & enjoy the State of Origin with some crazy friends from CITF! See you tomorrow night!!

And also, everyone please keep this event in your prayers. This is an introductory event that leads into another State of Origin screening (7 July) and also a CITF Men’s Group in August followed by a Men’s Conference in November.

CITF "30 DAYS TO LIVE" starting Saturday 24 May 2008 through to all of June 2008

Please join us tomorrow (Sat 31 May 2008) at CITF for an introduction to a new preaching & teaching series we are doing all throughout June that asks this thought-provoking question “HOW WOULD YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE IF YOU ONLY HAD 30 DAYS TO LIVE?”

Just imagine … How would your life look different? Would you spend more time at work or with your kids? Who would you need to forgive or seek forgiveness from? What about God? Where would he fit in? Would you play more or pray more or both?

Come along for a journey as we discover some positive answers to some of these tough life questions.  This is a great service to invite your non-Christian friends to.

I hope to see you all tomorrow.

Many blessings

 CITF "You give them something to eat" Sabbath - 24 May 2008

This Saturday (24 May) we have another wonderful service organized. Our guest speaker is Melanie Sergent from NZ. She is a farm girl who loves Jesus. Her talk will be titled “You give them something to eat”. Please invite your friends along to this.

CITF "Isn't She Lovely!" Sabbath - 10 April 2008

On Saturday 10 May, we have our annual "Isn't She Lovely" Sabbath to celebrate all the women in our lives.  

It will be a special Sabbath designed to bless the special ladies that make a big difference in our lives. Pr Rams will also preach an inspiring message that will bless all in attendance. Please invite the ladies in your life (remember 82!)

Please join us this weekend, bring a plate and a heart to worship Jesus! See you all on Saturday at 10am

FANTASTIC NEW 6-WEEK COURSE ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE

Also for those of you who want to learn more about what Seventh-day Adventists believe, you won't want to miss out on a new course we are offering. It's called beLIeVE. It looks at our 28 Fundamental Beliefs over a number of 6-week block courses. It will be taken by Pr Eddie Johnson, an experienced Adventist Pastor who has worked everywhere from Africa - Canada - NZ & more. This course will be especially useful for those who are new Christians or who want to be baptised. Please register your interest with Pr Rams. More details of when we launch will be available from Rams.    

When you come to CITF, our church, this is what you can expect:

CITF Welcome Lounge Cafe
10am - 10.15am
Join us in our friendly Welcome Lounge Cafe. Don't eat breakfast at home, instead join us for a hot drink & some cookies or cake. Get to meet new friends and mingle before we worship together.

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