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MOSAIC WAREHOUSE want to decorate your home & garden, make gifts for family & friends. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, all your mosaic supplies in one shop. Huge selection available. Making mosaics is easy & so much fun. Give it a go, you’ll love it. Unit 29, 23 Tukorako Drive, Mount (off Hull Rd) Tues to Sat 10am2pm eftpos Ph 572 3866 www.mosaicwarehouse.co.nz SILVER JEWELLERY - Sat 11th August 10am-4pm full day workshop using Art Clay Silver. Complete your own unique piece of 99.9% pure silver jewellery during this workshop & learn how to continue to make it at home. Ph 571 3726 Clay Art Studio, Village on 17th Ave.
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“DEAR FRIENDS, let us love one another for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God knows God.” John 4:7
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CAR FAIR – buy or sell any vehicle every Sunday at 11th Avenue Car park opposite Mad Butcher 8am-noon. Vehicle Finance available from Heartland Finance. Ph for more information 027 733 9686 or w w w. t a u r a n g a c a r f a i r. c o . n z
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HOUSEKEEPING job required. Cleaning/ironing etc. I am very conscientious & willing to work, Papamoa/Mount area. Further info ph Lea 572 0435 or 027 841 7163
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A1 PAINTER / DECORATOR available. All interior and exterior work. Prompt reliable excellent references. Ph Paul 576 4793 or 027 689 6252 AIRCONDITIONING HEATPUMPS LG 5.2kw installed for just $2700*. All electrical services also available at low rates. Ph 027 547 3831 or 543 0062 for details. ALLAN HOLMES for all your carpentry lockfitting & handyman jobs around the home. Big or Small. Free quotes. Reasonable rates. Ph 021 992 678 or after hours on 07 576 3543 BUILDER 35 YEARS experience. decks to bathrooms, sheds to additions, fences to pergolas. Free quotes. Ph Geoff 027 490 5839 or 543 4697 BUILDER/HANDYMAN 45yrs experience, no job too small. Ph Bryan on 027 408 3905 BUILDER licensed CBA member 35 years experience available for additions alterations maintenance & reclads. Ph Brian 576 1671 BUILDER licensed/qualified available for all your building requirements. Contact Mark 544 4177 or 021 683 404 BUILDERS - Murray Pedersen licensed builder with his experienced team will undertake additions renovations also reclads. We can arrange plans & consents. Ph 575 7870
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CHIMNEY SWEEP repairs & maintenance. Inspection report insurance receipt from $40. Also, spouting cleans repairs & replacements, roof leaks & repairs, plumbing maintenance. Ph 021 266 4025 ELECTRICIAN A professional and affordable registered electrician. New builds alterations repairs. Ph Steve 578 0555 or 027 848 6042 GORSE SPRAYING Do you have a gorse problem? Ph today for a free quote for all gorse control. Ph Scott 027 462 4769 GUTTERING CLEAN and repairs moss removal. Experienced Certified Roofer. Free quotes. Ph Peter now 542 4291 or 0274 367 740 HANDYMAN BUILDING and section maintenance decks fencing pergolas painting water blasting odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 INSECT SCREENS Measure. Make. Mend. Contact Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940 PAINTER accomplished reliable tradesman. Available now. For free advice & quote Ph Barry 021 518 994 or 07 579 0119 PAINTER / DECORATOR Interior & Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services. Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 RETAINING WALL SPECIALIST Pole wall crib walls tilt slab concrete walls. Excavation and levelling. The best in the business. Ph Mike 0274 942 966 a/h 07 548 1985 ROOFING & SPOUTING Metal fascia, gutter and rainwater systems. Long run corrugate. Maintenance, repairs or replacement. Free no obligation quotes. PROFIX 027 496 5375 profixltd@xtra.co.nz ROOFING new roofs re-roofs spouting & repairs. Free quotes. Ph Chris 027 276 6348 or 572 3237 ROOF REPAIRS metal or onduline gutters & down pipes clean or replacement chimney repairs. Certified Roofer over 30yrs experience Free quote. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 0274 367 740
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ROTARY HOEING Lawn preparation & sowing. Loader & blade work. Tractor mowing. Quality work & friendly service. Mini Tractor Service. Ph Murray 543 4538 or 027 200 7480 STUMPINATOR STUMP Grinding free quotes & prompt service. Narrow machine to access rear yards. Ph 576 4245 or 022 076 4245 TAURANGA TANDEM SKYDIVING Best Buzz in the Bay, Gift Vouchers. Ph 576 7990 TILER QUALIFIED TILER references available free quotes all types of work done from kitchen splashbacks to full tiled bathrooms. Contact Nelson 021 609 289 TIMBER RETAINING WALLS decks and all types of fencing. Excellent work at a competitive price. Ph Clive 021 048 2833 or 552 6510 TREE SHRUB and hedges Trimming topping removal rubbish removal satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958
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DRIVING MISS DAISY need to get to an appointment or want an outing? But don’t drive? Call us for safe friendly and reliable service. Discount offered to Total Mobility card holders. Phone Jackie from Driving Miss Daisy, 552 6614
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A HOLIDAY or day-out. Every week. Small Group Tours. Door to Door Hinterland Tours Ph Kae & Rick 07 575 8118 ARE YOU looking for a day out or maybe a tour? Ph us for a copy of our weekly travel calendar. Outings include shows shopping markets luncheons mystery tours, scenic drives industry tours and even overnight tours. Ph Zealandier Tours 07 575 6425 admin@zealandiertours.com
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BAYLINE COACHES Day trips, away trips or sight seeing & tours! Call for a free quote today Ph 578 3113 CURTIS COACHES for all your bus & coach needs. Curtisy Tours Travel Club. Day trips & away trips. Local, Cambridge, Dame Edna, Palmerston 4 days, Norfolk Island 7 days, Chatham Islands. Ph for a newsletter 543 9205 MARY POPPINS Package deals for $200 per person return or coach only $60. Seats are selling fast so call Bayline now on 07 578 3113 to secure your place! SCOTTSDALE SENIOR TOURS fully escorted owner/operated since 1978. Ph free for colour brochure today 0800 664 414. Also see www.scottsdaletours.co.nz TASMANIA 13 days 13-24 Oct 2012. Home to home, airfares, luxury coach, fantastic itinerary, most meals, no hidden extras, fully escorted, share twin $6175.00. Ph United Travel 575 3068 for a brochure.
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HOME BASED child care experienced carer available. Moving to the Bay from Taranaki references available. 20hr ECE (3yrs & over), 9hr WINZ, under 3s WINZ subsides. 24hr care, including weekends. Pickup & drop offs neg. $5 p/h Nappies food etc neg. Starting in July. Ph Lisa 027 758 5774
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Details Agent Avail FULLY FURNISHED, complete inner harbour & Mt views, modern furnishings, 2 Josh NOW bathrooms, secure parking, suit professional couple. $285 Philimel Cres, Welcome Bay Lovely cosy flat with nice outlook. Comes with a carport. Suit quiet single person Merv 5th or couple. Aug $310 Hinerua Street, Maungatapu Very tidy home, good fenced section, has large heatpump, plenty of parking,sunny Josh 18th decking. Aug $310 Carlton Street, Otumoetai Clean and tidy property close to Cherrywood Shops. Double carport, garden shed, Josh 8th 1 bathroom. Aug $330 Waihi Road, Judea Two storey home, has two bathrooms, large living area, whiteware supplied, park- Josh NOW ing for 2 vehicles, dishwasher, minutes to city and Brookfield. $360 Maungatapu Road, 2 storey family home, fire place, single garage + carport, low maint section, close Josh 25th Maungatapu to schools & shops. Aug $450 Plummers Point Road, Rural – Modern family home, lovely sunny outlook, d/washer, 2 bathrooms, great estabJosh NOW Plummers Point lished grounds, great decking, has large loft area which could be 2nd living area or office, large double garage. $480 Williams Street, Central City Very tidy town house in the central city, fire place, private outdoor area, fenced, Josh Mid (Selwin Street) d/washer, lovely views upstairs, single garage, walking distance to town. Aug $340 Watling Street, Gate Pa Modern home, heatpump, sep toilet, single garage, no maintenance section. Josh NOW $520 80 Echo Valley Road, Near new family home with views over river & rural. Large open plan living areas, Andrea NOW Bethlehem office, quality chattels, ensuite, heatpump, central vac, triple garaging. MOUNT MAUNGANUI & PAPAMOA $320 Caryfort Street, Mount Good sized family home, new drapes throughout, heatpump, large single garage, Josh 1st Maunganui close to Bayfair Shopping Centre. Aug $400 Tara Road, Papamoa Modern art deco FULLY FURNISHED home, very unique home, two bathrooms, 2 Josh 12th living areas, paved outdoor areas in landscaped gardens, large single garage, Avail Aug short to med term $425 The Hot Spot, Mount Modern fully furnished apartment, two bathrooms, secure parking, directly opJosh Now Maunganui posite the Mount Hot Pools, suit mature couple or single only.
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WANTED TO RENT 3 brm home with double garage in country, wanted by active retired couple. Ref avail. Long term pref Ph 027 923 7229 1 BEDROOM cottage available. Newly decorated & carpeted. Parkvale area. $210 p/w incld lawns. References required. Suit retired person 55+ Ph Jackie 07 575 5238
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Perfectly perfect, completely complete The last words of Jesus on the Cross were: “It is finished!” (John 19:30).
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In the original Greek text those three English words are represented by one Greek word, which comes from the same root word that is translated “perfected”. In Hebrews 10:14 which says “For by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified”. So, the precise meaning of the last words that Jesus declared on the cross: “It is finished”, refers to doing something perfectly. To put that another way, it speaks of that which is perfectly perfect and completely complete. This means that Jesus accomplished all that His Father sent Him to do through His death and His resurrection and that He completed it perfectly and completely. Nothing needed to be added to what Jesus did and we better ensure that we do not try to take anything away from what He accomplished! Paul tells us in Colossians 2:15 that “God disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold
display and public example of them, in triumphing over them in Him (Christ) and in it (the cross)”. Jesus says in Matthew 28:18 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me”. The context is delegating that authority to those who follow Him to go in that authority to “make disciples of all nations”. So, we have the victory of the cross where God disarmed all principalities and powers through the finished, perfectly perfect and completely complete work of the cross. We also have the statement by Jesus that all authority in heaven and in earth has been given to Him, which means that the devil has none! That authority has been given to the church in our role as ambassadors for Christ – which means that the devil still has no authority – and he is still disarmed! Jesus has ascended to the right hand of the Father in the heavenly places (the place of authority) but we are seated with Him in the heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). All of which means that we do not need to claim back what the devil has stolen – Jesus
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did that on the cross. We do not have to overthrow principalities and powers – Jesus did that on the cross. We don’t have to fight to gain victory over the devil – Jesus did that on the cross. Scripture teaches that the war has already been won and we do not work towards victory or to gain victory! Instead, we function from victory – from the place of established victory in Christ, through the perfectly perfect, completely complete, finished work of the cross. This truth should change our understanding of intercession and of spiritual warfare. Internationally recognised teacher Derek Prince once declared: Satan can never undo the defeat he received through the Cross but his cunning strategy is to keep Christians from realising what was accomplished there. For more on this important subject, listen to or download the message “The Triumph That Is Calvary”. The URL is http://www.jesusfirst. org.nz/MP3Files/TheTriumphThatIsCalvary. mp3. We look forward to seeing you this Sunday at Jesus First Tauranga. By Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First
Thinking about conversion I was thinking a couple of weeks ago about the day, July 10 1967, when we changed to decimal currency. Some of you who are older will remember that day and the lead up to it, the dollar man and the jingle about shillings and pence. It was first mooted in 1959, there was an Act of Parliament in 1964 and the change came in 1967. I was managing a retail bookshop at the time and we had to mark all our stock with dual currency and train our staff and change our cash registers to cope with the new decimal currency. Today we don’t give it another thought. It’s like we have always been in decimal currency and words like ‘tuppence’ and ‘half penny’ are no longer part
of our vocabulary. The time we changed over we called ‘conversion’ and the bible has something to say about that too. Not conversion from one currency to another but from following our own ways to following God’s ways. In Acts chapter nine there is the account of Paul’s conversion from being anti-God and all he and the new believers stood for to being one of the strongest advocates for the Christian faith. It was a 180 degree turn around. And God today still looks for that type of change; from being against what God wants for each one of us to being a committed lifelong follower of Jesus Christ, doing what God wants us to do and living as God wants us to live. For Paul this was a massive turn around and today God is still looking for that sort of turnaround from each of us. Have you decided to turn your life over to God and be a follower of Jesus?
Stephen Tyrrell Pastor, South City Baptist Church Tauranga