Meeting Reminder 15 November 2020 2.30pm, The Café, Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Rd, Greenlane, Auckland

PAUL & SHULAMIT ATAYA

ARAB - JEWISH BELIEVERS - PERSPECTIVE

Followed by

PRAYER FOR ISRAEL & THE MIDDLE EAST

This will be our final Meeting for 2020 Refreshments to follow Please invite family & friends

**Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall Prosper that Love Thee.

Ps 121 v 4 Behold He that Keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.**

Greetings to all our

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP FRIENDS

Our first Meeting for some months will be 2.30pm, this Sunday 18 October 2020 The Café Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Rd, Greenlane, Auckland

Our Meeting will include a ZOOM presentation by

JOANNA MOSS

‘NZ ELECTION ANALYSIS’

Available will be Free copies of

‘ISRAEL & CHRISTIANS TODAY’

Newspapers, August & October editions

Derek Prince Book Mark Declarations

‘PRAYER FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND’

Habakkuk 2:14 ‘Let our country be filled with the knowledge of Your Glory As the waters cover the sea’

Matthew 6:10 ‘Let your Kingdom come in New Zealand

A time of Fellowship to follow

Please invite likeminded family & friends Refreshments will be served

**Ps 122:6 ‘Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that Love Thee’

Ps 121 v 4 ‘Behold He that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep’**

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

POSTPONED due to Covid 19 L3 Lockdown in Auckland

Our 16 August 2020 Meeting postponed due to circumstances beyond our control.

Joanna Moss will be speaking to the Israel Focus Group at the next available opportunity. We will advise you the date of our next Meeting as soon as possible.

2.30pm 16 August 2020 The Café Greenlane Christian Centre 17 Marewa Road Greenlane Auckland

JOANNA MOSS

With our New Zealand elections very soon this Israel Focus Group Meeting with Joanna is highly recommended. Please extend an Invitation to likeminded family & friends. Pastors you are welcome to invite members of your congregations.

Politics, Power, Parliament and Leadership

Joanna Moss grew up in Wellington listening to Parliament at night with her father. She continues to follow politics closely and has been involved in a wide range of political activities from campaigning, research, strategy, appearing before Select Committees, working in a polling booth to the legal side of candidate selection.

Following undergraduate studies at Victoria University she joined her husband doing graduate studies in Boston then worked in New York for four years followed by a year in Paris when the Berlin Wall came down. She has worked in Africa, Argentina, Japan and Ukraine including doing aid work.

Currently she runs NZ Friends of Israel in the Wellington region and is a regular contributor to the NZFOI newsletter along with hosting VIPs and running events. In addition to being a HIT host, she writes for Christians for Israel Newspaper, RSA Review and other publications. Her love of teaching is reflected in decades of biblical teaching to adults.

Joanna has been to Israel numerous times including as a guide and tour leader. Her specialty field is ANZAC Israel – the Sinai Palestine campaign and WW2 connections. She represented NZ at the Allenby at the Gate ceremony in December 2017.

In her talk Joanna will explain MMP and the critical issues facing Christians in this election. Then turn her attention to issues of leadership and the role of prayer.

Refreshments to Follow Collection will be taken

PLEASE MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING

**Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem They shall prosper that Love Thee

Ps 121 v 4 Behold, He that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep**

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

**Reminder 3rd Sunday of the month 2.30pm 19 July 2020 The Café Greenlane Christian Centre

17 Marewa Rd, Greenlane, Auckland**

NADINE COCKER

Nadine will be introducing IFG to CHIYUVI, a specialty Tour business that Nadine has established to take New Zealanders to Israel and to bring Israelis to New Zealand.

Growing up with a Grandmother who had a strong Presbyterian heritage helped Nadine to understand the fullness and depth of God’s Character, His People & the connection to the Goyim (Nations)“In Such a Time as This”

Nadine will also be sharing a word from Kiwi – Alison Marshall – domiciled in Israel

DENNIS McLEOD

Dennis has been given authority by Sharon Sanders, Christian Friends of Israel Ministries, Jerusalem to establish a new committee for CFI New Zealand.
The Ministry will now be known as Christian Friends of Israel Ministries New Zealand

Dennis will bring us up to date regarding the Ministry in Israel and here in New Zealand

Dennis will also have a sales table for his books + info on CFI

Come fellowship with likeminded Believers Refreshments will be served Please extend an Invitation to likeminded family & friends

**Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that Love Thee

Ps 121 v 4 Behold, He that Keepeth Israel Shall neither Slumber nor Sleep**

ASHLEY CHURCH, one of the founders of the ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND spoke informatively about the attitude of politicians, the media and the public, in particular in New Zealand but also internationally. His slides included a walk through the history of each group with News headlines and actions taken, such as New Zealands 'rogue' sponsoring of UN Resolution 2334 against Israel. Clearly he keeps excellent records and shared insights that many attending were not yet familiar with. His evidence showed a downward curve in NZ politicians attitudes, with some very disquieting trends that need to be resisted.

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

Reminder 21 June Meeting Commencing 2.30pm The Café, Greenlane Christian Centre 17 Marewa Road, Greenlane, Auckland

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ASHLEY CHURCH

** Ashley Church is a well known New Zealand Political and Property Commentator who features regularly on Television and radio. He also writes a regular column for the NZ Herald and hosts an opinion website at www.ashleychurch.com.

Ashley is a very strong supporter of Israel and was instrumental in establishing the Israel Institute of New Zealand in 2017.

In addition to being a Director of that Institute he is also a Director of the Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation of Aotearoa, a Director of the New Zealand Taxpayers Union, and a foundation member of the Free Speech Coalition.

He is a past CEO of the Property Institute of New Zealand, the Newmarket Business Association, and the Auckland Property Investors Association and was also an elected Councillor on the Napier City Council for three terms between 1989 and 1998

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DENNIS McLEOD

A table will be available with books Dennis has authored for sale.

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ELLIOT IKILEI

* An enthusiastic supporter of Israel, Deputy Leader of the New Conservative Party & Candidate for Takinini, Elliot will have a table with information available for those who are interested.

Refreshments available

Invite interested family & friends

Don’t forget to return borrowed library books

Ps 122 v 6

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that Love Thee

Ps 121 v 4

Behold, he that Keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep

We opened with prayer and worship, led by Grant, who celebrated his 68th birthday this week. Sue read a psalm after the worship and Trish introduced our guest speakers. Susan Lea shared her experiences in Israel, with Sar-El, a volunteer programme with the IDF, but she had many other interesting things to share from her excellent photo record of the trip.

Dennis McLeod was for many years one of the Christian Friends of Israel New Zealand Representatives, and he and his wife Penny served both the Jewish and Arab Communities in Israel for some years. Dennis shared extensively from his practical and writing experience (he has authored several books, one of which may soon be turned into a movie) and a driving passion for the significance of the Feasts of Israel.

Dennis also spoke some words of tribute to Trish and her sterling work, appropriately enough as it was Trish's birthday. A Birthday celebration followed,complete with cake - only one candle, so Trish left us guessing :) A very convivial time of chattng and networking followed, with some interest in the books Dennis had on the library table.

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP Reminder March Meeting

2pm 15 March 2020 The Café Greenlane Christian Centre

17 Marewa Rd, Greenlane, Auckland

Dennis McLeod

Dennis was for many years one of the Christian Friends of Israel New Zealand Representatives. He and his wife Penny served for some years both the Jewish and Arab Communities in Israel Dennis is an author of some repute. His latest book Journey to The Promised Land is possibly going to be made into a movie. He has been interviewed on radio stations in the USA regarding this book. His previous book Small Beginnings has sold very well here and overseas and Dennis has just updated his Our Lost Heritage Booklet. These books make ideal gifts.

Susan Lea

Toward the end of last year Sue served in Israel with the IDF SAR EL programme. Sue will share her memories and photos with us.

Prayer For Israel time

Refreshments will be served (Including birthday celebrations for those with birthdays in March and early April). Lending Library will be operating

Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that Love Thee.

Ps 121 v 4 Behold, He that Keepeth Israel Shall neither Slumber nor Sleep.

Trish introduced the meeting and Grant and Bill led in worship. Grant gave us an overview of his upcoming trip to Israel and shared some pix from his last trip, particularly his time at Sar El as a volunteer worker with the Israeli Army. He will be doing another stint with Sar El on this trip. Trish then introduced Shelley Jamieson, who worked at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, also as a volunteer. Shelley gave a very lively and informative review of her time at the Garden Tomb, and the preparation she made for it. She met and worked alongside many interesting people in the course of her work, and had many interesting stories to tell, from the overlarge rats not being chased by the overfed cats, to humorous stories about the bad behaviour of some 'pilgrims' to the Quest for Marmite in Jerusalem. Clearly the Garden tomb is not just a place of archaeological and historic interest but a place of worship that people remember for its prayerful, prayer saturated atmosphere. Shelley's bottom line, that all the effort to get there, overcoming the fears and apprehensions about tackling new tasks in a new or completely foreign environment, is all worth it. God prepares the way and He blesses and enables the work.

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

2pm 16 February 2020

The Café, Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Road, Greenlane, Auckland

Our Speaker - Shelley Jamieson

Shelley Is a Christian Education Teacher at St Kentigern College, Pakuranga, Auckland. Her Classes are for Years 7 & 8, 11 & 12 year old Students.

Last year Shelley spent many weeks serving at The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. Shelley will be sharing with us some of the amazing & exciting experiences she had while serving there. Please invite family & friends to this most interesting talk. There will be time for Q & A with Shelley.

Grant Salisbury

Grant will share details with us of his & Trevor Weeks upcoming tour of Israel.

Prayer for Israel to Follow

Refreshments Will Be Served. Our lending library will be operating. We will have available free copies of the latest edition of the newspaper ISRAEL & CHRISTIANS TODAY – NEW ZEALAND & SOUTH PACIFIC EDITION

**Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that Love thee.

Ps 121 v 4 Behold He that Keepeth Israel Shall neither Slumber nor Sleep**

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

1st Meeting 2020 - 2pm 19 January 2020 - The Café, Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Rd, Greenlane, Auckland

We have an exciting Meeting planned for our first Meeting of 2020. We will be Praying for Israel The Nation, the Land, & the Jewish People both in the Land & in the diaspora. Grant & Jan will again be leading us in Worship.

Our Speakers will be

NADINE COCKER

Nadine has returned to New Zealand for 1 to 2 months before returning to Israel with New Vision & Purpose. She has brought some products back from Israel for sale, including Anointing Oil, Shofars & Scarves. Nadine has also registered a Tour Company & an Arts & English speaking programme. Nadine will share with us some of the very exciting things that have been happening for her in the Land.

“I want to say TODA RABA for planting the seed. If it was not for the initial presentation with the ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP this Vision would not have been birthed”

ANTONY C. RAJAN - ISRAEL- ZAMBIA

Our ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP Mentor Ps Mike Porteous has put us in contact with Antony who serves the Lord in Zambia. Antony is of Sri Lankan Heritage, who is based in Auckland & Zambia, which is Constitutionally a Christian Country.

About 10 yrs back Antony and his wife toured Israel on a tour organized through God TV. Antony will share with us his memories of that tour, plus the exciting things that he has been privileged to be the instigator of in Zambia.

Our lending library will be available. Please return borrowed books and if you have not finished reading you can borrow again. Refreshments will be available, thank you to Jane.

Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that Love thee.

Ps 121 v 4 Behold, He that Keepeth Israel Shall neither Slumber nor Sleep.

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

The Café, Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Rd, Greenlane, Auckland

HON. ALFRED NGARO

National Party List MP Based In Te Atatu Alfred is a Christian & a Self Described Christian Zionist of Polynesian (Cook Island) & Jewish Descent and is the Chairman of the New Zealand & Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group

Alfred & his wife Mokauina (Moka) have recently returned From visiting Israel.
Moka is of Samoan Niuean Descent

Invite family & friends All welcome Refreshments will be served

Advance Notice

Our December Meeting will be Sunday 1 December (no Meeting 15 December) Stefan Silver will be our guest speaker

Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem They shall Prosper that Love Thee

Ps121 v 4 Behold, He that Keepeth Israel Shall neither Slumber nor Sleep

A very good attendance marked David and Perry's talks today, with the venue practically full. Trish introduced the meeting and Grant Salisbury and Jan Kalsbeek led worship to kick things off.

Tiong Ang briefly told us about an event in Singapore's history which showed and helped explain the close links Israel and Singapore have had. He read a letter of appreciation from the late Dr Goh, a former Singapore Cabinet Minister and deputy prime Minister(1973-84) - He read as follows

When the late Dr. Goh Keng Swee retired as Deputy Prime Minister , the only Chairmanship position he accepted was that for Rothschild Singapore merchant bank. He made it very clear that he accepted the position only because of gratefulness to Israel for the very survival and existence of Singapore. He emphasised that Singapore asked for help, and every country turned us down except Israel. Singapore had nothing, and everybody else was waiting for us to give up. We used to joke that we were buying second hand Israel weapons, even as we were unloading the AMX 13 tanks. But the truth is that Singapore, at that time, had no money. Dr. Goh made it clear that in spite of their own urgent needs, Israel mobilised all the help they could give to help Singapore start the SAF, MAS, EDB, GIC, etc in order for us to survive. We had nothing to promise them. But Dr.Goh wanted all of us to remember how much we owe to Israel. Those of us present at that board meeting with Dr. Goh were silent at his utter frankness. At this time of rising anti-semitism, it is good to be reminded of this special relationship Singapore has with Israel.

Perry and David alternated in presenting a discussion around IINZ (Israel Institute of NZ) and their work and the public discussion David had recently with John Minto (link to the video is on the IFG front page). Perry also backgrounded some of their recent travels in Eastern Europe. The talks were very informative and indicative of the depth of anti-zionism apparent in some NZ political circles, which unfortunately parallels negative developments overseas. Just as engaging (and probably longer) were the question and answer times after each talk. In all a most informative and valuable afternoon.

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

20 October 2019 Meeting 2pm, The Café, Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Rd Greenlane, Auckland

Guest Speakers

PERRY TROTTER & DR DAVID CUMIN

From the ISRAEL INSTITUTE of NEW ZEALAND

Family & Friends Welcome

Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that Love Thee.

**Ps 122 v 4 Behold, He that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Psalm 2 Why do the Nations conspire & the Peoples plot in vain? The Kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers gather together against the Lord And against his Anointed One…………**

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

2pm 15 September 2019 The Café, Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Rd, Greenlane, Auckland

Guest Speaker - Tobie Botha

“I am a Sth African born New Zealander. My wife is an English teacher & I have 2 married sons & 2 grandsons. In 2012 I resigned my job as an RTLB & accepted a vacancy at Elim Christian College where I teach Christian Living & Social Studies.

Every year during June/July holidays, Elim College send a group of Year 13 students & teachers to visit Israel.

I have a tremendous love for Israel & the Jewish people & since my conversion in 1985 I pray for Israel every morning of my life.

When the opportunity arose this year I volunteered to introduce a Unit on Israel which was amazingly successful.

My educational background includes a BA PTD DSE & RTLB. I am also Life Coach Graduate from CoachU, USA (www.coachinc.com). My field of studies are History, Religious Studies, Life Coaching, Learning & Behaviour.”

Recently the Israel Focus Group was invited by Tobie to provide speakers to address 100 Year 12 students at Elim Christian College. PERRY TROTTER of SHADOWS OF SHOAH & BRYCE TURNER of CHRISTIANS FOR ISRAEL NEW ZEALAND were warmly received.

Grant Salisbury

Grant will be available to speak with those interested in participating in the Sar-El Experience. Grant is also interested in organizing an adventure type of tour eg camel ride in the Negev, visiting a Kibbutz or ranch with Israeli cowboys, walking the Jesus trail in the Galilee, spending time with Israelis & Messianic congregations + more and more.

PRAYER FOR ISRAEL TIME

Refreshments will be provided. Our Library will be operating ALL WELCOME – INVITE FAMILY & FRIENDS

Ps 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.

Ps 121 v 4 Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

ISRAEL FOCUS GROUP

Together with

CHRISTIANS for ISRAEL

– NEW ZEALAND

The Café, Greenlane Christian Centre 17 Marewa Road, Greenlane Auckland

Guest Speaker - MR NITAI ELIASH

CEO of RAMAT GAN ALZHEIMER’S MEDICAL CENTRE

Mr Nitai Eliash is the CEO of Ramat Gan Alzheimer’s Medical Centre where he has been working for the last 15 years. The Centre is the only Hospital of its kind in Israel that specialises exclusively to people with alzheimer and other dementia related diseases. The Hospital runs an amazing support system for those being looked after in the Community. This includes a 24 hour phone support system.

Nitai has a Batchelor in Law LLB & a Master in Business Administration (MBA). He ended his military service in the IDF with the rank of sergeant & he received a commendation for excellence from the President of Israel.

Nitai is married to Einat & is the father of Miriam, Michael & Asaf ...........

Psalm 122 v 6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: They shall Prosper the Love Thee.

Ps 121 v 4 Behold, he that Keepeth Israel Shall neither Slumber nor Sleep

Trish began the meeting, and Shulamit Ataya, returned from much travelling, spoke briefly.

Bryce Turner of c4Israel introduced Mr Nitai Eliash very eloquently, having some considerable familiarity with his work. Mr Eliash spoke movingly with the advantage of real personal as well as scientific and administrative experience in his field. Many were astonished to hear new information about the relationships between lifestyles and the onset of illnesses like Alzheimers/Dementia/ Parkinsons. The work being done in Israel can only be described as cutting edge and has wide international recognition, as some of our visuals show. Mr Eliash took questions afterwards and that time was just as interesting.

As always a pleasant supper followed and the usual networking and catching up with old friends.

After Trish's introduction Grant and Nadine lead us in song to start the meeting and set a great tone.

ROSS & IRIS ABERNETHY then spoke about their journey through European Holocaust sites and Israel. The presentation was accompanied by a very informative talk by Ross on the European leg (the European Ebenezer Alliyah trail) including concentration camp sites and other Holocaust memorials, and Iris spoke well about their Israel encounters. For some these were poignant reminders of their own experiences, and for others less experienced a vakuable mine of reliable information.

NADINE COCKER showed us an interview with Alison Marshall which she made in Israel, which was most valuable as a primer on how to relate to Israeli people.

GRANT SALISBURY showed us more slides of his SAR EL experiences and backed up what Alison Marshall had to say on the video in several ways. He also outlined plans for taking a group to serve with SAR EL in the relatively near future.

BARRY PEPPEREL updated us on the latest of his books, and how to use them in a range of situations, including when speaking to others about replacement theology.

We finished with a time of prayer followed by a supper and some good networking and fellowship time.

Grant got us off to a good start with singing and praise. Trish introduced Nadine, who has been blessed with a strong leading from God in Israel and has been associated with Alison Marshall and the bulding of a replica tabernacle. Her experience and knowledge inspired by a deep drive to learn more and more were an inspiration. Barry Peperell shared his wide experience and current writing directions - the wide range of resources he has produced are a valuable source of information. Mike introduced our prayer time for Israel and related issues, then we networked as usual over afternoon tea.