WestSide Church is a Pentecostal Christian church affiliated with the Assemblies of God. The church is located in Greystanes, in the Western Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The church is led by Senior Pastors Tom and Imogen Zaharis. WestSide Church's other members of the pastoral team include Associate Pastors Louie & Denise Antoniou, Youth Pastors Jim & Nicole Andresen, Children's Pastor Alex Ananin, Pastoral Care Naomal & Priya Antony, and Michael & Sally Williams, Rangers and Prayer Coordinator.
WestSide Church has grown since it first started. It currently is attended by approximately 300 people each week and is still growing.
History
WestSide Church was originally planted as a church in Wentworthville by Tom and Imogen Zarharis from the Petersham AOG Church when it was given the name WestSide in 1999. It is now currently located in Greystanes, in the western suburbs of Sydney when a move in order to search for a new building found them moving the location to a neighbouring suburb, located in Greystanes High School. In 2006 a merge occurred with the Carlingford Church, now basing the main church at the site of Greystanes.
Ministries
WestSide Church has several ministries operating that run to support the vision of the church, "building a thriving church, which impacts and introduces the world to an amazing God." In order to reach this vision, it has leadership teams that make this happen. Each group works in cooperation with one another, but focuses on different aspects of church development. All of this happens in cooperation with the senior pastors: Tom and Imogen Zaharis.
Volunteers: This army of dedicated church members run many different aspects of WestSide Life. From cell groups, to social events, to kids programs, these volunteer leaders are the heart of WestSide Church.
Pastors and Department Heads: This team oversees the spiritual and social development of the church's members and programs.
The 'Vision Team': This team focuses on setting direction for the church.
The 'Advisory Council': This team concerns itself with the facilitating and implementation of the vision, and many initiatives of WestSide Church, as well as handling the different legal and financial requirements that must be met. Pastoral care is also available through the Pastors, who offer prayer, support, home visits, hospital visitation and emergency home care. The main ministries of WestSide Church are:
Kids
WestSide Kids is a dynamic and exciting kids program, tailored to meet the age specific needs that your child may have. From a child who is just walking to a student in year 6, WestSide kids has something special for each child.
WestSide kids runs simultaneously with the adult services, so kids are dropped of by their parents just prior to the 9:30 am service start time at the group that is for them. There are three age specific groups within the kids program. Each group is run by qualified and screened teachers and assistants.
* Dynamites is for kids who are walking through pre-school age. These precious children are introduced to their loving creator and saviour, through engaging activities, stories and games.
* KidZone KidZone is all about making Christianity fun and engaging for kids in kindy to year four in school. KidZone builds into the lives of every young attender, a sense of purpose and belonging, in an environment of encouragment and love.
* Outrageous Kids Outrageous Kids or 'Ok Kids' is for kids in years five and six in school. Every week, these young people grow in faith through a high energy program that is best described as
Youth
"Seeing the potential in young people realised through Christ!" WestSide Church has two programs which run regularly all-year round; 'Ignite,' and 'I.D.' (or Ignite Devoted).
* Ignite Youth is for high school aged students, and runs from 7:30pm - 9:30pm every Friday night. Ignite is held in the hall of Greystanes High School, and is open for any student from any school. Students are encouraged to come into a personal knowledge and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ, through an atmosphere of encouragement, faith and excitement.
* I.D. is for students in years 7 to 9. On Sunday mornings, students participate in the main worship service, but then leave for a message that is more tailored to where thay are at in life. This group is 'Ignite Devoted.' I.D. focuses on developing the students understanding of Christianity and how it applies to them today. Unlike the Friday night program, I.D. allows for greater interaction with leaders, and gives more opportunity for student input.
* Cadre's is the name of WestSide's youth home groups. The two age brackets for cadres are students in years 9 to 12 and young adults aged 18 to 25 and each run once a month.
* School Ministry WestSide church is strategically located on the school grounds of Greystanes High School, automatically making schools ministry a very relevant arm of WestSide. Jim (the youth pastor) oversees the scripture program at Greystanes High School and Merrylands High School. Each school has a team of volunteers from local churches who teach classes, run lunchtime programs and breakfast clubs, host seminars, provide pastoral care and much more. In addition to these two schools, WestSide contributes financially to help support similar work done in the other three public high schools in the Holroyd City Council Area (Holroyd High School, Girraween High School, and Pendle Hill High School).
Men
"WestSide men exists to empower men for life." By connecting men to their creator, and placing them in an environment of encouragement and support, WestSide is seeing men unite as brothers.
WestSide men provides a host of opportunities for men from all walks of life to participate and be a part of the WestSide Men's ministry. Below, are just a few of the different opportunities provided.
* Band of Brothers: A Monthly meeting for guys to get together, encourage one another, hear from the word of God and enjoy a cup of coffee together
* Wild at Heart: These are high adventure outings. WestSide Men arrange these outings to get the blood pumping, and provide an opportunity for men to take a break from the day-to-day.
* Outings: The guys regularly get together just to spend time with one another. These outings are loosely structured times, and include activities like bushwalks, bike rides, breakfasts, movie outings and similar.
* Valiant Man: This program is ran once a year. It is a ten week course that helps men to tackle the very real struggle that they have with sexual integrity. This program is very practical, very honest and has been a great blessing to many men.
Women
"My heart is to see women of all ages and backgrounds love God passionately. Also to see all women to entering into a fulfilling relationship with their Creator and to have them find and live out the destiny that God has called them to. I desire every woman to experience God in a revolutionary way that will change her forever.
Through the different ministries at Westside Church for women, you CAN experience Him in new ways and get to know the one true God who loves and cares for you so much." Denise Antoniou
* Inspire for Women "God is calling women to rise up and take a hold of their destiny and to grow up into the woman He has called them to be." Inspire is an evening for women who want more of God. It’s for Women who want to grow and be spoken to at a deeper level. This is truly an inspirational night where you will be challenged, ministered to and encouraged to go the distance with God.
* Woman to Woman "God desires us to be healed of our past so we can live freely in the Grace He has given us." Woman to Woman is a course designed specifically for women. It covers many subjects that women face daily. The teaching material is on DVD and the group discussion is based on the subjects taught on the DVD. This course is excellent for women who desire to get closer with God and who want to be enjoy life.
* Door of Hope This is an amazing course for women who have experienced abuse, but want to be free from the effects of it in their lives. The teaching material is on DVD and the group discussion is based on the subject taught on the DVD. As women share their lives with others women are set free.
* Women's Events Westside Church holds events every couple of months for women to be a part of. These are times of fun, getting to know new friends and times where you can be pampered and ministered to as a woman.
Music
WestSide's music is mainly focused on praise and worship. WestSide is known to get inspiration from Hillsong Music as well as many other Christian music and artists. WestSide produces some of it's own songs too.
WestSide Church has grown since it first started. It currently is attended by approximately 300 people each week and is still growing.
History
WestSide Church was originally planted as a church in Wentworthville by Tom and Imogen Zarharis from the Petersham AOG Church when it was given the name WestSide in 1999. It is now currently located in Greystanes, in the western suburbs of Sydney when a move in order to search for a new building found them moving the location to a neighbouring suburb, located in Greystanes High School. In 2006 a merge occurred with the Carlingford Church, now basing the main church at the site of Greystanes.
Ministries
WestSide Church has several ministries operating that run to support the vision of the church, "building a thriving church, which impacts and introduces the world to an amazing God." In order to reach this vision, it has leadership teams that make this happen. Each group works in cooperation with one another, but focuses on different aspects of church development. All of this happens in cooperation with the senior pastors: Tom and Imogen Zaharis.
Volunteers: This army of dedicated church members run many different aspects of WestSide Life. From cell groups, to social events, to kids programs, these volunteer leaders are the heart of WestSide Church.
Pastors and Department Heads: This team oversees the spiritual and social development of the church's members and programs.
The 'Vision Team': This team focuses on setting direction for the church.
The 'Advisory Council': This team concerns itself with the facilitating and implementation of the vision, and many initiatives of WestSide Church, as well as handling the different legal and financial requirements that must be met. Pastoral care is also available through the Pastors, who offer prayer, support, home visits, hospital visitation and emergency home care. The main ministries of WestSide Church are:
Kids
WestSide Kids is a dynamic and exciting kids program, tailored to meet the age specific needs that your child may have. From a child who is just walking to a student in year 6, WestSide kids has something special for each child.
WestSide kids runs simultaneously with the adult services, so kids are dropped of by their parents just prior to the 9:30 am service start time at the group that is for them. There are three age specific groups within the kids program. Each group is run by qualified and screened teachers and assistants.
* Dynamites is for kids who are walking through pre-school age. These precious children are introduced to their loving creator and saviour, through engaging activities, stories and games.
* KidZone KidZone is all about making Christianity fun and engaging for kids in kindy to year four in school. KidZone builds into the lives of every young attender, a sense of purpose and belonging, in an environment of encouragment and love.
* Outrageous Kids Outrageous Kids or 'Ok Kids' is for kids in years five and six in school. Every week, these young people grow in faith through a high energy program that is best described as
Youth
"Seeing the potential in young people realised through Christ!" WestSide Church has two programs which run regularly all-year round; 'Ignite,' and 'I.D.' (or Ignite Devoted).
* Ignite Youth is for high school aged students, and runs from 7:30pm - 9:30pm every Friday night. Ignite is held in the hall of Greystanes High School, and is open for any student from any school. Students are encouraged to come into a personal knowledge and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ, through an atmosphere of encouragement, faith and excitement.
* I.D. is for students in years 7 to 9. On Sunday mornings, students participate in the main worship service, but then leave for a message that is more tailored to where thay are at in life. This group is 'Ignite Devoted.' I.D. focuses on developing the students understanding of Christianity and how it applies to them today. Unlike the Friday night program, I.D. allows for greater interaction with leaders, and gives more opportunity for student input.
* Cadre's is the name of WestSide's youth home groups. The two age brackets for cadres are students in years 9 to 12 and young adults aged 18 to 25 and each run once a month.
* School Ministry WestSide church is strategically located on the school grounds of Greystanes High School, automatically making schools ministry a very relevant arm of WestSide. Jim (the youth pastor) oversees the scripture program at Greystanes High School and Merrylands High School. Each school has a team of volunteers from local churches who teach classes, run lunchtime programs and breakfast clubs, host seminars, provide pastoral care and much more. In addition to these two schools, WestSide contributes financially to help support similar work done in the other three public high schools in the Holroyd City Council Area (Holroyd High School, Girraween High School, and Pendle Hill High School).
Men
"WestSide men exists to empower men for life." By connecting men to their creator, and placing them in an environment of encouragement and support, WestSide is seeing men unite as brothers.
WestSide men provides a host of opportunities for men from all walks of life to participate and be a part of the WestSide Men's ministry. Below, are just a few of the different opportunities provided.
* Band of Brothers: A Monthly meeting for guys to get together, encourage one another, hear from the word of God and enjoy a cup of coffee together
* Wild at Heart: These are high adventure outings. WestSide Men arrange these outings to get the blood pumping, and provide an opportunity for men to take a break from the day-to-day.
* Outings: The guys regularly get together just to spend time with one another. These outings are loosely structured times, and include activities like bushwalks, bike rides, breakfasts, movie outings and similar.
* Valiant Man: This program is ran once a year. It is a ten week course that helps men to tackle the very real struggle that they have with sexual integrity. This program is very practical, very honest and has been a great blessing to many men.
Women
"My heart is to see women of all ages and backgrounds love God passionately. Also to see all women to entering into a fulfilling relationship with their Creator and to have them find and live out the destiny that God has called them to. I desire every woman to experience God in a revolutionary way that will change her forever.
Through the different ministries at Westside Church for women, you CAN experience Him in new ways and get to know the one true God who loves and cares for you so much." Denise Antoniou
* Inspire for Women "God is calling women to rise up and take a hold of their destiny and to grow up into the woman He has called them to be." Inspire is an evening for women who want more of God. It’s for Women who want to grow and be spoken to at a deeper level. This is truly an inspirational night where you will be challenged, ministered to and encouraged to go the distance with God.
* Woman to Woman "God desires us to be healed of our past so we can live freely in the Grace He has given us." Woman to Woman is a course designed specifically for women. It covers many subjects that women face daily. The teaching material is on DVD and the group discussion is based on the subjects taught on the DVD. This course is excellent for women who desire to get closer with God and who want to be enjoy life.
* Door of Hope This is an amazing course for women who have experienced abuse, but want to be free from the effects of it in their lives. The teaching material is on DVD and the group discussion is based on the subject taught on the DVD. As women share their lives with others women are set free.
* Women's Events Westside Church holds events every couple of months for women to be a part of. These are times of fun, getting to know new friends and times where you can be pampered and ministered to as a woman.
Music
WestSide's music is mainly focused on praise and worship. WestSide is known to get inspiration from Hillsong Music as well as many other Christian music and artists. WestSide produces some of it's own songs too.
Armenian women are that of traditional Armenian culture, blood or country. Armenian women are sensitive, pure, and mainly Christian women.
History
The Armenian women, as a rule, are fine looking, with intelligent faces and womanly. This is especially noticeable in the case of old women. Among the oriental races, as a rule, the old women are not handsome, but the reverse is true of the Armenian women.
Education
A large amount of Armenian and Iranian women began to be educated and politicized in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, although the majority of both populations shared similar status, roles and customs and remained traditional.
Medieval
In medieval Armenian communities, the women whose memory has been preserved are always princesses. During the Crusades, their marriages strengthened relations between the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and the Frankish kingdoms of the Orient. Thus, the Armenian Arda, wife of Beaudoin I, became the first queen of Jerusalem (1100-1113). Also, Morfa of Melitene, another Armenian, married Baudoin II, at first, County of Edessa, than the King of Jerusalem.
Ottoman Empire
In the Ottoman Empire, until the Tanzimat era, the Armenians had to wear dark red or crimson clothes, while the Greeks wore black and the Jews blue.
In 1568, the Sultan proclaims with an edict that Armenian and Jewish women are not allowed to wear luxurious clothes, silken garments, high heeled sandals, or collars and bonnets like Muslim women.
History
The Armenian women, as a rule, are fine looking, with intelligent faces and womanly. This is especially noticeable in the case of old women. Among the oriental races, as a rule, the old women are not handsome, but the reverse is true of the Armenian women.
Education
A large amount of Armenian and Iranian women began to be educated and politicized in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, although the majority of both populations shared similar status, roles and customs and remained traditional.
Medieval
In medieval Armenian communities, the women whose memory has been preserved are always princesses. During the Crusades, their marriages strengthened relations between the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and the Frankish kingdoms of the Orient. Thus, the Armenian Arda, wife of Beaudoin I, became the first queen of Jerusalem (1100-1113). Also, Morfa of Melitene, another Armenian, married Baudoin II, at first, County of Edessa, than the King of Jerusalem.
Ottoman Empire
In the Ottoman Empire, until the Tanzimat era, the Armenians had to wear dark red or crimson clothes, while the Greeks wore black and the Jews blue.
In 1568, the Sultan proclaims with an edict that Armenian and Jewish women are not allowed to wear luxurious clothes, silken garments, high heeled sandals, or collars and bonnets like Muslim women.
The Motorola V276 is descended directly from the V260, sharing many of the same features and adding a VGA camera. A speaker-phone, voice-dialing, and MMS capability are included in this relatively lightweight model.
* VGA (640x480) 0.3 megapixel camera with self-timer function and photo effects (4x digital zoom)
* LCD color display with 128x128 pixels supporting 65,000 colors
* BREW downloadable games
* MMS allows text and multimedia messaging
* Supports custom polyphonic ringtones and custom faceplates
* High quality speakerphone with voice-recognition functions
* External monochrome LCD display measuring 96x32 pixels
* Openwave 6.2 web browser supports WAP 2.0 standard
Other technical data include:
* Form Factor: Clamshell
* Stub Antenna
* Battery Life: Talk: 3.33 hours, Standby: 150 hours (6.3 days)
The V276 is essentially the same as the V265 and V266, all of which represent upgrades over the V260.
Carriers
The phone has been distributed in North America by the following carriers:
* Verizon Wireless (U.S.A.)
* Metro PCS (U.S.A.)
* Cricket (U.S.A.)
* VGA (640x480) 0.3 megapixel camera with self-timer function and photo effects (4x digital zoom)
* LCD color display with 128x128 pixels supporting 65,000 colors
* BREW downloadable games
* MMS allows text and multimedia messaging
* Supports custom polyphonic ringtones and custom faceplates
* High quality speakerphone with voice-recognition functions
* External monochrome LCD display measuring 96x32 pixels
* Openwave 6.2 web browser supports WAP 2.0 standard
Other technical data include:
* Form Factor: Clamshell
* Stub Antenna
* Battery Life: Talk: 3.33 hours, Standby: 150 hours (6.3 days)
The V276 is essentially the same as the V265 and V266, all of which represent upgrades over the V260.
Carriers
The phone has been distributed in North America by the following carriers:
* Verizon Wireless (U.S.A.)
* Metro PCS (U.S.A.)
* Cricket (U.S.A.)
Miguel Tevez is an Argentine football midfielder who is currently on the books of English Premiership Champions Manchester United. He is the younger brother of the United and Argentina striker Carlos Tevez and is considered one of his country's top young talents.
Miguel began his career at Argentine side Boca Juniors before having a two-week trial at Manchester United. On 18 October 2007 it was reported that the English side had offered Miguel a contract. The following day The Sun newspaper reported on its website that the Argentine midfielder had signed the two and a half year deal. Many media outlets have referred to Miguel as "The New Tevez".
Miguel began his career at Argentine side Boca Juniors before having a two-week trial at Manchester United. On 18 October 2007 it was reported that the English side had offered Miguel a contract. The following day The Sun newspaper reported on its website that the Argentine midfielder had signed the two and a half year deal. Many media outlets have referred to Miguel as "The New Tevez".