Last week we began a new series based on our five branding words called Celebrating God’s story in our story. This series is designed to tie in with our 50th Anniversary Celebration theme ‘Celebrating the past: Igniting the future’.
We want to celebrate God’s story to us of acceptance, love, hope, servicing and growing. At the same time we will look at how we can join God in telling his story to the world in the years ahead.
This Sunday we look at God’s story of hope to us in Jesus. We all need hope. Without hope we can feel overwhelmed by our circumstances. Without hope our lives can feel pointless.
However, with hope our outlook on life is far more positive. With hope we’re able to get through even the toughest things in life which means having hope is very important for us all.
This week we will look at the certain hope we have in Jesus and what this hope means for our lives and for the life of Good Shepherd.
Bible Readings: Ephesians 1:15-23; Hebrews 6:16-20; John 14:1-6
Podcasts of weekly messages are available at www.paravista.org.au
50th Anniversary
WANTED! Children of all ages for opening song. One rehearsal required on Thursday 3 Nov at 6.45pm for a 7pm start. Please enter your names on your family’s Connect Card if you would like to participate.
This Sunday we will be having our first Kingdom Youth session for term 4 for our Year 5-7s. Lunch will be provided for these children after their session at 12 and we aim to finish up around 12.30pm. Parents and carers are welcome to stay for a cuppa in the hall during this time.
Toddler Zone
Toddler Zone for our 10 month – 3 year olds will not be available this week. This term we will be operating every other week.
Activity folders will be available for the younger children and Worship Journals available for the older children for use during this service.
Faith at Home
At the Kingdom Kids sign in desk and in the Parenting Room you will find a Taking Faith Home resource for the month of November that contains a month’s worth of daily bible readings.
Little Lambs Playgroup
Come and join us for Playgroup on Wednesday mornings at 9.15am in the church hall. Come on over straight after dropping off the kids at school. Join other Mums and Dads and Grandies for a coffee and chat with activities for the little ones.
Please remember to let me know if you can join us in the opening song for our 50th Anniversary Service on Sunday 6th November. There will be one practice required on Thursday 3rd November.
What a fantastic start we had to term 4. The girls did some great craft based around the scripture of wisdom in Proverbs 4:9 “She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown”. We also had some great general discussion too. The guys did “secret men’s business” but I heard a rumour it involved steak and sport! Remember this term, due to the nature of our events we have a new starting time of 6.30pm. We will still be going through until 9.30pm. Up next is our screening of “God’s Not Dead 2”.
Youth is a great way of being fed both spiritually and physically, with like-minded teens learning to own their own faith.
It’s never too late to start coming along and making some great friendships and connections with fellow young Christians. Check out our term planner for term 4.
Further details regarding youth contact Margot Mertin 0401 850814 or mmertin@paravista.org.au
We have a date for the next event – 19th November – so mark it in your diaries. We are going to be having a “Tribal War”. Check out our flyer for further details, or our North Eastern Lutheran Youth Facebook page for a direct link for tickets.
Prayer Requests:
Prayer requests are not included in the weekly news. If you would like to view the current requests refer to the email that alerted you to this weekly news. If you have a prayer request please email churchenquiries@paravista.org.au with your request.
From the office
50th Anniversary
As a part of our celebrations of this event we are asking each family to bring food to share for the Sunday lunch for your family and our guests. Request that both a savoury and a sweet plate be provided giving the taste buds plenty of contrast.
The luncheon will be held in the school gymnasium and for the health of all please observe the following:
1. There will be no access to heating equipment on the day so we ask you to bring cold platters to share.
2. Please ensure all food is covered and placed into an esky or cooler bag if the weather is warm to prevent spoilage.
3. Food to be dropped off at the gym at 9:15am or earlier on the day.
4. At the end of the day please collect all your items and take them home with you.
Remember, only disposable plates and serviettes will be supplied for serving of food so please consider this when preparing. If you have any questions or suggestions please discuss with Stephen Zanker or Cees Wesselingh who can be contacted via the front office on 82635087 or churchenquiries@paravista.org.au
Notice Board
Christmas Trees from Holy Cross, Birdwood
We have Christmas trees available for purchase again this year.
We are able to offer our high quality trees at $35 each. Please note that delivery can only be arranged for orders of 10 or more trees, however, we can notify you of the closest Church from where your order can be collected. Trees will be delivered to your nominated location on the morning of Saturday 10th December 2016.
Please place your order at the front office by Wednesday 23 November.
Para Hills Modbury Catholic Parish
CRAFT MARKET @ St John XXIII Catholic Community Centre
50 Reservoir Rd, Hope Valley 5090
Saturday 5th November, 9am to 3pm. Free entry and ample free parking
50+ Craft Stalls, Dressed for Success clothing shop, Devonshire Tea, International Food Market including Asian, Indian & Italian food. BBQ with Beer & soft drinks. Cake stall, Plant Stall, Produce stall, Bric-a-Brac, Second-hand books including children’s books, St Frances Xavier’s Rock band in the morning and Modbury Ukhords Ukulele Group in the afternoon. All inside in
air-conditioned comfort.
$500 CASH RAFFLE, tickets $1.
FREE FACE PAINTING FOR CHILDREN
Treat others the same way
you want them to treat you.
Luke 6:31
