On Sunday we had a great time with Pastor Dave looking at Humility from Isaiah 66:1-2. He had three amazing points: The Perils of Pride, The Prize of Humility, Purposeful Application. You can listen to it here: www.sgparra.org.au/sermons

Here were some ideas for application:
 

     1. DO ALL YOU CAN TO BEGIN YOUR DAY & FINISH YOUR DAY, WITH THE LORD

     2. TAKE TIME TO STUDY THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, HUMAN SINFULNESS & CROSS

Books of the Bible = Exodus / Isaiah / Psalms!! The Gospels, Letters of Paul

Books: ‘Bible Doctrine’ by Wayne Grudem + ‘Knowing God’ by J.I.Packer, ‘Broken Down House’ by Paul Tripp, ‘The Enemy Within’, by Kris Lungaard, ‘The Cries of Calvary’ by Edwin Lutzer, ‘Living The Cross Centered Life’ by C.J.Mahaney, ’The Cross of Christ’ by John Stott   

     3. DO ALL YOU CAN TO PULL OTHER BELIEVERS INTO YOUR LIFE

- Prov 12.15, ‘The way of the fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.’

- Prov 1.5,      ‘Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance.’

- Prov 11.14, ‘For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure’

- Prov 13.10, ‘Wisdom is found in those who take advice’

- Prov 15.22, ‘Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.’ (Exp/Conc)

This week we are heading back to Philip Ruddock Water Park for lunch after church!

There is a café and store down the road or bring your own food, + bring swimmers for the kids, see you there!

As you know we are church that is seeking to put 1 Cor 11.1 into practice:

1Cor. 14:1   Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 

When: Tuesday 9th March @ 7:30pm

Where: 21/7 Sefton Road Thornleigh

What: Teaching, singing, qna

Who: anyone interested!

Why: to seek to “earnestly desire” this gift for the good of our church!

RSVP: just text me and let me know you are coming

Hey Church,

Easter is SOON upon us and I am excited to worship the Saviour in this particular season where we reflect upon the most horrific and glorious moment in all of history: the death and resurrection of the Son of God!

Here is a brief overview of the plan so that you can get it in your diary and think about who to invite!

Good Friday 2/4/21

We are having a Good Friday service, most likely 5pm @ Tara!

There will be kids work too. It will be a 1.5 hour long service.

Easter Sunday 4/4/21

We will be having a resurrection Sunday service ALL together with kids in the service. The events team is going to be planning this one and making it awesome! It will be a 1 hr service.

Walk Up!

We will be printing flyers and then aiming to head out to let as many people in Parra know! More details to come. But please open your heart to this!

This Sunday we are also taking up our Go Forward Fund for 2021/2022! I cannot wait to see how the Lord moves in us as a generous church to see the gospel go forward, leaders trained, the needy helped, and church planted in Aus and globally!

If you need a copy of the form, here it is: https://1drv.ms/b/s!Am0weP4m8K7QynHZ7bneuxLlIeY0?e=TKqQXz

Please take the time to pray through and think through this fund!

This Sunday we have the joy of welcoming back Pastor Dave! He is our dear friend and our greatest fan! He is a wise and loving pastor, a fantastic leader, a great husband and father, and has been invaluable in his support and care for us as a Church plant. Please warmly greet him and his family on Sunday!

He will be finishing off our ‘We Are’ series with: We are a Humble Church. And he will also give us an update on Emerging Nations and how our sister Church is going!

I can’t wait!

On Tuesday 23 March we are going to be having our SG Kids Leaders Training Night.

7:30 - 9:30 pm at the girls house - please mark it in your diary !!

We will be going over some important changes for this year and discussing all things kids church so please do your very best to come along. There will be snacks :)

Don’t miss a thing!

Abigail has kindly made us a new SG Parramatta Gmail calendar. Please subscribe to it so that you don’t miss any official church events/meetings!

This will help you build your life around your local church :)

You can access the document here: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Am0weP4m8K7QyhlIb16LnDGesjhx?e=ZfIp6e

For those who are still on our OLD calendar. It is being deleted today!

We are back with Life Groups this week! Your LG leaders will send you all the information you need!

We had an awesome time led by Shinoo and hosted by Marcus! It was great to hear the vision for mission for the year. Shinoo called us to focus on “going”! It’s all good to talk, think, and strategise but in the end we need to go and reach out and make connections with the lost.

The plan for the year then is to:

• meet monthly for prayer and worship on Friday nights (breaking our fast together)

• and then schedule two Saturday slots in a month to make intentional connections with unbelievers around a passion/hobby/sport (e.g. sport, craft, food etc)

On those Saturday slots there will be various people trying things to connect with people. For example, every second Saturday Shinoo is going out to play basketball. Other people are going to try fitness in the park and inviting friends to join. Others may pursue friends and have them over intentionally.

What might you do to reach out intentionally to the unbelievers in your life? If you are stuck for ideas, chat to Shinoo!