Tomorrow night, SG Wahroonga is hosting one of their ‘Equipped for Life’ events and the next on the list is a talk and Q n A Panel (that i’ll be running) based around the book: ‘What’s Best Next?’ by Matt Perman. It’s open to anyone from our church

Obviously, if you have LG on tomorrow night it won’t work for you but there’ll be a YouTube live stream you can watch later if you can’t make it.

Here’s the post from Brendan

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When it comes to work what really matters most? What should I do if I'm constantly feeling swamped? How do I make those difficult decisions about when to say 'no'? If you’re anything like me these are real questions you face every single day.

Tomorrow night we’re pausing our small groups to take a look at Gospel-centred productivity as we try and get to the heart of how we can best honour God with our work.

We will be running a livestream on YouTube for those at home with kids which you can access here.

You can download the slides for the night here.

This Wednesday 15th of June, 7:30pm at FVCC

Bring your Qs for the panel!

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

Potluck lunch provided at the Seric’s this Sunday - you are welcome to bring a dish, as the more the merrier! :)

Address available on request.

One of the greatest joys I have as a Pastor is that I am not doing this alone. Not only do I have the blessing of pastoring an incredible and supportive church here at Parra, but I get to work with, plan with, and be supported by Sovereign Grace Churches, especially, with Dave Taylor and Brendan Willis at Wahroonga.

This not only blesses me, but blesses us! As a family of churches we are better together. We collaborate, support, send help, have better ideas, give better feedback/rebuke, etc etc.

Last week our partnership was on full display. Dave, Brendan and I went on our Annual Regional Assembly of Elders trip…a fancy word for a Planning Retreat! We also invited all the Academy Students along for one of the nights and it was such a great time. We spent time in worship, study, prayer, planning, and hanging out. Through that time we got better clarity and vision for the future of both of our churches and for SG AUS as a whole…AND we had some AWESOME ideas for our first annual retreat as SG AUS, ‘Together 2022’!

And then on Sunday, Richard Song went and preached at SG Wahroonga to serve them and he was joined by Maddie Lick who played drums to help them out with some shortages on the roster (shout out also to Mum, Jo, and Mik who are also doing that).

All in all, our partnership in the Gospel makes gospel ministry all the sweeter and more enjoyable. And one thing I’d love for us is to see this partnership not just as ‘Riley’s’ thing but ‘our’ thing. That we ALL get the fruits of this!

p.s. two weeks prior to that Brendan and I went to the Reach Australia National Conference to rep SG AUS and make friends with likeminded gospel workers across Australia and it was also a really fun and fruitful time!

Your LG leaders will let you know all the details!

Last Saturday, we had our first Women’s Breakfast for the year! It was a great time of fellowship and worship where we got to hear from God’s word on what feminine strength looks like. Emma Taylor from SG Sydney came and shared on “The Right Kind of Strong”, unpacking from God’s word that to be strong in the biblical sense, we must first admit and be aware of our weakness. In a world and culture filled with messages of “female empowerment”, it was refreshing to be reminded that true power, God’s power, is made perfect in our weakness.

On the roster you would have noticed a change in plans, there’s a slot ‘Lunch at Iron St - Hospitality Team’. Originally, the idea was to have a catered lunch organised by a team at Iron Street rather than at a house but I have decided that for this upcoming roster that it’s not something we can pull off as a church. As such, the first Sunday of June and July, there’ll be no lunch after church planned. Feel free to look ahead and invite people over to yours, look for new people and schedule a lunch with them, etc etc!

If you are passionate about making this idea happen, would love to cook for 50-80 people, organise cutlery, corckery, cleaning, etc for it. Then please let me know! Riley

It’s Ladies Growth Groups this week! Your LG leader will have all the details you need.

Come along to the SG Parra Men’s Breakfast

Cost: $5 @ Iron St Chapel (27 Iron St, North Parramatta)

We are looking for an additional 3 helpers on the day. Please contact Marcus if you can assist.

THANKS!

Praise God! - last week we had 9 people come along to our first night of Alpha

We had a great time eating, watching our first Alpha episode and discussion groups.

The Spirit definitely strengthened us in our faith in Christ throughout the night and gave us immense joy in planting/watering the gospel seed in the lives of those who attended. God will provide the growth in His perfect timing.

We were also encouraged throughout the night knowing that we had fellow saints praying for us and the guests. Join us again tonight at Iron St or on Zoom (LG leaders have the link) for the Alpha Engine Room. Prayer will commence 8.30pm till 9pm.

As always, It’s not too late to invite. If you know of anyone who would be keen to join us from next week onwards, please reach out to them.

• Here’s a trailer to get a feel for it - Alpha Film Series // Promo - YouTube

• You can find out more details and register here: sgparra.org.au/alpha