Last Sunday we had our Mid-Year Church Family meeting.

It was a great time of remembering the wonderous works the Lord has done within the past 8 months - Praise God!

And as we look towards the remaining months ahead of 2022 - Refocusing our eyes on the Cross and keeping that the center of all that we do!

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. (Romans 11:36)

For those who missed out and would like to hear the recording of the session, please contact Pastor Riley.

Also, janitor@sgparra.org.au is now live! So if you’d like to help Richard Kapoor with all things care, maintenance, cleaning of Iron St, please reach out to him, you can also suggest possible things that need doing/attention.

Elvanto is a church management software we have implemented to help manage our rostering in a efficient, and simple way for all of us :) Moving forward, all roster swaps and replaces must be finalised in Elvanto :)

If you’re new to Elvanto, to get yourself started, please download the Elvanto App and read through the attached FAQs.

If you’re still having issues - never fear, our helpful SG Parra Elvanto Support Team will guide you through the process -> Link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HS4A7Kt9HMA3Saa0nzAfU3

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

As parents it can be very tricky to know how to navigate our children and our families through complex ethical situations that arise in community. We are called to be in the world and not of it. We are called to love our neighbour with compassion but not love sin. And we are called to train our kids to know what is right and wrong.

This article from the The Gospel Coalition Australia will help you think through how to best deal with the increasingly common ‘Rainbow/Purple/Diversity’ days that may happen at school, workplace, university.

Responding to Rainbow Days at School by Harriet Connor

Your LG leaders will let you know all the details!

Ever had difficulties with the process of finding a replacement to serve on Sunday? or perhaps looking for a quick and efficient means of determining what ministry you are serving on this week and who you are rostered on with?

Well, Elvanto is a church management software we will be rolling out in the next few weeks, which will help manage our rostering in a efficient, and simple way for all of us :)

Arbie will be providing more details on this during the upcoming Church family meeting - be excited!! More details to come.

We are excited for our very first episode of, ‘For Such A Time As This’, to be launching today! You can find it on Apple, Google Podcasts or Spotify.

The first season is 6 episodes long and will drop every 2 weeks. It is hosted by Emma Taylor and Janelle Pearce from our sister church SG Wahroonga.

We hope you find this helpful in spurring you on to follow Jesus, knowing he has put you in the perfect time and perfect place, for such a time as this. Enjoy!

Our next round of Starting Point, our 5 week newcomers course, begins this Sunday! If you are interested in making SG Parramatta your home church and wondering what that would mean, this is for you! Please email me (rs@sgparra.org.au) to RSVP so that I can have all the materials ready for you! You can still come even if you haven’t registered! The more the merrier!

If you know anyone who is interested, please feel free to reach out to them and invite them to come.

If you want more info head to the Starting Point page.

Our next round of Starting Point, our 5 week newcomers course, begins this Sunday! If you are interested in making SG Parramatta your home church and wondering what that would mean, this is for you! Please email me (rs@sgparra.org.au) to RSVP so that I can have all the materials ready for you! You can still come even if you haven’t registered! The more the merrier!

If you know anyone who is interested, please feel free to reach out to them and invite them to come.

If you want more info head to the Starting Point page.

For the first half of the year we trialled having lunch after church every week, hosted by a LG. These have been really special times for us and a great expression of the hospitality and fellowship we are called to practice in the New Testament.

Going forward, we decided as a Core Team that we are going to trial reducing that down to a planned and hosted lunch only once a month, by the Life Groups.

If you have loved having lunch every week and would like to be involved in helping to coordinate something so that there’s still a lunch option each week please contact Joel Seric.

This week the Seric’s will host a pot lunch lunch at the Commerford’s after church, all are welcome to attend!