We’re coming together as churches for a night of worship & prayer singing songs from the latest Sovereign Grace Music albums… save the date!
On the night we will be singing a selection of songs from the latest Sovereign Grace Music Albums, ‘Unchanging God Vol.1 + 2’
Saturday November 26th 7:30pm at Fox Valley Community Centre!
If you’d like to help in anyway with the logistics of the evening please contact Richard Song (richard@sgparra.org.au)
On November 27, we will be having our Baby Dedication Sunday.
These Sunday’s are very special to us as a church as we set aside time to thank God for the lives of our children and dedicate ourselves and our child(ren) to the things of the Lord.
So please mark your calendars and plan to join us.
Now if you’d like to dedicate your child on the 27th November or if you have more questions, please email Richard at richard@sgparra.org.au by the 7th November.
Psalm 127:3 - ‘Behold children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.’
This Sunday, we’ll be holding a Board games and burgers night. A fun night for us as a church to gather for some fellowship and engage is some board game rivalry.
It will also be a great opportunity for you to invite your friends, families, neighbours to connect with our church community :) so do invite them along.
Starts 5pm with a simple ‘make your own burger’ for dinner.
We will also have a short time where a couple of our church members will be sharing their testimonies to encourage the saints!
If you have any favourite board games you would like to play on the night bring them along!
Any questions? - contact Richard (richard@sgparra.org.au)
P.S: 20th Nov - we will also be holding another fellowship night - You won’t want to miss this one! So lock in that date too!!!
It’s Ladies Growth Groups this week! Your LG leader will have all the details you need.
Dear Church,
Over the next week it is my privilege to be taking with me Rich and Rebs, Joel and Jamie, Arbie, and John over to the US for our annual Sovereign Grace Churches Pastors and Wives Conference! This is a unique time where we will be able to experience the joy of our fellowship as a family of churches. It is amazing that we can all go as a team to both be strengthened and to encourage our brothers and sisters. We LOVE our family of Churches and as an expression of our partnership it is crucial we make trips like this, when we can!
We will also be traveling with Dave and Em Taylor, Brendan Willis, Austin and Ivy Loke, and Andrew and John Leung from the Wahroonga church. So there is quite a crew of us.
Most of us are heading to Covenant Fellowship Church in Pennsylvania first, which means we will get to see Abi Chavez (for those who are new, Abi was a founding member of SG Parra, and was on our Core Team as the SG Kids director before she left for an Internship at Cov Fel). We will also be visiting some friends you may know from the Prophecy Team, Bill and Romona Doyle, as well as Andy Farmer, Mark Prater, Jared Mellinger etc. It’s going to be a blast.
I will be heading out to Redeemer Newark to visit a church plant out of Cov Fellowship, led by Joel Shorey. I will get a chance to hang with those guys and send a big greeting from our church to them :)
On Monday 31st October will the Council of Elders, where one delegate from every SG church participates in a 9 hour long Pastor’s Meeting receiving updates, encouragement, and where we put forward items for discussion and debate about our global family.
And then from Tues to Thur is our Pastor’s Conference where there will be 700 Pastors and wives from the US and all over the world. Dave Taylor is speaking at one of the sessions, so please pray for him in that! It is our 40th Anniversary as Sovereign Grace Churches, so it is a very very special time to mark God’s faithfulness and grace. I know for myself and Maddie, our lives have been radically and fundamentally changed and blessed by being in Sovereign Grace, and it is our hope to be here for at least the next 40 years!
If you can, please pray for our time away, that the Lord will use it many powerful and mighty ways in our soul, in our team, and for the good of our church and ultimately, the glory of God all over the world!
I am going to miss you guys as I head out, again! I look forward to seeing you and giving you a report when I return. Aiming to get off the plane on Nov 6 and see you at church!
It is a joy and privilege to be your pastor and I will be boasting in you wherever I go!
Grace and Peace!
https://www.sovereigngrace.com/2022-pastors-conference
On the 13th Nov, we’ll be holding a Board games and burgers night. A fun night for us as a church to gather for some fellowship and engage is some board game rivalry.
It will also be a great opportunity for you to invite your friends, families, neighbours to connect with our church community :) so do invite them along.
Starts 5pm with a simple ‘make your own burger’ for dinner.
We will also have a short time where a couple of our church members will be sharing their testimonies to encourage the saints!
If you have any favourite board games you would like to play on the night bring them along!
Any questions? - contact Richard (richard@sgparra.org.au)
P.S: 20th Nov - we will also be holding another fellowship night - You won’t want to miss this one! So lock in that date too!!!
We’re coming together as churches for a night of worship & prayer singing songs from the latest Sovereign Grace Music albums… save the date!
On the night we will be singing a selection of songs from the latest Sovereign Grace Music Albums, ‘Unchanging God Vol.1 + 2’
Saturday November 26th 7:30pm at Fox Valley Community Centre!
If you’d like to help in anyway with the logistics of the evening please contact Richard Song (richard@sgparra.org.au)
Your LG leaders will let you know all the details!
We are very excited to be launching the SGC Australia ‘Young Leaders Internship’ starting Feb 2023. It is a 10 month opportunity for you if you’re young/youngish to dip your toes into a ministry environment and serve Jesus and your church with a bunch of like-minded people.
It is open to all SGC members and we’re also extending it to people who are outside of SGC and would like to join one of our churches for the program.
If this interests you or you know someone it would interest, then please head to anz.sovereigngrace.com/internship to find out more.
The reality is, we need more leaders to take the gospel forward and we hope that this program aids that!
The 14:1 ministry is meeting at 7.30pm this Friday, 21st October at 27 Iron St.
The night is open to all our church members and Starting Point members. Whether you are new to spiritual gifts, or are seeking to discern which gifts the Lord may have given you, or you are desiring to grow in your pursuit and practice of them then this night is designed for you!
We will spend time worshipping together, hearing from one another about how the Lord has worked through the gifts in our church recently (and He has!), and praying for one another. There will also be some teaching on the gifts and an opportunity for Q&A about the gifts.
See you there, Lord willing!
-Matt