On Saturday evening, both of our Sovereign Grace Churches gathered along with many friends of our churches for the Gathering Around the Gospel Concert with Bob Kauflin. It was a night filled with triumphant praise, prayer and fellowship as Bob led us in worship under the common banner of the Gospel. Scripture was read, prayed and sung throughout the evening, making for a wonderful evening of exalting our great King Jesus.

As announced on the last few Sundays, the next round of the Alpha Course will be beginning soon - NEXT WEEK, in fact! Alpha is a great place for unbelieving friends and family to come and ask questions and explore the Christian faith without fear of judgement.

There will be two weekly courses running starting from May 17th. One will run weekly on a Wednesday night and the other will run weekly on a Thursday night. Each course will run for a total of 6 weeks.

Please be praying for people you could invite along and that God would embolden us as a church to cross the pain line and share the Gospel with those around us who are lost.

Here is a flyer you can share with friends and family with all the info:

Sign up at sgparra.org.au/alpha.

As part of his studies with Alphacrucis College, Ben Duckitt is putting on a performance here at Sovereign Grace Parramatta, we will be having a night of worship thinking about the cross where him and a band will be leading us in singing eight of his own compositions and five songs that we sing regularly at church. Everyone in the church is invited!

When: 6pm, Sunday 21st May
Where: Iron Street Chapel, 27 Iron Street, North Parramatta

Please listen to the original songs before the event which can be found at http://bit.ly/mus2302023

Guys Growth Groups are on this week! Your LG leaders will let you know all the details.

All 300 tickets are now taken! Contact Riley if you still would like to see if you can come

Details: Saturday April 29th, 7.30pm, Fox Valley Community Centre, 8pm start.

Parking free onsite.

Light snacks and Drinks provided.

Come ready to enjoy the Lord together with our sister church and many other visitors!

This Sunday we will be introducing new song called ‘Undivided’ written by a friend of Sovereign Grace, Rob Smith from Emu Music. This song will help us to focus on pursuing all of our heart and all of our life for Jesus Christ.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RntDPMzfn90

Verse 1
Give me an undivided heart
That I might fear Your name
Teach me to walk in righteous paths
And follow in Your ways
For You are gracious and forgiving
Hear O Lord and answer me

Verse 2
Give me an undivided mind
That I might love Your word
Help me to hunger for Your voice
And know Your Spirit's sword
For You are good Your truth unchanging
Life is found in serving You

Chorus 1
Undivided
I want to live for You
Single minded
All that I say all that I do
Sanctify me
Take me and make me new
That I might live for Christ my Lord

Verse 3
Give me an undivided love
For all that You desire
Make me a living sacrifice
Ignite in me Your fire
For You O Lord are God eternal
All my ways are known to You

Chorus 2
Undivided
Counting my gains as loss
Single minded
Whatever the pain whatever the cost
Sanctify me
Help me take up my cross
And live for Him who died for me 

CCLI Song #5881312 | Rob Smith | © 2010 Smith, Rob

On ANZAC Day yesterday, we as a nation commemorated the ANZAC troops who landed in Gallipoli, Turkey on this very day in 1915.

Remembering their sacrifice and service helps not only to keep their stories and this history alive, but also serves as a fresh reminder that many of the freedoms that we get to enjoy today came at a cost.

And ultimately, we are reminded to give thanks to the Lord of all creation, who has providentially acted - for our good and His glory - through these courageous souls.

May we remember them
Lest we forget.

Hi Church,

I am writing to share some exciting news. Our pastor, Riley Spring, has been appointed as the National Director for Sovereign Grace Churches Australia. This is a significant honour and a great responsibility, and we are delighted that he has been selected for this opportunity.

Riley’s passion for advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ through planting and strengthening churches will be harnessed in this role. Evidence of this grace is our church plant, Sovereign Grace Church Parramatta. His giftings will enable him to lead and equip our two family of churches in Wahroonga and Parramatta, as we look forward to what God has planned for us in Australia.

This also means that Dave Taylor, senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church Wahroonga, will be able to devote more of his time to his role as a local pastor and as Global Missions Director for Sovereign Grace Churches.

Dave and Riley have made a brief clip explaining the role, listed below.

However, I want to emphasise that Riley’s main priority and heart in service and leadership remains with SG Parra. This role will see the furthering of Gods kingdom in Australia and in our local congregation.

In fact, one of the core reasons he can take on this new role is because of the faithful service of all of you. After much prayer, counsel and affirmation from the pastoral team and deacons of our church, it became clear to us that his calling was to serve our local church and to do what he can to help plant and strengthen churches throughout Australia. 

This new role will require a portion of his time and will involve various travelling responsibilities, and the related work will be compensated from SG Australia. For example, this has allowed the hiring of Rebs Song as an administrative assistant, so that Riley can devote more of his time and energy to pastoral care, prayer and preaching for SG Parra.

It is with confidence in Gods goodness that He will use Riley and our church community to further His kingdom. As such, I ask for your continued prayer and support for Riley as he takes on this additional role.

If you have any questions, concerns or comments concerning this new role, please do not hesitate to be in contact.

Regards,

Richard Song

The Gathering Around the Gospel Concert with Bob Kauflin is finally upon us!

There are still some free tickets up for grabs! We are so looking forward to worshiping with you on Saturday!

Details: Saturday April 29th, 7.30pm, Fox Valley Community Centre

Tickets here:

https://sg.elvanto.com.au/form/8cbb4e68-8948-40aa-9bcd-c9d76c2892ca

Registrations for our Together ‘23 Conference have begun rolling in! This is a friendly reminder to register for the conference if you’ve yet to do so.

The aim of Together is to gather with both of our churches, and friends of our churches, here in Australia for a weekend of fellowship, worship, and making memories together!

Together 2023 will be running from July 21-23 and will be held at the Collaroy Centre in Narrabeen.

This year our theme is: ‘Zealous for the Name of Christ’ where we’ll be discussing the often forgotten virtue of Godly zeal. We will have the privilege of having a special guest from the U.S. join us, Jeff Purswell. He will explain what Godly zeal is and then apply it to various areas of our lives so that we will live all for the name of Christ.

We would recommend registering sooner than later as all the Deluxe Rooms have already been BOOKED OUT and almost half of the Hotel Rooms have been booked.

Please also note that you must still register children under the age of 3 even though their rego is free.

If you have any more questions about the conference or registration, please contact Rebs at admin@sgparra.org.au.

We look forward to seeing you there!