Life Groups are on this week!

Life Groups are so vital for us as a Church as they allow us to take the joy of Sunday and work out in smaller communities where we can know each other more deeply and help each other out more personally. We hope that this time together with your group blesses you!

Your LG leaders will send you all the information you need for this week.

As many of you know, this past week, we had the privilege of having Bob Kauflin and David Zimmer from Sovereign Grace Music out in Australia to run a Worship Matters Intensive for worship leaders from all across Sydney. We also had applicants fly in from Perth, the Philippines and Japan!

It was a tremendous three days filled with teaching, worship and the fostering of new friendships. Over the course of the intensive, Bob taught on what God’s Word says about music and singing as a form of worship and how to best serve our congregations in this sphere. Each applicant also had the opportunity to lead a set to be reviewed by Bob, David and the other applicants. Overall, it was a time of encouragement, teaching, building up and the equipping of saints for the work of ministry in each of their local churches.

We are so grateful to Bob and David for giving up their time and efforts to serve these men and in turn, their churches.

We just wanted to take a moment to thank Jordan for her faithful service in her role as bookkeeper of our church for this past year. Much of what she did happened behind the scenes and went unnoticed, but was integral to the life of our church. Jordan has recently stepped down from the role to focus her attention on her full time job. We thank God for you, Jordan!

We are also excited to announce that Sammy Commerford has kindly offered to step into the role of bookkeeper going forward. If you have any bookkeeping enquiries or need any reimbursements etc., you can contact Sammy at sammy@sgparra.org.au.

We are so grateful for the Lord’s ongoing provision of all our needs and for continuing to build His church.

This Sunday, we will be celebrating Mother’s Day at SG Parra! We look forward to joining with you in honouring the mothers and mother figures within our community and thanking God for them! This is also a great opportunity to invite family and friends along to our service.

This Sunday, we will be inducting our newest members into SG Parra! This is always an exciting week as we get to see and celebrate how the Lord is building His church! We can’t wait to welcome these brothers and sisters with warmth, joy and the love of Christ. We look forward to seeing you there!

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.

Dear Church, 

Thank you all for how you have prayed and considered giving to this year’s ‘Go Forward Fund’. As a Church we have raised just over $62,000 to be used for good gospel work and for building up our local church here in Australia! It really is a joy to pastor such a generous church. And even those who weren’t able to give this year, thank you for considering it! May the Lord use these funds to bring great glory to His name and to His Son! 

“1Tim. 6:17   As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19 thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.”

— Riley

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

We’re so excited to have Bob Kauflin and David Zimmer from Sovereign Grace Music joining us for our Sunday gathering this week!

Bob and David will be leading us in singing followed by a message from Bob on what the Bible teaches us about worship through song.

To accommodate for extra guests, we will have K-2 downstairs in Kids’ Work from the beginning of service and years 3-6 will join them during the 5 minute break as usual.

Please feel free to invite friends and family along as it will be a very special time together! We look forward to worshiping with you!

There will be Lunch after Church this week hosted by the Seric Life Group! They are very generously providing pizza for everyone with GF options in the mix, so please stick around if you can!