Guys Growth Groups are on this week! Your LG leaders will let you know all the details.
The Pastoral Team and wives are heading to the US for our Annual Pastors and Wives Conference for Sovereign Grace Churches. It will be a great time of worship, teaching, and friendship with our dear partners in the gospel.
We’ll head first to Louisville Kentucky where the Spring’s lived for 10 months whilst Riley studies at the Sovereign Grace Churches Pastors College. We will also visit Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, where our friends Bob Kauflin, David Zimmer, CJ Mahaney, Jeff Purswell, and…Austin and Emma Momber are from. Riley will preach at their Church in the morning also.
We will then fly to Orlando for the annual Council of Elders meeting and the Pastor’s Conference.
Please be praying for our time. It is a gift that we are able to go, and even more of a gift that we have such a great family of Churches to be united to.
We had such a sweet time with our Filipino brothers and sisters over the past month as they completed their ‘Sydney Pastoral Immersion Training’. This was the second month they had spent together, after spending 3 weeks in Cavite Manila with Pastor Jeffrey Jo and his team. They came to Sydney to experience other Sovereign Grace Churches and for targeted training with Dave Taylor and the Wahroonga Church Team.
The majority of their time was spent in our Wahroonga Church doing Biblical Counseling training, Marriage Enrichment, What is the Mission of the Church, as well as other topics. They visited the church, served in worship, went to Gospel Communities, and spent time in fellowship.
We had the joy of having them with us in Parramatta one Sunday, and for three Friday’s I taught them ‘Church Planting, the Sovereign Grace Way’. I really enjoyed my time with them. They love the Lord, are humble, joyful, and keen to learn and serve.
I will miss them!
One of the great things we get to do in the life of our church is Baby Dedications! This is a glorious opportunity for parents to publicly declare their commitment to bringing up their child/ren in the “discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4b).
We are looking to hold a baby dedication in the coming weeks and would love to know if you are interested in dedicating your child/children.
If so, please contact Rebs (admin@sgparra.org.au). We look forward to hearing from you!
Our SG Parra Women’s Social is coming up! We are holding a wreath-making event in the lead up to Christmas and we hope that this would be a great event to invite our friends and family as an outreach opportunity.
When: 7:30-9:30PM, Friday 8th December
Where: 27 Iron St, North Parramatta
What: Wreath Making (all materials provided) + supper
Cost: $15pp (shout a friend to come along!)
RSVP: admin@sgparra.org.au
We hope you can make it!
It is our hope that this will help parents in their efforts to engage their children in conversations about their learning at SG Kids, to expound upon and apply that learning in their own homes, and perhaps even to prepare their child before Sunday for the story that will be taught.
If you're not a parent, I encourage you to check out the SG Kids Spot each week. It may be a handy piece of background knowledge to spark up a conversation after church with one of our children. They love chatting to the adults of our church and it would be of great benefit for them to see you take an interest in what they're learning about in kids church.
May this weekly, small, colourful square be a blessing to you as you carry out God's calling to teach His Word to the next generation.
John Carr
SG Kids Director
It’s Ladies Growth Groups this week! Your LG leader will have all the details you need.
The 31st of October (today!) has something way better than candy and costumes in store. It’s Reformation Day!
Below are a few resources to help each of us understand, appreciate, and thank God for the Protestant Reformation.
The History of the Reformation by R.C. Sproul — an article giving you a historical overview of the Reformation.
The Very Heart of the Reformation by R.C. Sproul — this article answers the question: what controversy sparked the Reformation?
The Story of Martin Luther — a short, kid-friendly animated film surveying the life of Martin Luther.
Luther: The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer — a full documentary on Luther produced by Ligonier.
Why Do We Celebrate the Protestant Reformation? by John Piper at Desiring God — Piper’s 5 God-centered reasons he rejoices in the Reformation.
We will be starting a Mission Book Club, going through the book “Mere Evangelism” by Randy Newman over a course of 3 weeks.
What: Reading through and discussing the book “Mere Evangelism”
When: Sundays 2:30-3:30pm | 19th Nov, 26th Nov, 3rd December
Where: The Songs’ House
If you are interested in joining in, please contact Richard (richard@sgparra.org.au).
The 7th Issue of the Sovereign Grace Journal has recently been released. The articles, written by pastors from Sovereign Grace Churches around the world, centre around the topic of Church Partnership, which is one of Sovereign Grace Church’s Seven Shared Values.
Our Pastor, Riley Spring, has contributed to the journal with an article titled: “What Does Partnership Mean for Church Members?”
We encourage you to have a read and pray that this resource is a blessing to you!