We will be holding our annual Thanksgiving Sunday service on Sunday, 31st December.

There will be no formal sermon on this day. Instead, we will be giving members of the church an opportunity to publicly give thanks for what the Lord has done in their lives this year.

You are more than welcome to take hold of this opportunity. If you’d like to do so, we would recommend writing out what you hope to say. Each person will be given approximately 3 minutes, so that we can have as many people take the mic as possible.

We look forward to giving thanks to the Lord together with you!

We will be on break from Life Groups until the school term begins next year! However, this is a great time to book in socials or catch-ups with other members of the church who we might not get to spend much time with during the term.

We hope you have a great break!

Our annual Christmas Eve Carols Service is fast approaching! This will be a great opportunity to invite friends and family to hear the Gospel and celebrate the birth of Jesus with us!

Date: Sunday, 24th December
Time: 5-6pm
Location: Parramatta East Public School (Parking & Entry via Gaggins St.)
Kids: All the kids will be in the service

There will be carols, kids performance, the bible story read and explained, with some light supper afterwards.

More details at sgparra.org.au/christmas.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Springs will be hosting Christmas Eve drinks after the Christmas Eve service and we’d love you to come along!

Time: 7-9pm, 24th December
There will be a Christmas movie on for the kids and some drinks and snacks provided, and maybe even more carols,. Feel free to bring something to share or your own dinner.

The address will be provided by your life group leaders.

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

Most life groups will be having their Christmas parties this week!

Your leaders will send you details.

We hope you all have a blast!

Our annual Christmas Eve Carols Service is fast approaching! This will be a great opportunity to invite friends and family to hear the Gospel and celebrate the birth of Jesus with us!

Date: Sunday, 24th December
Time: 5-6pm
Location: Parramatta East Public School (Parking & Entry via Gaggins St.)
Kids: All the kids will be in the service

There will be carols, kids performance, the bible story read and explained, with some light supper afterwards.

More details at sgparra.org.au/christmas.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Our SG Parra Women’s Social is coming up this Friday! 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!)

We hope you can make it!

We are looking for volunteers to help supervise the kids movie for Sovereign Grace Wahroonga’s next Envision meeting.

When: Sunday, 11th February 2024
Time: 4:30-6:30
Where: Fox Valley Community Centre

If this is something that you could help out with, please email admin@sgparra.org.au.

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