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.

Our pastor Riley Spring, along with Maddison Lick and a team from SG Wahroonga have officially landed in the Philippines and are preparing to join a Sovereign Grace Music Worship God Conference which kicks off tonight!

Here’s an overview from Riley on what will be happening this week:

At the heart of Sovereign Grace Music is to produce Christ-exalting songs and training for the Church from our local churches. And it’s our hopes that this trip will strengthen our local church in the Fils and more broadly. As the gospel is sung and the word is taught, live will be changed!

There will be three different events over that time: Worship God Conference for 150 Pastors and Worship Leaders, A Gathering Around the Gospel concert for 2000+ people, and a musicians day for over 500 people. Please pray for Bob Kauflin, Jeffrey Jo, Dave Taylor, and the Sovereign Grace Music Team as they put the final preparations in place ready to lead three events in Manila Philippines in March.

The final day will be Sunday as we gather with all the Cavite churches for a combined service.

With over 3000 people already registered across these three events, please be praying for our remaining preparation and our time in the Fils.

Please be praying for the team as they serve and worship with the saints in the Philippines.

For more information about Sovereign Grace Music head to: https://sovereigngracemusic.com

Easter is SOON upon us and we are excited to worship the Saviour in this particular season where we reflect upon the most horrific and glorious moment in all of history: the death and resurrection of the Son of God!

Here is a brief overview of the plan so that you can get it in your diary and think about who to invite!

Prayer & Praise Night | 7:30pm, Thursday 28 March
We will be having our Prayer and Praise Night this month on Maundy Thursday. Come and join as as we reflect on and walk through Christ’s journey to the Cross. This will be held at Iron St.

Good Friday | 10am, Friday 29 March
We will be having a Good Friday service at Parra East. Kids work will be on with Conquerors (years 3-6) joining us in the service.

Easter Sunday | 10am, Sunday 31 March
Our resurrection Sunday service! Conquerors (years 3-6) will also be joining us in the service this week.

We hope you can join us for these dates!

Music Team Night is on tonight 12 March, 7:30pm at 27 Iron Street, North Parramatta.

The night is for all those currently in the Band or PA Team, and anyone interested in joining either team, we would love to see you there!

We are going to:
1. Spend time in worship
2. Be reminded of what God's purposes are for singing, and
3. Learn how to use in-ear monitoring.

The first two reasons are reason enough to come, but no doubt for both the Band and PA Team you will not want to miss the introduction to in-ear monitoring.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

A recap from Richard Song:

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I’m found, was blind but now I see.

These were the words a group of us sang as we ended our first walk-up session on Sunday. These words reminded us that we all were once dead in our trespasses, but by the grace of God, were made alive in Christ. This amazing reality is the ultimate truth, and there are countless people in Parramatta who have yet to hear it.

I’ll be honest, on Sunday, most of us were nervous and fearful of going out, but by God’s grace, we went out anyway, in the hopes that the Lord might use us mightily in our weakness. And though the fears remained, it propelled our souls to pray as we went out.

As we did, the Holy Spirit opened up opportunities for us to reach out and speak with some people who were willing to listen (and also with some who weren’t!). However, we found much assurance in the reality that it is ‘… only God who gives growth.’ (1 Corinthians 3:6)

It is our prayer that we might continue to entrust all our missional endeavours to God alone, and as we do, that He would provide the boldness to step out in faith and continue to share the good news with those whom we encounter.

Walk up will continue to occur each Sunday leading up to Easter (31 March). We would love for you to come and join us!

Date: Every Sunday leading up to Easter
Time: 2-3PM
Location: Doyle Park (12 Buller St, North Parramatta NSW 2151)

Please speak to Richard Song (richard@sgparra.org.au) if you are interested.

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

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

On Sunday we looked at ‘The Justification of God’ and how He is the most significant and important being in the universe and how his glory matters most, even in Jesus’ death on the cross. See the sermon here from Romans 3:25-26.

I wanted to share this quote from Pastor/Scholar Sinclair Ferguson about the Fear of God as I believe it helps communicate how we are to stand in awe of our God:

“True fear of God almost defies definition, because it is really a synonym for the heartfelt worship of God for who and what He is. It is at one and the same time (1) a consciousness of being in the presence of True Greatness and Majesty; (2) a thrilling sense of privilege; (3) an overflow of respect and admiration; and perhaps supremely, (4) a sense that His opinion about my life is the only thing that matters. To someone who fears God, His fatherly approval means everything, and the loss of it is the greatest of all griefs. To fear God is to have a heart that is sensitive to both His God-ness and His graciousness.” Sinclair Ferguson

May we be a people who are in heartfelt awe and awareness of God’s being and majesty and overflowing with gratefulness because of His love for us!

In the lead up to Easter this year, we will be heading out to Doyle Park each Sunday after church starting from THIS WEEK to do some walk-up evangelism.

This is open to everyone - the more the merrier! This is not just for those who feel confident in the area of evangelism, but for anyone who’d like to see God at work through our feeble attempts! We are so expectant for what the Lord might do!

Date: Every Sunday starting this week, 10 March
Time: 2-3PM
Location: Doyle Park (12 Buller St, North Parramatta NSW 2151)

Please speak to Richard Song (richard@sgparra.org.au) if you are interested.