G2G will be on this Friday 25th October, 6-8PM! It will be held at 27 Iron Street, North Parramatta.
Please be praying for the youth of SG Parra and any friends who come along - that God would work powerfully as the Gospel is presented to them.
Men’s Growth Groups are on this week! Your LG leaders will let you know all the details.
The wait is over! Our SG Aus Men’s Conference is happening this weekend!
The theme for the conference is ‘Christ Our Captain’ and we have the privilege of having Pastor Eric Turbedsky from Sovereign Grace Church of Orange make the trip out to teach and help us to orient our lives around Christ and his mission. The aim is for the men of our churches to gather for an extended time of fellowship, worship and also some stupid fun!
Please be praying for the men of our churches as they attend this conference - that the Lord would meet and envision them in the roles He has called them to. Please also be praying for Eric as he serves the men.
Life Groups are back 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.
As much as is possible, it’s our aim for every member to attend Life Group or Growth Group, every time it’s on! This isn’t a rule or a new law, rather, we’d love that these special times go in our calendars first because they’re so good and so vital for our growth AND they are a key way we each play a part in serving each other in the church.
For some, this is made difficult because of shift work, travel, or baby sitting needs. To help you, we’ve attached the Term 4 Schedule below so that you can look ahead to when your group is on and organise your calendar/sitting around that if possible.
It’s so great when the most amount of people can be regularly be at group where possible!
I hope Life Groups and Growth Groups bless you once again this term!
This week we have the privilege of having Eric Turbedsky with us for our Men’s Conference. On Sunday, he will be serving our Wahroonga church and so if you’d like to meet Eric and sit under his teaching you can visit Wahroonga for either their 10am or 5pm service, head to www.sovgrace.org.au for location and more details.
Also, we wil have Andrew Leung from Wahroonga preaching for us this Sunday!
We are hoping to have Ladies Coffee Mornings back on this term and we are looking for some volunteers to host one of these mornings. These are a great opportunity to have some unhurried fellowship with other ladies from church during the week.
If you are keen to host a coffee morning this term, please contact Rebs Song at admin@sgparra.org.au.
Have you been using your prayer guide?
The hope and aim of putting this together was that we’d grow even more into a praying church. One of the best ways to practically love people in our church is…to pray for them!! Even though it feels impractical, prayer is like a divine radio walkie talkie to heaven, where you can call down blessings and supplies for your friends and family.
This guide was designed to be used every month so even though it says ‘September’ on the front that was just the printing date! Just follow the day number with your calendar and pray through the people and the items until we update it in 6 months time.
Colossians 4:2
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
October 31 is Reformation Day, commemorating the day Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses (https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/luther-ninety-five-theses-what-you-may-not-know-why-they-matter-today/?amp=1) on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg Germany. This sparked a ripple effect which caused the Protestant Reformation.
We owe our understanding of the Gospel, the grace of God, and the fact we can read the Bible in our own languages, and so much more to what was (re)discovered during this period. Many of these Reformers were beaten, imprisoned, and put to death for their actions of serving the Church.
For the next 30 days Desiring God Has a short (5-8 min) podcast or email that tells the story of the Reformation day by day. It’s called “Here We Stand”. I urge you to follow this so that you can know our history and appreciate all that God has done for us over the past 500 years. It is fascinating, inspiring, and faith building!
Email:
https://www.desiringgod.org/here-we-stand
Apple Pod:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/here-we-stand/id1288434187
Spotify Pod:
Our next Women’s Breakfast is coming up THIS SATURDAY! It will be on the topic of Untangling Emotions.
Our dear friend and sister Rachel Pettett will be giving a talk on what God’s word has to say about our emotions and how to find Jesus in the mess of our emotions.
We hope you can join us for this time of fellowship, food and teaching!
When: 8:30-10:30am, THIS Saturday 5th October
Location: 27 Iron St, North Parramatta
Cost: $5pp (+$3 if you’d like a barista coffee from the local cafe - let Rebs know your order by this Friday)
RSVP: Rebs at admin@sgparra.org.au (by Sunday 29 Sept)
Daylight Saving Time will be starting this Sunday! Here’s your friendly reminder to set your clocks forward one hour on Saturday night and to budget in for the hour lost this Sunday.
Looking forward to worshiping with you!