Order of Service
- Call to worship
- Song: ‘Father Welcomes all His Children’
- Prayer of gathering and confession
- Welcome and community news
- Song: ‘Father God in Heaven, Lord Most High’
- Offering & prayer
- Bible Reading: Luke 11:1–4; Matthew 6:5–13
- Song: ‘Father in Heaven, be your Name Hallowed’
- Sermon The Lord’s prayer: ‘give us today our daily bread’
- Song: ‘Let us Break Bread Together’ [verses 1 & 2]
- Communion
- Song: ‘Let us Break Bread Together’ [verse 3]
- Pastoral Prayer
- Benediction
Community News
Notices and News
New Year’s greetings to those celebrating the Lunar calendar! May this year be one of growth, joy and fulfilment.
This Sunday 2 February 2025
+ Morning Worship at 10am. We continue our series on ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ and are studying the petition: ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ Readings: Luke 11:1–4; Matthew 6:5–13.
+ Being the first Sunday of the month, you are invited to bring with your offering some non-perishable food items to be given to the needy in our area.
+ On the first Sunday of the month we celebrate the Lord’s Supper.
Next Sunday 9 February 2025
+ Morning Worship at 10am.
+ Graeme Davison will be preaching on the petition in ‘The Lord’s Prayer’, ‘Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us’.
This Week
Monday
7.30pm The Deacons have their first meeting for the year. Let the chair, Shueh-Wah, know if you have any item you’d like to have put on the agenda.
Tuesday
9.30am – 11am The Box Hill Community Choir recommences for the new year in our church building. New participants are very welcome to sing and share morning tea each Tuesday morning.
7.15pm Coffee/tea for a 7.30pm start: Bible & Chat in the Village Well. The group present this last week decided to have Bible & Chat each Tuesday night (now that the Explorers Group is not meeting) for the foreseeable future, except in the weeks when we are scheduling a seminar. This Tuesday we are studying the theme, ‘Forgive us our sins…’
Wednesday
10am-3pm The Community Shed on Wednesdays starts this week for women and men to do general woodwork. The Shed is located behind the Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station St, Box Hill. Contact Glenn Campbell for more details.
8pm: Prayer Link: Some moments via Zoom to pray together. Here is the link.
Thursday
10am-11.30am The English Language Group starts again in the Barn. It runs from 10am to 12 midday and includes morning tea. Gold coin donation.
11am-1pm upstairs in the Village Well: Social Chat Group—English language, table tennis, Tai Chi, tea/coffee, friendship-making. Waste Education Officer for the City of Whitehorse, Jessica Phillips, will be speaking about waste, recycling and what goes into each bin.
1.30pm-2.30pm Bakehouse in the Barn: Saving bread, fruit and vegetables from waste by giving food to those wanting to ease their weekly budget.
Friday
10am-11.30am The Playgroup commences in the Barn for children, 0-4 years of age and their parents, grandparents and carers.
Saturday
7.30am-8.30am Bakehouse in the Barn.
Notices and News
+ The new draft worship roster is out! Check it out here (https://boxhillbaptist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/bhbc-roster-feb-june-2025.pdf). If you are not going to be able to do any of the tasks you are listed for, please chat to others and see if you can arrange a swap, and let the office know via email. Thanks as always to everyone who helps out with making our worship so meaningful, multi-faceted, and interactive!
+ Let us know how you’d like to see our Box Hill Baptist Care Groups changed and improved for 2025! Please send us an email and let us know how you think we could improve these groups! Your feedback and perspectives will really help us make sure you (and others!) are meaningfully cared for and supported in the year to come. Send us an email at office@boxhillbaptist.org.au with your thoughts!
+ We are looking to schedule some seminars. Let Geoff know of topics and speakers you’d love to hear.
Food for Thought, Prayer & Action
+ Ian Bunston runs a Zoom conversation each week entitled ‘Monday Matters’. This Monday, 3 February 2025, from 8am to 9am , social researcher and writer, Hugh MacKay, will be speaking about ‘Celebrating the Benefits of Community Connections and Australia’s social landscape as we head into 2025′. Click on the following link just before 8am: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89782648416
+ Tim Costello writes in the SMH and The Age for the Centre for Public Christianity on ‘Antisemitism and Islamophobia are not the only things rupturing our communities’, 17 January 2025. Link. Tim begins, “For the new year, I did something I had never done before. Rather than attend my own Protestant church, I went to a Catholic church on a Sunday morning…”
+ Justine Toh writes (13/1/25) in the Guardian Australia on the paradox of parenting—a self-sacrifice that ultimately creates space for something miraculous.
+ Prayer of Blessing for the New School Year:
May the gift of each new day be a chance to learn.
May our kindness and compassion be a moment to teach each other.
May the fragility of students, parents and staff be a place to build community.
May listening and encouragement be the well-spring of leadership.
May the passion of young people keep our hearts alive.
May the wisdom of older people keep our feet on the ground.
May laughter and joy spread like branches above us
May prayer and gratitude be our deepest roots.
May justice and peace ripen like fruit
as we grow in generosity
reaching out beyond our familiar world
to help those in need.
In this Year of Jubilee,
may we be Pilgrims of Hope.
May we find God in every
class, recess, game, performance, meeting,
discussion, assignment, friendship and lunch.
May we find God’s love and grace
in even our most ordinary days.
Amen.
Michael McGirr (2025)
Small Groups @ BHBC
Box Hill Baptist Church runs a number of small groups which create opportunities to build friendships, study the Bible and other resources, pray and strengthen our spiritual journeys.
If you are interested in any of the groups below, feel welcome to contact the convenor, or speak to one of our pastors. (And if you’d like to be part of a group but these don’t work for you, come and speak to us and we’ll see if we can start something new!)
- Explorers, & Bible Chats: Tuesdays, 7:30pm at the Village Well (5 Ellingworth Pde). The groups undertakes studies on a diverse range of topics including scripture, books, videos, and other resources.
- KYB (Know Your Bible): Tuesdays fortnightly via Zoom. (Convenor: Helen Timms)
Worship Roster
An inclusive community at the heart of Box Hill 