Welcome to Worship
This week we follow in our series on The Last Week of Jesus with Shueh Wah and Eddie helping us to reflect on the events of Monday, from Mark 11:12-19.
Order of Service
- Call to Worship
- Opening Prayer
- Song – Come as you are
- Welcome and Community News
- Offering
- Song – Beauty for Brokenness
- Reading – Mark 11:12-19
- Song – How can we live as Christians
- Sermon – What Would Jesus Throw?
- Prayers for Our World
- Song – Peace from Justice
- Benediction
Community News
+ The Church Member’s Meeting following the service last Sunday, 2 March, resulted in the proposal to run a forum for people to discuss the new draft church constitution and understand it better. Some helpful questions about the Open Baptist’s documents which may lead to greater clarity and refinement. Church finances are good but offerings are slightly below budget.
+ Earthen Vessels Church (The Vietnamese Church) that has met in our premises over recent years has secured their own buildings—the facilities at South Yarra after the South Yarra Community Baptist Church continued to have online worship and daily prayer. EVC has taken ownership but they want to do some refurbishing before they meet there for weekly worship. They plan to move by the end of 2025 but they hope they will be at South Yarra by June or July.
This Week
Tuesday
+ The Box Hill Community Choir practices.
+ 7.15pm Coffee/tea for a 7.30pm start: Bible & Chat in the Village Well. Reflecting on Figs & Faith in The Last Week of Jesus with a focus on Tuesday as described in Mark 11: 20-25. Convenor: Geoff Pound.
Wednesday
10am-3pm The Community Shed 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.
7-10pm Midweek Jams: live music practice and networking sessions at the church. These are aimed to help support our local musicians and artists, and help contribute to a vibrant local live music scene. Make sure to share this event with any musicians you know!
8pm: Prayer Link: Some moments via Zoom to pray together. Here is the link.
Thursday
10am-12 midday The English Language Group is held in the Barn. It runs from 10am to 12 midday and includes morning tea. Gold coin donation. Convenor: Lynne Dyer.
11am-1pm upstairs in the Village Well: Social Chat Group—basic English language and Aussie culture, table tennis, Tai Chi, tea/coffee, friendship-making.
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 Playgroup 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.
Coming up
+ The Box Hill Community Choir will be performing in the Box Hill Mall on Tuesday March 18 between 10am and 11am. Plan to come to support them, enjoy the music and have coffee together afterwards.
+ On 24 March 2025 at 7.15pm for 7.30pm ‘Understanding Trans Lives’: An opportunity to hear stories, gain insights about the variety of transgender people and issues and ask questions of counsellor Matt Glover and trans person, Sally Goldner. This is an open invitation to all who would like to learn more.
Food for Thought, Prayer & Action
+ If you are a teacher or you know of a teacher being drawn to a new, global teaching experience, contact the Baptist Mission Australia team for more information.
+ Read about the towns in Syria that speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Link.
+ Gutting USAID is throwing Australian aid programmes into chaos. “What they’re doing is cruel and lethal,” says Tim Costello. Link: SMH and Public Christianity.
+ ‘My Problem Was Not With Grief With a Capital G. My Problem Was That Eric Was Dead,’ Nicholas Wolterstorff, New York Times (unlocked article), 2 March 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!)
- Bible & Chat: Currently each Tuesday, 7:15pm for 7.30pm start at the Village Well (5 Ellingworth Pde). The group normally reflects on a Scripture passage for the following Sunday service. Convenor: Geoff Pound
- KYB (Know Your Bible): Tuesdays fortnightly via Zoom. (Convenor: Helen Timms)
- A Small Group meets in the Gallery on the first and third Thursday of the month from 7.30pm-9pm. Convenor: Andy McCulloch.
- The Explorers Group is preparing for a restart in early May for people wanting to explore the Christian faith for the first time or take a refresher. This will be a 12-part series. Ask Eddie Chapman for more details.
Next Sunday 9 March 2025 at 10am
+ Service led by Eddie Chapman and Geoff Pound reflecting on the happenings of Tuesday in The Last Week in the life of Jesus.
+ Scripture: Mark 11:20-25.
Worship Roster
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