Welcome to Worship
This Sunday at 10am
+ Topic: Exploring Faith: Reading the Bible.
+ Scripture: Nehemiah 8:1-12, Genesis 17:1-8, Exodus 6:2-4, Galatians 3:6-14
+ Worship Leader: Eddie Chapman; Preacher: Keith Dyer
Order of Service
- Opening Reading: Nehemiah 8:1-12
- Call to worship
- Song: Praise with Joy the World’s Creator
- Community News
- Offering
- Song: Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
- Bible Readings: Genesis 17:1-8, Exodus 6:2-4.
- Sermon (Keith)
- Song: People are Language
- Pastoral Prayers
- Song: We limit not the truth of God.
- Benediction
Community News
+ It is good to see our pastor, Eddie Chapman, profiled as a Sustainable City of Whitehorse Champion. This column reports on the Community Shed (woodwork and bike restoration & repair), encourages people to join the shed and probes into why Eddie and others are committed to such environmental ventures. It also notes the work of the Box Hill Community Bakehouse and its mission to save food waste and offer food to needy people.
+ Open Baptists Forum: A Zoom forum is planned for Wednesday, 25 June, 7:15-8:30pm to talk about: How the Open Baptists Association came into being; The benefit of being part of two associations and the steps for joining the Open Baptists (and other churches’ experiences of taking these steps). There will also be time to ask questions. If there are other areas you’d like to explore – please let Geoff know and he will relay these issues to the organisers. The Zoom link will be made available in the next week.
+ An Enneagram Workshop is being led by Dr Tim McCowan at Wellspring (Ashburton) this weekend. More information at this link.
+ Our new Exploring Faith commenced last week – and if you missed it but would still like to be involved, we would love to have you join us!
Every Wednesday, (7:30pm) @ 5 Ellingworth Pde.
Visit exploringfaith.org.au or email office@boxhillbaptist.org.au
Pointers for Prayer
+ People to Pray for: Glennys Williams is having a three week stay in Baptcare’s Hedley Sutton Aged Care Community. Unfortunately, a new outbreak of COVID has made visiting Glennys inadvisable; Don Timms has been at the Epworth Rehabilitation hospital in Camberwell this week and may come home this weekend; Kate Best (Diane Harrison’s niece) has returned home to Swan Hill following surgery and rehab after having a stroke. She is tired with headaches but Kate and her family, including Diane wish to thank people at Box Hill Baptist for their prayers and kindness.
This Week
Monday
+ 2pm-5pm Bike Restoration and Rescue Session at the Community Shed: (rear 470 Station St, Box Hill).
+ 5pm-9pm Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
Tuesday
+ 9.30am – The Box Hill Community Choir meets in the Church Sanctuary and Gallery.
+ 7.15pm for 7.30pm to 9pm: The Bible & Chat group meets in the Village Well for a cuppa and begins study at 7.30pm. The Scriptures this week are Psalm 119 and Ephesians 6: 10-20.
Wednesday
+ 7:30 to 9pm – Exploring Faith Week 1 (5 Ellingworth Pde)
Thursday
+ 10am-12 midday The English Language Group meets in the Barn.
+ 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.
+ 7.30pm-9pm Discussion Group meets in the Gallery. Convenor: Andy McCulloch.
Friday
+ 10am-11.30am A Playgroup meets in the Barn for children 0-5 years of age and their parents and carers.
+ 5pm-9pm Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
Saturday
+ 7.30am-8.30am Bakehouse in the Barn
Coming up
+ Saturday 21 June – Winter Solstice Bonfire & Games night.
Food for Thought, Prayer & Action
+ Learn more about the situation in Gaza from the 27-minute ABC Compass programme entitled ‘Unsettled’ which tracks the journey of three Palestinian families who’ve fled the war and sought protection in Australia.
+ Melinda Cousins, Director of Ministries for Baptist Churches in SA and NT, writes of the influence of Hebrew Bible scholar, Walter Brueggemann, who died this week. Link.
+ ‘Consider the Lilies of the Fields’: A Rocha (USA), which calls people to care for and pay attention to God’s creation has published this reading list of books about land and sea, birds and beasts. What books have helped deepen your knowledge of the divine call to us to be caretakers of the planet?
+ The New Atheists ‘Attack a God I Don’t Believe in, Either’: A Q&A with Rowan Williams. An unlocked article from the New York Times, 8 June 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 early June 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 22 June at 10am.
+ Service Theme: Interpreting and Applying the Bible (as we follow the topics of the Exploring Faith series for the next couple of months)
+ Worship Leader: Shueh Wah Kennedy; Preacher: Eddie Chapman
Worship Roster
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