Welcome to Worship
This Sunday at 10am
+ Topic: Interpreting & Applying the Bible (Study 3 in our Exploring Faith series)
+ Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18
+ Worship Leader: Shueh Wah Kennedy; Preacher: Eddie Chapman
Order of Service
- Call to worship
- Opening Prayer
- Song: The Journey of the life we live
- Welcome & Community News
- Offering
- Song: There are no words
- Reading: Ephesians 6:10-18
- Sermon – Interpreting and Applying the Bible
- Song: People are language
- Prayers for our world
- Song: We limit not the truth of God
- Benediction
Community News
+ Box Hill Baptist Church has always been proudly multi-cultural, and at times bi-lingual… but as of this Sunday we’ll be truly MULTI-lingual! Thanks to amazing advances in technology and automatic translation, anyone attending our Box Hill Baptist Sunday services in person will now be able to click on a link and have all of the speaking in our service translated into any language they choose, right on their phones. Khmer, Persian, Cantonese, Hindi, Mandarin…. the list goes on! You can check out the options and connect here: https://boxhillbaptistchurch.breeze-translate.com/client
+ 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. Here is the Zoom link:
Meeting ID: 819 2439 1424 Passcode: 823516
Pointers for Prayer
+ Several members of the Box Hill Community Choir are either recovering from surgery or experiencing ill health. Pray for them as they prepare to perform in the Box Hill Mall on Tuesday 1 July.
+ Pray for the newly refreshed Care Groups as they each come together that friendships will be established and fostered and that meeting together will be a joyous experience.
+ Give thanks for the technology (and the technicians) such as the online streaming of services and the new multi-language platform that help us get a taste of the Pentecost Day experience when “they each heard in their native language.”
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 Scripture for study this week is John 4:5-42.
Wednesday
+ 7:30 to 9pm – Exploring Faith – Session 3 (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.
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
Food for Thought, Prayer & Action
+ Australian Author, Geraldine Brooks, soldiered on after the sudden death of her husband but later realised that she had to do the work of grief. Geraldine tells her story, Grief, a Love Story, on Compass via ABC iView
+ As Alcoholics Anonymous Turns 90, a Look at the Serenity Prayer’s Eternal Relevance, Religion News. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…”
+ Public Christianity’s latest postings include articles on Bono and Tina (the film).
+ “We way underestimate how much the simplest text or call means to our friends, family members and colleagues.” Why You Should Check In, Axios.
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.
Every Wednesday, (7:30pm) @ 5 Ellingworth Pde.- Visit exploringfaith.org.au or email office@boxhillbaptist.org.au
Next Sunday 29 June at 10am.
+The Last Breakfast led by Eddie Chapman. Bring breakfast/brunch food to share around the tables. We’ll be exploring with our series on our Exploring Faith series with “The Person of Jesus”
Worship Roster
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