Welcome to Worship
This Sunday 8 February 2026 at 10am
+ Worship Leader: Keith Dyer; Preacher: Eddie Chapman
+ Scripture: Joshua 22: 1-6
+ Theme: Walking in God’s Ways—Second in our series ‘Dust to Dawn: Walking into Easter.’
+ The Rev Colin Hunter plans to attend our morning service at Box Hill at 10am this Sunday and will take part in an eight-minute interview as part of the service. This will focus on remembering and celebrating the ministry of the church while Colin and Jenny were at Box Hill from 1990-1996. Colin is especially looking forward to meeting up over morning tea with people who were at Box Hill in the Hunter years. Do invite former members and friends who were here in the nineties to come next Sunday. Bring any photos with you from this period.
Order of Service
- Acknowledgement of Country and Call to Worship:
- Song/Hymn: ‘The journey of life’
- Prayer of gathering and confession
- Welcome and community news
- Song/Hymn: ‘We are marching in the light of God’
- Our offering and prayer
- Interview: Rev Dr Colin Hunter (with Geoff)
- Bible reading: Joshua 22:1–6 — Raymond
- Song/Hymn: ‘Faith has set us on a journey’
- Sermon: ‘Walking in God’s Way’— Eddie
- Song/Hymn: ‘One more step along the world I go’
- Prayers for the world
- Benediction
Community News
+ Please pray for the people of Iran following the atrocities waged by the regime against its own people. Some estimate Tehran’s crackdown on anti-government rallies has claimed up to 30,000 lives. Remember Vahid and Mina in their concern for their family and friends.
+ Congratulations to Bill Firth-Smith on reaching the great age of 90 this week.
+ Kylie Wagenvoort was welcomed last Tuesday as the new conductor of the Box Hill Community Choir. Kylie brings experience, shaped by over 25 years of working with solo singers and choirs, advising music, stage, and choral directors, coaching vocal ensembles and musical theatre performers, along with experience in record producing and sound engineering. Kylie has recently returned from five weeks in the southern United States immersing in Black gospel, country, and blues traditions that prioritise conviction in song lyrics – a core value to her leadership. Her calling and hope for the Box Hill Community Choir is to inspire singers to grow in skill, understanding, and confidence, so that in “one voice” they can sing with clarity, joy, and freedom. Kylie is grateful for the opportunity to bring her experience and passion to the Box Hill Community Choir. It’s a good time for you to join the choir!
+ Notes from last week’s Deacons meeting:
- Our new church constitution has been submitted to and approved by the Baptist Union. Click here if you’d like a copy of the final version.
- Shueh Wah Kennedy has been appointed as the Chair for the coming year.
- Budget notes: We have committed approximately $10,000 for the repair the plaster on the front wall of the church. We will be creating opportunities for those who may want to help cover this unexpected costs. Offerings are currently not meeting budget.
- We discussed our next steps in formalising our membership of the Open Baptists.
- Our next church meeting will be on the 1st of March.
- There will be a presentation on the Feasibility Study into redeveloping our church properties on Sunday the 15th of March.
+ Our new worship roster is out, can be downloaded here.
Food for Thought
+ Here’s a proven way to slow aging. Any volunteers? Link: MSN.
+ Check out some of the stories about what Baptist churches are doing around Victoria. Link
+ You’re invited to donate a book to the church library and while you are dropping in your contribution, take a book to read. “Reading is a life-long collision with minds not like your own.” – Jeanette Winterson.
+ Maggi Dawn writes about that saying, “I’m giving up for Lent…” Maggi Dawn’s Substack
Our new ‘Dust to Dawn: Walking into Easter” has commenced!
Not only will this series follow the theme of ‘walking’ as we journey through Lent, it will also create opportunities for us to literally walk into Easter through a series of weekly walks being organised by various members of the church.
Walks commence on the 22nd of February, and you can find more information as it comes to hand here.
This Week
Monday
+ 4.30pm-8.30pm Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
+ 7.30pm The Deacons have their first meeting of the year.
Tuesday
+ The Box Hill Community Choir is meets on Tuesday at 9:30 am, in the church. (Cost is $50 per term.)
+ 7.15pm for a cuppa and at 7.30pm the first Bible Study for the year. The Bible & Chats Group meets in the Village Well and studies the Scripture that will be the focus in the next Sunday’s sermon. The Scripture passage we are studying is Isaiah 43: 1-3A and our theme is: ‘Walking in Difficult Times.’Convener: Geoff Pound.
Thursday
+ 11am-1pm upstairs in the Village Well: The Social Chat Gathering continues at this time. Wang Chenggen will be demonstrating Chinese calligraphy.
+ 1.30pm-2.30pm Bakehouse in the Barn coordinated by Lynne Dyer: Saving bread, fruit and vegetables from waste by giving food to those wanting to ease their weekly budget.
Friday
+ 4.30-8.30pm: Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
Saturday
+ 7.30am-8.30am Bakehouse in the Barn coordinated by Lynne Dyer: Saving bread, fruit and vegetables from waste by giving food to those wanting to ease their weekly budget.
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)
Next Sunday 8 February at 10am.
+ Worship Leader: Lorraine Mitchell; Preacher: Geoff Pound
+ Scripture: Isaiah 43: 1-3A
+ Theme: Walking in Difficult Times—Third in our series ‘Dust to Dawn: Walking into Easter.’
Worship Roster
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