Welcome to Worship
10am
+ It’s our Last Breakfast with food, talk with Eddie on the theme ‘Walking into Turmoil’ and conversation around tables. Please bring food to share.
+ Scripture: Matthew 21: 1-11.
Walk for Justice, Respect and Kindness for Refugees
1.00pm We’re invited to join thousands of walkers gathering at the Princes Bridge.
1.30pm Walk to Birrarung Marr, Lower Terrace.
2.00pm-3.30pm Speakers and Music.
Community News
+ At the time of writing, Eversley Farnbach is still in the Mulgrave Private Hospital but hoping to do a home-based rehab in Albury where her eldest son resides; Viti Keys has come through hospital surgery successfully, is staying now with her daughter for a day or two and hoping to be back home by Thursday. Viti has two more surgeries scheduled. Keep these and others facing challenging times in your love and prayers.
+ On Wednesday we had a good gathering of local community members interested in taking part in our new ‘Box by Box’ project – building habitat boxes for our local wildlife. Talk to Eddie if you’d like to stay connected to what’s happening with that project at the Shed.
+ On the 12th of April, we will be hosting a Community Musicale in the church, commencing at 12.45pm. Community Musicale is a welcoming and supportive performance space for musicians and music-lovers of all ages and level, and all proceeds go to support the new habitat box initiative! Tickets and more info at https://events.humanitix.com/communitymusicale
+ A Photographic Exhibition on the theme, ‘Living with Young-Onset Parkinson’s’ is at the Box Hill Community centre on weekdays from 9am to 5pm until Monday March 30. Link: Eastern Melburnian.
Food for Thought, Prayer & Action
+ “At the moment I can think of a lot of people who say they feel closest to God in nature and none at all who say they feel closest to God in a picket line at a refugee detention centre. My concern is that if justice has to be beautiful to get our attention, justice will suffer.”
-Barbara Brown Taylor.
+ Shuttered stores, canceled pilgrimages: Can Bethlehem’s Christians Survive Another Easter? Religion News.
+ Benjamin Law meets people turning to AI to deal with personal and existential crises in ‘AI—Outsourcing Our Souls,’ Compass, ABC iView.
This Sunday the 29th our Dust to Dawn walk will be joining with thousands of others as we take part in the Walk for Justice, Respect and Kindness for Refugees.
We’ll be heading off after church to head into the city via public transport together.
Easter Services
Palm Sunday – 29 March
Our monthly Last Breakfast Service on the theme “Walking into Turmoil”. We will be putting this into practice as we head into the city afterwards to walk with other churches and people in the annual March for Refugees, commencing at Princes Bridge at 1pm.
Maundy Thursday – 2 April
Reflective dinner in the Barn at 6pm, and to be led by Lorraine. Let Eddie know if you are planning to attend so we can cater accordingly. All are very welcome, including friends and family.
Good Friday – 3 April
We will be “Walking the Way of the Cross”, in our Good Friday service, commencing at 9.30am, followed by hot cross buns and coffee in the Gallery.
Easter Sunday – 5 April
“Walking towards Resurrection” is our theme, and we are encourage everyone to take this literally and ‘walk to the empty tomb’ to celebrate the risen Christ together!
And if anyone would be keen to make their walking-distance home a starting point for others who live further away, we would strongly encourage that too!
This Week
Monday
+ 4.30pm-8.30pm Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
Tuesday
+ 9.30am The Box Hill Community Choir meet in the church
+ 7.15pm for a cuppa and at 7.30pm the Bible & Chats Group meets in the Village Well. We will be pondering the theme, ‘Walking Towards Hope’ as we reflect on the meaning of Easter and study the Scripture for Sunday week: Luke 24: 13-35. This is the last gathering for the term before we take a two-week break.
Thursday
+ 11am-1pm The Social Chat Group (upstairs in the Village Well) will be learning basic English, playing table tennis and other games, drinking tea and coffee and making friends.
+ 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
+ 4.30-8.30pm: Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
Saturday
+ 7.30am-8.30am Bakehouse in the Barn: 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 5 April at 10am.
10am
+ Communion Service (usually held on the first Sunday of the month). On this Sunday we bring non-perishable food items as part of our offering, that are given to support needy people in our community.
+ Worship Leader: Eddie Chapman; Preacher: Geoff Pound.
+ Scripture Reading: Luke 24: 1-10.
+ Theme: Walking Towards Resurrection: Eleventh in our series “Dust to Dawn: Walking into Easter.”
Worship Roster
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