Welcome to Worship this Sunday
+ Worship Leader: Andy McCulloch; Preacher: Geoff Pound.
+ Scripture Readings: Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8;Lamentations 3: 1-23.
+ Theme: In our new series on ‘Rediscovering Worship,’ we’re looking this Sunday at ‘Worship that Reflects the Seasons in our Lives.’
+ This day is a ‘Back to Box Hill Baptist Church’ Sunday when Richard Mallaby will be visiting and helping us to reflect on the Mallaby years at Box Hill.
Order of Service
- Call to Worship/Responsive Reading (Lamentations 3: 1-23)
- Song: The Steadfast Love of the Lord
- Welcome & Community News
- Offering & Offering Prayer
- Interview with Richard Mallaby
- Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
- Reflection ‘Seasons’
- Song: Morning has broken
- Sermon
- Song: Great is Thy Faithfulness
- Pastoral Prayer
- Benediction
Community News
+ Greta Carter is home from hospital but continuing with her rehab; Meriel Barber has returned to her home at the Surrey Hills Gardens Care Community but is confined to bed and is receiving supplemental oxygen.
+ Last Monday at the monthly meeting of the Diaconate our Deacons:
- Expressed delight with the news of Vahid and Mina getting their PR after 12 years.
- Were encouraged by the recent baptisms of Grazia and Lucien and Rae, Lucien and Vahid becoming members of the church.
- Heard of new groups hiring our facilities.
- Were concerned that we are currently $20k behind the budget.
- Wondered how best to change the high fluorescent tubes in the Barn.
- Proposed that the next Church Meeting take place after worship on 5 July.
- Discussed an updated Grievance Policy for the church.
- Received a report on food from the Bakehouse being delivered to people in Jubilee housing.
+ The Open Baptists annual conference is being held online on Saturday 13 June 1.00-5.30pm (AEST). Check out the programme and registration details. Speak to Eddie if you’re thinking of attending online. Several Box Hill people are gathering at the church to watch online.
+ We are connected to 30 other churches in our city through Whitehorse Churches Care (WCC). Learn more via this three minute video. One of the main projects is the Forest Hill Chase Community Space which is a partnership between WCC and the shopping centre. Take a look.
+ You’re invited to enjoy and support the Box Hill Community Choir as it performs in the Box Hill Mall (corner of Market and Main Streets, directly opposite the entrance to Box Hill Central) this Tuesday, June 16, from 10am to 11am. They’d like you to join them for coffee afterwards.
Food for Thought, Prayer & Action
+ Holy ground, holy moment, holy Bible, holy day… We were looking last Sunday at the holy experience that Isaiah had in the temple. Anne Lamott has a crack at defining the word ‘holy’ in Hallelujah Anyway, 7 June 2026.
+ “Choose a [church] community and stay in it. Stay when the music grates. Stay when the preaching disappoints. Stay when someone bruises your feelings, when the programs are mediocre, when a shinier option seems to beckon from across town. Stay long enough to be known, long enough to be formed, long enough for the shallow roots to grow deep and begin to draw up living water.” Excerpt from The Body You Cannot Return by Graham Joseph Hill, 8 June 2026.
+ In late September 2025, instigated by Ian Bunston, a group of 11 participants from Australian churches and wider society gathered for an online Roundtable to answer this question: What would a thriving Church in Australia look like in 2035? Check out, download this document and pray about these Six Key Principles as they might develop at this Box Hill Baptist Church.
Upcoming Events
This Week
Monday
+ 4.30pm-8.30pm Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
Tuesday
+ 9.30am The Box Hill Community Choir meets in our sanctuary for practice and morning tea.
+ 7.15pm (Cuppa) for 7.30pm (Study and discussion) The Bible & Chats Group will be studying the Scripture reading for next Sunday morning.
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 21 June at 10am.
+ Worship Leader: Shueh Wah Kennedy; Preacher: Eddie Chapman.
+ Scripture Reading: John 4:19-26; Revelation 7:9-12
+ Theme: In our current series on ‘Rediscovering Worship,’ we’re looking next Sunday at ‘Worship as Eternal and the Everyday; Worship for the world and local.’
Worship Roster
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