Welcome to Worship this Sunday
+ Monthly Communion Service (usually 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: Shueh Wah Kennedy; Preacher: Geoff Pound.
+ Theme: In our current series on ‘Rediscovering Worship,’ we’re looking this Sunday at ‘Worship with Scripture and Preaching.’
+ Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-10.
+ Our Church Meeting will take place after Morning Tea.
+ At 2.30pm and 4.30pm the Community Musicale will take place in the sanctuary. See additional note.
Community News
+ Church Meeting: Our next church meeting will take place after morning tea this Sunday. The short agenda will include reports from the Pastors, the Treasurer and an update on The Ellingworth Project.
+ Our next Back to Box Hill Baptist event will be on Sunday 12 July when Bruce Rumbold will be interviewed about the Rumbold years in the life of Box Hill Baptist. Let Eddie know of former BHBC people who may be interested in coming on that day so we can write and send them an invitation.
+ Many of our regular events (Box Hill Community Choir, Bible & Chats) are taking a holiday break in this coming week.
+ In case you missed our ‘Music that moves you‘ service last Sunday, we’ve put together a Spotify playlist so that you can share in the music that moves at least one other person in our community.
And if you’d like to contribute your music to this playlist too, we’d love to keep it going!
Food for Thought, Prayer & Action
+ What a pitythat the Vatican is blocking women from preaching and the Southern Baptist Convention is opposing women from serving as pastors.
+ Historian, Heather Cox Richardson, writing about some new voices in US politics, reports on James Talarico, a seminary student who weaves his Christian faith into his political messaging.
+ Religion News reports that religion is all over the 2026 Soccer World Cup.
+ In a comprehensive essay, Whitley College lecturer, Jason Goroncy contends that Pauline Hanson’s policy of monoculturalism runs deeper than politics. It is religious at its root and monoculturalism is a heresy.
Upcoming Events
This Week
Monday
+ 4.30pm-8.30pm Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
+ 7.30pm Our Deacons are holding their monthly meeting.
Tuesday
+ No gathering of the Box Hill Community Choir or the Bible & Chats Group during the holidays (this week and the next).
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 12 July at 10am.
+ Worship Leader: Eddie Chapman; Preacher: Geoff Pound.
+ Theme: In our current series on ‘Rediscovering Worship,’ we’re looking next Sunday at ‘Worship with Confession.’
+ Scripture: Psalm 32: 1-11.
+ This is a ‘Back to Box Hill Baptist’ event with Bruce Rumbold reflecting on the Rumbold years at Box Hill.
Worship Roster
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