Welcome to Worship this Sunday
We welcome those who have returned for another ‘Back to Box Hill Baptist’ Sunday.
+ Worship Leader: Eddie Chapman; Interview Sermon: Geoff Pound with Graeme Garrett.
+ Theme: ‘Sing a New Church’ (which is the title of the chapter in our forthcoming History of the Box Hill Baptist Church, in which Lorraine Mitchell reports and reflects on the 1970s when Graeme Garrett was Pastor.
+ Scripture Readings: 1 Peter 2: 1-10; 2 Corinthians 5: 17-20.
+ The Morning Tea in the Barn that follows the service will be a great opportunity for people to catch up with Graeme Garrett and other former members and friends who will be attending.
Order of Service
- Call to worship
- Song: Come thou font of every blessing.
- Prayer of Adoration and confession
- Song: Alleluia Sing to Jesus
- Community News
- Reading – 1 Peter 2: 1-10
- Song: God who’s giving knows no ending
- Reading – 2 Corinthians 5: 17-20.
- Interview/Sermon
- Song: Sing new church
- Pastoral Prayers
- Song: Fed and gathered, named and chosen,
- Benediction
Community News
+ Our Bakehouse Teams: A great achievement by our Bakehouse teams was acknowledged when Lynne and Keith Dyer attended the Round at Nunawading on 22 July and were presented with a Community Achievement Award (2026). This has been a great encouragement to the two teams (Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning) who feel rightly proud to be part of this group who have been recognised in this public way. Do remember these team members in your prayers. Some of them have suffered illness recently, some are grieving the loss of a loved one while still others have been hospitalised for surgery and care.
+ Work: A Masters student who attends our church is looking for work after losing a job. If you have some ideas, please contact Geoff who will pass them on or link you up.
+ Service and Sermon Series: We are about to begin a new ‘Letters to the Seven Churches’ series from the book of Revelation where our challenge as a church will be to listen to what the Spirit is saying to the church at Box Hill Baptist. We hope that with all the looking back we have been doing in our Anniversary year, that this series will help us as a unique church to look forward to what we are being called to be and do in the future.
+ Our Deacons met last Monday. Some of what was discussed included:
- The upcoming anniversary service and book launch.
- Continuing to explore and expand the rental of our spaces
- Preparations for the upcoming working bee
- Considering a heritage grant to replace the front doors of the church
- Some positive conversations with Christian finance around our potential property redevelopment project
- Preparations for the upcoming church meeting on the 23rd.
Upcoming Events
+ Church Working Bee – 22 August, commencing at 10am.
+ Church Meeting – 23 August (after the service)
+ Save-the-date: 125th Anniversary on Sunday 18 October: Service of Thanksgiving at 10am, morning tea/lunch at 11.30am, book launch at 12.15pm. All former members and friends invited
This Week
Monday
+ 4.30pm-8.30pm Social Table Tennis (upstairs, 5 Ellingworth Pde)
Tuesday
+ 9.30am The Box Hill Community Choir. Newcomers are welcome to join. No audition needed.
+ 7.15pm The Bible & Chats Group meets for a cuppa and at 7.30pm a study begins on Revelation 2: 1-7.
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.
Food for Thought, Prayer and Action
+ Reflecting on Census Day, 11 August: F W Boreham, who was a frequent guest preacher at Box Hill, writes about the need to see people as unique human beings rather than as numbers. Link: Names and Numbers.
+ “Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate.”
— Karen Armstrong
+ On a cold June night, a group of Jewish friends gathered at Melbourne airport to welcome a Muslim family they’d never met. One year later, they share their story of friendship and hope across religious and cultural divides. ‘Sky’s the limit,’ Australian story, iView.
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 9 August at 10am.
+ Worship Leader: Keith Dyer; Preacher: Eddie Chapman.
+ Scripture Reading: Revelation 2: 1-7.
+ The beginning of a new series, ‘Listening to the Spirit.’
Offering details
BSB: 704-922
Account name: Box Hill Baptist Church
Account number: 100005657
Please use the reference ‘Offering” in the reference line
If you have any issues in making an offering, please contact office@boxhillbaptist.org.au
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