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Looking for a fresh, peaceful way to connect spiritually? Join us for Worship without Words, an evening of quiet contemplation and shared reflection, where music, imagery, and movement create space for worship beyond language.

This service is designed to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers, welcoming people from all backgrounds. By removing words, we create a more inclusive and contemplative environment, allowing everyone to experience worship in their own way – through sound, sight, and stillness.

📅 Date: September 29 (and the last Sunday of each month thereafter)
🕖 Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Box Hill Baptist Church

Whether you’re new to faith, exploring spirituality, or just in need of peace, this is a unique opportunity to gather, reflect, and find quiet connection. Come as you are and experience worship without words.

We’re very excited to introduce Wei Min Zhang to the team to Box Hill Baptist Church, as Min works alongside our community here for the next 3 months to help build stronger bridges between the church and our local Mandarin-speaking community members.

She’ll be doing some invaluable work in helping people connect to BHBC’s programs and activities, as well as helping inform the church about how we can best support our community.

Min will be popping up all over the place in the coming weeks, so we hope you find a chance to say hi!

Free on a Tuesday evening? Then join in with some warm fellowship and insightful study as a number of our bible and study groups gather together in the one place with something for everyone!

Join us at 7:15pm for supper, and then at 7:45pm we split into two groups:

• Bible Chats – Which looks at the upcoming lectionary reading and together with Rev Geoff explores its interpretation, meaning and application – and helps inform the sermon for the following Sunday! So a great opportunity to help yourself grow, and contribute to the growth of our entire church!
• Explorers – Who are taking on the challenge of creating a new, biblically grounded, contemporary and inclusive introductory series for people new to the faith (or just wanting to find out more). If you’d love to get behind that, we’d love to have your input!

Everyone is welcome – whether you’re a regular member, or a complete newcomer. We’d love to see you there.

It all takes place at the Village Well (5 Ellingworth Pde – just two doors down from the church).

Jesus did some of his most important work over meals, so we’re following that example – and you’re invited!

At the end of every month we join together to worship informally over breakfast. It’s a wonderful opportunity to share our journeys, challenges, joys and needs with a warm, affirming community in a relaxed, friendly environment.

Each Breakfast is different, but there will often be a short reflection, some readings from the bible and maybe a prayer or two – but with plenty of time to explore some questions with your breakfast neighbours and make some new friends.

Everyone is welcome and breakfast is free!

All are welcome as we enter the season and celebration of Easter with a range of diverse, meaningful and engaging services, designed to help you connect with the meaning of Easter, and each other.

• Palm Sunday, 24 March at 10am – Together we join in celebration and anticipation as Jesus enters into Jerusalem for the last time.
• Maundy Thursday, 28 March at 6:30pm – Fellowship Meal and Last Supper Reflections. Tonight we will gather around the table with the community, just as Jesus did, and share in the anxiety and pain of those final hours. (Please contact office@boxhillbaptist.org.au if you are planning to attend to help us plan for catering).
• Good Friday Service, 29 March at 9:30am – This morning we focus on the symbol and sacrifice of the cross – in more ways than one!
• Easter Sunday Last Breakfast Service, 31 March at 10am. Join us as we follow in the footsteps of Jesus with ‘breakfast at the beach’, including a free breakfast as we unpack Jesus’ resurrection.

Welcome to the Box Hill Village Market – Easter edition! Join us for a festive day filled with delicious treats, unique crafts, and a vibrant atmosphere. The market will be held at 3-5 Ellingworth Parade (10am-2pm), where you can browse through a variety of stalls offering everything from homemade candles, handcrafted decorations, food, honey and all sorts of locally made crafts and goods.

There will also be a range of food on offer, and even an Easter themed scavenger hunt and free fairy floss for the kids!

Bring your family and friends to enjoy the Easter spirit and support local artisans. Don’t miss out on this special event! No need to register, just come along!

The Members and Leadership of Box Hill Baptist Church warmly invite you to join us as we say thank you and farewell to the Reverend Jim Barr for his years of service at Box Hill and recognise and celebrate Jim’s decades of ministry and contribution throughout his esteemed career.

This Farewell Service will take place on Sunday 7^th May 2023, 10am – 11.30am

This will be followed by an informal reception with refreshments which will be held immediately following the service.

If you are unable to attend you are also welcome to participate through our live stream, available here.

We look forward to sharing this special event with you.

With the support of the Suburban Rail Loop Community Grants, we are delighted to be providing the Opening Doors Community Leadership Program for free to our local community – to help those of you in the community with a passion for your local community (and an idea or three!) build meaningful, impactful programs to make a real difference in Box Hill and beyond!

Applications are now open we are seeking passionate community members to take part in the Opening Doors Community Leadership Program for Social Inclusion.

Opening Doors will equip you with the knowledge, skills, resources, and networks you need to make your local community more socially inclusive. And as it develops your personal leadership skills, the program will support you in the development of a local community initiative.

For more information, download the Opening Doors Flyer here. or contact Liesel at liesel@villagewell.org.au or 0435 240 552.

We’re excited to say that applications are now open! Please share far and wide to any community leaders you think would be a good fit.

Applications can be made online at: https://forms.office.com/r/02ZAMmxZXz

Join us for another Last Breakfast service on Sunday 30 April, as we gather to worship informally and over food – with the focus on interaction and fellowship.

No singing, no formality, no weird rituals 🙂 Just plenty of opportunity to share our journeys with each other.

This month, we will be exploring some of our favourite bible stories and why they mean so much to us!

All welcome, 10am.