Church News 

ALL WELCOME – WORSHIP AT ST PAUL

Everyone is welcome to join us on Sunday morning for worship. Worship times are 8.30am for a Traditional Service and 10.00am for a more Contemporary service with Godly Play on offer for Primary School aged children. Tea and Coffee and a time of gathering is held most weeks after both worship services. For the first Sunday of the month, there is one combined service, with a blended style of worship. 

PLAYGROUP @ ST PAUL

Playgroup @St Paul is on each Tuesday during Term time in the Hall.  We welcome people anytime from 8.30 onwards to help set up. Join us for a coffee, playtime, story time and songs from 9-10.30 each week during school terms. Cost is $2 per family.  We offer a simple craft, a sensory activity and read a book related to a different theme each week.

This week was all about diggers and dinosaurs.  We made excavators and dump trucks at the craft table and in the sensory play space we used the construction vehicles to move around the spilt peas.

Next week we will be ‘visiting the beach’ with the book Magic Beach by Alison Lester

For more information about anything playgroup related contact Kylie Koelman in the Church Office on 8262 4690 or email at office@stpaul-church.org.au

SPY

St Paul Youth is run on the first and third Fridays of the month during school terms and is open to students in School years 6-8.  The last date for SPY in 2023 is Friday 1st December.  Cost is $2 per family.  Please contact either Renate or Tom if you need more information, the Church office on 8262 4690 or email office@stpaul-church.org.au

GROWING FAITH AT HOME 

This resource is developed by the Lutheran Church of Australia and is intended to be a guide in sharing faith activities with members of your family.

Here are a few ways you could introduce faith discussions in your home and day-to-day life.

This week the Bible reading is about showing our thanks to God by sharing with others, especially those who are in need. 

‘The King will answer, “Whenever you did it for any of my people,

no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me.”’ (Matthew 25:40)

By serving those in need we are really serving Jesus.

Mealtime Prayer: 

Thank you for the world so sweet; thank you for the food we eat; thank you for the birds that sing; thank you, God, for everything. Amen.

Coincidentally, this is also the grace we sing at snack-time in playgroup each week!

Prayer: 

Lord Jesus, help us to serve you by serving others. Amen.

Blessing: 

(Child’s Name) May God the Father give you his Holy Spirit so that you grow to know him better.  Amen.

SPIN CAMP

SPIN CAMP is a Christian Camp organised by the Lutheran Church of South Australia – Blueprint Ministries, for Primary school aged children who are in Year 4 – 6 in 2023.  The camp for 2024 will be held at Camp Kedron, Barmera from 9-12 January. Cost is $200 per camper, with $30 bus transport from Adelaide. 

Thanks to the generous support of the LLL, we are able to offer participants the opportunity to attend their first camp for just $50! Please contact admin@blueprintministries.org.au for more information. For more details and registration, contact https://www.blueprintministries.org.au/camps/spin/

AUSTRALIAN LUTHERAN WORLD SERVICE – Gifts of Grace

Looking for something different to give as a gift this Christmas?  Have a look at Gifts of Grace at https://www.alws.org.au/what-you-can-do/gifts-of-grace/

With your Gifts of Grace donation you can make education accessible for a child living with a disability in Somalia, you support farmers in Indonesia and you help women in Nepal start businesses so they can support their families.

You will receive a Grace Card and envelope to write a personal message to the person you are giving the gift to and this year, the Grace cards are seeded with flower seeds. When planted, it will blossom into a beautiful reminder of your Gifts of Grace gift.

Check out the wide range of gifts available, starting from as little as $5.