Church News 

WORSHIP AT ST PAUL 

Everyone is welcome to attend the worship service held in the church each Sunday at 9.30am.  Tea and coffee are offered for an opportunity for fellowship after the service each week.

PENTECOST

This Sunday in the Church year is Pentecost and the end of the Easter season.  Pentecost is a festival that celebrates how the Holy Spirit comes to help us to believe in God, to know him and to live as God’s children.  The Bible tells of how all believers in Jesus were gathered in one place, when the sound of a rushing wind filled the room and flames touched everyone there, filling them with the Holy Spirit and the knowledge of Jesus and all his goodness and allowing them to speak in different languages.

The Holy Spirit is commonly represented in pictures as a dove (during the Baptism of Jesus, the Spirit descended like a dove) or as fire, for the flames that rested on the heads of Jesus’ disciples at Pentecost. You can see these symbols on the display above the front doors to the church.

PLAYGROUP @ ST PAUL

Held every Tuesday during term time from 9-10.30am in the Hall, Playgroup @ St Paul is for children aged 0-5 and a parent/caregiver. School families are more than welcome to come across after you have done the school drop-off.  We won’t be completely set up, but you are still welcome to hang out with us.

Cost is $2 per family, and your first visit is free. 

Come and check out the play space, make a craft, play with playdough, explore the sensory play space, and join in with story and song time.

No bookings are required, just bring a drink bottle and healthy snack for you and your child and join in the fun.

This week we made spiders at the craft table and poured blue rice down the ‘water spouts’ in the messy tray for Incy Wincy Spider.

Next week we will be looking at rainbows with the book ‘The Rainbow’ by Ros Moriarty.

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) 

SPY is our gathering for young people in Year 6/7/8 and involves indoor games, outdoor games, food, fun, fellowship, faith discussions and prayer.  SPY is on the first and third Fridays of the month during school term time.

Everyone in Year 6 is welcome to attend.

The next SPY date is Friday 5 June.

Join us in the St Paul Lutheran Church Hall, 44 Audrey Ave, Blair Athol at 7pm until 9pm, with a night of fun activities planned.

A reminder that all parents are required to come inside and register your attendance. Cost is $3 and cold drinks are available for $2 a can. 

Due to your generosity, there is an abundance of supper in the SPY pantry. Instead of bringing supper this week, we ask that you please bring a grocery item to support the work of Lutheran Care and their emergency relief program.  Lutheran Care are currently looking for donations of the following: 2 minute noodles, tea and coffee, tinned spaghetti, baked beans sweet and savoury biscuits, soap and shampoo.

For further information contact Thomas Hall - 0401 475 718 or the St Paul Church Office 

8262 4690 Tu, Th, F.

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