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. On the first Sunday of the month, we join together in one service, with a blended style of worship. 

PLAYGROUP @ ST PAUL 

Playgroup @ St Paul is on each Tuesday during term time in the Hall for children aged 0-5 and a parent/caregiver.  Playgroup runs from 9:00-10:30am, but we welcome people anytime from 8:30am onwards to help set up. Join us for a coffee, playtime, story time and songs from 9:00-10:30am each week during school terms. Cost is $2 per family.  

This week, we celebrated Mothers, Nannas, Godmothers, Spirit-mothers and other Mother-figures in our lives and made finger print pots as a gift for them in time for Mother’s Day.

Next week we will be looking at giraffes with the book ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ by Giles Andreae.

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

ST PAUL YOUTH (SPY)

St Paul Youth is for school Years 6-8 and runs the first and the third Friday evening of the school term. The next date for SPY is Friday, 17 May at 7pm in the Church Hall.  Cost is $2 per family.  The SPY format is a time of fun and games, some devotional conversations and then a shared supper.  Feel free to come along and join with leaders Dan, Tom and Renate to see what SPY has to offer.  If you have any questions in the meantime, contact Dan Kitson on ypfministry@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.

The Bible has a collection of hymns, prayers and poems called the book of Psalms, with may using a lot of imagery and picture language.

This week the assigned Psalm is Psalm 1, which talks about people who are faithful to God’s teachings (law) are “like trees planted by streams of water”.  God’s teachings oppose the ‘wicked’ around us that represent the worst of the world’s standards.

These trees do not wither but yield fruit and prosper. Similarly, the lives of the followers of Jesus do not wither as they are fed by God’s word.

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3) 

Mealtime Prayer: 

God bless this food, God bless this day, God keep us safe in every way. Amen.

Prayer: 

Dear Jesus, thank you for praying for us and for all your followers. May we experience the unity of faith that you want for us. Amen.

Blessing: 

(Child’s name) May God protect you and keep you safe from all evil. May you live in peace.  Amen.