27th May 2018

60th Birthday:

Today we are celebrating EPC’s 60th birthday . Peter Huggett will speak a little bit about our history and Don’s message will help us to look forward with faith into the future. There is also a special birthday cake for morning tea!
Congregational Meeting:

There will be a congregational meeting on Sunday June 17 . John Wilson has been appointed by the presbytery to take us through the processes of changing Andy Buchan’s status from assistant to associate via a formal Call. Please mark this date in your diary.

Next DDT series:

The next Deeper Discipleship training course will be a DVD series,  Discipleship Explored . It is an 8 week program which we are going to break into sections. The first dates are June 17 & 24 and then July 15 & 22. Then we plan to do 4-5 weeks of  Jesus the Game Changer  series for variety before returning to the remainder of the discipleship course.  Jesus the Game Changer  will be a great opportunity to invite non-churched people to so it might be good to start praying about who you could invite along.

Come along at 5:30 pm on June 3 for the next Open Table. This time it’s a Pasta night, with all you can eat for $6 (adults) $4 (kids). Under 3s eat free. Just a reminder that there are always Gluten, dairy and meat-free options available. Please let Taimi know in advance if you will be coming – either use the CONNECT Form and put it in the box, text to 0403 773 805 or email to opentable@elthampc.com.au Open Table is a way to make your friends our friends.

LIFT:

The next LIFT event will be a Soup and Movie Night on Friday June 22 , at 7pm in the hall. The movie, “The Case for Christ” is a good event to invite friends to. Invitations will follow, but please ask Marie Van Ravesteyn if you have any queries. Please save the date.

Safe Church Training:

Printed copies of the Safe Church Refresher course are available on the foyer table, to take and read. An updated version of the Policy, Procedure and Practice Manual is available in the hall.

Colin Buchanan: 

Valley Presbyterian Church & Plenty Valley Christian College are hosting a Colin Buchanan concert on Sunday June 17 at 3:30pm. It will pay to book early if you want to go. Flyers are on the tables in the foyer with the information you need.

For the Love of God:

The Centre for Public Christianity has produced a documentary on the contribution of the church to our world. The subtitle is; How the church is better and worse than you ever imagined. There will be a screening at Village Doncaster, Wednesday evening, June 20. It would be great if a number of us could go along as an EPC outing. Go to  betterandworse.film for more information.

EPC CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

June 3            Open Table

June 17           Congregational Meeting

Colin Buchanan Concert

DDT: Discipleship Explored

June 20           For the Love of God movie

June 22           LIFT Soup & Movie night

June 24           DDT:  Discipleship Explored