9th December 2018

Pray:  With the Carols and Christmas Service coming up, pray that people who received invitations at the Festival, people who see our street signs and those we personally invite will come. Pray that for many it might be an important part of their spiritual journey and that we will honour Jesus with these two events as we seek to SpreadHope Through Jesus to Eltham and beyond.

Help required!  Carols Event Dec. 15. Please see the sign-up sheet with a list of jobs in the foyer, or chat with Taimi for more details. Sausage sizzle at 5:00pm, carols at6:30pm.

Sunday School Graduation and Breakup: Come and join us for our inaugural graduation ceremony on December 16. We especially would love ourGrade 6 and Year 7-8 kids to attend on the day. We will also be having our yearend Sunday School Christmas party in the hall that day. This will be a craft activity followed by some sweet treats.

Ministry Testimonies:  Lawrence Hirsch from  Celebrate Messiah  recently had his testimony recorded and placed on  ifoundshalom.com  We have a few other testimonies from this web site linked to our  thinklifethinkjesus.org. Go check them all out as you will be greatly encouraged.

Only Just Stall: Jenni  will hold a stall in the hall after church, selling Christmas items from the Only Just shop in Eltham. “Your purchase helps to put food on the table, educate children and provide good health care and community development to the organisations with whom Only Just partners.”

100 Day+ Bible Challenge: Early next year we will start a reading challenge that selects 100 passages to give us a quick overview of the Bible. Also, every week we will include the passage for the next Sunday’s sermon from the Book of Acts.

Opportunities 2019:  Recently we handed out the Ministry Opportunities forms for 2019. It takes a church wide team of people to make EPC an active, healthy congregation. We would love you to start thinking about your contribution and participation in the life and ministry of this church and using your time and gifts to serve Jesus in this way. If you didn’t get handout last week please pick one up in the foyer.Response forms can be placed in the Connect Box on the small table.

N2N:  We recently handed out the Neighbour To Neighbour leaflet,  Getting Started. If you didn’t get a copy then copies are available in the foyer. One fundamental aspect of being a follower of Jesus is that we are very deliberate in developing Gospel shaped relationships with non-churched people. As we want this to be part of the DNA of every member of EPC we would like each person to have a copy of  Getting Started  and putting it into practice.If we are all deliberate about forming meaningful relationships and taking them to the next level we will go a long way towards fulling our vision of  Spreading Hope Through Jesus to Eltham and Beyond. A growing church starts with you and me.

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