Southern Cross Presbyterian Church

Over the weekend some members of our gospel community helped to serve the members of Ballina Presbyterian Church by running a kids program for their church camp. It was a great way for our gospel community to spend time together for some very appreciative brothers and sisters in Christ in Ballina.

We spent time with the kids looking at the C. S. Lewis book ‘The Loin the Witch and the Wardrobe’ from the Narnia series.  We saw that just as Aslan gave up his life for the betrayal of Edmund, Jesus gave up his life for our betrayal. It was a great time for the kids, the adults and our gospel community.

I mean we even got to boogie with’ Sir Dance-a-lot’… (aka Tim Mc Donald)

Most of us like to have a taste of a new dish before we hoe in to it. That first taste puts us in a good position to know whether or not to proceed. We’d like to invite you to make the most of a one-off opportunity, a taste of something new – “Groundwork: training for the ordinary Christian life“.

This is something we’re really excited about! Groundwork puts a great opportunity within EVERYONE’S reach to be better equipped to live for Jesus in everyday life.

In the past, a lot of theological courses have been poorly suited to the ordinary Christian life – in terms of both relevance and accessibility. But the developers of Groundwork have done a great job in producing a course that is directly relevant to everyday life and can be easily tailored to cater for different circumstances.

You may or may not have considered any sort of theological education before but EVERYONE should come along to Park Ave next Wednesday night at 7:30 to hear Murray Smith serve up a taste of Groundwork. That way you’ll be able to make an informed decision about whether you’d like to hook in for more.

Murray, one of the authors of Groundwork and a lecturer in Biblical studies at the Presbyterian Theological Centre in Sydney, will present a seminar from the unit on work, called “good work: a labour of love”. He’ll also be explaining how Groundwork can work for you. So don’t miss out!

What: introduction to Groundwork and sample seminar presented by Murray Smith

When: Wednesday 9 November at 7:30pm

Where: SCPC, Park Ave, East Lismore

Why: because faith needs legs! This is a great one-off opportunity to get a taste of Groundwork so that you can decide for yourself  whether to look into it further.

What to bring: a plate of your favorite nibblies to share (but seriously, if you can’t do that, come anyway!)

This friday night at youth is the term 4 parent’s dinner! Bring along your whole family and a plate to share.

As well a enjoying a dinner together, we’ll be finding out what the youth have been up to this year in ‘serve 2011′.

This Friday, 21st Oct
Park Ave
7pm – 9pm

Look forward to seeing you there.

hi everyone

just a reminder that due to the upcoming HSC assessments we will be meeting in the MPU tomorrow 16 October (see map below) – you can park where you normally do and walk over or use the Dalley Street entrance carpark.

see you there…

Julie

Well it started early for some (5.30am) when the meat was put on the spit (thank you to those guys) and continued into the afternoon with much feasting and much to praise God for including the beautiful sunshine.

It was also good to be reminded how God is working to transform our church family even now as we look forward to the ultimate transformation and how he is using us to share this hope with the wider community.

Below are a few pictures from the day:

thank you to those who blew up balloons on Friday afternoon and decorated the hall

Rufus and the introduction of our new puppet Monty

celebration fun!

Happy 14th Birthday scpc!

we were joined by a special guest for lunch

 lolleyman trying to escape by throwing all the lollies away

kids activities

scpc church family!