Community Connect

A weekly local bulletin board for Hope Valley Uniting Church

Sunday, 24 & 31 December 2006

1263 Grand Junction Rd,
Hope Valley, SA   5090 
Tel: 8396 0788
www.hopevalleyuc.org.au 

Today’s Worship Theme

‘ Come and see!’

Luke 2:1-20

8.30am & 10.30 - Dean Brookes

7.00pm & 9.00pm - Kynan Brookes

Tomorrow - Christmas Day

‘An inside look into Christmas’

Luke 2:25-35

9.00am - Dean Brookes

Next Sunday, 31 December

‘Looking back, looking forward’

8.30am & 10.30am - Tim Hein

No 4.30pm & 6.30pm service on

31 December

TEAR Christmas Offering

You might like to choose a gift from the catalogue or give your own special gift by taking an envelope from the Christmas Tree. There are also gift vouchers so you can give a gift on behalf of a friend or family member. Envelopes can be placed in the offering bowl until Christmas Day. Gifts are tax deductible.

1263 Grand Junction Rd, Hope Valley, SA 5090

‘Special Event’

The Friends & Neighbours group of the Lutheran Retirement Village will be sponsoring an exhibition of hand made Teddy Bears & Porcelain Dolls by Maxine Gilbert & Friends on

Monday 8 January at 1.30pm

at the Trinity Church, Lutheran Retirement Village, 1215 Grand Junction Road,

Hope Valley

Admission is $5.00 - includes afternoon tea & door prizes.

Proceeds are in aid of Project Ten.

Children are Free

Accommodation Required

Accommodation is required for our next friend from Bali coming to Adelaide to attend Torrens Valley TAFE.

His name is Si Bagus Herman Suryadi. He will be in our church community from

9 Feb – 15 April.

Please telephone Bev Ramsay

on 8336 5061 if you would like to

have the experience of hosting our friend.

Date for your 2007 diary

2007 Leadership Breakfast

‘A Year of Vitality’

When: 10 February at 8.00am

Where: Hope Valley Uniting Church

Cost: $7.00

RSVP:5 February to the Welcome Centre

2007 Tithing / Offering envelopes

are now available in the front

worship foyer.

The Hope Valley Uniting Church Office will be closed from Monday 25 December 2006 until Monday 1 January 2007 inclusive. The Office will re-open on Tuesday 2 January 2007.

For any urgent needs, please contact Pastor Tim Hein on 0403 080 080

or Pastor Allan George on 8395 1035.

Summer Discovery

Thank you for all the donations of ribbon, cardboard rolls and coathangers for

Summer Discovery 2007 - Discoverland.

Please consider how you can be involved for this vibrant outreach program of our Hope Valley community of faith.

There will be a meeting for about an hour on Thursday 11 January at 7.30pm in the Western Room.

You are most welcome to attend.

Welcome Centre Notice

The Welcome Centre will be open after the 8.30am and 10.30am service today. Whilst it will not be open after the 7pm and 9pm services and the Christmas Day service, you will be able to access the room to check your pigeon hole if you wish. If you are on a Roster or in Leadership please clear your pigeon hole today.

A Big ‘Thank You’

Thank you to everyone at Hope Valley who has contributed to the life and ministry of the church in 2006. There have also been many tasks completed silently and graciously which go unseen. May God bless you as you use your gifts and also sacrificially dedicate your time for the Lord’s work.

Journey to Turkey and Greece

Dean and Ginny Brookes will be escorting a Journey to Turkey and Greece from 19 September - 10 October 2007. This is a unique opportunity to visit places where the Apostle Paul established churches in the beginning of the spread of the Christian gospel. You are welcome to join the tour for this enriching and exciting pilgrimage. For further information on the itinerary speak with Dean or Ginny.

Correction to month of

January 2007 Calendar

Please note that the worship times on the January 2007 Calendar for Sunday 21 January should read 4.30pm & 6.30pm and not 7.00pm & 9.00pm.

Celebrate God’s Glory - Really Live!

Christian Women Communicating International are celebrating their 50th year in Australia in 2007. Their 42nd Annual Convention will be held at Victor Harbor from 16-18 March 2007.

For further information and registration details please see the foyer notice board or call Bev Morey on 8296 5134.

Infant Baptism

Sarah & Darren Bruse bring their daughter, Holly Clare, to be baptised at the 10.30am service on Sunday 31 December.