Sundays - 8:30am, 10:30am & 6:30pm                      

A weekly local bulletin board for Hope Valley Uniting Church

Our Financial Giving
Week 21

Last Sunday’s Offering:     $6,800
Average YTD:     $6,742
Weekly target to reach:      $7,500
Mission Offering:      $1,826

Today’s Worship Themes

8:30am & 10:30am:  Dean Brookes
‘Prevenient Grace’
Luke 1:68-79;  Colossians 1:11-20

6:30pm:  Kynan Brookes
‘Two Worlds Collide’
And the walls came tumbling down

Next Sunday, 2nd December, 2007

8:30am & 10:30am:  Roger Brook
‘Walking in the light’
Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14

6:30pm:  Chris Moerman
‘Two Worlds Collide’
Gideon: Not by might, not by power

 Sunday, 25th November, 2007
Tel: 8396 0788

www.hopevalleyuc.org.au

Reminder

Extended Care Ministry
Pastoral Team Meeting
tomorrow evening, Monday 26 November
7:30pm in the Western Room

Dean and Ginny will be sharing some of their highlights of their recent visit to Turkey and Greece.

Gift an hour of your time
Friday December 14 is Christmas Bowl badge day.  If you would like to participate please contact the SA Council of Churches office on 8221 6633 ASAP with your details.

Baby Massage

Learn how to relax a crying baby or just enjoy one on one with your baby after bath time.

When:  Monday 26 November
                       (during new Mums Group).
    Time:  10:30am-11:30am  BYO towel.
No bookings necessary.

Bring friends and enjoy a cup of coffee and an interactive demonstration.

From the World Mission Team:
Have you looked at the Mission noticeboard lately?  There are 3 interesting emails and letter from the Schreibers in East Timor, the  Paschkes in Vanuatu and the Pridhams in Talac, Kyrgyzstan.  Our missions offerings have recently helped support these people.  It is great to read about their journeys and to keep these people in prayer as they work overseas in difficult areas. 

Congregation Meeting
TODAY at 12 noon.

The annual report will be received and
there will be a property update. 

A copy of the Report to the Congregation
 is available in the worship foyer.

Christmas Hymns and Carols
At Hope Valley Uniting Church

Sunday 9 December
at 2.00pm
Bring a plate of afternoon tea to share.

Walking Free Renewing Ministries
John Lucas
We have purchased for the Church Library a DVD and accompanying Workbook of the John Lucas Walking Free Renewing Ministries.  The DVD is a recording of a full day’s teaching recently held in Queensland.
The DVD teaches on how to walk in the presence, personality, power and purposes of the Holy Spirit.
The CD recording of the Seminar recently held at Hope Valley can be ordered.  The cost is $10 for a set of 4 CDs.

Letterbox drop for Christmas
Christmas celebrations are a month away and this year the Worship Team is planning a Christmas Presentation called ‘Summer Road’ for the Christmas Eve Services.

 

So that the community can be invited to share Christmas at Hope Valley, we are planning for a letterbox drop of 6,000 postcards into the community during the first 2 weeks in December.

We hope you will be able to participate by  delivering a bundle of postcards.

Today is Christ the King Sunday in the Lectionary Calendar.
The flowers on the Sanctuary reflect the theme and the coming of the King.

Recent births
Congratulations to Megan and Ian Thorpe on the birth of William Steven, born 13 November, 6lb 9oz, a brother for Alastair and Lachlan, and also to Amy and Michael Stasinowsky, on the birth of Kynan Samuel, born 16 November, 7lb 5oz.  May God bless these dear little babies.

Prior notice for Sunday 30 December 2007

There will be no 6:30pm service on Sunday 30 December.
Allan George will be speaking at the 8:30am and 10:30am services on ‘Leaving 2007 and Trusting God 2008’.

Diary Date for 2008!!
Jump Out is planned again for February 23, 2008 for all you eager volunteers. 
Please write this in your Diary Planner
for next year.

Healing Service
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Wednesday 5 December
at 7:30pm

Topic:  ‘Hope in Dark Times’

A time of encouraging worship

On the first Sunday of each month,
a mission box is made available for people to bring in any non-perishable food items for mission outreach to help needy people.  
Thank you for your help.