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

A weekly local bulletin board for Hope Valley Uniting Church

Today’s Worship Themes

8:30am & 10:30am:  Allan George
‘Born again … to bear fruit
that will last’
John 15: 1-17

6:30pm:  Mike Guglielmucci

Next Sunday, 16th September, 2007 

8:30am & 10:30am:  Dean Brookes
‘Born again … to know fullness’
2 Cor: 2

6:30pm:  Stuart Moerman
‘Jesus knows how to party -
Wedding at Cana’

 Sunday, 9th September, 2007
Tel: 8396 0788

www.hopevalleyuc.org.au

Fellowship Circle
Tuesday, 11 September at 1:30pm
Ros Staples will tell us about her stay
in Fiji with her Missionary brother.
All welcome.

An evening with Philip Yancey
‘Prayer’
Tuesday 11 September at 7.30pm
Adelaide Christian Centre International,
27 Sturt Street, Adelaide
Tickets available from Koorong

World Mission Team

A copy of Leighton Boyd's program or itineraryin Malawi is on the Mission noticeboard in the Western Room. His email address is leightonB@hotmail.com if you wish to contact him.

Six Days to Go!

Quiz night - Next Sat - September 22nd.
You don't want to miss out; it was a great night last year so pay for your table of 10 at the Welcome Centre today or during the coming week.
Start reading the news papers to brush up on your Current Affairs.
Support the Thailand Mission Team. Any donations to Kim Burgis on 0411 566 779
or put them in her pigeon hole.

Operation Christmas Child

If you have forgotten to bring your filled shoe box to church today, please drop it off at the Welcome Centre during the week, before Friday 14 September.Thank you for making this project such a success .

27th South Australian Prayer Breakfast

Speaker:  Nabi Saleh,
Executive Chairman and founder of
Gloria Jean’s Coffees International

‘Yesterday, today and forever more’

Wednesday 12 September : 7:15am-9:00am
Adelaide Convention Centre
Registration forms and more information available in Welcome Centre foyer.

Ladies’ Coffee Dessert Evening

(Christian Women’s Convention Inc.)

Friday 14 September  :  7:00pm - 9:00pm

At Tyndale Christian School, Salisbury East

More details on Noticeboard in Western Room or from Pat Richards on 8264 8639 or
Yvonne James on 8264 1663.

All Ladies Welcome

Local Mission Offering
Today is our local Mission offering.  The offering willsupportMinistry - Chaplaincy and Outreach into Local Schools

Early Diary Entry

Dean Brookes will befinishing his placementHope Valley in the capacity of Executive Pastorthe end of this year.We will be celebrating and recognising theministry for Dean and Ginny atValleya BBQ TeaFriday 30 November.

All welcome.
More details to follow in due course.

Summer Discovery

Given the many activities in our Church, there are no plans for aDiscoveryJanuary 2008.Jump Out is currently planned for February.

Congregation Meeting

There will be a Meeting of the Congregationnext Sunday,
16th September at 12 noon.
The purpose of the Congregation meeting will be to receive a report from the Joint Nominating Committee.
The JNC has been active in finding a person to fill the other placement at Hope Valley and will bring a recommendation to the meeting.

NCC Booklet

The National Council of Churches in Australia have put out a booklet on social justice and global issues.  The booklet can be found in a brochure holder in the foyer. 

The chapters are written to spark discussion; and a brief study guide is provided to help facilitate conversation. 

Supplementary information is provided on the NCC website www.ncca.org.au.  All the material in the booklet may be copied for group work. 

You are warmly invited to attend a concert of music for choir and brass in St Peter’s Cathedral today at 3:00pm.  Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for concession and $10 for students.

Entitled ‘The Splendour of Venice’, the concert is an exploration of music you may have heard 500 years ago in St Mark’s Basilica, Venice.  The likes of Monteverdi, Gabrieli and Schutz are all represented in a stunning and uplifting program.  The St Peter’s Cathedral Choir will be joined by five brass players from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.