Posts from June 2021

We’re done here. Pack it up. We’ll be back in a few weeks though! Let me know your thoughts on the past 10 episodes of St John’s Extra ➜ https://forms.office.com/r/uQaVztRqvu Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc

St John’s Kids & Families, 27 June 2021

Sunday Services: Restrictions have eased further so no pre-registration is necessary for our in-person services this week. Join us for one of the following: 8:00am – traditional Anglican Prayer Book service, celebrating communion. 10:00am – a blend of traditional and contemporary worship, includes a kids’ program. 5:00pm – relaxed service with a focus on youth and young adults, includes a kids’ program. Online Service – premiered at 10am, but then available to watch at any time. During the school holidays,…

Give Spirituality a Go || St John’s Extra

In dealing with the chaos of COVID, more and more Aussies are praying and thinking about God. How do you start to pray? Just say something simple. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc

Northern Churches Youth Camp – Registrations are open!

Hello Parents, Very exciting news! Registrations are now open for our youth camp coming up in the September school holidays. This year we are combining with St James Ivanhoe and Plenty Life Doreen to run a new camp: ‘The Northern Churches Youth Camp’. It is going to be a great week of outdoor activities, teaching, and relationship building. This will be a great opportunity for youth to grow in their understanding of God, ask those questions they’ve always wanted to ask, and…

St John’s Kids & Families, 20 June 2021

Sunday Services: This week we are able to meet again in-person for services, but numbers are limited so pre-registration is necessary.   8:00am – traditional Anglican Prayer Book service, celebrating communion 10:00am – Booked Out   5:00pm – relaxed service with a focus on youth and young adults, includes a kids’ program If you are unable to attend in-person, or have a preference for our digital service, you can join us online here.   Going Bananas! Although we are able to…

Parents, we want your input! The Big Kids’ Table

Hey Parents, St John’s very own, Lenny Barras has recently joined the team at Big Kids’ Table! The Big Kids’ Table (BKT) exists to be an informative, loving perspective and to create safe, honest conversations about Kingdom identity, sexual experience and the expression of sexual desire. Lenny’s role at BKT will be to develop resources and run sessions to support parents of young people as they navigate conversations about sex and relationships. So, how can you help? As parents/carers of…

St John’s Kids & Families, 13 June 2021

  Lockdown 4.0 has been lifted, but restrictions have not eased enough for us to meet in person for services again yet. So, join us online this week by accessing our streamed services here.   St John’s Kids Online Event … Join us via Zoom on Sunday 13 June at 3pm to reconnect with each other, recap some Galatians teaching and play games! Join here. (Meeting ID: 977 1214 9049 / Password: 603876) We strive to create safe environments for…

You can bless our Youth Leaders + Youth Unite *cancelled* this Friday

Dear Parents, This year our Youth Unite team has planned an extra event just for youth leaders. Leaders volunteer so much of their time and energy to serve our young people and their families, that we wanted to do something special to thank them. We also want to help churches better equip their leaders for ministry and to provide opportunities for them to interact with leaders from other churches. So, on June 25th (restrictions allowing) we will be holding a…

Dealing with changes || St John’s Extra

How do you deal with change when everything is changing? God is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc

St John’s Kids & Families, 06 June 2021

  Join us for church online this week! Access our streamed services here.   Date for your diaries … If lockdown is extended again and we are unable to meet in person next weekend, we plan to organise a Zoom get-together so that kids (and parents!) can catch up with each other. We will recap some Galatians teaching and enjoy a game or two. Pencil in 3pm on Sunday 13 June and check the blog next week for more details.  …

Youth Unite *DATE CHANGED* – Online Escape Room THIS FRIDAY!

Hello Parents, Due to uncertainty with Covid 19 restrictions, Youth Unite has been postponed for one week. Instead, this Friday we will be having round two of our Online Escape Room night!  We’ll be getting together on ZOOM for a fun night of hanging out and working together to get out of an online escape room! Just like a real-life escape room you will find clues and work through puzzles as a team to try and escape before your time…