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Church News March 3rd

After stepping into her new role in February, Kylie gives us an update on Children & Families at St John’s, including the rebranding of our Children’s teaching time at both our 9:30am and 6pm services to St John’s Kids. Also in this issue, we’re supporting Prison Fellowship in their Easter Bake mission, to give every prisoner in Victoria Easter cookies along with the messsage of Jesus’ death and ressurection. Download it here

A long road of exploration began and ends with a Shepherd

This article was originally published in The Melbourne Anglican Julie Blinco grew up disillusioned with the church, because people did not appear to live up to its teachings. However, although she did not consider herself to be a Christian for a long time, she did cling to one word from her grade eight confirmation at a North Queensland Anglican high school – the word “shepherd”.

Camp Crave Update – It’s this week!

G’day Parents, Just a reminder that you can still register for Camp Crave up until Wed night this week. Friends get 20% off. If you have any questions about camp or need some financial assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact me via kirk@stjohnsdc.org.au or 9438 1264 (Mon and Wed). For those who have registered, expect an email on Wednesday or Thursday with a list of things to pack and all the details you’ll need to be part of camp. Also, our…

Youth Life Groups have started

G’day Parents, Our Youth Life Groups have either started this week or will start next week. As is expected, it’s been a bit of a juggling act with time slots and leaders but we think we’ve got three pretty great groups starting out this year. There is still plenty of time to join a group so I thought I’d post the basics here for you to see. There are two groups meeting on Tuesday nights (at separate locations), one boys…

Intergenerational Church: What is it and how do we do it?

G’day Parents, Our current preaching series is looking at the key points in our Vision 2022 document. The first point is that we’ll be an Intergenerational Community. If you missed my talk on it I recommend catching up and listening to it online as it’s directly related to our church’s ministry with kids and their families. Expect to hear more about this topic as the year goes on. Also, Camp Crave is now 10 days away. You can book your…

Church News 25th Feb

This fortnight’s Church News includes Julie’s first Church News article, thinking about Vision 2022, and how we can Grow in Jesus, and Share Jesus. We also heard from one of our Missionary Families, the Giffords, in Barcelona. Download it here

Friend discount for Camp Crave

  G’day parents, Just wanted to announce that from today onward we are offering 20% off the price of Camp Crave for anyone who is from outside St John’s. I’ve been encouraging youth to invite these types of people (as well as those who already are part of our church): A friend who’s not a Christian but has expressed interest in talking about Christianity. A friend from another church that has no youth camp of their own. A friend from…

Camp Crave Early bird rate reopened for the weekend

G’day parents, If you missed the initial early bird rate for Camp Crave 2018, you have a second chance. It will close again on Monday 19th at midnight so get in quickly! Camp Crave is shaping up nicely, a high chance it will be fantastic 😉 Click here to learn more and book your ticket. Don’t forget Youth Unite next week. Have a great weekend. Kirk   Subscribe to get Parents’ Blog updates Email Address

You can now RSVP for the February Youth Unite

Plus, grade 6s are welcome at this event! Three times a year we meet up with other youth groups in the Northern Suburbs for an all-in event called Youth Unite. They are a great  example of people from all different backgrounds getting together because of Jesus. Here’s the details. Date: Friday 23rd February Start time: 6:30 drop off at St. John’s (61 Main St. Diamond Creek, we’ll car pool from there.) End time: 10pm pick up (we may organise to drop…

Sunday@6 back this Sunday

G’day parents, This is just a quick reminder that Sunday@6 is back in it’s normal routine this weekend (Feb 11). We have a prayer meeting at 5:15 (which you’re welcome to attend) and the service starts at 6pm sharp. There will be separate teaching time for primary school and kinder aged kids. On Feb 18th we will host our first Sunday@6 dinner of the year at 5pm in the St John’s foyer. You are invited to join us. Sunday@6 is…

A Youth Ministry Update

G’day parents, We put together this little video as a bit of an overview of youth ministry this year. For some reason I seem a bit grumpy at the start even though I was not in a bad mood! Sorry about that. Click here to register for Camp Crave. Subscribe to get Parents’ Blog updates Email Address

Camp Crave Invite Letter

G’day Parents, If you haven’t received it in snail mail or email form already, here is the invite letter for Camp Crave this year. This is your invite to Camp Crave 2018. Camp Crave is for people in years 7-12 (or equivalent). It’s a great few days of outdoor activities, teaching and relationship building. It’s also a great opportunity to grow in your understanding of God, ask those questions you’ve always wanted to ask and make friends that could last…

Church News January 21 & 28

In this edition of the Church News we get an update from Lisa, who along with a number of other young adults, have spent part of their summer on Beach Mission. Download the Church News here.

Parents Blog

Welcome to the new look parents blog, now hosted on our main website. All things St John’s in one place! Subscribe to get Parents’ Blog updates Email Address

Camp Crave 2018

G’day Parents, Our dates are locked for Camp Crave 2018 (our camp for years 7-12). If you register now you can get the discounted early bird price. Click here for all the details. I cannot recommend Camp Crave highly enough. It is a brilliant weekend chockas with opportunities to make friends and get to know Jesus. Spread the word! Kirk Subscribe to get Parents’ Blog updates Email Address

The Rest of 2017

G’day Parents, This might be my last post of the year so I thought I’d give you a good idea what’s happening over Christmas: Sunday@6 is finished for the year. This Sunday (Dec 17) we have the Diamond Creek Community Carols which we encourage you to come along and enjoy being a part of. Literally finishes with a bang (fireworks). Click here to view the details of our Christmas Eve services. If you’re not sure which service will be the most…

Baptism and Confirmation Service this Sunday

G’day Parents, I recently wrote about our upcoming baptism and confirmation service. I’m pleased to announce we have 5 people getting confirmed and 2 getting baptised. It should be a great night. Come along and hear their stories, witness the commitments of these young people and celebrate the promises they make. The following week is Diamond Creek Community Carols. And the week after that is Christmas Eve! Our first Sunday@6 service after Christmas will be 7th January 2018. Kirk

Last Sunday@6 Dinner for the year

G’day Parents, All year we’ve held fortnightly dinners at 5pm before our evening service. This week will be our last for this year. The following weeks will be our Baptism/Confirmation Service followed by Community Carols and Christmas Eve! Thanks to all our legendary cooks who have helped out during the year and helped make our service a more welcoming and hospitable place 🙂 Kirk

150th Thanksgiving Appeal

We’re reaching big, and asking for $150,000 to reduce our debt. Every year at St John’s we hold a Thanksgiving Appeal as an expression of thankfulness and love to God for his faithfulness and goodness to us. It is an opportunity to show generosity in giving over and above our regular gifts. It is a powerful expression of our dependence on God, our love for him, and our thankfulness for all he has provided. This year we are giving thanks…

New Volunteer Leadership Team

Thanks to everyone who came along to the AGM on Wednesday night. It was great to reflect on the past year and to thank God for providing for us. It was also good to think about the year ahead, to make plans about how we will resource our ministry, and to elect leaders for our church. The following people will lead us over the coming year: Parish Council The highest decision-making body within the church, they are responsible for overseeing…

5pm Activities – Nov 26

G’day Parents, Sometimes we run some fun times before the service on a Sunday. This week we run our last for the year. Like the recent youth event, it’s games based, but not epic like the youth event because we only have an hour. There’ll be a bunch of short-and-sharp games to play that we hope will bring some fun social time to everyone who attends. Details? It’s at 5pm. It’s free. Just turn up and have fun 🙂 Click…