I’m sure many of you have been distressed by the childcare crisis that has come to light this past week in Victoria. The scope and scale of the crisis has highlighted (again) the importance and challenges of protecting children. As a community of faith we have adopted the Safe Church Standards and have received our Safe Church Health Check by demonstrating our commitment to those standards. One of our values is that we want to Trust-Worthy. This means that we earn and maintain the trust of our community through the way we do things. Safe Church Standards are an important part of this and our commitment to these standards requires all of us to be aware and alert to acting in a Trust-Worthy way. More specifically, I wanted to remind you of the members of our Safe Church Team: Marjy Robertson, Greg Williams, Susan Kusch, and John Cox. You can learn more on our website under the Safe Church tab. The tragic news this week reminds us of how important this is and about how vigilant we need to be as we seek to be as Trust-Worthy as we can be in order that people might hear the good news about Jesus!

Marc Rader | Senior Pastor

9:30am Service: Marc Rader will interview a Special Guest from Lebanon, Wissam Nasrallah of Thimar

6pm Service: Jeremy Brough is preaching in our first week of our new series Kingdomtide

Dinner afterward the PM service - $7.50 all welcome !

Do you need encouragement to keep serving the Lord? When nothing seems to be happening when you put in all your time and effort? Then remember the story of Peter in Luke 5: 4-11 when he’d been fishing all night and not caught anything and then Jesus said let out your nets again. Peter was obedient to Jesus and his nets now were overflowing with fish! That’s not going to happen every time is it? But we wouldn’t want to miss the call to obey Him when it is a special time. Meanwhile we work hard and hone our skills and keep our ‘equipment’ ready and listen for the Master’s voice. We serve a God ‘who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power at work in us”. (Eph 3:20) So hang in there, you never know when God is going to use your faithful service in an extraordinary way. (Did Vicki Sherry accidentally meet the Pastor from Lismore Baptist church, who then links in with Hopefield …..watch that space for sure. What will God do there with that partnership?) 

Sonia Beresford, Elder

You are invited to join us for a short but effective time of “zoom” prayer Thursday at 7:30pm. A 30 minute guided prayer led by one of our wonderful GBC Elders. You can join in using this link JOIN PRAYER ZOOM or using the Meeting ID: 919 1693 5880 Passcode: f603j2. We look forward to spending this time together in prayer.

* Kevin Parmenters Funeral will be held at Gymea Baptist Church this coming Tuesday 8th July 2025 

Livestream link : https://vimeo.com/event/5235065/3c032b2dca

* Arthur Wattersons Service of Thanksgiving will be at Donald Robertson Villiage at next Friday 11th July 2025 at 2pm and his Funeral will be held at Olsen's Funerals Sutherland, at 12pm 26th July 2025. 

Livestream link : https://view.oneroomstreaming.com

* Jim Woolfrey, a Member of GBC since the 1960's Jim Woolfrey has passed away Thursday 3rd July in Queensland. Please keep his wife Val in your prayers this week. 

* Continue to pray for the Drury family and for Karen Watkins as both recover from major neurosurgery. 

If you have something for Family News, contact office@gymeabaptist.org.au or call on 9521 4611. 

Hopefield has the need for a good quality men’s pushbike and an aged care seat walker for a couple of clients in need. Please email photos to admin@hopefield.org.au or call the office on 9545 0299

Dear SBCE Supporters,

Thank you both to the Churches and Individuals who give so generously to provide Scripture at Kirrawee & Gymea High Schools with Joanne Smyth and Aaron Smith as Teachers. 

At present our working account has been lowered due to recent invoices. If you’d like to donate remember it is tax-deductible-

SBCE Westpac BSB: 032059 A/C 259320 Contact SBCE Treasurer on sbcescripture@gmail.com for a receipt.

Please keep Wednesday 13.08.23, 7-9pm for the “Meet the Teachers Coffee & Cake” evening.  

Pray for students to attend their SRE classes and encouragement for Joanne & Aaron.

Sue McCubben, Secretary

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