A number of years ago we preached a series on the various relationships that God uses to strengthen our faith: God and you (your personal relationship with Jesus), you and few (one or two people who can encourage you and keep you accountable), you and a crew (a Life Group), you and those who do (a ministry area), and you and the zoo (the gathered worship of the whole community). Each of these settings have certain strengths pertaining to our growth in maturity as followers of Jesus. It’s too easy for us to have the bookends of these five contexts: our relationship with God and participation in gathered worship. These are great, but they can lack significant relationships with others that can be so helpful for us. One of the key ministries for us in this is Life Groups. 
Over the last couple of weeks, we have been highlighting Life Groups in our services with brief videos in which people in our community reflect on the impact that being part of a Life Group has had on their lives. While Life Groups may not be for everyone or for every stage of life, we really want to encourage you to consider getting involved in one if possible. If you’d like more information on Life Groups ask a friend who’s in one, and if you’d like to take the next step you can go to GBC Link Tree and click on the link to Join a LifeGroup.

Marc Rader | Senior Pastor 

This Weekend:

Coming Up:

17th June  | Embrace Morning Tea

20th June | Men's Breakfast  

28 June | Mid Year Meeting (and Open House) 11:30-1:00

Praise Point: Congratulations to Neil Swane, who this week marked 47 years of full-time employment with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. We thank God for His faithfulness and provision throughout those years and celebrate this wonderful milestone with Neil!

Please continue to pray for those who are unwell. Continue to pray for the Drury Family, Mark & Cathy's son Brendan; the Jones family with Jarrod Jones undergoing treatment; and give thanks for Karen Watkins slow but steady recovery from a brain cyst.

Pray for peace, healing, strength, comfort, hope, and wisdom for families, carers, and medical teams. 

Have something to celebrate, share, or pray about? Whether it's a graduation, engagement, wedding, new baby, new job, house move, health concern, or praise point, we'd love to hear from you. Contact the church office at office@gymeabaptist.org.au or 9521 4611 so we can share in these moments as a church family.

All Ladies are invited to our Embrace Ladies Morning Tea on Wednesday 17th June from 10.00am til 11.30am at ‘The Pan & Stone’, Kirrawee. Bring a friend or come alone and join us in a catch up over morning tea.
Register your name after the morning service with Jan Martin at the Book Nook whilst Janine is away. We look forward to seeing you there!

All Men are warmly invited to out Men's Breakfast on the 20th June 7:30-9:00am at GBC. Join for a great breakfast, connection, and a message from our Guest Speaker Tony Gilbert titled 7 difficult situations, and God is faithful. 

Like making cards? A Craft Event - Card Kits With Friends will be happening at GBC Saturday June 27th at 2-4pm. Invite a friend or family member to come with you for a fun, creative afternoon together. You’ll make a set of 3 lovely Birthday cards from kits and also get to choose another card to make from a range of styles.

Cost is $15 which you can pay in cash or card on the day. Everything is provided to make it easy cardmaking.

Afternoon tea will be yummy too.

RSVP essential - contact Sonia Beresford 0417425721

Wednesday 24th June at Donald Robinson Village (DRV), meeting at 12-15 for a 12-30pm start. All men are invited to attend. Cost is $20 for lunch which includes sweets and tea/coffee.
 
Guest speaker will be. Rev Graeme Crew who is part time Assistant Minister at St Phillips Church Caringbah and has been Chaplain to the “Dragons” NRL team. Graham will be speaking on ‘The Final Lap’, a small booklet by John Wyatt encouraging us and helping us as we wrestle with the later years of life.
 
Please book via the DRV Café, 8543 7273, 9am to 2pm, by Thursday 18th June. Payment can be made at the Cafe up to Wednesday 24th June.
 
Any enquiries please phone Ian Scarfe on 0439 914 957.

As you may be aware, in May of 2025 Karen Watkins, Marc’s PA and a key member of our administrative team, required emergency neurosurgery to remove a cyst. Her recovery has been slow and, unfortunately, after nearly a year, Karen submitted her resignation from her role at GBC. Karen has begun to return to work with Hopefield and will continue to be part of our community of faith. We want to thank Karen for nearly ten years of ministry on staff and acknowledge the many ways she has contributed to our community of faith.
Moving forward we will not be replacing Karen’s role as Marc’s PA but have appointed Altavi Young-Atwell as our Administrative Assistant 3 days a week. Altavi joined our staff team on back-to-back contracts while Karen was recovering and, upon Karen’s resignation, has joined us in a permanent part-time role. We are grateful for God’s provision of Altavi in the midst of a difficult transition and look forward to future ministry together.