Reading God’s Word out loud is a very important aspect of our worship. Why? Because whenever His Word is read, He speaks to us! It’s for this reason (and some others) that we want to do the public reading of God’s Word to the best that we can. After our 4th Sunday lunch on March 22nd, we’re aiming to do some training in this very area, so that we can all, literally, be ‘on the same page’.

Our next quarterly prayer gathering is on Saturday, March 7th, in the Upper Room. Join us as we pray to our great God for missions and needs, local and worldwide. Just remember though, our new starting time is 10am. Come when you can, leave when you must!

 Saturday May 16th..

8am for the Men in the Hall (for breakfast)…

10:30am for the Ladies in the Upper Room (for morning tea)…

Come and join us!

We are please to provide the venue for this upcoming concert in support of the ministry of Compassion Australia. All details are below on the image. Feel free to come along and join us!

Our morning worship services continue each Sunday @ 10:30am where we’ll be looking at some of the Psalms.

Jan 4 – Psalm 90 (A psalm for the New Year) Rev. Philip Burns

Jan 11 – Psalm 51 (A psalm for the sinner and the saint) Rev. Russ Grinter

Jan 18 – Psalm 139 (A psalm for the lonely) Rory Weightman

Jan 25 – Psalm 67 (A psalm for the whole world) Rev. Philip Burns

Come join us!

Yep it’s that time of year again and we will have two special events that will celebrate the birth of our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.

On Sunday December 21 at 8pm we will hold our annual ‘Carols by Torchlight’ in St John’s followed by supper in the hall.  This is always a great time of singing Christmas hymns, reflecting upon the Christmas story and hearing God’s Word explained to us in a shorter format. This year, Russ Grinter will be preaching. All are welcome and don’t forget your torch! (Maybe not as big as the one pictured!)

Then on Christmas Day, we will meet together at 9:30am in St John’s. Russ will be preaching again and there will be more Christmas hymns and more from God’s Word. There will also be an offering for PresAID (Presbyterians Assisting in Development) projects among our partner churches in Zambia, Myanmar and Vanuatu.  Morning tea will follow in the hall if you can stay. Everyone is very welcome!

Yep! It’s on again this year @ Lake Weeroona at 6pm (ish) on Tuesday November 25th.  As per usual, BYO everything to eat (whether bbq or pizza or …bbq pizza!…) whatever takes your fancy.  All welcome!

L-R: Naval Cadets: Petty Officer Sophie Hamilton, Leading Seaman Leone Sevudredre, Leading Seaman Catherine Aikman, Lieutenant Commander Amy York, HMAS Cerberus and Reverend Peter Hastie, PTC.

Rev. Peter Hastie, Principal of the Presbyterian Theological College preached at our annual Seafarer’s (Naval) Service, from Acts 27 concerning the shipwreck the Apostle Paul endured on his journey to Rome. Peter asked the question, ‘How do you handle your worst fears?’ and then proceeded to provide encouragement from the way Paul trusted in God’s promises and plans in the most dangerous of situations, encouraging us to also ‘cast our anchors deep’ into the solid nature of those promises God gives us in His Word. (Unfortunately there was no sound recording due to an oversight.) The service was attended by members of Bendigo’s Ex-Navalmen’s Club, Lieutenant Commander Amy York, RAN, OAM, Cr Elise Chapman, Lisa Chesters MP and cadets from the TS Bendigo

Join us at St John’s on Sunday October 19th at 10:30am when we welcome members of the Bendigo ex-Navalmen’s Club (and their special guest, Lt. Com. Amy York, RAN), and the cadets in uniform!) and staff of the TS Bendigo for our Annual Naval Service. This year’s speaker is the Rev. Peter Hastie (pictured), Principal of the Presbyterian Theological College. Appropriately, Peter has chosen to speak on the account of the Apostle Paul’s shipwreck in Acts 27.  Morning tea follows in the hall. All are welcome