The Village Church. 93 Canadian Bay Road, Mt Eliza P:

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1 Church News The Village Church 93 Canadian Bay Road, Mt Eliza P: Office Hours: Monday - Tuesday: 9:30am-12:30pm Thursday: 9:30am -1:30pm Friday: 9:30am -2:30pm Sunday 2 September, 2018 Happy Fathers Day! The Uniting Church in Australia

2 OUR VISION AND MISSION Following Jesus and walking together, the Village Church aspires to live God s unconditional love. We live Christian faith with integrity and meaning and, with a servant heart, we offer a place of welcome, care, inclusion and healing. MISSION: We will live out our vision by: Following Jesus who lived with integrity, honesty and justice. Building community both within and beyond the church. Nurturing a questioning and living spirituality. Fostering an inclusive and welcoming spirit. Offering abundant care and compassion. STAFF CONTACTS: Minister of the Word: Playgroup Coordinator: Youth engagement: Pastoral Support: Communication & Admin: Rev Cameron McAdam E: cameronmcadam@hotmail.com P: M: Barbara Mort E: ucame.playgroup@hotmail.com.au P: Jade Bell E: jadebellmail@gmailcom P: Shona Potts E: ucame.pastoralcare@gmail.com P: Sally Mullins E: ucame@hotmail.com.au P:

3 ORDER OF SERVICE Sunday 2 September, 2018 The heaven s shall declare WELCOME In Christ alone PRAYERS CHOIR PASSING OF THE PEACE CHURCH LIFE 1000 Reasons, Bless the Lord The peace of the risen Christ be with you all. And also with you. Church Leader TIME WITH OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE Goodness is stronger than evil OFFERING AND PRAYERS The children may leave for Kid s Church READING Mark 4: 1-2; 26b-34 Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. Thanks be to God. SERMON The way of the sower: Patience and hope. Quiet reflection and prayer Our God PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE As we take this bread to eat PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING COMMUNION Shout for joy BLESSING When you walk from here

4 WHAT S ON AT THE VILLAGE CHURCH THIS WEEK? Today Fathers day September am Morning Service led by Rev. Cam Mc Adam including communion Monday September 3 9:15am Playgroup Tuesday September 4 9:15am Playgroup Wednesday September 5 9:15am Playgroup Thursday September 6 9:15am Playgroup 1:00pm Knitting Group 7.30pm Choir rehearsals Friday September 7 9:15am Playgroup 11:00am Craft group 1:00pm Art Group 3:45pm Junior KUCA 5:30pm Senior KUCA 5:30pm engaged 7:00pm The Village Youth (Youth Group) Saturday September 8 Sunday September am Morning Service led by Rev. Cam Mc Adam Central quote from last week s sermon: Rev. Cam McAdam, 26 August 2018 To be captive to the way things are, to resist criticism and change, to brutally suppress efforts at humanization is to be bypassed by the grace of God. Taken from Ched Myers, Binding the Strong Man.

5 OUR VILLAGE CHURCH - THE WEEK THAT WAS Friday s Men s Breakfast update: Cold weather met with warm conversation! Despite the wet weather and several regulars travelling in hotter climates, great nourishment and warmth of conversation was had at the Men s Breakfast on Friday at 1001 Nights. Amongst the eleven in attendance was Roger Vass, who together with his wife Jenny, have recently joined our Village Church community. Roger was warmly welcomed along. The Men s breakfast is held on the last Friday of the month. This week...with Cam It s been a significant week for the Village church, working through a variety of pastoral matters, beginnings and endings that make the rich diversity of our shared community life. Such a big week too for church groups and our children s and youth programs. Funeral Help We could do with another couple of people to help in the kitchen on Monday at 1pm for Mardi Davies funeral. Choir It was great to see the choir return last night for a new season of song. So many new faces joining, and some lovely music and a cantata selected for between now and Christmas. I joked there may be more people in the choir than the rest of the congregation Sunday! Phones As part of a school project, Esther my daughter is collecting old mobile phones that you have lying about for recycling. There is a box in the church foyer. SMASH A reminder to contact Jade if you can do some cooking for this program through the September school holidays.

6 Tickets are available from David Arnott or Cam Opie.

7 The next meeting of the Craft group is coming up on Friday 7 September from 11am 3:00pm at The Village Church. It s a fun and busy time, as the group focus on meeting their blessing bag target for this Christmas! All are warmly welcome to come along and take part. You don t have to be crafty, as the group can an always find something for you to do! The Craft group meet the first Friday of the month Mornington Concert at St Marks Uniting Church: David Willersdorf "Outside Yourself Tour - 14 October Australian singer-songwriter David Willersdorf is back from recording in Nashville and is touring Australia on his OUTSIDE YOURSELF soul and blues tour. David will be performing his new OUTSIDE YOURSELF single, along with a selection of songs from his new soul and blues album as well as audience favourites from his popular FIRE THIS LOVE album. David was joined on his latest album by some of the world s best musicians and engineers, including Grammy Award winners and musicians who have been in the bands of Sheryl Crow, The Wallflowers, K. D. Lang, The Doobie Brothers, Harry Connick Jnr., Elvis Costello, George Strait and many others. Come along and enjoy a great concert that you and your friends will talk about for years to come. The concert will take place on Sunday 14 October, with tickets $10 prior or $12 at the door (free entry 12 years and under). Doors open at 6:30pm, with music from 7pm. For more information contact the event organiser on (03)

8 S Your vote can help Fusion s dream become reality! Fusion has a dream of a social enterprise Retro Thrift Shop and Community Cafe on the Mornington Peninsula, designed as a local space to share life with the young and old, values of community wellbeing will be placed alongside those of profitability. The Thrift Shop would provide an ONGOING INCOME STREAM for their work and serve as a community hub for trainees, volunteers and visitors. The team will run mentoring programs supporting the young and old to work alongside one another and renovate, repurpose and sell donated goods. Vulnerable young people will develop employable skills and healthy connections to the local community. We will have another space to run training and youth programs servicing schools further down the Peninsula and Community groups will be invited to use the cafe/meeting space for classes and get togethers. The potential of this dream is endless! How you can help? Please vote and also spread the word! To vote: 1. Register for a pick my project account (link below) 2. Select Mt Martha postcode Pick Fusion s Retro Thrift Shop and 2 more of your favourite projects to vote for. Verify your mobile number and submit your votes. Whether Fusion get the $110,000 or not is now purely based on VOTES! Help make it a reality and VOTE for Fusion s project to receive the start up funding in the Pick My Project Community Grants Initiative.

9 The Village Church Giving update... With Marilyn Mason s recent return from a wonderful overseas holiday, we are now in a position to provide an update on the Giving initiative held earlier in the year. First and foremost, the Church Council are incredibly appreciative for all the giving and generosity that takes place throughout our church community. This occurs in lots of different ways and all contributing to the life and vibrancy of the Village Church: personal gifts expressed through ministries of care for people both within and beyond the church, care for our facilities, church management, outreach and supporting our worship. We cannot exist without all these contributions so again, thank you. With respect to our Giving initiative, we are delighted to let you know we had a great result, with a positive increase much larger than expected. Our increased income will be used to support the increase in utilities, insurances, maintenance, staffing and community ministries, which the Council believes are a vital part of our mission and telling our story, helping us fulfil our overarching vision: Following Jesus and walking together, the Village Church aspires to live God s unconditional love. We live Christian faith with integrity and meaning and, with a servant heart, we offer a place of welcome, care, inclusion and healing. With our sincere thanks and appreciation The Village Church Council

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11 Church Rosters 2018 September 2 Church Leader: Communion: Bible Reader: Welcomers: Counting: Music: Kids church: Flowers: Power point: Sounds desk: Morning Tea: Kaye de Wijn Petunia Jacob, Gordon Barrow & Esther McAdam Janette McCabe Ruth & Esther McAdam John de Wijn & Ken Sleep Bev Sleep Deb Dalton & Katherine Suttie Jennifer Collett Cam Opie Matthew Jacob Helen Cumming, Carole Suttie Shona & Emily Potts September 9 Church Leader: Bible Reader: Welcomers: Counting: Music: Kids church: Flowers: Power point: Sound desk: Morning Tea: September 16 Church Leader: Bible Reader: Welcomers: Counting: Music: Kids church: Flowers: Power point: Sound desk: Morning Tea: Ken Sleep David Brown Kate, Zoe & Gemma Driver Ian McInnes & Ken Ryall Margaret Brown Sally Mullins & Kate Driver Chris Johnson Vickie Burt Matthew Jacob Vaha Lino, Lois Gust, Linden Fowler & Margaret Barrow Deb Dalton Dave Dalton Trevor & Vickie Burt Margaret Ferguson & Trevor Burt Margaret Brown Georgie McAdam & Claire Dawson Mohan Jacob Matthew Jacob Matthew Jacob Claire Thonemann, Lorraine Pritchard, Chris and Robert Johnson Mowing - September Hal Scurrah

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