Reformation Sunday – Amazing Grace

Prayer Requests

Please forward all prayer requests to the church office via churchenquiries@paravista.org.au or phone 8263 5087. If you know or have spoken to anyone who does not have access to a computer, please assist them to submit their request and offer to pray with them. Prayer requests are not included in the weekly news online. If you would like to view the current requests, please refer to the email that alerted you to this Weekly News.

Coming Soon!!

A big surprise is coming to join the Good Shepherd Community, which will surely delight and bring smiles to everyone’s faces.

So please stay tuned…….

October Support for Lutheran Care

October will be our second last food collection for 2023. It has been a fantastically generous year so thank you for your continuous support.

Requests for October:

• Sugar
• Tinned vegetables
• Tinned spaghetti
• Baked beans
• Long life milk
• Pasta sauce
• Soup

Accommodation Needed

We are looking for accommodation for our daughter for next year. She is currently a year 10 student at Crossways Lutheran School in Ceduna and will be attending Kildare College next year for year 11.  She was a student at Good Shepherd School before our move to Ceduna and we are looking for a place for her to board that is close to Kildare.  She has her own car and is quite independent. – A mum from Good Shepherd Community.

Please contact the church office on 8263 5087 if you can help.

Maranatha Health

We’d love to see you face-to-face, to show you our appreciation and celebrate what we’ve achieved together this past year. Please join us for afternoon tea in the garden at Knightsbridge Baptist Church, 4^th November 2023 from 2-4pm.

This year, we encourage you to bring a friend along who may be interested in hearing more about Maranatha Health.
Please RSVP to contact@maranathahealth.org with number of guests attending, by 1^st November.

Good Shepherd Country Drive

Come along for a family outing, anyone with a classic car bring it along.

Have lunch and join in and play some games, but most of all have some great fellowship.

Venue: Lyndoch Park

Date: Sunday 12th November

Time: 12.15pm (at the park)

BYO Lunch, drinks & games + tables & chairs

Operation Christmas Child

On Tuesday the Operation Christmas Boxes were delivered to the collection centre at Modbury. The generosity of the members of Good Shepherd has again been very obvious. 122 boxes were donated which is an outstanding effort considering the depressed state of the economy.

Hopefully these boxes and the gifts enclosed will bring joy to the recipients and families and that the message of the great news of the gospel will bring even greater joy!!

Breakfast Co-Host (Part-Time)

Life FM is Adelaide’s Christian Community Radio station. Broadcasting family friendly, positive and uplifting radio.

The station has an exciting part-time opportunity to join the Breakfast announcing team in 2024.

If you are a confident, articulate and experienced public speaker who loves telling stories and being creative, we’d love to hear from you.

You will have:
-Experience in public speaking (preaching, presenting to large groups, podcasting etc)

-Organisation and time management skills including the ability to wake up early and thrive in the mornings.

-Be able to communicate with our audience of young families

-Bring creative ideas and work well in a team to bring the best radio for our dedicated listeners.

Life FM is a Christian value driven organisation – if you genuinely live and breathe our values, you’ll be a perfect fit.

Apply now by submitting your resume and cover letter to

Scott Curtis
Content Director (scotty@1079life.com)

Community Family Support News

Growing Faith at Home

October 31^st is a special day on our church calendar. We celebrate the Reformation! What’s that you may ask? It is linked back to just over 500 years ago, when Martin Luther posted 95 statements on the church door (which was a bit like a bulletin board back in the day). It caused quite a reaction! From his study of God’s Word, he discovered that our salvation (through Jesus dying and rising again in payment for our sin) is God’s gift of grace to us, that we receive through faith… It isn’t something that we can earn through good works. That takes so much pressure off us. We don’t have to earn his approval and love… This week’s GFH resource gives you some ideas to discuss with your families and small groups. Happy Reformation Day everyone!

School Snippets

On Thursday night our Year 2 students enjoyed a pizza tea together before spending the night in tents which were set up in the school gym. This is part of a progressive camping experience for our young people. Camping overnight in a familiar environment is a great ‘stepping- stone’ in children’s development before they enjoy camping experiences away from the school when they reach Year 3. Today (Friday) is World Teachers’ Day. We acknowledge and celebrate all the love, care and dedication that our wonderful teachers and staff members invest in our students and families. We are truly blessed here at Good Shepherd. If you get to see any of our staff (or you might know of other teachers or school staff members working in other schools) you might like to check in with them and see how they are going. For more of what we’ve been up to, please click on this link for the school newsletter: https://inewsletter.co/J1WDLx/latest Of course, a printed copy is available in the café area and I am happy to arrange your own copy if you would like!

Wednesday Worship

Eve (Youth worker from Endeavour) joined us for Worship on Wednesday. She reminded us about what we can do with our worries and anxieties… ‘When in a fix… Philippians 4:6!’ Please read this week’s devotion for a reflection of what was shared. Next week we begin our four-week Christmas theme. We would love for you to join us as we walk together as a Good Shepherd community towards Christmas. Usual starting time of 8:50am… Hope to see you there!

Georgie

Devotions

We give thanks for all those who have contributed to our online devotions this year. Now we are looking for more! If you have one or more of your own that you would like to share, please send them through to the church office: churchenquiries@paravista.org.au