Parramatters - 23rd September 2022

Hi Parramatta Salvos, 

This Sunday we continue our series in the book of Proverbs, looking at what it means to 'Cultivate Compassion'.

We encourage you to catch up on any messages you have missed throughout the series on our Facebook Page or Youtube Channel. 

We can't wait to worship with you this Sunday!

Kylie & Sarah
(Corps Officer Team)

Ladies Fellowship
Ladies Fellowship meets each week at 10am for morning tea and 10:30am for fellowship. This week, 28^th September, Ladies Fellowship is hosting a concert as presented by the Baker Family. Morning Tea is at 10.00am, followed by the concert. For this special occasion everyone is invited to join with us. Entry is a gold coin donation. Please rsvp to Pamela Freeman 0410 555 092 for catering purposes.

SHE WEEKEND - Registration closes this week!
All women are invited to attend the Divisional Women's Weekend coming up in October 14-16 at the Collaroy Centre. Registrations close on Wednesday 28 September. 

Please note that you can pay via credit card, or opt to "pay via corps". If you elect to pay via corps, you must transfer the amount owed or pay cash to the corps office prior to attending the weekend. *If you have trouble registering online, please call the corps office or come and see us and we can help you.* We will be organising a fleet of vehicles, so don't let transport be a barrier to your attendance - please chat to Kylie or Sarah if you will be needing a lift to Collaroy.

REGISTER: tinyurl.com/SHENSWACT2022

Salvation Army Historical Society
See below for an upcoming event with the Salvation Army Historical Society.

If you would like to read the newsletter of the Historical Society, please click this link. 

Connect Site Update - Volunteers Needed!
It's been fantastic to see our Connect Site really buzzing over the past couple of weeks with our new partnership with Second Bite. The donation of fresh produce, meat and other goods has enabled us to give out more to those in need, and also to provide a hot meal to people in our Cafe. Our staff have decided to trial this system over the next month: 

Monday - Cafe and Connect Site open 9:30am-1pm. Hot drinks & hot meal available in cafe. Free bread and close to used-by items available for free. 

Wednesday - Cafe and Connect Site Open, as well as Community Market in Function Hall. Hot drinks and hot meal available in cafe. Meat, fresh produce and other items available in Function Hall. 

Friday - Cafe and Connect Site open 9:30am-1pm. Hot drinks & hot meal available in cafe. Free bread and close to used-by items available for free. 

In order to help operations, we need volunteers willing to help in 3 different areas. We need new volunteers, and we need our existing volunteers to nominate how they would like to help now. 

Volunteer Descriptions:
- Cafe Volunteer: (Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9:30am-1pm): Making/Serving Coffee, making/serving hot meal (one hot option per day such as microwave meals, toasties or bacon & egg rolls)
- Market Volunteer: (Wednesdays 9:30am-1pm): Help community members make their way around the market, monitoring community members and restocking items
- Driver: (Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday between 11am-12pm): Pick up the Second Bite donations from our nominated Coles store and bring it to the Connect Site

Volunteers can be rostered as much or as little as possible. Eg. Weekly, fortnightly, monthly.

Please chat to Sarah or email: sarah.walker@salvationarmy.org.au to express interest.

Homework Club
We are excited that a new Homework Group will be commencing at Parramatta Salvos in Term 4 on Wednesday 12th October at 4.30pm. We are in need of volunteers to help in this space, both working with children and young people, as well as serving in the cafe that will be open to parents and caregivers. If you are interested in volunteering or for more information, please contact our Community Connection Worker, Thushy at thushy.kailanathan@salvationarmy.org.au

Uniforms Needed!
From our Area Officer Mj. Robyn Black:
"Captain Ramson Kohe from PNG messaged me last week to say that they will be enrolling new soldiers when the General is there, and they will need skirts, trousers and white shirts (and jackets for the highlands).  All sizes, but especially smaller ones because a lot of the new soldiers are young people.
The General is there on the 24th-26 October, so we'll need to send them ASAP."

If you have any uniforms you would like to donate, please bring them to the corps office this week. 

Offering
Over the last couple of weeks there has been money given in a white envelope with no name. If you would like this amount to be attributed to your Planned Giving number, please let us know and we can ensure it will be shown against your name and issue you with printed envelopes with your number. If you wish this to remain anonymous, please disregard this information. For further clarification, please contact Margaret Robinson. 

Prayer Room Resources
If you would like to read the October Prayer Room resources from The Salvation Army Australia, please click on this link.  

Connect Site
26/09 - Judith Walker
28/09 - Will & Kerry
30/09 - Help needed

Coffee
25/09 - Sophie & Nathan Browning

Morning Tea
25/09/22 - Kerryn & Heather

Welcomes
25/09/22 - 9:30am: Dot Griffin  11am: Ray Haule