Parramatters - 3rd February 2023

Hi Parramatta Salvos, 

Welcome back to Parramatters for 2023! 

This week, we return to our three regular services on Sunday morning - 9:30am worship, 9:30am Easy English and 11am worship. We hope you can join us in-person this week, or online at 9:30am as we continue our 'Summer on the Mount' series.

We are excited to see you and gather in worship together this week!

Kylie & Sarah
(Corps Officer Team)

Kids Church Back
Kids Church is back this week! All children are welcome to join in during our 9:30am service each week during school terms. 

Corps Retreat 2023
We are very excited to let you know about our Corps Retreat this year! We will be joining together at the Tops Conference Centre from Friday night 30 June to Sunday 2 July under the leadership of Lt. Cols. David and Sandra Godkin. Costs and registration information will be available next week!

Alpha
We are wanting to launch Alpha this term, but we need helpers to facilitate and organise supper. Alpha is an introductory course about Christianity, where people can come and ask questions and explore what faith is, who Jesus is and what this means for their life. If you are interested in helping, please speak to Sarah or Kylie this week so we can choose a weeknight for the course to take place. 

Jayne's Farewell Lunch
We will be holding a special 'pot luck' lunch at 12pm on Sunday March 12 to celebrate and say 'farewell' to Jayne. If you would like to attend, please bring a plate of food to share with everyone for lunch. Drinks will be provided. 

Ladies Bible Study
All ladies are welcome to share in fellowship and applications for daily living through God's word. Ladies bible study recommences this Thursday 9 February at 10am at Parramatta Salvos. This week only, it will be held in the board room next to the Cafe. For more information, please see Janet Muir (0409900838).

Ladies Fellowship
Ladies fellowship retuned last week with a "welcome back" celebration! This week, we will hear from Mj. Margaret Sanz on the topic of "Memories". All ladies are welcome to attend fellowship from 10am each Wednesday in the function hall!

Second Bite Roster
Each week we pick up donations from Coles at Westmead, and we need more volunteers to help with the Sunday pick up. This takes place at approx 11am on Sundays each week. Volunteers can use the van to pick up and bring items back to Parramatta Salvos by 12pm. If you can help by going on a roster for picks ups, please email our Community Connection Worker, Thushy at thushy.kailanathan@salvationarmy.org.au

New cafe
We hope you've had the chance to to check out our revamped cafe over the past couple of weeks! We are very excited to be able to open our Connect Site across more days of the week once we fill our new concierge position. To help us operate the Cafe and Connect Site we are in need of volunteers! If you have been on our Connect Site roster, or are interested in volunteering with us, please chat to Sarah this week. Here are the types of volunteers we are in need of: 

Cafe Volunteer
Make tea and coffee and chat with Community Members. Help needed Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 

Gift Voucher Distributor 
Give out gift cards allocated to community members. This roles involves using our SAMIS system - all training will be provided. Help needed Monday and Friday. 

Community Connector
Help with our food market, chat to community members, other general jobs during Connect hours. Help needed Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

Name Badges
We will be ordering name badges for Parramatta Salvos soon, and would love as many people as possible to order them and wear them to church and during the weekday activities here. Name badges are a helpful way to connect and get to know one another. The badges are magnetic and are $10 each. If you would like to order one, please take an envelope from the foyer, write the correct spelling of your name on the front, insert your payment and return to Dot Griffin by March 5. 

Return to school 
Please pray for all our young people, teachers and school staff who have retuned to school this week! 

February Prayer Room
Please find attached the national prayer room resource for February this year. Click this link to read. 

Rosters

Connect Site (Cafe)
06/02/23 - Will Heap & Kerry Bonny
08/02/23 - Will Heap & Kerry Bonny
010/02/23 - Help needed

Connect Site (Vouchers)
06/02/23 - Jayne Combremont
08/02/23 - Jayne Combremont
10/02/23 - Jayne Combremont

Car Park
05/02/23 - Wanderers v Western United - 2:00 - 3:00pm - Richard Eden
11/02/23 - Wanderers v Sydney FC - 6:15 - 7:45pm - Sarah Walker & Marty Bust
19/02/23 - Matilda’s v Spain - 5:00 - 6:00pm - John Acocks & Richard Eden
25/02/23 - Wanderers v Macarthur - 6:30 - 7:45pm - Marty Bust