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Please Pray

Please spend some time this week praying for those in our church family, specifically:

• Anna & Josh C
• Mark & Jenny C
• Rosslyn C
• Mikayla D
• Bev D

sunday is OUR tHANKSGIVING SERVICE

Every year we love to celebrate what God has done in our church. Our next Thanksgiving Service will be this Sunday Oct 19, and we hope everyone can make it. This is an excellent time to recall all of God’s good we have seen over the last year. The service will be followed by a shared lunch. If you can provide a salad we can share, please let the Bron or Alice know.

At our Thanksgiving Service, we have an opportunity to give a freewill thanksgiving offering. A Thanksgiving Offering is a pledge or gift over and above our current regular offering. The Thanksgiving offering helps us support our church commitments for global and local mission. Last year we reached our giving target of $40,000. The target this year is the same.

For more information regarding our Thanksgiving Offering, see the attachment or go to upbc.org.au/thanksgiving/

upb AGm

Following the service on Sunday 2^nd November, we will be holding our Annual General Meeting. We invite all to attend to reflect on the year that has been and how God has been working within and through our church family.

The AGM is also the main meeting where members can be voted in to serve on the council for a 3 year term. If you would like to nominate someone for the council to consider, please complete a form available on the table by the baptistry or speak with Rey, Tara or Glenn for further information.

Papers and a copy of the Annual report will be available 2 weeks prior to the meeting.

Schools Morning tea supplies needed

Local churches will be providing morning tea for the staff on Friday, October 31 at Goodwood Primary and Monday, 10 November at Black Forest Primary.

If you are able to contribute food/funds to buy food for the morning tea, please let Sarah Ames or the church office know. Thank you for helping us support Pastoral Care workers in schools as well as encourage teachers and build good connections with local schools.

Operation Christmas Child

Thank you to those who have taken Samaritan’s Purse shoe boxes over the past few weeks and thank you to those who have already returned them.  Your support and compassion is greatly appreciated. There are still boxes available on Sunday in the breezeway for the next couple of weeks.

REMINDER The last day for returning the boxes to UPBC or Lyn Hill is Sunday 26th October

Westcare Needs

Encounter Youth – Schoolies registration open

DIARY DATES

Thanksgiving Sunday                           19 October     

Mens Shed @ Nev’s                            30 October

Church AGM                                       2 November

Newcomers Morning Tea                    16 November

Encounter Schoolies                            21-24 November

Out To Lunch                                      23 November

Mens Shed @ Nev’s                            27 November

UP Kids Christmas Concert                 30 November

Community Christmas Lunch              5 December

Street Party                                          7 December