Haven Women's Breakfast | 9:00am Saturday 8th August 2026

 

The Haven Mernda ‘Women’s Breakfast’ will be held:

9.00am Sat 8th August at: RIVERS 28 Kurrak Rd, Yarrambat  

RSVP as per the flyer if you can join us.

NOTE: 

NO HAVEN programme on Sunday evening 9th of August 2026

The following Saturday (15/08), will be a Men’s Breakfast and no Haven on Sunday evening 16/8.

Haven Men's Breakfast | 9:00am Saturday 15th August 2026

The Haven Mernda ‘Men’s Breakfast’ will be held:

9:00am Saturday 15th August, Turners Bakehouse, 107 Schotters Rd, Mernda

RSVP as per the flyer if you can join us

NOTE:  NO HAVEN programme on Sunday evening 16th of August 2026

4:30pm-6:00pm Sunday 24th of August 2026

• Haven Mernda
• 4:30pm-6:00pm  Sunday 24th of August 
• SHARING TOGETHER
• How’s your year been so far? High? Low? Buffalo? 
• Light refreshments
• Venue: Social Support Centre, Activity Centre, 70 Mernda Village Drive, Mernda

No Haven program on Sunday 31st of August 2026

• NOTE — Fifth Sunday of the month.
• No formal activity today on 31st of August 2026
• This extra Sunday of the month is a gift for you to use!
• Plan in that: “We must catch up one day!” catch up!
• Chat with the Neighbours?
• Go out for lunch with the family?
• Leisurely coffee with a friend?
• Curl up with a book?
• Lie on the lawn and watch the clouds?

4:30pm-6:00pm Sunday 6th of September 2026

 

Stories of the Kingdom, the parables of Jesus: Pt: 1 What is the Kingdom of God? 

4:30pm-6:00pm Sunday 6th of September 2026

Jesus was a master teacher.  His stories were  lively discourses full of illustrations, metaphors, and stories that caught and held the popular interest; he made people think. The parables provoke thought.  In each one Jesus communicated a truth about God or the kingdom of heaven that he wanted his listeners to remember, and so he told them a story.  We’re going to be working our way through some of Jesus’ classic stories of God’s Kingdom over the next few weeks. 

If you want a study guide, you can download a copy HERE 

Light refreshments

Venue: Social Support Centre, Activity Centre, 70 Mernda Village Drive, Mernda

4:30pm-6:00pm Sunday 13th of September 2026

Stories of the Kingdom, the parables of Jesus: Pt: 2 As dangerous as a mustard seed. Mat 13:31-32  

4:30pm-6:00pm Sunday 13th of September 2026

Jesus was a master teacher.  His stories were  lively discourses full of illustrations, metaphors, and stories that caught and held the popular interest; he made people think. The parables provoke thought.  In each one Jesus communicated a truth about God or the kingdom of heaven that he wanted his listeners to remember, and so he told them a story.  We’re going to be working our way through some of Jesus’ classic stories of God’s Kingdom over the next few weeks. 

If you want a study guide, you can download a copy HERE 

Light refreshments

Venue: Social Support Centre, Activity Centre, 70 Mernda Village Drive, Mernda

Haven schedule to December 2026

Note: Many of these activities will take place at the Social Support Centre, Activity Rooms 1-2, 70 Mernda Village Drive, Mernda.

Note too, that from time to time we may swap some activities around - so always check back on this blogpage closer to the date! 😊

4:30pm - 6:00pm Sunday 21st of June 2026

 

                                                                      

• Haven Mernda         
• 4:30pm-5:30pm Sunday 21st of June 2026 
• Table games & hot chocolate! Lazy afternoon together! 
  
• Bring a friend and bring your favourite card or board games and some chokkies to share!
• Venue: Social Support Centre, Activity Centre, 70 Mernda Village Drive, Mernda

 

Boutros Winter 2026 Update

Greetings friends,We’ve attached a short news-letter to give you bit of an update  about what’s happening for us and at haven. Click HERE

We’re into the middle of the year, with the shortest day of the year coming up soon (21 June)!

Winter is a season of discontinuity. The growth, warmth and light of summer are gone, he days are short, often damp, and there’s less light. Spring is still a-ways off. It’s a ‘liminal’ time!

Our modern world can feel like permanent liminality! Everything we thought was nailed down keeps changing. We live with permanent stress because the 24/7 world is never still long enough for us to re- acclimatise.

We’ve had a ‘pandemic’ of stress and fear long before we had the corona-virus pandemic! We have been alert and alarmed for years. And then of course, the never-ending earthquakes in world affairs can feel like a dark  liminal space. How do you navigate such seasons?

In our newsletter, there’s a reflection on managing such liminal times.

The prophet Jeremiah, writing about his time affirms where hope comes from: “... But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.'The Lord is my portion,' says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’"  Lam 3: 21-40

We want to say a huge thankyou to the many who encourage, support and pray for us and for Haven — You are all SO appreciated! 

  Sincerely,

  Martin and Esmae