4:30pm - 6:00pm Sunday 14th of June 2026

 BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING pt6  

• 4:30pm-6:00pm  Sunday 14th of June 2026
• A few weeks ago we began thinking about personality profiles ably led by Carol Barber.
• Our personality or temperament type shapes us and how respond to others.
• This week, we’ll start with a time of praise and worship —  (from last week, which was postponed) — AND we pick up on the theme of temperament types and dig a little deeper!
• Light refreshments
• Venue: Mernda Social Support Centre, Activity Room:1&2  70 Mernda Village. 

Pentecost: This Grace That Scorches Us

Pentecost Fire © Jan Richardson

Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them,

and a tongue rested on each of them.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit

and began to speak in other languages,

as the Spirit gave them ability.

Acts 2.3-4

If we didn’t know it before, we surely know it now, as the second chapter of Acts unfolds: this is no tame God who comes to us, no safe and predictable deity. This is the God whose loving sometimes takes the form of scorching.

Before he left, Jesus told his friends he would send them the Advocate, the Comforter. Now we see this Comforter coming as wind, as flame, reminding us that comfort is not always comfortable, for it makes itself known in community, where we find the most searing challenges—and the deepest blessings—we will ever know.

This Grace That Scorches Us

A Blessing for Pentecost Sunday

Here’s one thing

you must understand

about this blessing:

it is not

for you alone.

It is stubborn

about this.

Do not even try

to lay hold of it

if you are by yourself,

thinking you can carry it

on your own.

No Haven program on Sunday 31st of May 2026

 

• NOTE — Fifth Sunday of the month.
• No formal activity today on 31st of May 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?

5:00pm - 6:30pm Sunday 24th of May 2026

 

AT TABLE TOGETHER. 

Bring a plate to share for tea, as we enjoy conversation together at Margie’s place

SMS 0418 382449 for her address, and note that we wouldn’t be at the Activity Centre today. 

4:30pm - 6:00pm Sunday 17th of May 2026

BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING pt5 

• 4:30pm-6:00pm  Sunday 17th of May
• What makes me tick? Personality types part 2
• Light refreshments
• Venue: Mernda Social Support Centre, Activity Room:1&2  70 Mernda Village. 

 

4:30pm - 6:00pm Sunday 10th of May 2026

BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING pt4 

• 4:30pm-6:00pm  Sunday 10th of May
• What makes me tick? Personality types
• We’ll also reflect on the God who is like a mother to us. (eg. Is 66:13 & 49:15). We thank God for all the strong Godly women in our lives this Mothers’ Day)
• Light refreshments
• Venue: Mernda Social Support Centre, Activity Room:1&2  70 Mernda Village.