CELEBRATING AS OUR PEOPLE MAKE BIG STEPS IN FOLLOWING JESUS
Greetings, Shore Vineyard.
There's nothing quite like a baptism, is there?
And in a year when we had a record number (11) of baptisms at Camp Out in March, it was wonderful to baptise Aiden, Azzy and Jess on Sunday afternoon after our Youth Takeover service.
Bless the three of you as you take big steps in your life of faith. We love you and celebrate with you.
And what a wonderful service we had with our youth leading the way - beautiful worship, fun and games, inspiring and challenging messages . . .
Thank you, Carly, our Youth Pastor, who also announced she'll be finishing up at the end of the year. We're going to miss you, but we treasure your contribution and bless you in new adventures in God ahead.
OK, so what's happening this Sunday?
Well, importantly, after our 10am service our board will host a meetingto share the news around the appointment of our new Senior Pastor, Paul Sawrey, and the process of Paul and Katy and their family arriving and taking up the leadership of SVC in the early months of 2026. This is a chance to hear the whole story direct, and have any questions answered, so please try and make it. (We will record the meeting, and make it available to congregation members who can't be there).
In our services themselves, we start at 8.45am with our chapel service, led this week by Simon Chesney. Our chapel services are wonderful - thoughtful, prayerful, loving - so feel welcome to join us on any first and third Sunday of each month.
And then in our 10am full service, I will be speaking on Mark 13 in a message I'm calling Be On Guard. Mark 13 is a difficult chapter, I must admit, so read it in advance or watch it here and I look forward to thrashing it around with you on Sunday.
I'm also pleased to let you know that we're having a meeting after church on Sunday week, November 23, to explore the way ahead for pre-school ministry at Shore Vineyard. We'd love all families with pre-schoolers to attend, and invite anyone else in church who is interested in this age group to come as well as we figure out where God is leading in this vital area of church life and ministry.
In other news, we have three great fundraisers for Dignity Freedom Network coming up:
Burgers and Blokes, Friday night, December 5.
Women's Christmas dinner, Saturday night, December 6.
Family movie, Friday night, December 12.
Check these out on our what's-on page and make a plan to come generously and make a difference for some of the neediest girls and women on the planet.
Looking further ahead, we've confirmed the dates for next year's Camp Out - Friday to Sunday, March 13 to 15. There are still cabins available, so we suggest you lock in your booking through booking.com ASAP. If you book now, there's free cancellation up to January 30 and you don't need to pay until January 28.
It's a great time to be part of Shore Vineyard.
Bless you all, and see you on Sunday.
Vic Francis, Senior Pastor