Create a new tradition this year of making a Gingerbread House. We'll be making a Gingerbread House and doing some Cookie Decorating. Come and meet with friends, or bring your kids/grandkids. The House decorating is designed for 5 years and up. The Cookie Decorating is designed from 2 years onwards. 

Lunch - Sausage Sizzle.  $25 per family - includes gingerbread house kit, lollies (for the gingerbread house) and a sausage sizzle lunch. $15 for an extra Gingerbread House Kit - if you want each of your kids to make a house. 

The pool is available for the kids to swim.  If your child swims, it is your responsibility to supervise them. This is a great opportunity to bring a friend and their kids.  Friends come for free. Use the code - GUEST to book in a friend. All houses must be prebooked.  

You can book via the button below.

The event will be at Kevin and Faith Chamberlain's house - across the road from Mawarra.

Got questions? Reach out to Beth, Tiff or Faith.

RSVP - 1 December - strictly”

Lyn will be opening the Useful Gift Shop at church this Sunday.

These giifts make it easy for you to shop simply and quickly as well as help fight poverty and injustice in our world. 

To see how these gifts can make a big impact on others, see this Tearfund blog page.

This week we donated home grown spinach to Big Yellow Umbrella's food relief program Yellow Hampers.

On the day of the Carol's service, 22nd December, a financial appeal will be made for the work of the Sisters of Mary from Theresa Park.

The Mary Sisters operate by faith and serve our local community in many ways, including retreat days, prayer ministry, outreach at Camden Show, Easter and Christmas services, book marks and leaflets, and a food ministry - helping families who are in need. The sisters will be visiting our service on the day of the appeal and briefly sharing about their work. 

Your donations will be welcome, either in cash, by tapping CVC's  Square card reader or by a direct debit to our Church account, with the identifier, "Sisters of Mary". 

This community engagement appeal was deferred from the Big Day in for July, which was washed out. 

Thank you in advance for your donations for this worthy cause.

Community Engagement

CE at CVC involves serving together in spirit-lead acts of kindness – locally, nationally and internationally – to meet identified community needs, build up CVC and witness to Christ’s love. 

The CE team comprises: Jeremy Hodson, Renae Howard, Heather Loomes, Michael Stapleton and Michelle Toms. The team will prayerfully discern future steps.  

Our first community engagement event was a sausage sizzle and cake stall held at Mawarra P.S. in September. We had great contributions and teamwork from CVC and from Darren, Pastor of Camden Valley Adventist Church. $1300 was donated to Mawarra P.S.  Many thanks to all who contributed.

Nearly 50 shoeboxes of gifts were donated by CVC members for Samaritans Purse Operation Christmas Child in October. Volunteers will also assist with checking boxes at the processing centre. Again, huge thanks to all involved.  

An appeal for donations for the work of the Evangelical Sisters of Mary will be made at the Carols Service in December. 

Tearfund Action Group

This small group has been active since May 2020. The foundation members – Lyn Dench, Louise Ferris, Kellie (now worshipping at another church), Greig and Heather Loomes – continue to work together to serve our local community in God’s name, promote justice for people globally and promote sustainability.
This year, our actions included:
•    preparing ‘Happy Boxes’ with toiletry items for indigenous women in remote communities
•    regularly providing baskets of kitchen and laundry items to Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard for victims of domestic violence who are relocating
•    cooking meals for Shining Stars Foundation, Narellan who distribute them to those in need locally 
•    praying for the International Negotiating Committee re the formation of an International Plastics Treaty and signing petitions encouraging our Federal Govt to work hard in relation to this treaty 
•    learning about ‘BYO Containers’ and visiting local food outlets encouraging them to accept customers own containers to carry home purchases, avoiding plastic waste
•    supporting the church-wide involvement in Plastic Free July  
•    writing letters to producers asking them to reduce plastic packaging
•    hosting a dinner party as a fund-raiser for ‘Feed the Hungry’
•    volunteering to check shoeboxes of gifts for ‘Operation Christmas Child’
•    running the Tearfund Australia Useful Gift shop at church in December. 

We thank God for his guidance and blessings throughout 2024.

Heather

Photo by Dylan - used without permission!

Praise God for

• The season of Advent, starting an Sunday December 1st and ending December 24th.

Pray for

• The escalating conflict between Russia and the Ukraine.

• Mawarra school - their principal, teachers and students as they approach the end of year.

• Continued healing of Georgie Woods' mother Julie, following surgery.

• The continuing healing of Zac's leg.

• The worsening situation in the Middle East with Lebanon, Gaza, Israel and Iran and the search for a peaceful solution.

• The Hutchings (Steve, Nat, Elyse, Owen and Daniel) as they minister in their tribe. See the Hutchings website page for more details

• The Castelijn's (Albert and Lynne). See the Castelijns website page for more details.

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Spring Farm, NSW, 2570
Australia

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