Holy Trinity Doncaster

Parish Camp 2010!

Jono Smith — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:44:55 +0000

Friday 26th – Sunday 28th of February is the annual HTD Parish Camp.

Our venue is the very comfortable, very well situated, kid-friendly “CYC: The Island” Conference Centre in Cowes, Phillip Island.

Our speaker is the internationally renowned Dr Peter Adam, principal at Ridley College, Melbourne. Peter will be speaking to us over 4 sessions on the topic “Power and Weakness in Christ” from 2 Corinthians.

Our Children’s Minister, Ruth Newmarch, and Youth Pastor, Chris Bowditch will also be running a fantastic Kid’s Program for all Sunday School aged children.

For more information, download the Parish Camp Brochure.

Or REGISTER NOW! Just click here and you’ll be redirected to our Online Registration page.

Looking forward to seeing you at Phillip Island!!!

January School Holiday Program (27-29th Jan)

Wayne Schuller — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:16:50 +0000

The school holiday program is a fun time of learning about God at Holy Trinity Doncaster in the final week of the school holidays.

It will run from 9:30-12:30 each morning from Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th January.

Includes: Songs, scarf making, string art, drama from the bible, scrumptious morning tea, cookie cutting, simple carpentry, songs and games.

Parents can leave their children or are welcome to stay.

Please register with via the Holy Trinity Office: 9840 2577 or email: info@holytrinitydoncaster.org.au

It would help us with administration to also submit the following two registration forms:

Registration Form PDF (you can print this and send it in – or you can enter the details into the pdf and email it in)

Indemnity Form PDF (please print and fill this out and bring it on your first day)

Sermons Series: Luke

David Chan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:04:54 +0000

Join us as we examine the gospel according to Luke. Whether you’ve read many times before or have never heard the story of Jesus we welcome you to explore history with us. Who was Jesus, what did he teach and what does that mean for you today.

Missed a sermon? As always, the sermons are available online.

CRAVE: A Look Back at 2009

Jono Smith — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:35:06 +0000

Port Hedland Mission Trip 2009

Alan Rash — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:32:20 +0000

On Saturday, 19th September a group of 12 excited but rather nervous people set out from Melbourne for the distant shores of Port Hedland on the northwest coast of WA to support the church of St. Matthew’s and to proclaim the good news of Jesus. As we all found out, God had prepared the way for us and we witnessed many doors opening in amazing ways.The people of St Matthew’s Port Hedland kindly opened their homes to us and received our group with such warmth that we all felt at home very quickly. We began our mission visiting a primary school to lead some scripture seminars with songs, a drama and a puppet show which were all centred on the parable of the Hidden Treasure in Matthew 13:44. The central message was “the greatest treasure in the whole wide world is peace with God” (the last three words to be shouted at the top of your voice!).

During the week we visited five primary schools in Port and South Hedland and Marble Bar occasionally doing the scripture seminar to two separate age groups. Later in the week we were privileged to be invited to do the puppets at the local shopping centre. Through this the gospel was preached openly to a large audience of parents, children and passers-by.

When not visiting the schools the group split up to participate in different events organised by the church for the week. A men’s BBQ was organised for the guys in the group to meet men in the Hedland community and to challenge them to think about what it means to be a Christian man as part of a family and in the workplace. The following day a few went door knocking along ‘Battle Street’ and surrounds in South Hedland to meet people and speak with them about Jesus.

All would agree that this was one of several unforgettable experiences throughout the week and that God is shining light into the darkest corners.

Other special events were interviews on the local radio station where we were able to share our faith publicly, dialogue dinners that reached out to people searching for God, the ladies’ cooking demonstration hosted by the outstanding local cook Sonya who provided delicious lunches every day and the ladies’ bible study which was a great encouragement to the local women.

A particularly memorable activity was helping out people from the local Youth In Crisis group digging out and levelling of a small plot of land at the South Hedland shopping centre. From this, a group of four of us were invited to visit their after school drop-in centre for local Aboriginal children which was a wonderful experience. After meeting with some of the organisers we met some of the children for a game of basketball. A few of the children recognised us from our school visits which was fantastic. We were really happy to make good connections with the group there and be witnesses of Jesus among them.

Our deepest and most sincere thanks go to the church of St Matthew’s in Port Hedland for their wonderful hospitality and strong partnership in the gospel. Thanks especially to Phillip and Elke Knight, and Bill and Jocelyn Ross for their friendship, leadership and excellent organisation of the mission week. God has greatly blessed us through our visit to Port Hedland and I pray that He may continue to nurture the seeds that He has sown.

I give thanks and praise for our brothers and sisters in Christ in Port Hedland and I pray that God will bring to completion the good work that He has begun in them. To God be the glory forever and ever.

Vaughan Barras