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Join us this Christmas in person or online

CHRISTMAS EVE

7pm - Newcastle Family Christmas Service

7.30pm - Epping & Livestream Family Christmas Service

11pm - Livestream Only Lessons & Carols

CHRISTMAS DAY

9.30am - Epping, Newcastle & Livestream Family Christmas Service

Can you give the Gift of Opportunity this Christmas? An opportunity to learn English. An opportunity to learn computer skills. An opportunity to encounter Jesus who transforms lives and opens up a world of new opportunities?

The target is $7000 to buy chairs, tables, a whiteboard, 10 Computers and Bibles to give the children in the village new opportunites for learning, new skills for life and a new hope and future in Christ.

It’s the starting point for planting a new Church community in Cambodia. Any additional money raised will go to support our sponsoring of this new Church Planting venture in the Kampong Thom province.

Donations can be made through our App or Website under the GIVE section, or through the office in an envelope marked ‘The Gift of Opportunity.’

North Epping Carols has been bringing the hope of Christmas to the community for over 10 years

Thanks to COVID-19, we can’t have our usual 2000+ people gather for carols in a public place. Yet it’s more important than ever this year, to celebrate the spirit of Christmas as a community.

This year, we’ve thought of a new way to bring everyone together!

Instead of gathering at Epping Oval, invite your family, friends and neighbours to your home for a CAROLS WATCH PARTY!

Register as a host by Friday 4th December 2020 and you will receive a FREE HOST KIT and automatically be in the lucky draw to WIN 1 of 6 Christmas food hampers!

Go to [northeppingcarols.com](https://northeppingcarols.com/)

Fireworks. Cancelled. Carols Events. Cancelled. Photos with Santa. Socially distanced. Christmas 2020 is going to look different in lots of different ways. It’s going to feel a whole lot different to normal. But maybe this Christmas represents the realness and rawness of life that is the normal that confronts us every day; a life that is messy, complicated, frustrating and isolating.

See Christmas with fresh eyes in 2020. For Christmas is more than a story, a promise, a family, a feeling, a baby or a gift. It’s about something that brings more peace, more hope, more joy, more love and more life in the normal of your everyday messy life.

So come and be surprised again this Christmas and discover that

Christmas is more than… you ever imagined.

Watch Episode 6 of His Story My Life

Featuring: Brenton & Kobe

Theme: HIS PURPOSE

Bible reference: Mark 10:45: 'For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

Everyone has a story... full of highs and lows, twists and turns. Your story is not written in isolation. It is part of a larger story in which God is weaving his story in and through your life. In 'His Story My Life' we invite you to hear real testimonies of God's grace and love at work in the lives of people just like you.

Watch Episode 5 of His Story My Life

Featuring: Charles

Theme: HIS PRESENCE

Bible reference: John 13:34 'A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.'

Everyone has a story... full of highs and lows, twists and turns. Your story is not written in isolation. It is part of a larger story in which God is weaving his story in and through your life. In 'His Story My Life' we invite you to hear real testimonies of God's grace and love at work in the lives of people just like you.

Watch Episode 4 of His Story My Life

Featuring: Alex

Theme: HIS FORGIVENESS

Bible reference: Matthew 6:14-15 'For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.'

Everyone has a story... full of highs and lows, twists and turns. Your story is not written in isolation. It is part of a larger story in which God is weaving his story in and through your life. In 'His Story My Life' we invite you to hear real testimonies of God's grace and love at work in the lives of people just like you.

Travellers are very excited to announce they will be part of [Great Southern Nights](https://www.greatsouthernnights.com.au/about) - a NSW Government initiative which will bring 1,000 COVID-safe performances to live music venues in Greater Sydney and regional NSW in November (Australian Music Month).

Travellers will play alongside Phil Davidson and Jubilatte on Sunday 29th November at The Fireplace (3 Pembroke St Epping- behind St Alban's Anglican Church). Doors open 6pm. Music from 7pm - 10pm. Make sure you book early - COVID-safe conditions mean only 80 tickets available! More information available at thefireplacestalbans.org