Women’s Craft Day
The women of the 8am and 10am service had a wonderful day together encouraging each other while making craft, completing puzzles and enjoying good coffee and cake. Carolyn Duncan and Jo Russell shared about their faith while Hannah interviewed her Grandmother, Helen, on her life as a Christian. On the whole a really enjoyable day.
OVACC Youth Hike
OVACC Youth exist to help teenagers from Oxley Vale Anglican Community Church grow into mature christian contributing members of our church. Recently we went on a 25km hike through Barrington Tops. We started at stayed at Polblue and then on Saturday morning in 2 degrees drove in 4WDs to Junction pools where we started out…
Registrations open for Circus Holiday Club!
FOLLOW THIS LINK to register your kids (Years K-6) for our CIRCUS Holiday Club, running 9-11 October in the second week of the next school holidays. It’s bound to be heaps of fun, with jugglers, lion tamers, trapeze artists, and more!
OVACC Youth Term 2 Newsletter
Welcome Back!
Christianity Explored
We all get one life to live and deep down we’re all asking the same question – what’s it all about? Christianity Explored is a friendly casual time to get together and find out who Jesus is and what he means for us today. You won’t be asked to answer questions out loud, but you…
Gender Confusion Talks
Gender confusion is a topic that is hugely relevant in our society today and as Christians we want to strive for a biblical compassionate and loving response. In the last few decades in the western world there has been huge cultural change. Some of these changes relate to how we see our sexuality and gender….
Register for Superhero Mania NOW!
Registrations are now open for OVACC’s annual kid’s holiday club. From 9:30am – 12:30pm on Wednesday 10 – Friday 12 October, 2018, this year’s theme – Superhero Mania – promises to be great fun. Open to children from Kindergarten to Year 6, you can register for Superhero Mania using this link or, if you prefer…
Space Academy Blasts Off
Thanks to everyone who joined us for Space Academy holiday kid’s club – it was great fun! Click to view the Space Academy Highlights video
Resources from the Ethics Series
Below are a number of links that you can follow for further reading on the ethics topics in the headings: Same Sex Marriage: Sandy Grant from St Michaels Wollongong has an excellent lecture on the no case. http://wollongong.anglican.asn.au/sermons/public-marriage-lecture-2017/ Marriage alliance has some good resources and worth following http://www.marriagealliance.com.au John Anderson on ABC News.
Survey: Ethics series topics
You might have heard from Simon that our next series will be a collection of reflections on modern ethical questions. We’d like to know what kind of things our congregations are interesting in addressing, so we’ve put together a short survey. Can you take three minutes and help us out? The survey is here.
Church Calendar 2017
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Wrapping up gifts for Families in need
OVACC Youth spent some of their school holidays wrapping up gifts for families in need. Here’s an article that the local newspaper wrote WHILE most kids are spending their school holidays at the shops, movies or in the sunshine, a group of locals are doing their bit for the less fortunate. Members of the Oxley…
REGISTER: Sunday School Training Day with Sandy Galea from Kidswise
Register here for Kidswise Sunday School Training
Women’s Morning Tea
Saturday the women of OVACC came together for morning tea. They heard from Yui on her journey from Thailand to Australia, and how she moved from Buddhism to trusting that Jesus was her Lord and Saviour. Of interest was her reflections on the difference between praying as a Buddhist, to praying to a personal…
Celebrating 25 Years of Ministry in Oxley Vale!
All past and current members and supporters of Oxley Vale Anglican Community Church are invited to join us in celebrating 25 years of Christian ministry in the Oxley Vale area at two special events – a celebration dinner on Saturday 16 July and a combined thanksgiving church service on Sunday 17 July. To mark the…
OVACC YOUTH at Chaffey dam
Here are some pictures of when we went to Chaffey Dam Canoeing
Combined 9am Service and General Meeting
SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER On Sunday 13th, the 8am and 10am church gatherings will combine for a 9am service, to be followed by a Special General Meeting to approve the church budget for January-June 2016. The combined service will feature a special nativity presentation by the children in our 10am Sunday School. Our monthly Trading Table…
Canadian Thanksgiving
At OVACC we have a family on exchange from Canada. They were sad that they would miss thanksgiving in Canada, so as a church family we have joined them in a great day giving thanks to God for many things, including the family from all over the world united by Christ. OVACC is a church…
Women’s Brunch with Maama Eva from Uganda
OVACC Church along with the Anglican Diocese of Armidale partner the North Kigezi Diocese in Uganda. Maama Eva from North Kigezi Diocese spoke to the women of OVACC. She spent time outlining some of the great work Mothers Union was undertaking in her diocese helping families in poverty through income generating projects like piggeries and…
Ashley Madison Scandal
Tamworth has almost 1800 Ashley Madison accounts according to the Sydney Morning Herald, which the newspaper describes as being almost 5% of the postcode. For some of the neighbouring towns the numbers and percentage are higher. OVACC is a safe place for hurting families and for couples wanting to reconcile their relationships. We recognise that we are…