Save the dates for Term 4  at DPC!

Saturday 19th October - Serve Celebration evening
7 - 8pm at the building 61 Douglas Mawson Drive, Dubbo.
The night will be dedicated to celebrating how Jesus served us, and celebrating how that is lived out through his people in teams at DPC in 2024.
We'd love if everyone from church could come to Celebrate!
Child minding available for formal part of meeting.

Sunday 20th October - Intro to Jesus
Sunday afternoons at 2pm
Our next Intro to Jesus series kicks off on Sunday 20th October  at 2pm at the church building, 61 Douglas Mawson Road, Dubbo.
https://dubbo.church/jesus

Oct 27th, 3rd & 6th November Belong 
2:30pm Sunday afternoon at the Building
Belong is for Christians who are considering making Dubbo Presbyterian Church their home by becoming a member. Belong starts Sunday 11 August from 2:30pm to 4:00pm in the DPC building on the above Sundays. Child minding is available.
https://dubbo.church/belong

2nd November - DPC Women's Day
9.30am at the church building, 61 Douglas Mawson Drive, Dubbo
Come along and hear Nancy Guthrie give a talk on John 11:17-44
BYO Picnic lunch

3rd November - Afternoon tea with Jenny Bradshaw
Come along and hear from Jenny Bradshaw about the work she is doing with Bible translation and university students. 3pm at the church building, 61 Douglas Mawson Road, Dubbo.

15th - 17th November - MOB Camp
MOBsters are heading off for their annual camp
https://dubbo.church/youth

14th December - Carols
This year Christmas Carols will be at the church building, 61 Douglas Mawson Drive, Dubbo.
Kicking off at 7:30pm
Bring along a picnic rug, some snacks, and some friends!
This is an alcohol-free event.

Josiah from Church@6 helps out at a Scripture Union Cricket Camp each year, we asked him what he likes about the camp and why he does it. Here was his answer!

Sitting in the sun on the side of Jubilee Oval whilst watching the Cricket Campers play their 20-20 match isn’t my idea of a holiday. But God quickly reminded me why I was there. The batting team all but lost interest in the game when one year 5 boy asked me,
“Hey Josiah, do you know the story of Jesus controlling the waves?”
“I sure do!” I replied.
“Can you tell it to me?” He asked eagerly, with wide eyes.
I couldn’t believe the how interested the kids were. They hung off every word. And when I finished, they asked me to tell them another story. And another!

It’s this eagerness for God’s word in the context of Christian community that has kept me coming back for the last decade. And now I’ve found myself as a director of the camp!

Cricket Camp began as a dream back in 2003. Maria Buster and Andrew Moreton began the camp out in Bourke, eager to share the gospel to young men through cricket. Maria and Andrew had a strong emphasis on Christian community as a way to witness the gospel to the campers. And this emphasis continues 20 years on!

Today, the camp runs out of Alectown and we regularly get between 50-60 boys between years 5 and 9 (10-15 year olds). A growing number of children from disadvantaged homes are sponsored completely. The camp is packed with activities, from T20 games to cricket drills and academy sessions for those wanting extra coaching. There’s also wide games, narrow games, and indoor Sports World activities.

But the heart of the camp is Jesus. Each year we choose a theme: this year it’s “Pad Up: Stand Firm” based on the Armour of God in Ephesians 6. Throughout the camp, leaders share testimonies, give talks, lead discussion groups and have chats with the campers.

We read the Bible, have question times, and encourage personal time with God. Our goal aligns with Scripture Union, namely, “To make God’s good news known”.

I recently bumped into some campers a few weeks back. I remember the younger boy being full of questions last year. Their dad seemed hesitant at first, but he shook my hand and said, “They’ll be back this year.”

If you know a boy in year 5-9, or would like to sponsor a boy, please get in touch!

We value your continued support and prayers!
Josiah Clarke, Church@6

Save the dates for Term 3 & 4  at DPC!


August 11, 18, 25 Belong 
2:30pm Sunday afternoon at the Building
Belong is for Christians who are considering making Dubbo Presbyterian Church their home by becoming a member. Belong starts Sunday 11 August from 2:30pm to 4:00pm in the DPC building on the above Sundays. Child minding is available.
https://dubbo.church/belong

September 14 & 15  - Western Plains Christian Convention
WPCC is held at Dubbo Christian School, Sheraton Rd, Dubbo.
9am - 8.30pm Saturday
9.30 am - 1pm Sunday
https://wpcc.org.au/

2 September - 20 days in God’s word
In September we will be having a focus on daily Bible Reading and prayer.
We’d love you to join us.

Digging Deeper

• Monday nights 7pm-8pm
  • Aug 19 - Luke
  • Aug 26 - Amos
  • Sept 9 - 1 Thes
  • Sept 23 - Col

We’re diving deeper into the books we are doing this term

When people met Jesus 2000 years ago, he rocked their world and transformed their lives forever: the thief became the giver; the liar embraced truth; the hater embodied peace; slaves were set free; the dead were made alive!

That's why this month we're running a series of four events aimed at helping the people we  love to Meet Jesus.

Thur 25 July

Coffee & Dessert @ our building

Meet Jesus: Find Purpose


Fri 26 July

Dinner @ Westside Hotel

Meet Jesus: Find Yourself


Sat 27 July

Breakfast @ our building

Meet Jesus: Find Satisfaction


Sun 28 July

Church @ MAGS

Meet Jesus: Find Life Forever


More info 

It all kicked off in January with our Summer Sessions. We had a great range of different events including: knot tying; slacklining; kite making; gluten free baking; a virtual reality experience; embroidery; knife and axe sharpening, plus heaps more. Overall we had 190 guests come along, which was great!

For Easter, we had a couple of smaller meetings in our church building on Good Friday, and then a big combined meeting at MAGS on Easter Sunday. It was great to invite Dubbo to join us as we celebrated the victory of the cross and the joy of the empty tomb.

In the Winter holidays, we again held our Winter Workshops, which culminated in Mike Raiter visiting for a series of talks:

• Have you ever wondered… does religion cause violence?
• Have you ever wondered… why would a loving God send people to hell?
• Have you ever wondered… where can I find contentment?
• Have you ever wondered… can I trust the Bible?

We had another 55 guests join us during the winter.

All of this was leading to inviting people to consider Jesus more seriously at our Intro to Jesus series. We ran Intro to Jesus in Terms 1, 2, 3 and 4, both in-person and online. All up we had 22 people do Intro to Jesus and 9 became Christians in 2023. Praise God!!

As well as that, we had an NTE mission team visit in early December. The highlight of their visit was a young person at MOB becoming a Christian! So good!! You can read more about the NTE visit here.

The year of reaching Dubbo with the gospel ended with a bang as we hosted Carols at MAGS (with about 900 people coming along) and our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meetings.

Last week the session of DPC announced a trial of a change of start time to our Sunday morning meetings. Here are some of my own (Wayne's) personal reflections on the changes we've had over the years in response to the growth that God has been bringing at DPC.

When I first came to DPC to do MTS  30 years ago there was just one Presbyterian Church, "Dubbo Presbyterian Church" and they met at 10am. They had been doing so since 1990. But I was soon to discover there had been lots of change leading up to that point. As I met people they spoke of Dubbo Presbyterian Church meeting in a hall at Dubbo High School (now Western Plains Cultural Centre), meeting in Westhaven (Wheelers Lane), and even meeting at an old building in West Dubbo.

But it wasn't too long before DPC outgrew the new building. Iin 1995 Session decided to plant 'Evening Church'. Then 4 years later in 1999, due to more growth, 'AM Church' was split into 'Early Church' and 'Morning Church.'

In 2007 'Tuesday Church began, then in 2013 'Nightchurch' was started down at the Western Plains Cultural Centre.

We had planted a new church every 5 years!

 It was then that Session decided we could not sustain planting so many churches so often, there was a 'planting fatigue.' People were getting tired and the ministry staff were stretched, so we decided to expand our building to allow our existing churches to grow larger before we needed to plant again. So in 2015 we extended the building and consolidated down to 3 Churches "Church@9", "Church@11" and "Church@7"

It was then that all 3 churches stopped growing for a period. We reached a certain size and then stopped. The Session decided to put our planned 'West Dubbo ' Plant on hold while we worked out what had stopped us from growing. It turns out there was quite a transition needed to go from a smaller church, where everyone knows everyone, and everyone is involved with everything, to a larger church. We needed to deliberately change our structures, we started ministry teams, we moved our staff to be in charge of ministry 'areas' working across all the churches, we needed to think more cleary about what we were aiming for. Reach Australia were of great help and support to us in this process.

This coincided with the COVID pandemic. In my 24 years in Dubbo this was the most challenging time in terms of changes and relationships.
Since COVID, we have seen incredible growth, which we put down to the grace and generosity of God in bringing more people to hear about Jesus and wanting to join us. So in 2022 Church@10 was planted in MAGS in West Dubbo. Alongside this we started a masterplan process to see what is the maximum capacity for a building on our current location.

I was thinking we might be stable for another 5 years, but here we are, 2 years later, and Church@9 is big enough to plant again!

With growth there is always a cost. Sometimes it's a big cost, like having to leave the church family we love to start a new plant, at other times it's a smaller cost, like changing the time we meet. There will be more changes ahead. The session is looking at a growing church that will, God willing, be too big for our building at both 9 and 6 in the next few years.

Please be praying for us as we continue to seek God's wisdom on the best way forward.

And please remember the Session is not some group of disconnected leaders, we are members of Church@9, Church@10, Church@11 and Church@6. Some of the elders have been here since the original Dubbo Presbyterian Church of 1995 and, with their families, weathered many such changes. Some have joined us more recently.  But we are all, together with the other members of DPC, seeking to live now for Eternity, loving each other, loving and serving Jesus, and growing followers of Jesus as we wait for his glorious return!

These are just a few of my personal reflections as we embark on yet another change together!

Wayne

At DPC we have the clear vision of growing followers of Christ Jesus. For this reason, the Session has been praying and thinking about what leadership structures DPC should have to best promote and accommodate Gospel growth now and in the future.  

This paper summarises what we are calling Congregational Overseers within each of our church congregations.  You may be thinking ‘this sounds just like what we used to call a ‘CLT’ or church leadership team.’  In many ways it is. We feel the new name that includes the biblical term ‘overseer’ better describes the role.  Please pray for our new Congregational Overseers.

If you have any questions free to talk to any of our Elders.

The DPC session

Ian Bailey (Session Clerk), Greg Bennett, Peter Commins, Owen Knight, Paul Mckay, David Ferres, Wayne Connor, Allan Blanch.

It was the 3rd of July last year. I came back from a swim and my ear felt 'blocked.' I thought it would be better in a few minutes.  That night it still felt blocked. I thought it would be fine by morning. Nope. Time seemed to stretch out.  4 weeks later, sitting in the doctor’s surgery, my timeframe had shifted somewhat, but I still thought my hearing would be back to normal pretty soon. Now here I am 6 months later, and rather than thinking about tomorrow, or next week, I’m wondering about next year, or what will this look like in 5 years time.

But there’s an even bigger timeframe we need to view things from. Eternity!  And eternity changes everything. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 2 ‘we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.’

Viewing things from eternity means that my biggest question is not will my hearing get better, but how can I be thankful and joyful in the midst of the uncertainty of what’s happening.  

Living for eternity means I can focus on how to love others now, how to serve Jesus now, how to grow more like Jesus in this trial, not put life on hold till things get better.

Viewing things from eternity means that I don’t have to worry about 5 years time, because the God of eternity has me in his hands and is working out all things for his good.

This year our focus at DPC is on living now for eternity What will that look like for you? Where have you become so swamped by what’s happening around you that you’ve lost sight of the eternal? What will it mean for you to fix your eyes on Jesus and run for the prize this year? What needs to continue in your life, what needs to stop?  These are the kind of questions we want to be asking ourselves as we consider what it means to live now for eternity.

Here’s a copy of the booklet that was handed out at church last week. We hope it prompts you to consider how to better live now for eternity.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.  2 Cor 4

Dubbo Presbyterian Church wants to help train future ministers. That's why we love having trainees. Last year we had two trainees involved with MTS (the Ministry Training Scheme), Lydia and Matthew.

We have some exciting news for 2024 - Bek Sheely will be joining us!

We will be meeting Bek in January across our churches.

Please be praying for Bek as she moves to Dubbo and settles into a new church.

Some members of our serve teams reflect on the privilege of serving Jesus in a team in 2023.

As you know we've been searching for a 4th Minister to join our Ministry Team.  

Steve and Tanya visited Dubbo earlier in the year with an eye to looking into regional ministry.  Steve then applied for the position in Dubbo and was interviewed by the Elders at our November meeting. He has been invited to come to Dubbo Presbyterian Church for 12 months and has accepted!

This is a great answer to prayer. As a church we have been stretched at every level of church from team member to  team leaders and  ministry staff. By God's grace we have had a period of fast growth in the last 3 years since COVID. We've had lots of new people join church, new people coming to know Jesus and continued growth at church@10.

Steve brings a great enthusiasm and love for Jesus and desire for people to mature in Christ. We have still to work out the exact areas he will be working in, but there are a few possibiities!

Steve will start in February. Steve is currently finishing up his role at EV church in Erina, and they will be moving to Dubbo in February. Tanya is working as a Nurse. We are looking forward to their arrival.

Please be praying for them both as they say goodbye to friends, finish up ministries at church,  and prepare to move to Dubbo in 2024.

One food Tanya loves?
Biltong
One Food Steve loves?
Custard
One thing you love to do to relax?
Bush walk or visit a cafe
One thing you'll miss about the coast?
Family and friends here
One thing you are looking forward to about coming to Dubbo?
Seeing how God grows us
One thing we can pray for you?
That we would finish the year strong, ready for what is ahead

Friday Update from the NTE team!

Our first stop on Friday, after our morning debrief and talk feedback, was visiting two schools (MAGS and DCS) for Chapel. From the school bells ringing to ranking Zooper Dooper ice block flavours, there was an air of nostalgia as we stepped foot into the school gates. During Chapel, Ryan and Daniel got to speak from Matthew 10 about the blessing it is to be a part of Jesus’ family, and Rachel shared her testimony to the kids at DCS.

Group A, otherwise known as the Alpha Team, then went on the road to the nursing home Bill Newton VC Gardens to sing carols and engage in conversations with residents. We also had the opportunity to chat to the residents about the 1 Samuel 8 talk, their Christmas plans and beliefs.

After being fed well by some ladies at church and enjoying some bonding time over some questionable singing led by Mathew, the rest of the team headed to the Holy Spirit nursing home for a time of carols and chats.

God was sustaining us throughout our busy day as in the evening we led youth group at MAGS, where we were reminded of the chaos and excitement of Friday night youth group as we played games, heard testimonies and talks, sat in for Bible studies and farewelling some of the mobsters. It was such an encouraging night witnessing how God works in the lives of the mobsters and the leaders! Praise God for the conversations we got to have with the youth.

We have a team of university students with us from December 6-10. They are doing a lot of community based events to help introduce people to Jesus. Here are the highlights. If you'd like to tag along to anything feel free.

Thursday 7 Dec
Christmas Service at Ingenia Gardens 2:30pm

Friday 8 Dec
Chapel service at MAGS 10am  
Assembly at DCS 10:30am
Bill Newton Nursing Home Carols Service 11am 
Holy Sporit Nursing Home Carosl Service 2:30pm 
MOB 7pm

Saturday 9 Dec
Carols Leafleting 9am

Sunday 10 Dec
Kids program at church@9,10,11

This morning the team met at church building, finalised the program for the week, and critiqued 2 talks for Ingenia Gardens & MAGS chapel. We spent the rest of the morning preparing for Ingenia Gardens.
 
We visited Ingenia Gardens after lunch for carols, a bible talk from 1 Samuel 8 (on the type of King Israel wanted… a king who would take, take, take… and how Jesus is the king they and we need… a king who gives forgivness, a king who gives peace, a king who gives eternal life).

 Afterward we had great discussion with the residents about their plans for Christmas and what they think about Jesus.

After Ingenia Gardens they started preparing or running MOB on Friday night.

We're inviting all of Dubbo to join us by putting invitations in their letterboxes!
We need your help with delivering 10,000 carols invitations

We have heaps of invitations in the foyer at the DPC building, plus maps of Dubbo (use a highlighter to mark the streets you will cover). We will also have a map of West Dubbo and invitations at MAGS during the Sunday services.

Like in previous years, grab some invites and go for a letterbox drop in your neighbourhood!

Please DO NOT put them in a letterbox that says 'NO JUNK MAIL.' 
We warn to respect people's wishes for privacy.

• See how many you can deliver!
• Great opportunity to meet your neighbours!
• Great opportunity to get fit!
• Great opportunity to pair up with a friend!

If you need more invitations you can grab them from 2 locations, see the church email for details.

UNSW students are helping us - we can help them!
There are still a few ways we can get involved in supporting and encouraging the NTE mission team who are here to help us tell Dubbo about Jesus in the lead-up to Christmas.

1. Provide and serve lunch for 10-15 people Friday 8 December (12:30pm to 1:30pm @ church building)
2. Joining the team for door knocking and leafletting (we'd like each NTE team member to be paired up with 1 dpc regular)
   • Thursday 7 December, 4:00pm to 6:30pm
   • Saturday 9 December, 9:30am to 11:30am

Email David if you'd like to be involved.

Like our Facebook page so Facebook likes us this Christmas

If you are on Facebook, it would be great to regularly like (or even better leave a positive comment) on our Facebook page and posts in the lead up to carols and Christmas.

Here's an interesting stat:
3 in 10 Australians say they would go to a Christmas church service if invited by a family member or friend. Half of those 'definitely would accept' and half 'probably would accept.'

A further 1 in 10 Australians were unsure if they would say yes or no.
Under half gave an outright 'no.'

This is interesting. You might expect your friends or family who don't normally go to church to be disinterested or say they are too busy, but maybe they are not coming because you're not asking them!!

Carols is a great event and almost everyone who comes loves it! 
Think about who you can invite and grab a postcard on Sunday.

Christmas is coming soon and it's a great time to invite people to join us. Here's what's on and everything you need to know.

Carols & Fireworks - Saturday 16 December
Christmas Carols will be at MAGS on Saturday the 16th of December, kicking off at 7:30pm, and the gates open at 6:30pm.
There will be some free family fun between 6:30 and 7:30pm before the carols kick off - slushies, face painting and a jumping castle.
Bring along a picnic rug, some snacks, and some friends!
This is an alcohol-free event.

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.
Our Christmas Even and Christmas Day Meetings are the same - pick one.
There will be no regular Church Meetings on Sunday 24 December, just our Christmas Eve meeting.

Christmas Eve Meeting - Sunday 24 December
Dubbo Presbyterian Church Building - 7:00pm - 61 Douglas Mawson Dr

Christmas Day Meeting - Monday 25 December
Dubbo Presbyterian Church Building - 9:00am - 61 Douglas Mawson Dr

Here's an interesting stat:
3 in 10 Australians say they would go to a Christmas church service if invited by a family member or friend. Half of those 'definitely would accept' and half 'probably would accept.'

A further 1 in 10 Australians were unsure if they would say yes or no.
Under half gave an outright 'no.'

This is interesting. You might expect your friends or family who don't normally go to church to be disinterested or say they are too busy, but maybe they are not coming because you're not asking them!!

Carols is a great event and almost everyone who comes loves it! 
Think about who you can invite and grab a postcard on Sunday.

Here's an update from the Committee of Management. The COM look after the property and financial affairs of our church. They meet on the 3rd Monday of every month.

In 2023 there have been a number of  capital works the Committee has been working on over the year to improve the safety, comfort and and usability of the building. The main ones are expanding the family room (done),  adding extra TVs to the auditorium (done), adding lights to the carpark, improving the lighting for the stage, and purchasing new chairs for the auditorium. These should all be coming to fruition soon.

This year the monthly offerings have been consistently coming under budget (except for June which was a great month).

The COM has not wanted to raise an alarm about this, because we have also been spending less that our budget due to less staff than anticipated. Nonetheless, as we look to future growth we don’t want our gospel impact to be limited by our giving.

For those one day cricket fans, here's the 'worm' of our giving. 2023 is the light blue. 

 As we prepare for next year it would be wonderful to be able to get our giving up to the budgeted amount.

Dubbo Presbyterian Church has been handling a fund for Vanuatu Talua students’ children for the past 15 years. The fund has accumulated to $8000 but not been used for 10 years. We decided to donate all the money from the fund to the medical treatment of Benjamin, the son of Dean Kaltapau who was a MTS trainee in Dubbo almost 15 years ago.  Dean is now a Presbyterian Minister in Port Villa, Vanuatu and his son had to travel to India for cancer treatment. The money was transferred this month. Here was Dean’s reply:

“We thank you so much for your generosity. Please pass on our thanks and appreciation to everyone. I wish we could come in person to say thank you to everyone in the church. Benjamin is feeling a bit of pain in his body and having fever at the moment but the doctors say it is expected as it indicates that his bone marrows are recovering.“

Here's a photo of our new family room. It's twice as big as it used to be. Plenty of room for kids, a quiet nook for breastfeeding, comfy chairs. Thanks to Barry and his helpers!

God's heart is for his Son to be honoured by gathering lost sinners headed for his judgment and bringing them into the safety of the kingdom of the Lord Jesus.

In October we held our Annual Congregational Meeting. It's our annual meeting as a church to formally organise our finances so we can advance Christ's kingdom.

At the Congregational Meeting we approved a budget for 2024 which has a deficit of almost $100,000. This budget will allow us to employ a 4 full time ministers, 3 trainees, one admin assistant and one part time serve worker. It's as exciting time!

Over the past 2 years we have seen extraordinary growth as new people become christians and new people move to Dubbo and join DPC. We've been stretched to our limits with resources and staffing. This aims to align our staffing for more sustainable future growth.

Our current staffing expenses include 3 full time ministers, 2 ministry trainees, a part time administrative staff and a part time children’s curriculum writer. For 2024 we are planning to increase this to 4 full time ministers (or equivalent), 3 ministry trainees, a part time administrative staff and a part time Serve ministry worker. The Serve ministry worker will be co-working with the leader of the serve ministry area. The extra trainee is part of our plan to be raising more future gospel workers.

In order for this  to become a reality we are budgeting for in increase in giving of 10% for the next 5 years. This will require each current member of DPC to consider their capacity to give. We will be using accumulated savings in the mean time and God willing we will be able to break even by 2028.  We would love it to be sooner!

Here are details on how to give financially to DPC.

Account Number: 341 353
BSB: 032 646
Name: Dubbo Presbyterian Church

 

Yesterday we had our DPC 2023 women's day. What a great day of encouragement around God's word. Lydia our MTS trainee gave 2 talks from Philippians.

You can view the talks here.

We have some women meeting in a women's preaching training group and  are planning on running  another women's day in 2024. For more details see Lydia.

Term 4 Calendar

God is doing great things across DPC.

In the Serve area, we have so many of our church members serving in many and varied ways.

Each team has a big picture vision of why they do what they do.  Our serve teams are working together in their shared focus of growing followers of Jesus.

We are finding that within the serve teams themselves, there is often so much encouragement between team members.  Team members are looking out for each other in wonderful ways.  

The Serve Team is in the process of developing and rolling out new structures that help support the team leaders of teams, and in turn the teams themselves.  Some of this includes providing coaching for team leaders and providing annual reviews to better support team leaders.  We’ll also be looking to develop emerging leaders in their leadership potential.  

It is such an encouragement to see DPC growing and supporting each other with the gifts that God has provided.

Elizabeth Browne (from church@9) is joining our ministry team!

Elizabeth will be working two days a week along side Wayne leading our 'serve' area of church. The Serve Ministry Area looks after all our ministry teams, including our team leaders, team members and coaches.

The Serve area is one of our ministries that help us continue to grow followers of Jesus. Please be praying for Elizabeth and the Serve Team as they continue to support us in this way. You can reach out to Elizabeth by phone or email for anything serve related.

Welcome Elizabeth!

A huge thanks to everyone who attended or helped out with our Winter Workshops.  Here are some photos of the workshops, culminiating in combined Church Sunday at MAGS to end the week.

At DPC  want to grow followers of Christ Jesus. Singing together is a vital part of this.  We want to let the Word of Christ dwell in us richly as we sing and so want to sing songs with words that are clear and rich in biblical truth. The particular place of singing in our church meetings is that music engages our hearts as we rejoice, praise, lament, mourn, repent and celebrate together. (Col 3:16, James 5:13, Eph 5:19) We also want to sing in a way that is appropriate to the emotion contained in the lyrics as an authentic response to the gospel.

2023 is a year of consolidating of our music teams after planting at West Dubbo. Our priorities are for our existing teams to be lead well, to work well together and be encouraging and joyful.

At the end of 2022 we had EMU music join us to work with our music teams.  It was a great day. This year EMU music will be coming back to run a training day for anyone who's interested (even if you are not currently on an music team.)

Our current team leaders are:
Overall direction Wayne Connor
Church@10 James Hollier
Church@6 Lydia Kelly
Church@9/11 Ben Connor and Lisa LIm

If you are interested, here's a copy of our Music Philosophy for DPC.
Here are our priorities for 2023

Our Deep in Word team has put together a list of resources to help families with their Bible reading.

It's got some suggested Bibles and books for children of various ages.