"Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticise you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people." - Philippians 2:14-15
Ahoy Church,
After a great fortnight of weddings, births, anniversaries and birthdays, we are pausing our emails for some important announcements!
Sign up for Emotionally Healthy Relationships!
In Term 3, we will start Emotionally Healthy Relationships, the second part of the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship program. This comes from a deep desire to ensure each of us knows Jesus in deeper and more personal ways. This is not only what we are designed for, but it also breathes so much transformative life and joy into every area of our lives.
Ideally, register before 13th July for a July 20th launch, but we can take a latecomer or two if necessary!
More info is below as normal, but please reach out today (hit REPLY now!) if you're interested.
For more detailed info, contact Katie (katie@ksidesign.com.au) or chat to Matt, Renee or me (Dan) on the weekends. We can help
Attend our AG[l]M - Sunday August 2nd
Approximately every 12mths we are required to have an Annual General Meeting. While we're happy to do this, we aim for it to be more than a formality but part of our story of how God has and continues to lead us. Hence, my nickname for these meetings is AG[L]M, our Annual God-Led Meeting.
We'll have the meeting alongside our next monthly gathering for song, communion and sharing. There are no surprising topics to discuss, just some updates and an opportunity to clarify how God is continuing to guide us.
While everyone is welcome to attend, only members are allowed to vote, etc. If you're keen to become a formal member of our legal entity, check out our members page!
Much love and see many of you on Sunday!
Dan
Learn to live the love of Jesus
Emotionally Healthy Relationships (EHR) is half of the bigger Emotionally Healthy Discipleship (EHD) course that helps us learn to love God and others to our full capacity.
In the 8 week EHR course, Pete and Geri Scazzero help to unpack core biblical principles to guide into an experience of lasting below the surface transformation in your capacity to lovingly relate to those around you.
If you have had, or continue to have, barriers in your key relationships in life, join us as we allow God to break through our mindsets and behaviours that are limiting our ability to love others like Jesus has called us to.
This is an actual course, with prayer and devotional readings 5 x days/wk as well as a chapter of a book to read each week. Come prepared to listen, learn and share.
When? Term 3
Where? Renee's house in Kings Beach
How Much? $45 for all the materials. REPLY now if you need financial assistance.
Who? Contact Katie Smith - 0412 500 940
Keeping Children Safe - Adoption of New Policy
As of 1 July 2026, Queensland's Reportable Conduct Scheme (RCS) — established under the Child Safe Organisations Act 2024 — is now in effect, and Open Road Church is committed to full compliance. The scheme requires all organisations working with children to report, investigate, and manage any allegations of reportable conduct involving staff or volunteers. Reportable conduct includes sexual offences or misconduct, physical violence, ill-treatment, significant neglect, and behaviour causing emotional or psychological harm to a child. If you become aware of any such allegation, please report it to a church leader immediately — the organisation is obligated to notify the Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) within three business days, and where conduct may be criminal, Queensland Police must be notified promptly. Our commitment to child safety is unwavering, and this scheme reinforces the safeguarding standards we already uphold as a community.
Coming Up
July - 9am [Home] + 3pm [Moffat]
Mondays - Young Adults - Marcello + Mariela 0428 986 423
Fridays - 6am Men's Prayer - Fred 0431 437 080
Jul 12 Sunday Gatherings: Home + Beach
Jul 19 Sunday Gatherings: Home + Beach
Jul 20 EHD: "Emotionally Healthy Relationships" Begins [Ends Sep07]
Jul 26 Sunday Gatherings: Home + Beach
September - 9am [Home] + 3pm [Moffat]
Mondays - Young Adults - Marcello + Mariela 0428 986 423
Fridays - 6am Men's Prayer - Fred 0431 437 080
Sep 07 EHD: "Emotionally Healthy Relationships" Ends
Our Mission
To help people find and follow Jesus.
Our Vision
Fully Alive through faith in Jesus. To see vision come to life, we developed FAM, our Fully Alive Model. Ideally, you can work through FAM with someone else.
Our Rhythms
Get to Know Jesus: how are you getting to know Jesus this week?
Invite people into your life: who can you intentionally open up your life to?
Gather and get involved: who can you connect, listen, share, or pray with this weekend?
Giving Up, In, and Out
Our church follows the same simple pattern of giving that we encourage each other individually: UP, IN, and OUT.
Giving UP
As a church, we give 2.5% to our denomination to support what's happening in churches like ours statewide and show appreciation for all the support they provide. We encourage each follower to consider giving "up" to support their local church - in this case ours :)
Giving IN
We give to personal/family needs within our church from our $5,000 Giving Kitty. Please alert us if you know someone with genuine needs that you're unable to meet out of your own resources.
Giving OUT
This term, we are encouraging our church to give to the family who visit us each year from the country where they share Jesus. We'll give to them as a church, and we encourage you to give to them too.
BSB: 923100
Account #: 37443010
REF: KyleG GIFT
Last month's giving: $13,043
Last month's expenses: $14,399
Balance: $68,777
Giving in : Oct 23-Jun 26: $5,000
Giving out : Oct 23-Jun 26: $20,293
"Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed." - Proverbs 19:17
If you would like to support what we are doing and our giving to those in need, you can get started giving to Open Road to meet the needs of our church or get in touch with any questions you may have.
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