Hội Thánh Springvale chúc mừng Anh Chị Hùng Thảo vừa sanh bé trai Nguyễn Bình An Noah vào chiều thứ Hai 08.02.2010, nặng 3.4kg và dài 50cm.
Cám ơn Chúa đã gìn giữ cho Thảo và bé Noah được mọi sự bình an và mạnh khỏe.
Congratulations to Hung Thao for the arrival of a baby boy, Noah Nguyen. Noah was born on Monday the 8th February 2010, weighted 3.4kg & 50cm long.
Thanks to the Lord as both Mum & baby are safe and sound.

Hội Thánh Springvale chúc mừng Anh Chị Thiên Chương & Thanh Trân vừa sanh bé trai Phạm Jadon vào chiều thứ Hai 09.11.2009 lúc 16:28g nặng 3.06kg.

Cám ơn Chúa đã gìn giữ cho Thanh Trân và bé Jadon được mọi sự bình an và mạnh khỏe.

Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Chuong Thien Pham for the arrival of a baby boy, Jadon Pham. Jadon was born on Monday the 9th November 2009 at 16:28 weighted 3.06kg.

Thanks to the Lord as both Mum & baby are safe and sound.

Congratulations to Duy & Xuân for the arrival of baby girl Tanya Nguyễn.

Tanya was born on Monday 14th of September 2009 at 11.00am and weighted 3.2kg.

Hội Thánh cùng chia mừng với gia đình Duy Xuân vừa sinh bé gái Tanya Nguyễn vào thứ Hai 14/09/09.

Cảm tạ Chúa đã cho mọi sự được suông sẻ, Xuân và bé Tanya được mạnh khỏe.

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Congratulations to Paul & Phuong for the arrival of baby boy Tim Nicholson.

He was born on Monday 7th of September 2009 at 12.05am and weighted 3.5kg.

Hội Thánh cùng chia mừng với gia đình Paul Phượng vừa sinh bé trai Tim Nicholson vào thứ Hai 07/09/09.

Cảm tạ Chúa đã cho mọi sự được suông sẻ, Phượng và bé Tim được mạnh khỏe.

Here are some photos from the recent Father's Day celebrations.

As part of building relationships with the Springvale community, the Community Impact Team organised a nice visit to the Senior Citizens at Springvale Private Nursing Home. Accompanied with three guitars, one tambourine, some origami paper and a camera, we entered the nursing home to be greeted by about forty elderly men and women-most unable to move in their special chairs and some not even able to open their eyes. We opened the morning with "One way," then followed by "How Great is Our God." April and Kathy sweetly sang "Above All" in Vietnamese and we made a joyful jingle with "Down in my heart."

After entertaining them with our voices, we broke into pairs and spent some time chatting with the old folk. I met one old fellow from Bac Lieu, south coast of Vietnam, who had six children and fourteen grandchildren. In Vietnam he owned a grocery shop until the North Vietnamese Government took over the South and he and his family fled. Although he couldn't understand any English, he didn't mind living there and didn't mind the food either. Others of us folded origami cranes and cubes to give to the seniors as gifts. Everyone enjoyed the time we spent and felt privileged to have made some new friends. We hope to make these visits a regular feature in our Church program.

Ps Phillip.

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Congratulations to Kyle & Jennifer for the arrival of baby girl Lara Huynh.

She was born on Saturday 29 of August 2009 at 3.45pm and weighted 3.19kg.

Hội Thánh cùng chia mừng với gia đình Quang Dung vừa sinh bé gái Lara Huỳnh vào hôm thứ bảy 29/08/09.

Cảm tạ Chúa đã cho mọi sự được suông sẻ, Dung và bé Lara được mạnh khỏe.

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The theme for the camp was the Prayer Life of a Disciple which Pastor Nigel Lau encouragingly preached about throughout the camp. Although the nights were cold, there were really nice fireplaces that warmed the rooms. On Saturday, Steve, the camp manager helped us with the flying fox and the high ropes course. We all flew through the air faster than we could even run. It was an exhilarating experience even though it was only about 100 metres. Even our own Pastor Quang couldn't resist the flight. Lisa and Chris were even more daring, flying upside down and somersaulting whilst Tan flew down "no hands."

The highlight of the camp was the high ropes. Standing about 10 metres in the air, it was scary just to look at. But that didn't stop our youth who all showed that they wouldn't be conquered. Lisa was first up and although she screamed a lot at the top, she scaled the ropes as if she were spiderman (or woman). Anne and Steven were also quite natural up high. Anne walked on the ropes as if it were a plank and Steven showed great strength holding onto Tan so he wouldn't fall. We also must congratulate the friends on the ground who held on to the safety ropes that catch the rope walkers when they fall. Thank God nobody got injured, just a little sore in the muscles which hadn't been used for a while.

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Many train travelers arriving at Springvale station on Saturday 30th May 2009 got an unusual but pleasant surprise as they were greeted by our Youth, Young Adults and Adults. We were celebrating the National Day of Thanksgiving 2009 and to show our appreciation to God we gave out free fruit consisting of apples, mandarins and bananas. Our group of 30, including our very own Pastor Quang and his wife, braved the cool morning to thank God and also thank the leaders of our country for their service.

Greater Dandenong Mayor, Cr Pinar Yesil kindly accepted our invitation to attend the morning so that we could express our appreciation to her and her council for their service to the community, and also give her a large Thank You card that we had signed. After an hour or so of giving out fruit, we all split into 6 teams to go into different areas of Springvale and tidy up rubbish. Many people passing by were impressed and thanked the generous service given by our youth. A total of about 10 bags of rubbish were collected.

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The International Cell held a friendly dinner to welcome and get to know some international students from the local schools and universities. We had a great night of activities, a short slide show about when no one seems to care, and some great food that was cooked by our friends on the night. Unfortunately for some of us, the activities forced us to drink lots of water as a penalty for losing.

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Held at Darebin Sports Centre, Interchurch Sports day was a great opportunity to exercise some muscles as well as catch up with some old friends from our fellow churches. About 15 of our youth competed. Cindy Mai held up a good challenge in Badminton, Alex did some great sets for his volleyball team, the girls also showed great team work in volleyball, and the guys kept the ball moving in basketball and soccer.

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By the call of the Lord, Phillip Chiem has become the new Youth Pastor at the Springvale Vietnamese Evangelical Church. The inauguration ceremony was held on Sunday the 15th of February 2009 at 10:45 am at 15 Olympic Ave, Springvale South, VIC, 3172. May God guide Pastor Phillip in his new role of serving the Lord and bring Glory and Praise to Jesus Christ.