FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
6th May 2007
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DAVID AND GOLIATH
A little fellow ventured recently into a bikers’ bar at Cessnock, the scene of many a turf war between rival gangs. Clearing his throat he asked the hulking figures sitting at the bar, “Which one of you gentlemen owns the Rottweiler that’s tied outside?’ The biggest of the blokes, wearing biker leathers and with every visible inch of his epidermis covered in tattoos, said, that’s my dog. Why?” Well, sir,” said the little fellow, very nervously, “I’m afraid that my dog has just killed your dog.” The giant bikie roared in anger and disbelief. “What kind of dog could kill a Rottweiler?” “It’s a Jack Russell. A four-week-old puppy.” “How could your poncy little puppy kill my Rottweiler?’ “Sir, it appears that he choked on it.”
LONGEVITY
Two priests were talking about how they made a little extra money on the side. Fr Tom said, “Well, I work in a battery factory standing near the conveyor belt.” “What can you do there?” asked Fr Harry. “I just wave my hand as the batteries go by and say, ‘I wish you a long life!’”
TRAVELLERS’ TALES (7)
Andrew Neaum 2000
Many years ago I was a pupil at a bush boarding school in Rhodesia. It rejoiced in the unlikely name of "Guinea Fowl", and was a sports mad, all boy's school that did all it could to turn me into a sports-mad philistine, but with limited success, I am pleased to say. One of the saving graces at that school was a fine Christian teacher called David Couper, a South African born, eccentric son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister. He had a handle-bar moustache and a passion for Scottish Country Dancing. Against all the odds he managed to get half a school full of rugby-playing heavies to take part in Scottish Country Dancing. Part of the attraction of the dancing was the girls occasionally bussed in for us to dance with. We were all girl-starved, Scottish Country Dancing was the only civilising activity in a barbarous, wilderness of a school.
Johnnie Walker
After leaving Guinea Fowl David Couper moved on to be the headmaster of a school in Malawi and from there he went to Scotland to become headmaster of yet another school in a little village called Knockando, the home of Johnnie Walker whisky. So one morning we set off from Invergowrie to see him and his wife. We left at about 7.00am and headed through Cooper Angus all the way up to Forres on the Moray Firth, eventually over the highlands, but before that through lush and lovely lowland farm and village country. We saw Braemar Castle (one of the more famous of the castles that litter Scotland), passed alongside Balmoral estate by the wide and very lovely River Dee, eventually beginning to climb higher and higher and closer to the tops of snow covered mountains. We eventually passed through two deserted ski centres which were below the spring snowline. Neither of them were anything at all like "resorts" such as Falls Creek or Mount Hotham, with their pseudo Swiss chalets and expensive facilities and appurtenances. They seemed purely functional, just a car parking area, ski lifts and an old shed or two. The roads had snow depth markers for many miles and as we climbed, the temperature outside, as recorded by the car's thermometer, dropped to five degrees centigrade. Roman-nosed, black-faced sheep, with a supercilious demeanour and shaggy coats were everywhere, as well as their lovely lambs. At one stop we saw and heard for the first time the famous call of the curlew, and there were lots of lapwings as well as plenty of rabbits. Eventually we were to see red deer too, though this was on the way back down the faster A9, on which route we didn't climb so high, though the snow topped mountains seemed all the more snowy and impressive for that. Many of the higher moors were covered with heather in tight bud. Once we had dropped down to sea level again at Forres we discovered that unlike in Dundee the laburnums were not fully in flower and that many daffodils were still making an end of season show.
The refectory
In Forres, a town of about 10,000 people, we made our way to Ashley’s wife Kathleen's parents home to say hullo. Her father was not there because he was out playing the good Samaritan for a neighbour, giving her a lift to hospital, but Jess Mackie, Katherine's mother, proved to be a delightful and cheerful retired nurse, bubbling with excitement at the thought of a trip on the 4th of June to Singapore, with a friend, and then on to Wodonga. After a cup of tea we pressed on to find the Coupers who live out in the country near a tiny village called Dallas (the original of all the towns in the world of that name). Their house is an old, stone-walled and slate-roofed dwelling, running just a little to seed, but delightful and completely isolated, with no other residence in sight, all fields and moors. Particularly lovely is a separate, long room known as the “refectory”, with a free standing cast iron stove to warm it. It seems to be a converted stable and down at one end has a primitive ladder and rope leading up to a couple of beds in the rafters. The girls were particularly impressed and delighted by this room, so ancient, homely and rough hewn, with knotted, twisted wooden pillars and rafters. While eating a sort of lasagne and then an apple pie there was a heavy shower of hail that rattled on the slates.
David, Jill and Bowie
The sad side to the visit was to notice that the Coupers are both getting old and so finding it difficult really to cope with or realise their plans for the place. David is essentially the same fellow that he always was, though, I had forgotten how tatty the well remembered, handlebar moustache was, a well worn little coir mat beneath his nostril doors. He is a raffish looking, interesting fellow though, sunken cheeked and eyed, one of the eyes often closed, for it doesn't work, and there is about him a hint of almost lachrymose sadness that life should come to tottering and forgetful old age. He uses two walking sticks when out and about and is also a bit deaf. His wife Jill also uses two sticks when walking because of less than satisfactory hip replacements. She has a determined and strong South African face, and is far less vague than her husband. I think she might have had a few initial reservations about visitors from so far away and so long ago in their past, but if this was the case they were soon dispelled, not least because Margaret is also a South African and proved to be a most congenial support and conversationalist for her They have an ancient, deaf and arthritic dog called Bowie, he is seventeen years old and is so used to being trodden on by David that he snarls and growls whenever David comes anywhere near. He is a smelly animal, smelly with that biscuity pong common to elderly dogs and his eyes are covered with hair as is usual with Scots terriers.
Beating the Barbarians
We did lots of reminiscing - old photos were brought out and so on. David Couper spends his time writing his memoirs and editing the diaries and memoirs of long dead relatives He didn't actually teach either me or my brother, but just talking to him made me realise just what an imaginative, remarkable and effective a teacher and man he must have been. To pull off the Scottish Dancing caper at a place like Guinea Fowl was a major triumph. He has been told that a couple of the kilts we used to wear have been put on display in Gweru museum in Zimbabwe! When he first wanted to get the dancing going he asked the headmaster of Guinea Fowl for permission and obtained it, but then the headmaster went on leave. The rugby fanatic and philistine who took over from him announced at school assembly, in a derisive and flippant manner, that those interested in Scottish Country Dancing should stay behind after assembly to see Mr Couper. Of course no one did! However, word of mouth and encouragement began to work, and so in spite of active hostility from the rugby-mad teachers, particularly a swarthy barbarian called Mr Nel, who was obstructive to the point of refusing to release rugby players for dances on Friday nights because they had to get a good night's sleep for their Saturday match (poor wimps), David Couper triumphed. Ironically if Guinea Fowl is remembered these days for anything unique it is more likely to be for Scottish Dancing in the middle of the African Bush than for rugby.
Marie's Wedding
One of David Couper's greatest plans didn't come to fruition, but fell victim to politics and the breakup of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which took the heart out of some of his plan's backers. He planned to take a team of dancers, both boys and girls, as well as two school bagpipe bands on a tour of South Africa which would have included a trip down the east coast by boat. He also showed me a copy of a duplicated little booklet, “The Ceilidh Collection”, made up of Scottish songs that he used to get us to sing on bus trips. I recognised the book as soon as I saw it though I had forgotten of its existence. I have often wondered how I came to know, in a fragmentary way, the words of songs like “Marie's Wedding”.
Honeymoon and Dr Banda
He and his wife went on honeymoon all the way up through Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland in a Morris Minor with an ingenious boxed tent that opened out for use on the roof! Jill didn't fancy sleeping among ants and snakes on the ground and so he invented this strange contraption. He told us that it used to get so hot driving his Morris Minor in Africa that sometimes he would prod down the accelerator with a stick and drive with his bare feet out of the window, and that he and his wife would sometimes swap seats to change drivers while at full speed!
He left Guinea Fowl to take on a school in Nyasaland, and while there had many an interview with the infamous Dr Hastings Banda, who told him that on no account must he ever allow any black students into the elite school! He loved Nyasaland and remembers taking children on expeditions up Mount Mlanje, which was, I think, the highest mountain in the old Federation. He met my father there once, and has a photo of Canon David nursing his daughter Janet. After Malawi he became headmaster of the school at Knockando for about twenty four years. For seven of these they lived in a school house and then bought their present house for about twenty five thousand pounds. It would now, surely be worth a half million.
I went a walk with him and our girls through birch woods up to the heather moors. The ground was very wet and there was a cold wind, as well as a clap or two of thunder and a few spots of rain. He looked a strange figure in his deerstalker hat and with a walking stick in each hand.
My brother and I, when at Guinea Fowl school, used to baby sit their first two little boys, David and Angus. Eventually they were to have four children. The oldest, David, is now a minister not far away from them in Scotland. Angus is a computer buff near Oxford, Janet, their only daughter, was killed with her husband and while she was eight months pregnant with her first child in a head on collision, and Duncan, much younger than the others, is an evangelical Presbyterian who intends going, eventually, to Papua New Guinea to do missionary work of some sort.
We left to return home at about 5.00pm, taking the quick A9 back, but cut across before getting to Perth and so were able to stop at beautiful Dunkeld for fish and chips. Nearby we saw the world's highest hedge, made of beeches planted in the 17th century, and now a couple of hundred feet high, trimmed only once every seven years.
to be continued.
CONGRATULATIONS
Birthdays
Merle Maskell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th May
Ellen Pearson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th May
Anniversary
Heila & Francois Wentzel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th May
Bev & Michael Condon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12th May
CONFIRMATION
The first Confirmation Class to enroll and select the best day and time for classes will be on Tuesday 15th May at 4.00pm.
“SHOW STOPPERS”
Do please support another great Turaton concert: “Show Stoppers” which takes place in our Hall on May 18th at 8pm. The cost of tickets is $15 and includes supper ($7.50 primary school children) BOOK THE DATE and urge friends along. A good proportion of the profits go to the Church and this is always an enjoyable concert. Tickets available from Lovell’s the Wyndham Street Newsagency.
PARISH ARCHIVES
Our Parish Archivist, Joan Harder has spent a great deal of time collating and arranging old photographs and parish information into easily accessible form. If anyone would like to have a browse through box files she has filled, they are available in the parish office, on request. Many thanks to Joan for a job well done.
HOSPICE PIES
Pat Griffin is selling fruit pies, the proceeds of which are to go to Hospice. There are three sizes and all, as you would suspect are delicious. Please order from Pat 58 311606
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE
This Sunday the beside the lake, last week’s rain postponed “People Helping People” Fun and Fiesta Day is to be held from 10.00am to 4.00pm. There will be entertainment, exotic food stuffs, stalls and an auction of many valuable and desirable items all in aid of farmers in trouble through drought. The distribution of money raised will be managed in partnership with the CWA. Come along it will be a truly great day.
PATRONAL FESTIVAL
Urge anyone you know who likes to think about the faith to come to the two talks on Saturday the 19th of May.
Talk 1 at 2.30pm:
Sex in Public: Understanding God’s Good News about Human Sexuality.
Talk 2 at 4.30pm
Who’s Afraid of Richard Dawkins: Faith Beyond ‘The God Delusion’.
The speaker is the Revd Dr Scott Cowdell, erudite, witty and well worth listening to.It will be embarrassing to have but a few folk present so I hope all who like to think about their faith will be present.
PATRONAL FESTIVAL LUNCH
Do sign up for the Patronal Festival Luncheon in the Narthex. The speaker will be the Revd. Dr Scott Cowdell and the lunch, which will be good and include a glass or two of wine costs $15.
LIVING WELL & AGING WELL EXPO
Are you Living Well & Aging Well?
Have you tried Tai Chi or strength training?
Do you know what
*COGS, * G.V Community Health Service, *Villa Maria Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre, *The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health, have to offer you?
Do you need information from a wide variety of sectors that are concerned with living well?
Come along to our “Free” Living Well & Aging Well Expo.
Add your name to the list in the narthex. Be at Monsignor Bones Hall, Knight St.,
on Thursday 24th May 4pm.
GREAT ANNUAL LUNCH
St. Mary’s Anglican Guild with Katandra West Uniting Church Fellowship are holding their splendid annual luncheon on Wednesday 30th May at 12 noon. There will be good company, soup, sandwiches, sweets, and marvellous entertainment as well as a raffle and stall. Entry $9.Barb Tomlinson 58655321
CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Thank you to Joan McCann for donating a coffee table which will become the table in the Prayer Corner of the Atrium. Ann McLean has offered to make table cloths for the table in the liturgical colours - thank you, Ann. Can you please assist in this great project with any of the following items: small and medium sized wooden boxes with lids, wooden jigsaws secular and religious - age group 3-6 yrs, Diorama map of Israel (florist's foam), wooden trays with handles?
TODAY - following the 10.30am Eucharist - in the Narthex there is a meeting of all interested in planning the implementation and gathering the materials for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in order for us to meet our targeted commencement in mid August. Please come and join us in this worthwhile teaching of our young - our future church.
ARISE 255
11th May 7-9pm
Bring a friend along to join other lively young people for a great night of games, fun, listening to an interesting talk or to enjoy a faith-based activity!
“MOVING ON”
The St. Augustine’s Grief Support Group “Moving On” meets on Tuesday 8th May, at 7.30pm in the Narthex. Mrs. Margaret Brewer will speak about her amazing life in relation to “Triumphing over Grief”. We encourage all parishioners to come and bring family and friends - your effort will be well rewarded. Anyone needing transport, please phone the Parish Office.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
May 8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grief Support Group & Guest Speaker
May 9th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vestry 3pm
May 11th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arise 255/Youth Group
May 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pre Synod meeting at Euroa
May 15th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Afternoon Guild 2pm
May 16th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Counci
May 17th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evening Guild 1.30pml
May 18th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turaton Concert, 8pm
May 19th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Cowdell Seminar
May 20th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St Augustine’s Day Celebrations & Lunch
May 24th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Fair meeting 4.30pm
May 25th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arise 255
May 25th - 26th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Synod
May 26th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding
May 27th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hospice Service 2.30pm
May 27th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ecumenical Pentecost Service, Wesley 7.30pm
June 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden meeting
June 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Garden Working Bee
June 2nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Men’s Breakfast
June 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arise 255t
June 18th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pastoral Care meeting 1.15pm/Library
June 18 -21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clergy Retreat
July 13th & 14th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garage Sale/ Evening Guild
Oct 6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Men’s Breakfast
Oct 13th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding
Oct 15 -18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clergy Conference
Nov 10th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Fair
Dec 1st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Men’s Breakfast
Dec 8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 4pm
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER
David Burrow, Betty Bush, Donna Dyson, Mavis Euling, Eric Farrow, Frank Harder, Jean Hastie, Beryl Long, Lois Myers, Margaret Neaum, Margaret Noble, Jan Riches, Terry Rogers, Carol Shields, Peter & Eva Swindells, Phyl Sizler, John Sizler Shirley & Ken Young, Anne, Buffy , Darren, David, David & Judith, Heather, Mark, Trevor, Joan & John, Karen, Les, Peggy, Toby, Alexandra & Charles, Joy, Sherena.
Rest in Peace
Doreen Farrow, Brooklyn Palmer-Ross
Anniversary of death
Dorothy Neaum, Geoffrey Carmichael 7th, Jim Reither 8th, Bosilka Damianopoulos 9th, June Reid 11th,
Charles Causon 12th.
Duties for 6th May 2007
Vigil Eucharist at 6pm Sat 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Neaum
Celebrant 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Neaum
Celebrant 10.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gail Bryce
Celebrant 8.45 Dookie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gail Bryce
Celebrant 10.45 Katandra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Neaum
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Griffin, Jeanette Smith
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Harder, Maureen Cormican
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer, Michelle, Beth
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joan, Sally, Erin
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celebrant, Joan Harder
Euc. Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Neaum, Heather Fitzgerald
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Bryce, Carole Henderson
Welcoming 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joy Campbell, Pat Griffin
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Steen, Nola Brewer
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norm Mitchelmore, Joe Pearson
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Brewer
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bev Reither
Mowing 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margaret Carroll, Brendan Carroll
Welcome Tbl.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.30 Judy Lloyd, 10.30 Mary Pearson
Duties for 13th May 2007
Celebrant 6.00pm Sat 12th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gail Bryce
Celebrant 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gail Bryce
Celebrant 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Slatter
Celebrant 8.45 Dookie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barry Slatter
Celebrant 10.45 Katandra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gail Bryce
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ian Bryce, Gwyn Cowland,
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan McCann, Jenny Moran
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer, Michelle, Beth
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny, Peter Lear, Jack Lear
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Celebrant, Children
Euc. Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole Henderson, Bev Condon
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Pleming, Ian Bryce
Welcoming 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joyce Cavill, Eileen Quaife
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandra Simonis, Hilder Lidgard
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Batey,Joy Campbell
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nola Brewer, Alan Akers
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shirley Dean
Mowing ( 12th ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kay McGregor, Merv Cowland
Welcome Tbl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.30 Heather Carlyon, 10.30 Dorothy Cook
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Monday 7th May
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
11.30am Infant Cremation - Kittell’s
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
5.00pm Pre-burial Prayers & Blessing
Tuesday 8th May Rector’s Day off
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
10.00am Funeral - Funeral Home Chapel
10.00am Playgroup - The Den
12.15pm Simply Soul Soothing - Lady Chapel
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
7.30pm Grief Support Group “Moving On”
Wednesday 9th May
7.45am Mattins only - Lady Chapel
10.00am Eucharist- St Augustine’s
3.00pm Vestry Meeting - Library
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
5.30pm Choir Practice for 10.30 Eucharist
5.30pm Hospice Committee Meeting
Thursday 10th May Rector Away
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
11.00am Eucharist- Harmony Village
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
5.30pm Choir Practice
7.30pm Bible Study
Friday 11th May Rector Away
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
2.30pm Excelsior - Blessing of Building and facilities
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
7.00pm Arise 255
Saturday 12th May Associate Priest’s Day Off
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist
6.00pm Vigil Eucharist
Sunday 13th May Rector Away
8.30am Eucharist - St Augustine’s
10.30am Eucharist - St Augustine’s
8.45am Eucharist - St Luke’s Dookie
10.45am Eucharist - St Mary’s Katandra West
12.15pm Grave Blessing - Shepparton Cemetery
5.30pm Evening Prayer