FOURTEENTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST
6th September 2009
Graphics and cartoons & liturgical material appear only in the printed version
PEANUTS
Several boys from Maribyrnong State School used to spend their lunchtime playing by the Maribyrnong Creek. When they arrived back late one day the headmaster hauled them up to his office for an explanation. The first boy explained, “Sir, we were just throwing peanuts into the creek.” The headmaster lectured him severely, first for being late and, more especially for wasting good food in a world where so many are starving. He ordered him to write a hundred lines: “Waste not, want not.” The second boy offered the same excuse and received the same censure and penalty. Now it was the third boy’s turn to be questioned. Looking a bit bedraggled, he looked up at the headmaster and said, “Sir, I’m Peanuts.”
THIS and THAT
Andrew Neaum
The Rachel saga came to its conclusion not too unsatisfactorily. Her passport arrived on Tuesday, one day too late for her to take up her flight booked for Monday. As her septic throat was severe enough to necessitate antibiotics and the original flight included an unnecessary night’s stopover in Kuala Lumpur, the re-booked flight, which left after midnight on Thursday (Friday) without the prolonged Kuala Lumpur stopover was a good thing. The cost of the changed booking was a mere $50, not least because Malaysian Airlines waived their penalty fee. After all the weeks of dithering, delay and belatedness we were three hours early at the airport.
An imminent arrival
At the Rectory we will all miss Rachel hugely, but are likely to be diverted from our sorrow soon enough by the arrival of Meg’s sibling, due in little over a week. I am polishing up my mid-wifery skills, practising speed driving, and taking tranquillisers. Nathan and Elizabeth’s house in Benalla, which was supposed to be ready for the new birth, is now making good progress, but nature’s inexorable movement towards its nine month deadline is rarely matched in the building profession. I shall miss all of them when they leave, especially Meg’s captivatingly unselfconscious beauty, but also Elizabeth and Nathan’s good humour, laughter and practical wisdom. However Peter will then be staying with me for a while and so I remain safely chaperoned.
An eventual departure
I hope to take a slab of long service leave after Easter next year. If I do so I shall base myself in Dorset with David and his Rachel, possibly doing a bit of church work for his diocese for the use of a house, but not necessarily because the south of England is lousy with retired priestly talent and so there might well be no call for that sort of thing. I have heard that it is said in the English church that Dorset kills ambition, meaning that even the lowliest of priestly appointments in so beautiful and idyllic a part of England is preferable to any form of preferment.
If I do get there next year I would like my chief occupations to be reading, walking, visiting old friends and haunts, sorting out and fully computerising my family archives and literary remains, drinking English beer, relishing pork pies, northern hemisphere fish and English cheese and reconciling myself to and contemplating my own mortality.
Disturbing Eden
An interesting part of planning an extended trip like this is how best to arrange stopovers on the way there and back. I need to visit my sister and her family in Cape Town and from there could probably, though at great expense of both cash and time, arrange a visit by ship to my early boyhood’s nostalgically paradisal island of Tristan da Cunha. I do wonder though about the desirability of destroying a personal garden of Eden by wrenching it out of its tranquil past into the turbulent present.
I could also and more easily revisit Zimbabwe, which I probably will. I have always had a yen to visit the Azores, merely to revel in Portuguese cuisine and stunning scenery and so that is a possibility too. The miserable Aleutian islands also beckon, if only to exorcise my love of grey and gloomy weather. On the other hand, like T S Eliot’s eponymous anti-hero J Alfred Prufrock, I might not muster the decisiveness to go anywhere at all.
And indeed there will be time
To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”
Time to turn back and descend the stair,
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair—
[They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”]
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin—
[They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”]
Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
Amazing grace
One of the most difficult of priestly jobs is taking the sacrament of Holy Communion into geriatric homes. On Thursday last week I did so in Acacia House, offering our Lord’s presence as well as a simple little talk to a dozen or more semi-recumbent, melancholic looking, ancient human wrecks, the majority of them appearing pretty well comatose.
One of the most touching moments of such services is to begin the Lord’s Prayer and notice the lips of apparently totally unresponsive folk begin to mutter the familiar words with you. There was an even better moment this time however. Just as I was leaving, an ancient lady of mournful demeanour beckoned me to her and when I knelt down beside her in order to hear her faint voice, she smiled gently and said: “I would like you to thank God for me for his many blessings.” It nearly broke my heart.
Too often what we do when we visit such places is project onto the residents our own horror of decrepitude whereas, in fact, many of them, like the lady just mentioned, are perfectly at peace with themselves, their world and their lot. As such they are filled with an astonishing grace that if only it is perceived, lifts up our hearts and lightens our day.
If ever I end up in a similar place and condition I hope my memory will be in good enough shape to recall that dear woman with gratitude.
ABSURDITY
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified. G K Chesterton
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
Canon D Neaum 1912-2001
Filled with regrets for the loss of treasured places I pondered on life’s changes and wondered what the children of today will have to treasure when thinking of their youth. Will they have equal joy in recalling past days? Of course they will for it is childhood itself that promotes the pleasure and changing circumstances have only a minor part to play. But one ecstasy will never be known to them for they are unlikely to know the thrill of being enveloped in a cloud of smoke and steam while standing on a trembling bridge, lost for a moment in warm fog, as a glorious steam engine roars under their feet.
Before leaving the tales of the follies of my early youth and reaching one of those turning points in life in my seventh year, there is one shameful incident I must relate for the memory of it stays with me.
Some fair time since starting school I got to know another pupil whose home lay on the same way as mine, his name was Dennis Quilter whose father was a Manager at the ‘New Mill’. One day, as I was walking to the Quilter’s house, I found a penknife lying in the gutter. It was a beautiful small knife in excellant condition which, on showing it to Dennis, attracted his envy and greed. He evidently knew nothing of its owner but had a great desire to replace him with himself, for he did his best to persuade me to give the knife to him. On my refusal he sulked for the rest of the walk.
I handed the knife to Miss Florence, telling her how and where I had found it. She then displayed it to the whole school asking if anyone knew to whom it belonged. To my surprise, Dennis held up his hand and then said it was his and that he had lost it that morning. I knew this was a lie but he was believed and the knife given to him.
That ought to have warned me to drop my acquaintance, but it didn’t for some time. Then a day came when, on our walk home he said, “The folk are out, what about coming to pick gooseberries while we are on our own?”. I was quite ready for that as his father was a keen gardener who usually won first prize at the local Show for that very fruit.
It was a beautiful evening and Dennis and I lay under the shade of the gooseberry bushes reaching for the most luscious fruit as soon as we had swallowed the one before. After some time at this pastime my companion grew hungry for other fare and we went into the house and through the pantry where he found a cold, cooked sirloin of beef in the meat-safe. Taking it out and finding a carving knife, he cut off the top slice, dug a large hole in the remainder, which we ate, and then he replace the slice and put back the mutilated joint into its safe. Knowing what would have happened to me if I’d done the like at home, I asked what his parents would say when they found the hollow joint. They won’t say anything, he said, they are used to it! We then returned to the gooseberry bushes to fill up empty spaces.
It was then that I realised that unless I hurried there would be a disaster. What has always surprised me is that it never entered my head to ask for the lavatory at Dennis’ home but I had only one idea, to get home as quickly as possible, or even quicker. I walked up to the railway pathway and had just entered it when the inevitable happened. I crawled on, crab fashion only to meet the most miserably minded elderly woman I’ve ever known, who stood in the middle of the path, wagged her finger at me and said.”I KNOW what you have done!” As though I didn’t.
I think that put the real end to our friendship which ought to have come on moral rather than shameful grounds. To me, that was the end of my childhood and the beginning of growing up.
Fran and I continued our close relationship, in exploring the beauties of our neighbourhood during the long Summer evenings and on Saturdays, when once we had done the shopping for mother or anyone else who would reward us in some small way.
At that time, our weekly pocket money was a penny and our purpose in life was to find means of increasing that small amount. We had the bright idea that if we changed our pennies to halfpence and put them on to the rail line before the engine passed, it would enlarge them to the size of pennies. There was a place just out of town where the railway was level with the surrounding field, just over a low wall which bounded a little used path. Down this path we went with our four half pennies which we placed carefully on one of the rails. A train came but to no avail as the vibration shook off our money. Having tried this several times with the same result, we tried to prop up the coins with small stones but to no avail. Growing tired of these failures, we pocketed the coins in disappointment and then began piling stones on the line to see what happened to them when a train passed.
In the middle of this enterprise a loud voice called, “Follow me home”, the voice of our father; some miserable sneak must have told him of our place and occupation. We went home with some sense of foreboding, finding not merely father, but also a good hiding to teach us not to place others and ourselves in danger. This was the second of three hidings I received from my father. As we learned at the Calders’ School, discipline was the first step in training of character. The third good hiding came some time later and will be recalled in its proper time. (To be continued.....)
CONGRATULATIONS
Birthdays
Ron Rose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th Sept
Father John Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Sept
Frank Steen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12th Sept
Anniversary Congratulations
Frank & Betty Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12th Sept.
Back to Church Sunday
Next Sunday is Back to Church Sunday. All over Australia Anglican parishioners will be welcoming people who have had enough of a connection with the Church to have made the effort to come back and join us on this day. Although we have official “Welcomers” we hope that every parishioner will regard themselves as one such! Please be present and eager to welcome old friends, new friends or strangers. Congratulations to those who have invited a special visitor! You can feel confident of a scintillating sermon and great food!
Would anyone who has a coffee plunger please bring it to the kitchen in the Narthex with the coffee already in it so we only have to add water. Name on plunger essential.
Reminder: any youth group member or teenagers who would be interested in helping out on “Back to Church Sunday” please contact Mary Pearson 58299418
FRIENDSHIP GROUP
The Friendship Group meets on Tues 15th Sept we are now visiting Greg & Verna Pestell. All are welcome. Pat Griffin 58001168
EVENING GUILD
The Evening Guild meets next on September 17th we are having our trip to Avenel (Gadd’s) as we were unable to be accommodated at Longwood as arranged. Because of longer distance to travel we must leave the hall car park at 12.30pm. If you have any queries, phone Betty 58211558
SPRING DAY OUT
This is in aid of the Diocesan Bushfire Relief Fund at Delatite Winery on Saturday 12th Sept. The Bishop not Michael Leunig will now be the Guest Speaker. There will be music, stalls, raffle, an auction, kids treats & a treasure hunt. Adults $30, Children $10. Bookings Essential. See the Notice Board.
PLEASANT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
GARDEN PARTY
October 4th at 2pm! Come along to enjoy a relaxing afternoon in the lovely gardens surrounding the Church, if the weather is inclement it will beheld indoors. Devonshire teas, plant sales, entertainment and a speaker.
For further details contact Rosemary Mitchelmore 58214076
DOOKIE AND KATANDRA
There will be no Eucharist at either Dookie or Katandra next Sunday as the clergy need all to be present at St Augustine’s. Come along and join us.
THE NEXT OUTREACH
Contributions for the next issue of Outreach are sought. Any item that you feel concerns or should concern, entertain or amuse the church or our community would be welcome. Your submissions must be lodged at the church office by Sunday 4th October Ron Rose
DADDY’S DAY
Today, it seems, is Father’s Day. Congrat-ulations to all fathers in Church on this day. You form a precious, minuscule minority.
“MOVING ON”
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
On Tuesday the 8th September Dorothy Cook will be speaking about Pastoral Care. A meal will be provided and so names need to be put on the list on the Narthex table for catering purposes. All are very welcome.
FOOD CUPBOARD DONATIONS
Longlife Milk, tinned soup and sweet biscuits are items that are being sought from the food cupboard, we would be grateful to anyone who would like to donate to the emergency food cupboard.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. G K Chesterton
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Sept 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Moving On” Grief Support Group
Sept 12th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 3.30 pm
Sept 12th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spring Day Out/Diocesan Bush fire Relief
Sept 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back to Church Sunday
Sept 15th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friendship Group
Sept 17th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evening Guild
Sept 19th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding 2.00pm
Sept 26th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Working Bee
Sept 27th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confirmation
Oct 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Fair/Garden party meeting
Oct 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding 1pm
Oct 4th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blessing of Pets 10.30am
Oct 4th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pleasant Sunday afternoon at St. Augustine’s
Oct 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clergy Conference until 8th October
Oct 10th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 2.30pm
Oct 11th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tour of the Church 3.00pm
Oct 13th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Moving On” Grief Support Group
Oct 17th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s Breakfast 8.00am
Oct 17th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Labyrinth Workshop 2.30pm
Oct 18th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St Luke’s Service for Health Pros 5.30pm
Oct 31st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Working Bee
Oct 31st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 3.30pm
Nov 1st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .All Soul’s Day - Requiem 5.30pm
Nov 7th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding 2.30pm
Nov 13th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Working bee - Parish Fair&Garden party 5pm
Nov 14th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Fair & Garden Party
Nov 21st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 3pm
Nov 28th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Garden Working Bee
Nov 28th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding 3.30pm
Nov 28th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 2pm
Dec 12th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings
Dec 12th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Quiet Day
Dec 20th (I hope). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol Service 7.00pm
Dec 24th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christmas Children’s Service 5.30pm
Mar 7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cologne New Phil.Chamber Orchestra 2.30pm
Duties for 6th September 2009
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeanette Smith, Pat Griffin
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Brewer, Mary Pearson
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle and Beth
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frank Steen
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pat Griffin, Greg Pestell
Euc. Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ian Bryce, Carole Henderson
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Pleming, Joe Fernandez
Welcomers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joy Campbell, Eileen Quaife
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Brewer, Sandra Simonis
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Batey, Joy Campbell
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nola Brewer, Charlotte Brewer
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bev Reither
Welcoming Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dorothy Cook
Mowing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .no mowing this week
Duties for 13th September
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danita Potter, Gwyn Cowland
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Noonan, Christine Evans
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle, Heather Fitz, John Griffin
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joan, Venita, Valerie
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole Henderson, Children
Euc. Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clergy
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clergy
Welcomers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joyce Cavill, Gwen Betson
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Moran, Margaret Johnson
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gwyn & Merv Cowland
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Pleming
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Dean
Welcoming Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Val Rose, Dorothy Cook
Mowing 12th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kay McGregor, Merv Cowland
READINGS 13th September
Proverbs 1: 20-33; James 2:18-26
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER
Nicole Ackland, Alison Baldwin, Laura Bates, Liam Bognar, Cath & Ken Birkitt, Lorna Ford, John Green, Kath Grills, Frank Harder, John & Kate Horder, Lesley Kenna, Bronwyn Mitchell, Sophie Mould, Joan Morris, Betty Reilly, Kevin & Isabelle Richards, Carriann Shaw, Peter & Eva Swindells, David, Glenda, David & Judith, Peter, Dawn John & family, James, Les, Ken, Tom, Tracey, Jo, Tony & Jack.
Rest in Peace: Patricia Gardner, Edna Rattray
Year’s Mind :Gilbert White, Robert Tremlett 6th, Della Proctor 7th, George Stone 8th, George Davis, Margret Condon, Helen Morris, Kelly Charles 9th, Thomas Tacey, Bill Wilkinson 10th, Eileen Golden 11th, Mary Day, Eva Dick 12th.
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Monday 7th September Rector’s Day off
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
3.30pm Evening Prayer
Tuesday 8th September
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
12.15pm Simply Soul Soothing
2.00pm Edna Rattray’s funeral
3.30pm Evening Prayer
4.00pm Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
4.00pm Confirmation Class
6.30pm “Moving On” Grief Support/Supper Room
Wednesday 9th September
7.45am Mattins only - Lady Chapel
10.00am Eucharist - St Augustine’s
2.00pm Vestry - if possible
3.30pm Evening Prayer
5.30pm Hospice
6.00pm EfM/Den
Thursday 10th September
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
11.00am Eucharist - Harmony
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
4.00pm Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
4.00pm Confirmation Class
5.30pm Choir Practice
Friday 11th September
7.45pm Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
9.30am Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
11.00am Ave Maria
5.30pm Prayer Meeting - Library
5.30pm Wedding Rehearsal
Saturday 12th September
Associate Priest’s day off
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
3.30pm Wedding
6.00pm Vigil Eucharist - Lady Chapel
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost 13th September
Back to Church Sunday
8.30am Sung Eucharist - St Augustine’s
10.30am Family Eucharist - St Augustine’s
No Service’s at Dookie or Katandra