TRINITY SUNDAY
7th June 2009
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SPIRITED AWAY
An old magician who had worked the vaudeville circuit for years was booked on the Titanic for its maiden voyage. His job was to amuse the first-class passengers during dinner. He was a bit down on his luck and couldn’t afford the traditional leggy assistant. He had to make do with a parrot whom he taught to assist his act by saying funny things to the audience like, “It’s under his cloak”, or “It’s up his sleeve”. They were halfway through their act one night when the Titanic hit the iceberg. And sank. With an immense death toll. The magician clung to a piece of flotsam while the parrot fluttered overhead. He managed to stay afloat all next day, despite the freezing water, and still the parrot fluttered. That night the parrot finally landed on the magician’s head. “Okay, I give up” it said, “What have you done with the flaming ship?”
THIS AND THAT
Andrew Neaum
We are soon to recarpet the Library and lino the Sacristy floor. The carpets have become dangerous and over the years have most mysteriously turned from red to black. In preparation for the change that most amazing of fellows, John Pleming, has been fixing up and painting both rooms. The amount of work he does about the place is staggering and I for one appreciate it enormously. He is the opposite of a procrastinator: any job that he undertakes to do is normally anticipated and done before you ask him. Thank you John.
The best of all pasties
On Tuesday I cooked one of my favourite meals. It probably originates from the war years and made a regular appearance on the relatively poverty-stricken, though always bountiful dining table of the missionary priest’s household in which I grew up. I have only ever come across it in my parents’ and in my own home, but it is delicious.
It is a “corned beef pasty” and requires only pastry, a tin of bully beef, an onion and a good sized potato. The onion is chopped, at least par-boiled (these days in a microwave oven) and then mashed into the bully beef. The mixture is then placed onto a bottom layer of pastry and the raw, grated potato is spread over it. A top layer of pastry is put in place and sealed to the bottom layer round the edges and the whole pie is well egged. The result, once cooked, is as delicious cold as hot and will adequately feed a greedy family of four or a more restrained family of five, well supplemented with suitable vegetables.
On Tuesday I cooked the meal with a great swag of excellent vegetables and a leek sauce, all of which I served up on plates for Nathan, Elizabeth, Rachel and myself, with a sliver for Meg. I called everyone in to take their steaming plate through to the dining room and then lifted my own as well as two pots of mustard, thinking “I must be careful”. I wasn’t, and so spilt my large plateful down my front and onto the floor. Did I pick it all up and eat it? Of course I did.
Ambermere and the Cheese Factory
The old cheese factory in Wyndham Street offers a fine example of hypocrisy. I gather that the old building was considered too iconic, historic and possibly even beautiful to destroy and so needed to be preserved. The developers, doubtless with the concurrence of local authorities and planners, appear to have been undeterred, easily finding a way to have their cake and eat it. All that is being preserved is the brick facade, a thin, single wall. It would surely have been just as effective to put up the usual, cheap combination of girders and great reinforced concrete slabs for the new building and then painted the facade on to the building’s front.
Every time I pass Ambermere I marvel that any town planner could have allowed the attachment to a fine, venerable and well proportioned brick building of so jagged and jarring, a glass and timber extension. When you consider how sensitively, carefully and successfully the extensions to St Augustine's were made all those years ago, it can reassure us that mother Church does indeed deal in a more worthwhile currency than local government and business. Namely beauty, truth, integrity and love. It is a satisfying example of the difference between serving God and mammon. Not that mother Church doesn't sometimes sink to serving mammon in preference to God. In this case, however, it did not and so St Augustine's remains one of the very few beacons of beauty in an architectural wilderness.
I have decided that after St Augustine’s the most pleasing building in Shepparton is the graceful water tower near to the Old Dookie Road, I love it.
Sermons, homilies and priest strangling
I have been reading in odd moments this past few weeks a book by a Dominican called Timothy Radcliffe. He is a fascinating writer, his book full of memorable tidbits from here there and everywhere. On preaching he says “How can any of us ever get across even the tiniest hint of grace’s effervescence? Only the greatest poets like Gerard Manley Hopkins have any chance of communicating “the dearest freshness deep down things”. The early Dominicans prayed for the ‘grace of preaching’ he says. “This was not just that they would have something to say but that their words would be gracious for others, the event of God in their lives....” He quotes a lovely anonymous poem on a poster in the Abbey of Sylvanes translated by David McAndrew:
The learned man said
To the almond tree
Speak to me of God
And the almond tree blossomed.
The most memorably dismissive quotation on preaching comes from chapter six of Anthony Trollope’s Barchester Towers: “There is, perhaps, no greater hardship at present inflicted on mankind in civilized and free countries, than the necessity of listening to sermons. No one but a preaching clergyman has, in these realms, the power of compelling an audience to sit silent and be tormented. No one but a preaching clergyman can revel in platitudes, truisms and untruisms, and yet receive as his undisputed privilege, the same respectful demeanour as though words of impassioned eloquence or persuasive logic fell from his lips....He is the bore of the age, the old man whom we Sindbads cannot shake off, the nightmare that disturbs our Sunday’s rest, the incubus that overloads our religion and makes God’s service distasteful.”
According to Timothy Radcliffe there is a pasta called strozzapretti, “priest strangler”. “.....sometimes when priests preach”, he says, “it does indeed sound as if they are being strangled by their clerical collars..... God’s word became flesh - not initially in sermons proclaimed from pulpits, in learned books of theology, but in human conversation.” So let the dinner table conversations burn with grace and God’s fire.
GOLDEN BELLS AND POMEGRANATES (28)
Canon D Neaum 1912-2001
The R.M.S. ‘St. Helena' was a converted three thousand ton ship, very nicely furnished and taking seventy-one passengers. It plied between Avonmouth and Cape Town via Ascension and St. Helena islands, the only means of communication (in person) between St. Helena and any other place. We met the Bishop and wife in Cape Town where he was due for an Episcopal Synod and left them there, we going to live at Bishopsholme until the present incumbent of Jamestown could leave on the ship's next trip and I take his place as Rector.
The island
Those first six weeks on the island were delightful, for convention forbade me taking part in the parish of which I was to be Rector, but I was able to give a hand in the nine churches of the other two parishes, one of which was the Cathedral. This helped us to know our way about the whole island - an astonishing variety of scenery for so small a place, about nine by five miles. The whole island was centred round three (not very high) peaks with deep valleys separating the ‘villages’ and you could travel twenty miles to get to a village which was only half a mile from where you started. There were about fifty-eight miles of single track roads, most of them tarred, half of which was taken up by a circle round the central massif. The remainder were roads to the various settlements. The north and centre of the island was lush and green - tropical - while the remainder was arid for, like Jamestown, it had only about eight inches of rain a year. One road was our chief delight, for it was a high dividing line with lush lands on one side and a barren ‘moonscape’ on the other.
Benevolent dictator
The Bishop eventually returned alone as his wife had taken a trip to England, and as the ship went to Ascension Island and returned before sailing for England, we could not take over our parish and vicarage until the retiring priest left. The Bish had a heavy cold, so on the way home he asked me to stop at one of the stores where he purchased a bottle of whisky. Normally he was a quiet chap but after two rather good whiskies he expanded and so I dared to say, “I'd love to know what my old Bishop said about me to you.” He replied. “What he wrote was, of course, confidential, but I think I can tell you what made me accept you: he said you were a benevolent dictator, and that is what I wanted”.
He promptly made me Archdeacon - a job I thought I had escaped for the end of my active ministry. As time went on I saw why, for apart from his first few years he had been an RAF Chaplain and then a school chaplain and so he knew little of the workings of the Church, especially as St. Helena came under the Province of South Africa and he came from England.
Cockroaches and filth
Then came my Induction as Vicar of the city of two thousand folk on the Island of St Helena, the only city or town on the island. The church, St James’, was oblong, plain and filthy. The vicarage had sixteen rooms and was even filthier, with a super-abundance of the largest cockroaches I have ever seen. My first priority was to make the vicarage fit to live in - it took us fifteen months! But I also couldn’t wait to get the three churches clean. This didn’t take so long as we soon had a band of willing workers and a sacristan to see to all linen and vestments.
But while all this was going on we had the great joy of being joined by my son Andrew and family (two boys only at that time) who came to be vicar of the Cathedral parish. The Bishop actually accepted him on my recommendation (I hope he never regretted having two Neaums among his four priests).
Some time later we had a Synod - the first since 1901 (I think) and the best I have ever attended; the priest on Ascension could not attend which left the House of Clergy with three members of which the Neaums were a majority: thus the Bishop could not pass anything we didn’t want him to if we called for a vote by houses, and we could not pass anything he didn't want as he had the same veto. Great fun! (to be continued)
CONGRATULATIONS
Birthdays
Dulcie Ackland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th June
Iris Grant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th June
Lyn Morcom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th June
Lelsey Kenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12th June
Clare Wilkie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13th June
COMING BACK TO CHURCH
On September 13th we will be holding a “Back to Church” Sunday. This is an initiative that will be taken up by almost every diocese in the country, and our own Bishop is urging every parish in this diocese to give it a go. We are interested in the names of folk who have left us over the past years, but who might well be responsive to an invitation back. We will be going through our rolls to gather names. If you know of any likely candidates please let Heather Fitzgerald of Dorothy Cook know.
GRIEF SUPPORT - “MOVING ON”
“Supporting the Journey of Grief” at 6.00pm on the 9th of June there will be a “Grief Support” meeting for Dinner and Discussion with anyone interested in pastoral care of any sort. All are welcome, the cost a mere $5. please place your names on the list in the Narthex for catering purposes. We hope to gather a list of names of folk prepared to ring up the next of kin of those buried from this church a month of so afterwards to check how they travel. Anyone prepared to take on this little task, please have a word with the clergy.
EVENING GUILD
The next meeting will be on June 18th at 1.30pm. Would members bring something for the “Basket of Groceries” Raffle please. We also need some raffle ticket sellers for 11th June at I.G.A.- phone Betty (58211558) or Merle (58315601). Thanks
VARIETY CONCERT
On June 21st at 2.00pm there is a Variety Concert at Wesley Church, Maude Street by the G.V’s best performers. All proceeds will go to the G.V. Hospital Oncology Unit. Tickets at door $14 Students$10.
FAR FROM TRIVIAL
The Kiwanis Club Trivia Night will be held in Saint Augustine's Parish Hall on Friday evening 12th June in aid of the HeartKids charity. The night commences at 7.30 pm. Bookings of tables of six or individuals are welcome. $10 head. Contact Norm Mitchelmore on 5821 4076 or at the door on the night.
CHAPEL CUSHIONS
You will notice that the chairs in the Lady Chapel have all been beautifully cushioned. Many thanks to Joan McCann for this labour of love.
WELSH CHOIR
The Victoria Welsh Choir are performing here at St Augustine’s on Sunday afternoon August 9th. Please determine to come with friends and book the date now. Their visit involves us guaranteeing a substantial amount of money which we need to raise from ticket sales. They provide a wonderful and inspiring concert.
NEW ROSTERS
Rosters to the end of the year are now available on the narthex table . Please make sure you pick your particular copy because it is especially marked and has your name on it.
UNITED MOTHERS
A Celebration of 70 years of the Mothers’ Union Diocesan Council in Wangaratta takes place on Monday 15th June. 10.15 Morning Tea, 11am Eucharist, the preacher & celebrant Bishop John Parkes. Lunch is at 12.30 and the Guest speaker at 1.30pm is Mrs. Joy Freier wife of the Archbishop of Melbourne. Orders for lunch by 8th June to Shirley 57215526 or Jayne 57216692. If you are intending to go please let the office know as we may be able to co-ordinate car seats.
NOTA BENE
The closing date for Outreach articles is coming up, so if you have anything to contribute please have them to Ron Rose or to the office by the 14th June.
There will be no Sunday Eucharists at Katandra this month as most members of the congregation are gallivanting elsewhere.
The forthcoming Men’s Breakfast will be on Saturday the 20th, not as advertised. This because the chief cook is gallivanting elsewhere.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
June 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arise 255/Youth Group
June 9th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Moving On”/Grief Support Group
June 10th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vestry meeting 2pm
June 14th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Closing date for Outreach articles
June 15th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MU 70 year celebration in Wangaratta
June 16th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friendship Group
June 17th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Council
June 18th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evening Guild
June 20th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s Breakfast
June 22nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arise 255/Youth Group
June 27th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Garden Working Bee
June 29th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clergy Retreat until the 2nd July
July 4th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Concert - Baroque Harpist 7.30pm
July 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anniversary of The Rev Helens Ordination
July 9th, 10th, 11th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evening Guild Garage Sale
July 10th & 11th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evening Guild Garage Sale
July 16th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evening Guild
July 21st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Friendship Group
July 25th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Garden Working Bee
Aug 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Planning meeting Parish Fair/Garden Party
Aug 9th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Welsh Choir 2.30pm
Aug 18th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Friendship Group
Aug 20th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evening Guild
Aug 29th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Working Bee
Sept 12th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 3pm
Sept 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back to Church Sunday
Sept 15th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friendship Group
Sept 18th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evening Guild
Sept 19th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 2pm
Sept 26th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Working Bee
Sept 27th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confirmation
Oct 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Fair/Garden party meeting
Oct 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding 1pm
Oct 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding 2.30pm
Oct 4th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pleasant Sunday afternoon at St. Augustine’s
Oct 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clergy Conference until 8th October
Oct 10th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 2.30pm
Oct 31st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Working Bee
Oct 31st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedding 3.30pm
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
Duties for 7th June
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carole Henderson, Jeanette Smith
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Brewer
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth, Michelle
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zebedee
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pat Griffin, Nancy Fennell
Euc. Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carole Henderson, Bev Condon
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Pleming, Joe Fernandez
Welcomers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gwen Betson, Shirley Dean
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Brewer, Sandra Simonis
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gwyn Cowland, Merv Cowland
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan Akers, Nola Brewer
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gwyn Cowland
Welcoming Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pamela Lee
Mowing 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Pleming, Rick Coates
READINGS 14th June
1 Sam 15:34 - 16:13, 2 Cor 5:6-10 & 14-17
Duties for 14th June 2009
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Griffin, Heather Carlyon
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christine Jones, Nancy Noonan
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phillipa, Michelle.
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dale, Aaron
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Norm Weaver, Children
Euc. Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Fitzgerald, John Horder
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine Evans , Greg Pestell
Welcomers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bev Reither, Beryl Goodfellow
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Moran, Margaret Johnson
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Pearson, Norm Mitchelmore
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Brewer, John Pleming
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Val Rose
Welcoming Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dorothy Cook
Mowing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .none this week
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER
Nicole Ackland, Alison Baldwin, Laura Bates, Liam Bognar, Nicky Cavill, Roz Dunlop, Iris Grant, Richard Goodfellow, John Green, Frank Harder, Sophie Mould, Margaret Noble, Kevin Richards, Isabelle Richards, Ted Stephens, Peter & Eva Swindells, Heather Vines, David, Glenda, David & Judith, Tracey.
Anniversaries: Ruby Wood, Peter Walker, Beatrice Norris 8th, Frances Crawford, Robert Malcolm 10th, Lawrence Jones, Harold Merigan, Jovan, Maria, Bogoja, Blaguna 11th, Maria Marcetic 12th, Len Robertson, Ella Davis, Leo Kenna Olive Emery 13th,
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Monday 8th June Rector’s day off
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
3.30pm Evening Prayer
5.30pm Arise 255
Tuesday 9th June St Columba
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
12.15pm Simply Soul Soothing
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
6.00pm Grief Support Dinner/Supper Room
7.30pm Adult Confirmation - Library
Wednesday 10th June Margaret of Scotland
7.45am Mattins only - Lady Chapel
10.00am Eucharist - St Augustine’s
11.30am Reconnaissance visit from Welsh Choir
2.00pm Vestry meeting
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
5.30pm Hospice meeting
Thursday 11th June St Barnabas
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
11.00am Eucharist - Harmony
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
4.00pm Children’s Confirmation classes - Library
4.00pm Catechesis of the Good Shepherd 6-9yrs
5.30pm Choir Practice
Friday 12th June
7.45pm Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
11.00am Ave Maria
5.30pm Prayer Meeting - Library
Saturday 13th June Anthony of Padua
Associate Priest’s day off
7.45am Mattins only - Lady Chapel
6.00pm Vigil Eucharist - Lady Chapel
Trinity Sunday 14th June
8.30am Sung Eucharist - St Augustine’s
10.30am Family Eucharist-StAugustine’s/Kid’s Church
8.45am Eucharist - Dookie