SIXTH SUNDAY after EPIPHANY
14th February 2010
Graphics and cartoons & liturgical material appear only in the printed version
MATZO BALL SOUP
A man went into his favourite deli, the Europa and the waiter immediately brought him a bowl of matzo ball soup. The customer signalled the waiter to come back. “Taste the soup!” he commanded. “Why?” inquired the surprised waiter. “Taste the soup!” came the reply. “Max, you’ve been coming in here every day for ten years. There’s never been anything wrong with the soup.” “Taste the soup!” “What’s wrong, too much salt--not enough salt?” “Taste the soup!” “What, the matzo balls aren’t fluffy enough for you?” “TASTE THE SOUP!” The waiter finally agreed, “All right all right, I’ll taste the soup! Where’s the spoon?” “A-HA!” chortled Max.
THIS AND THAT
Andrew Neaum
On Ash Wednesday I like to wish folk on their way out of church “a miserable Lent”.
A miserable Lent
I am being more subtle than literal because what lies behind my wish is a paradoxical truth expounded by the ancient Greek Epicureans. They discovered that if you wish to lead a tranquil, untroubled and truly pleasure-filled life, you are better able to do so by curbing your desires and living austerely and simply than by reaching out for and obtaining more and more and more.
The less we want and desire, the happier we are likely to be. This is not least because less is more readily obtainable than more. By “have a miserable Lent” I mean “have an austere, simple, sparse, disciplined Lent because that sort of misery equals in fact contentment. We need all of us to learn to want and be satisfied with little.
Lent stands for everything that Commerce does not: for frugality, abstemiousness, abstinence, temperance, resisted temptation, thinner bellies, discipline and fasting. Lent trains us to control and curb our wants and desires. Lent is enough to make a business man blubber and the blubber on a business man shrivel.
The two glorious Christian festivals Christmas and Easter have been all but taken over and ruined by the grab, take and get of commerce and materialism. Each year these festivals return with new and inventive baits attached to them by the advertising industry that are designed to tempt us to spend and acquire more. Commerce thrusts material products down our throats, slaps them about our faces, pours them into our ears, beats them over our backs.
One of the joys of Lent is that it has not been commercialised. It passes almost without notice, as if it doesn’t occur.
However, a commercial case can be made for Lent. Money can be made out of the strangest things. How many pairs of ugly training shoes have been sold to masochistic joggers, repulsive weights to masochistic would-be muscle-men, nasty slimming pills and absurd regimens to fantasising fatties?
If, with much publicity and advertising, a shop were to open dealing with the paraphernalia of Lent (hair shirts, dry crusts, voracious fleas, whips, lists of exotic sins to be resisted and so on), it might just make a lot of money.
All that would be necessary would be to sell the idea that Lenten misery is good for you, as indeed the Epicureans have demonstrated it to be. If Commerce has conned the world into thinking that jogging is good for you, that bran, sawdust and mineral water are good for you, then it should be able to succeed with Lent. For a Lent properly observed is indeed good for us. It tones us up spiritually. It proves that we take God seriously, that we are not merely playing at Christianity. It sharpens the appetite for good things temporarily forgone. Above all else though, in curbing desire it makes contentment more attainable.
Lent begins this Wednesday. Don’t slip into it with a yawn and no action. Be extravagant and over the top! If you are short of ideas try some of the following suggestions. Not only will they prove that you are other than just a flabby, fair weather Christian, they could also help make your Lent so miserable that you will never ever have been so happy.
1) Attend a week day Eucharist or two.
2) Get up fifteen minutes earlier than usual each day
to do a bit of real praying.
3) Give up something good that will hurt a little
and sharpen your appreciation of and gratitude for it.
4) Try tithing your income if you don’t already do so,
to discover how exhilarating it is to be so markedly different
from the money-mad world at large.
5) Ask your clergy for a good Lenten book to read,
or ransack the parish library.
6) Determine to make a friend of an enemy and resolutely refuse
to take offence.
7) Go to church on Sundays fifteen minutes early to prepare yourself
more adequately for the Sacrament.
8) Take a gentle jog or walk each day (it is good for you!) and try
saying your prayers as you jog or walk.
9) Attend one, two or three of the parish study groups.
10) Join the choir, become a server, join the Gardening Group, Guild
or Friendship Group, nominate for Parish Council.
11) Give up booze except on Sundays or be vegetarian except on
Sundays. Or both.
12) Adopt a third world orphan or needy child.
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
Canon D Neaum 1912-2001
Moving on some ten years I was asked to spend some of the holidays with my old friends and benefactors, Fr and Mrs Mellor who were then living in Norwich. A day or two after arriving, Mrs Mellor told me that they had invited some friends for dinner that night and would I like to help with the cookery and preparation. Agreeing gladly, our first step was to go to a local farm for ELEVEN PINTS of cream! (She was Cornish and turned it into Cornish cream), and a large basket of mushrooms which we gathered. From then on we prepared for twenty one to sit round the dinner table. I knew most of the other guests so it was all fun and a magnificent feast. After dinner, Fr Mellor said he had a toast to give. He spoke shortly and then proposed the toast, “to David on his 21st birthday.” As the old saying says, “You could have knocked me down with a feather,” for I had no idea of the reason for the party and as little that it was my 21st.
What a blessing and joy are thoughtful, good friends. What? No birthdays after 10!
Needless to say, my wife, not being brought up under the same custom, always kept every birthday. My joy was that hers was a month after mine so I used to tell her that if she forgot mine, I should give her some pipe tobacco for hers. She never forgot and I never had to fulfil my threat.
How fortunate that I’m writing about incidents in my life before entering the Ministry and not my autobiography, for that would be a book and beyond my capabilities. Many things changed during my twelfth year: Fran had left school and started work, my great benefactors, the Mellors had had preferment and moved some twenty miles from Belper. I had started at the Grammar School without the safety of my eldest brother for at Senior School the lower form inmates were small fry and, as such, had to look after themselves.
The rumour of my supposed groggy heart had preceded me, so I was not allowed to play soccer and though playing a little cricket at primary school, being a left-hander, the only one, I was considered a nuisance and made to bat right handed. This ruined any hope I may have had, for my eyes were geared to being left handed and failed to give me the necessary quickness to see and anticipate the bowler’s wiles when batting. One thing I could do with my left arm though, and that was to send down, occasionally, a peculiar ball: a sort of ‘Yorker’ that didn’t bounce as it reached the batsman, but continued more or less on the ground.
My first day at senior school was accidentally fateful for I went into the large room full of pegs to hang up my coat. I took the first empty peg only to hear a loud voice shout at me, “that’s my peg”, while the owner of the voice made a dash at me, fists up. Having never been a boxer, I put up my fist against the sudden rush and, by the merest chance, hit my opponent on the nose, hard because of his own rush. His attack ended as a crimson stream ran down his face. I kept the peg! Later I found out that my opponent was the son of the Games Master and was known by the lower students as a bully. (So different from his father who was a gentleman). This one bit of luck gave me an undeserved reputation as a chap useful with his fists and I was never bullied from that day forward.
With the Mellors gone I was a bit lost, for I’d almost become part of their family, deepening my knowledge of cookery, house care and sewing, both hand and machine. One thing Mrs. Mellor did, or could, not teach me was knitting for my left handedness made me awkward. My spiritual life was fostered by Fr .Mellor. Their loss meant that I spent more time at the factory to escape the after school games periods. One such evening I was accosted by the games master who told me he expected to see me at the cricket nets in a few minutes. Regretfully I went down to the field and found him padding up. He tossed the ball to me and took his stance, saying to me, “You can leave when you get me out”. Disaster! A wasted night, I thought. By good chance, my first bowl was the occasional one, and hit his middle stump. His reaction was immediate, for he was a gentleman. He turned to me and said, “Goodnight, Neaum”, and off I went, very happily. (to be continued....)
A NOTE FROM DR JOHN PRYOR
Dear People of St Augustine’s,
I am truly grateful to your Rector, Canon Andrew, for inviting me to preach a series of Lenten sermons at the 8.30am service, commencing 21 February. It will be a delight to me to be with you again.
I have decided that we will look at 6 characters who interacted with Jesus during his final days, as recorded in John’s Gospel. They are: (i) Lazarus; (ii) Martha and Mary; (iii) Judas; (iv) Peter; (v) Pontius Pilate; and (vi) Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea.
The relevant passages from John’s Gospel will be printed in the weekly pew sheet, along with the sermon outline. In my usual style, they will be a mixture of teaching and encouragement.
The sermons will be slightly longer than what you are used to, but I hope you will find them stimulating enough not to drop off to sleep! Think of it as a good Lenten discipline.
I do look forward to being with you. John W Pryor
NEXT WEEK: 8.30 EUCHARIST’S SERMON OUTLINE
Week 1 - Lazarus
Reading: John 111-7, 43-48, 54, + 121-2
1. Setting the Scene
(i) Bethany
(ii) Where is Jesus?
2. Lazarus - some questions
(i) 11.1-2 - look at these verses carefully
(ii) 11.3 + 11.35-36 - when did J and Laz become acquainted?
3. Lazarus and the After Effects
4. Lazarus and Me
LENT COURSES
Lent Course (1)
The Revd. Helen Malcolm. Mondays 7.00pm:
Six sessions: February 22nd; March 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.
Lent Course (2)
The Revd Gail Bryce. Wednesdays 1.30pm:
Six sessions: February 24th, March 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st.
Lent Course (3)
The Revd Andrew Neaum. Thursdays 7.00pm:
Six sessions: February 18th, 25th, March 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.
N.B. One course only, Canon Andrew’s, starts THIS WEEK on Thursday in the Library at 7.00pm.
TO PONDER
Ah! if you only knew the peace there is in an accepted sorrow.
Jeanne de la Motte-Guyton
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH ROGER SCRUTON
“I’m a great admirer of the Anglican settlement, at least as it was. It was an attempt to put God at his ease — so that He is no longer a belligerent, rude intruder, but a peaceful presence to whom one can turn.”
That sounds like a God who doesn’t make many demands of you, I suggest.
“All the demands are contained in the Lord’s Prayer, with that wonderful clause forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, which is the only known solution to human conflict. It also distinguishes Christianity from Islam completely.”
CONGRATULATIONS
Birthdays
Liam Bognar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14th Feb
Irene Dyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15th Feb
Margaret Kidman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15th Feb
Joy Campbell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th Feb
Trish Britten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16th Feb
David Bagley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20th Feb
Anniversary
Margaret & Laurie Hoare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14th Feb
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES
Shrove Tuesday
5.30pm Evening Prayer
6.00pm Pancake Party
Ash Wednesday
8.00am Mattins & Eucharist etc - Lady Chapel
10.00am Eucharist with Ashes Imposition
6.30pm Eucharist with Ashes Imposition
7.30pm Annual General Meeting
NOTICE OF A.G.M.
The Parish Annual General Meeting takes place on Ash Wednesday the 17th of February at 7.30pm in the Supper Room. There are nomination forms for Councillors, Wardens and Parochial Nominators on the table in the Narthex.
BE SHRIVEN ON SHROVE TUESDAY
Before the Pancake Party this Tuesday at 6.00pm there will be a Penitential Evening Prayer at 5.30pm to set us right for Ash Wednesday.
HALL COMMITTEE MEETING
There will be a Hall Committee meeting on the Tuesday 23rd February at 5.00pm.
MEN’S BREAKFAST
This Saturday there is a Men’s Breakfast. As usual it begins with the Eucharist at 8.00am and the Breakfast at 8.30. The speaker will be Trevor Bell the young Rector of Mooroopna who’s wife is due to give birth anytime now and if the moment occurs early on Saturday morning he will abandon us, quite properly, for his wife! He is a delightful fellow and well worth coming to hear so bring along a friend as well. For catering purposes please sign up on the list in the narthex.
NOTABLE GUEST PREACHER
Our preacher at 8.30 next week and for the following weeks of Lent, is the Revd. Dr. John Pryor, a noted and published biblical scholar. He will be well worth listening to and a real effort should be made not to miss any of his sermons.
CATECHESIS RECOMMENCES
Catechesis begins again on:
Tuesday 23rd February:
4.00 - 5.00pm for 6 - 9year olds
Thursday 25th February:
4.00 - 5.00pm for 6 - 9 year olds.
Friday 26th February:
9.30 - 10.30pm for 3 - 6 year olds.
CONCERT FROM COLOGNE
At 2.30pm on Sunday the 7th of March the Cologne New Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra is putting on a concert in St Augustine’s: all four of Vivaldi’s concertos for violin and strings, the Four Seasons, J.S.Bach’s Concerto in D Minor for 2 Violins and Orchestra, Tchaikovski’s Nocturne for Violoncello and Strings, Mozart’s Concerto in G Major for Flute and Orchestra and Pachelbel’s Canon for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo. The price of tickets has still to be confirmed but is likely to be: Adults : $ 35
Seniors / Pensioners : $ 30; Students / Children / Disabled / Unemployed : $ 25; Children under the age of 12 : free
EVENING GUILD
The first meeting for 2010 is on Feb 18th with the Eucharist at 1.30pm. We look forward to welcoming you all back, and new members will be made very welcome. Betty 58211558
FRIENDSHIP GROUP
The first meeting of the year of the Friendship Group will be on Tuesday February 16th at 2.00pm in the supper room.
PAT’S PIES
In February Pat Griffin is making and selling pies of various sorts. This is to support the work of David and Ruth Bryce in Cambodia. Orders for fruit pies(apple or apricot) and perhaps things like Neenish tarts and Eccles cakes most welcome! Pat 58001168.
A.G.M. REPORTS AVAILABLE
The reports for the A.G.M. that were submitted have been printed in a booklet which is available in the narthex. Please help yourself to a copy.
MOTHERING SUNDAY
On Mothering Sunday this year, instead of our customary luncheon we propose to join the folk at Katandra for lunch who will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of their church on that day with the bishop. There is a list for those intending to go (for catering purposes) and if numbers warrant it we will hire a bus. Mothering Sunday services at St Augustine’s will not be affected.
LENT COURSES
Three Lent Courses this year, two in the evening, one during the day. Wednesdays at 1.30pm taken by the Revd Gail Bryce. Mondays at 7.00pm taken by the Revd Helen Malcolm. Thursdays at 7.00pm taken by the Revd. Andrew Neaum. There is a list in the narthex for the names of those interested in one, two or all three.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Feb 18th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evening Guild
Feb 20th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s Breakfast
Feb 21st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dookie A.G.M.
Feb 23rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hall Committee Meeting
Feb 26th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arise 255 Youth Group
Feb 27th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Working Bee
Feb 28th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katandra A.G.M.
Mar 5th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Day of Prayer 7th Day Adventist 7pm
Mar 6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding
Mar 7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cologne New Phil.Chamber Orchestra 2.30pm
Mar 14th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mothering Sunday
Mar 14th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75th Anniversary of St Mary’s Katandra
Mar 20th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wedding
Mar 27th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Working Bee
Apr 4th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Easter Day
Apri 17th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Men’s Breakfast
Apr 24th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Working Bee
May 15th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Men’s Breakfast
6th June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patronal Festival
Aug 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meeting Parish Fair 4.00pm Roz’s Room
November 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parish Fair and Garden Party
Duties for 14th February 2010
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Smith, Norm Weaver
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Pearson, Samantha Conway
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle, Beth
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christine, Joan, Dale
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Fitzgerald, Children
Euc. Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Fitzgerald, Bev Condon
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christine Evans, Joe Fernandez
Welcomers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pat Griffin, Judy Lloyd
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gloria Wayman, Lesley Kenna
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Batey, Joy Campbell
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Pleming, Alan Akers
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Val Rose
Mowing 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margaret & Brendan Carroll
Duties for 21st February 2010
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carole Henderson, Heather Pearson
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine Jones, Charlotte Brewer
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth, Michelle
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny, Bethany, Sophie
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bev Condon, Christine Jones
Euc. Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole Henderson, Danita Potter
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Pleming, Greg Pestell
Welcomers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eileen Quaife, Joycde Cavill
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nola Brewer, Jenny Moran
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Pearson, Norm Mitchelmore
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nola Brewer, Lesley Kenna
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bev Reither
Welcoming Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bev Walsh
Mowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . none this week
READINGS 21st February - Lent One
Deuteronomy 261-11, Romans 104-14
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER
At the beginning of each month this list is cleared and ALL names need putting down again on the list in the narthex and signed in. No names should be listed without a person’s permission.
Prayer Requests: Nicole Ackland, Jeffrey Andrewartha, Debbie Bagley, Laura Bates, Liam Bognar, Ian Carman, Diane Feldtman, Frank Harder, John Hobart, Hilder Lidgard, Bronwyn Mitchell, Sophie Mould, Cassidy McDermot and her family, Joan Morris, Maureen Olphert, Albert Oxenbury, Mavis Proctor, Kevin & Isabelle Richards, Kevin Sackley, Peter Swindells, Patricia Sparkes, Barbara Swan, Jennifer Thomas, Heather Vines, David, David & Judith, Coral & David.
Rest in Peace: Isabel Hooper, Jack Shortridge
Year’s Mind:
Angel Taylor 16th, Helen Chalmers, Roland Row, Pamela Reich 17th, Clarence Connor 18th, Peter McNamara, Graham Herberte 19th.
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Monday 15th February Rector’s Day off
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
Tuesday 16th February - Shrove Tuesday
7.45am Mattins - Lady Chapel
10.00am Playgroup - Roz’s Room
2.00pm Friendship Group
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
5.30pm Penitential Evening
6.00pm Pancakes in the hall
Ash Wednesday 17th February
7 .45am Mattins Eucharist & Ashes - Lady Chapel
10.00am Eucharist & Ashes - St Augustine’s
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
4.00pm Eucharist - Banksia
6.30pm Eucharist and Ashes - St Augustine’s
7.30pm St. Augustine’s AGM/Supper Room
Thursday 18th February
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
9.30am Eucharist Arcacia & Hakea
11.00am Eucharist - Harmony
1.30pm Guild Eucharist - St. Martin’s Chapel
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
5.30pm Choir Practice - St Martin’s Chapel
7.00pm Lent Course Fr Andrew - Library
Friday 19th February
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
Saturday 20th February Associate Priest’s day off
7.45am Mattins - Lady Chapel
8.00am Eucharist - Lady Chapel
8.30am Men’s Breakfast - Supper Room
10.30am Grave Blessing - Shepparton Cemetery
6.00pm Vigil Eucharist - Lady Chapel
Sunday 21st February 1st Sunday in Lent
8.30am Sung Eucharist - St Augustine’s
10.30am Family Eucharist - St Augustine’s
8.45am Eucharist - St Luke’s Dookie
10.45am Eucharist - St Mary’s Katandra