FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT
19th December 2010
Graphics and cartoons & liturgical material appear only in the printed version
INTEGRITY
A woman who had been working at an investment bank decided that it was time to go out on her own. Being shrewd and diligent, she did very well and so decided that it was time to hire an in-house lawyer. She began interviewing candidates. “As you will understand,” she said to one of the first applicants, “in a business like this, our personal integrity has to be beyond question. Let me ask you then, are you an honest lawyer?” “Honest?” replied the candidate. “Let me tell you something about honesty. There could be no better example than this: My father lent me $30,000 for my education. I paid back every penny as soon as I had tried my first case.” “And what sort of case was that?” Squirming a little in his seat he replied, “Well, Dad sued me for the money.”
GRATEFUL
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? G.K. Chesterton
RETURNING TO ZIMBABWE (4)
(Andrew Neaum)
We left Harare Cathedral and walked back to the car along the city’s dangerously ill-tended pavements, happy that in spite of the sorry state of the Diocese of Mashonaland its Cathedral at least was still in good condition and open. We were relieved to find the car still where we had left it, and so drove along what used to be unimaginatively called Second Street Extension to Mount Pleasant. There the authentic Bishop of Mashonaland, Chad Gandiya, has his Office. The Diocesan Office proper is in Pax House, next door to the Cathedral, but is occupied by the pretender bishop and his minions.
Mount Pleasant is another well wooded suburb of Harare, dry and longing for the onset of the rains, but brightened, as most of Harare is at this time of the year, by great splashes and dashes of bouganvillea and jacaranda. We parked in the driveway of what used to be a residence, having been admitted by a gatekeeper who accepted our bona fides with little hesitation.
Fr Boyman
Before entering the house we encountered a delightful, friendly man coming out whom we discovered to be a priest and friend of Fr Joe Chipudhla with whom we were soon to stay in Sakubva. He introduced himself as Fr Boyman someone or other (unfortunately we left Diana’s vital diary containing all our carefully recorded full names and addresses on the aeroplane between Cape Town and Johannesburg on our way home and have been unable to recover it). Fr Boyman is the genuine as opposed to pretender Rector of Borrowdale and so at present is unable to use his own church. He told us that he had been expecting us to come and stay with him, as Fr Joe had informed him that we could well be in need of accommodation. We were able to assure him that we were exceedingly well housed and thank him for his preparedness to put us up. Later on, shortly before we left, we attended one of his services held in a school chapel, but more of that later.
Bishop Chad
We were ushered in to the Bishop’ office to be most affectionately greeted by a genial and welcoming Chad Gandiya. He remembered me as the young priest I was nearly thirty years ago, with a great big and shaggy red beard, but as so often proved to be the case in my encounters with Anglicans in Zimbabwe on this visit, it was my father’s memory that raised the most positive response. For he had served the diocese for pretty well a quarter of a century as a mission priest, then parish priest and for many years as a widely respected Archdeacon. However, Bishop Chad’s warm response was not limited to me, he was also familiar with Diana, giving her a big hug. She, on her return to England from St Helena, had been a member of the Archbishop’s Board of Examiners, which vetted folk selected for work overseas through the missionary society USPG. Chad, at the time a lecturer at the College of the Ascension, Selly Oak, often attended Board meetings as an adviser, and what is more, for a time Diana had tended the gardens at the College, so they were well acquainted.
We had a long talk about what was happening to the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe. The most heartening aspect of this being how far from despondent Bishop Chad appeared. A persecuted church is often a healthy one, not least because persecution challenges the faithful for something more than mere nominal support and often gets it. It appears that many congregations, denied access to their beloved church buildings and facilities, and so meeting in stadiums, halls or the churches of other denominations, are lively and growing. However the unpleasantness of the pretender bishop, Norbert Kunonga cannot be overstated. If only half of the accusations against him in a case presented before an ecclesiastical court are true (they include incitement to murder) he is a very dangerous and unpleasant man. Unfortunately the case against him collapsed for reasons other than lack of evidence. Bishop Chad, who has himself received death threats, refused to vilify him though, his emphasis was on the positive not the negative and he is convinced that cases before the courts will eventually vindicate the right side in the dispute.
We left after a good hour of conversation and a little prayer together and before leaving went next door to meet the Bishop’s wife who heads the Mothers’ Union in the Diocese, an organisation that for generations has provided real backbone to the Church. Members wear a distinctive blue and white uniform with great pride, membership being considered a real honour. Programs and activities are imaginative and singing and worship heartfelt and a valued part of the organisations life.
The University of Zimbabwe
After our visit to the Bishop we moved on to the University of Zimbabwe,. In my day this was a young university, a College of the University of London and so its degrees were London degrees, I am pleased to say. It was called then the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and I spent four good years there from 1965 to 1968. The first three involved studying for a dream degree that allowed me to study solely English literature (English Honours), and then a year’s teaching diploma which was a requirement of the government grant I took to enable me to pay my way. I cannot say that I worked assiduously or passed with distinction, but I did have a great time and pass I did. I remember the place fondly.
We found the University easily enough, and although there are now many more buildings and the young trees of thirty years ago have matured into fine and shady splendour there was a happy frisson of recognition. The focal point of my social life there, as a non-resident student, was the Student’s Union building, the centre of the campus, a substantial building with all sorts of facilities and a distinctive roof. To my surprise and disappointment this was closed and almost derelict. We were later told that this was a governmental response to student political opposition. The closure of the facility for such a reason, although totally in character for a government such as Robert Mugabe’s, I have no way of corroborating. Thwarted in my desire to have a drink in an old drinking haunt where so many hours had been spent in laughter and debate, we were directed by two delightful girl students to the Senior Common Room. At the well patronised bar of this far more modest establishment we had a welcome Fanta on a hot day, although by rights we should have been denied service for not being official members. We also eyed with wary fascination an insouciant cockroach ambling across the bar’s top.
Predestined to hell
We then made our way to another well remembered building, the Chapel. This building, in my student days, was out on its own and away from other buildings, it was now far more crowded in. As we approached we could hear what appeared to be an impassioned harangue, and it turned out that there was a lunchtime meeting of Anglican students in progress. So we entered the chapel where, many years before, after I had been ordained though, I can remember preaching to a small congregation, one of whom was the Professor of Theology, a certain Dr Craig. He sticks in my memory for two reasons. In his strong Scottish accentl he most decisively, if half jocularly, once ended a friendly argument with a Jesuit at a party I attended thus: “....lets face it Father Grummit, you are predestined to hell and I am predestined to heaven, and that’s the end of it.....”. And then, much later, and to my great surprise, I recognised him as a participant in the wedding of Charles and Diana in Westminster Abbey. It was that strong Scottish accent, delivered with a bit of a spitting sound, that gave him away. He gave some sort of Church of Scotland benediction upon the unfortunate couple which obviously didn’t take. It seems that he had ended up as Moderator of the Church of Scotland.
On this occasion we participated for about twenty minutes or more in a very un-Anglican, less than theologically rigorous session of lunchtime worship. Everyone was very friendly, smiling and welcoming though and a young man was sent to sit with and look after us. As we entered a young male student was passionately exhorting his twenty or thirty fellow students with evangelical fervour and gusto to worship the Lord from the heart. He then introduced a guest preacher, who interspersed his more measured evangelical and not at all to be despised talk, with odd wake-up interjections. There were the usual ones: “Alleluia” and “Amen”, but also an effective if slightly comical interrogatory “hullo?” with a rising, quizzical inflection. We left eventually, before he finished, and were thanked profusely for our attendance by a member of the congregation who followed us out. Such gratitude and appreciation were a feature of almost every encounter we had with Zimbabweans on this visit.
THIS AND THAT
Life is full of great little delights, or little great delights. One of them is the early morning shower, after which, no matter how short or troubled the night has been, as crisp as a lettuce leaf, I feel I can tackle the world. Another is a stroll round the vegie beds before breakfast to chuck my favourites under the chin. They are now almost full of perky little lettuce plants, already flowering zucchini, upright spring onions, promising coriander, spinach, tomatoes, chillis, chard, aubergine and leeks. Soul satisfying. Then there is that first cup of coffee, the real stuff of course, not horrible “instant”!
Belatedly, many thanks for the sausage sizzling return party you put on for Diana and myself, with its gifts and kind words. We greatly appreciated it and it is in so many ways good to be back. Thanks too to the Dookie congregation for their kind presentation and words. Lovely.
As I forecast the Carol Service was indeed the best in Shepparton (mind you, I’ve not been to any others). Much of the musical work was done before I returned, by the choir itself, many thanks to them all indeed. Unlike with some choirs we are very much aware that what we are about is worship, as well as art and artistry. Thus we attempt to choose music that will aid worship and which, although sometimes stretching us, we can manage. The weekly commitment and loyalty of our choir members and organists is impressive and mightily appreciated. Thank you indeed. We need more members. The texts that were so well read at the Carol Service were written by a talented Methodist Minister called Bob Forrest from the Rhodesia of my youth. He presided learnedly and with perzazz over a combined Anglican and Methodist church in Mount Pleasant all those years ago. The Ballad I read is by a remarkable Cornish poet, not long deceased, called Charles Causely. I have loved his work for ages and the year before last read his complete works day by day, devotionally in the Chapel to my inestimable delight and benefit.
Christmas
The bells of waiting Advent ring,
The Tortoise stove is lit again
And lamp-oil light across the night
Has caught the streaks of winter rain.
In many a stained-glass window sheen
From Crimson Lake to Hooker's Green.
The holly in the windy hedge
And round the Manor House the yew
Will soon be stripped to deck the ledge,
The altar, font and arch and pew,
So that villagers can say
‘The Church looks nice' on Christmas Day.
Provincial public houses blaze
And Corporation tramcars clang,
On lighted tenements I gaze
Where paper decorations hang,
And bunting in the red Town Hall
Says ‘Merry Christmas to you all'
And London shops on Christmas Eve
Are strung with silver bells and flowers
As hurrying clerks the City leave
To pigeon-haunted classic towers,
And marbled clouds go scudding by
The many-steepled London sky.
And girls in slacks remember Dad,
And oafish louts remember Mum,
And sleepless children's hearts are glad,
And Christmas morning bells say ‘Come!'
Even to shining ones who dwell
Safe in the Dorchester Hotel.
And is it true? and is it true?
The most tremendous tale of all,
Seen in a stained-glass window's hue,
A Baby in an ox's stall?
The Maker of the stars and sea
Become a Child on earth for me?
And is it true? For if it is,
No loving fingers tying strings
Around those tissued fripperies,
The sweet and silly Christmas things,
Bath salts and inexpensive scent
And hideous tie so kindly meant.
No love that in a family dwells,
No carolling in frosty air,
Nor all the steeple-shaking bells
Can with this single Truth compare -
That God was Man in Palestine
And lives to-day in Bread and Wine. John Betjeman
CONGRATULATIONS
Birthdays
Barbara Philp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20th Dec
Erin Dunlop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20th Dec
Christine Furze. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20th Dec
Ella Egan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22nd Dec
Joe Pearson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23rd Dec
Hilder Lidgard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25th Dec
GREETINGS FROM THE SOUTHERDENS
Robyn & Father John Southerden wish everyone a very holy & peaceful Christmass. We enjoyed our time with you so much, and are very glad to hear of all the encouraging things happening in your parish. We have been very busy since leaving you. The final Sunday in Shepparton was the 1st of August & Fr John commenced 6 months in Terrigal on the 8th. We had planned a holiday, but after the "defrocking" of Terrigal's then Rector, we agreed that John would go there for 6 months with the hope of helping in the healing process. Please pray for the parish, for the previous Rector, and for us. May God's loving guidance & strength surround you
BLESSED CANDLESTICKS
The Candlesticks we bless today are donated by Peter Swindells, and old friend of St Augustine’s and familiar to us all from being prayed for for so long. He gives them in memory of his brother Geoffrey Donald Swindells, who in his teens pumped the organ for morning and evening services and for choir practice on a Thursday. Many thanks to Peter for this fine gift
ROSTERS
Hopefully we will have the rosters compiled this week. If you have not indicated whether or not you wish to stay on a roster we will assume you wish to remain and roster you!
CHARITY CARD SHOP
Please note that the card shop is open, please give this your support: Scots Church Hall, Fryers Street. Mon-Thurs from 9.30-4.30; Fri 9.30-6.00; Sat 9.30- noon.
ADVENT STUDY
The final Advent Study group with the Rector is on Tuesday from 7.30pm in the Library. We are considering poems appropriate to Advent.
BOWLING FOR CHRISTMAS
The Christmas Bowl is a program of “Act for Peace”, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia. Christmas Bowl envelopes are on the Narthex table, please take one, put your donation in it and place in the collection plate.
DAY OF OBLIGATION
Every Christmas I am horrified by folk who inform me that they will be too busy looking after their guests to be at Church on either the Eve or the Day. Rarely do words fail me, but in the face of that comment they usually do.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Mar 4th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .World Day of Prayer at St Augustine’s
May 22nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patronal Festival/Bp Barbara Darling
May 26th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raffle Sub-Committee meeting 4pm
June 16th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parish Fair & Garden Party PlanningMtg
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.
For prayer: Nicole Ackland, Norma Anderson, Jeffrey Andrewartha, Deb Bagley, Jan & Neville Black, Ian Carmen, John Green, Kath Grills, Frank Harder, Margaret Kidman, Hilder Lidgard, Albert Oxenbury, Isabelle Richards, , Suzanne Singh, Peter Swindells, Patricia Sparkes, Xavier Vale, David, Dawn, Robbie, James, Lynn, David & Judith, Stewart,Charles.
Rest in Peace: Elma May Smith, Neville William Batey, Jack Rankin.
Anniversary of death:
Michael Houghton, Esme Houghton 18th, Bub Fennell Victor Reither 19th, Bertha Northey 20th, Frederick Nowell, Maxwell Allen, Ethol Miles, Mavis Trevaskis, Mary Clark, Margaret Maynard, Vera Tattersall, Kim Chapman, Gwendoline Hounslow 22nd, Garnet Wall, Chloe Schaper 23rd, Christine Swainsbury, Bruce Schier, Betty Eggins 25th,
Duties for Sunday 19th December
Readers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Norm Mitchelmore, Victoria Heenan
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan McCann, Verna Pestell
Servers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth, Michelle
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny, Bethany, Sophie
Intercessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Victoria Heenan, Andrea Fisher
Euc.Assts 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole Henderson, John Horder
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Pleming, Greg Pestell
Welcomers 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heather Nichols, Anita Saville
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nola Brewer, Gloria Wayman
Sidespeople 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bev & Max Ralph
Sidespeople 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nola Brewer, Lesley Kenna
Tea 8.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Val Rose
Welcoming Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judy
Lawn Mowing 18thNov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Pleming, John Wellman
Duties for Sun. 26th December - Boxing Day
Readers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Pleming, Greg Pestell
Servers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joan, Vanita, Valerie
Intercessors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clergy
Euc. Assts 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greg Pestell, Christine Evans
Welcomers 10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Brewer, Frank Steen
Sidespeople10.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Pleming, Alan Akers
Welcoming Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy
Lawn Mowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .none this week
DUTIES FOR CHRISTMAS SERVICES
You will notice that the word, “Volunteer” occurs disturbinly frequently in the following list od duties. This is because lots of people are away or unavailable. Please let us know if you are available to stand in for any duty.
5.30pm Christmas Eve Children’s Eucharist
Eucharist Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kasey Holyman
Crucifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Pleming
Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tessa Cummins, Olivia Lear
Welcomer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Pleming
Welcomer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Pearson
Sidesperson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Pleming
Sidesperson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Pearson
11.30 Christmas Eve Midnight
Crucifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole
Acolyte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth
Acolyte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle
Thurifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Pestell
Eucharist Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clergy
Reader 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeanette Smith
Reader 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kasey Holyman
Intercessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clergy
Welcomer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anita Saville
Welcomer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer
Sidesperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer
Sidesperson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Volunteer
8.30 Christmas Day
Crucifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Horder
Acolyte 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle
Acolyte2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer
Eucharist Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer
Eucharist Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer
Reader 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Horder
Reader 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gwyn Cowland
Intercessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celebrant
Welcomer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Nichols
Welcomer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer
Sidesperson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norm Mitchelmore
Sidesperson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Merv Cowland
10.30 Christmas Day
Eucharist Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volunteer
Servers (not essential). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Volunteer
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Monday 20th December
Rector’s Day off
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
Tuesday 21st December
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
11.30am Funeral - Jack Rankin
7.30pm Advent Study - Library
Wednesday 22nd December
7.45am Mattins only- Lady Chapel
10.00am Eucharist - St Augustine’s
3.30pm Evening Prayer - LadyChapel
Thursday 23rd December
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
11.00am Eucharist- Harmony Village
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
5.30pm Choir Practice
Friday 24th December
7.45am Mattins & Eucharist - Lady Chapel
11.00am Eucharist - Ave Maria
3.30pm Evening Prayer - Lady Chapel
5.30pm Children’s Crib Eucharist St. Augustine’s
8.00pm Eucharist - St. Mary’s Katandra
11.00pm Carols, St. Augustine’s
11.30pm Midnight Mass St. Augustine’s
Saturday 25th December
8.30am Sung Eucharist & Carols, St. Augustine’s
8.45am Eucharist - St. Luke’s Dookie
10.30am Eucharist - St. Augustine’s
Sunday 26th December
No service at 8.30am
10.30am Eucharist - St Augustine’s