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August 20 2017 Welcome to St John s Welcome to St John s today. If you are visiting with us, we hope you enjoy your time here.

1 August Welcome to St John s Welcome to St John s today. If you are visiting with us, we hope you enjoy your time here. If you fill in the Communication Card with your details, we would love to keep in touch with you. Site Work Began This Week HammondCare have begun the construction of the aged care for the homeless facility. The preliminary site work began this week. Utilities and services were disconnected or redirected, in preparation for the demolition of the existing structure. Demolition is scheduled to commence this coming Wednesday, pending the City of Sydney issuing a Traffic Management Plan certificate. Also a new fence will be constructed on the northern side of the church, which will provide safety for those using that area, and increase security on the site. This fence will remain for the duration of the construction period. As the work continues, there will undoubtedly be ways in which it will impact upon our operation and activities as a church. Probably no one knows exactly what all these will be, so be prepared to be surprised and to exercise grace and patience in the coming months. HammondCare have developed a dedicated website with information about this project which will be constantly updated. Go to

Community Groups Changing As we have previously mentioned, we have quite a number of new people wanting to join Community Groups, which is leading to a reorganisation of the groups.

If you are not in a Community Group, and would like to join one (or are thinking about it) could you let Ed know, via the Communication Card? Thanks, that would be really helpful.

the results in detail and be part of the process of planning how we respond and take action. Community groups won t meet that week, to enable us to meet in this way.

2 Community Groups Changing As we have previously mentioned, we have quite a number of new people wanting to join Community Groups, which is leading to a reorganisation of the groups. We are now in a position to make those changes, and the Community Group leaders will be meeting this week to discuss this. It s not too late to indicate you want to be in a group. If you are not in a Community Group, and would like to join one (or are thinking about it) could you let Ed know, via the Communication Card? Thanks, that would be really helpful. NCLS Consultation This Tuesday This Tuesday August 22 at 7pm we will be holding a consultation night to look at the National Church Life Survey results, where you will have the opportunity to hear the results in detail and be part of the process of planning how we respond and take action. Community groups won t meet that week, to enable us to meet in this way. The graphic below is about involvement in church life. 63% of the congregation feel their gifts are being well used, but almost 20% of people would like to be more involved. So the question for this week is; Would you like to be more involved in church life at St John s? And how would you like to be involved? Use the Communication Card to answer.

Sleep Rough, Help the Homeless The Roughtober Sleepout is not far away! The date is Friday October 20.

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This is separate from the church database.

3 Sleep Rough, Help the Homeless The Roughtober Sleepout is not far away! The date is Friday October 20. Pray for Roughtober 5:30pm Sunday August 20 The GoFundraise page is up and running so you can now start getting people to sponsor you! Like Rough Edges Facebook, share and invite friends to our page. Keeping In Touch We are developing a new database of contacts who support our community services work. This is separate from the church database. We think it s really important that we only communicate with people who want to hear from us, so we are being careful to get people s permission before we add them to the database. So if you want to get updates on Rough Edges, the Legal Centre, CAPP and Urban Exposure (and Roughtober), you can just let us know via the Communication Card and we ll add you to the list.

4 Prayer for Rough Edges We have much to be grateful for at Rough Edges. We had a romping good party to celebrate our 21st Birthday. The thanksgiving service was well attended and morning tea in Roughies was so popular it was difficult to move. At the door watching people come into the hall for lunch I was delighted by the mix of guests - long term patrons and some creatively dressed street people I had never seen before, staff from across the years and people from congregations both at St John's and further afield - and some well advanced in years. Despite the odd mingling of people - imagine elderly and quite fragile men and women alongside leather jacket wearing streeties - it was a warm and fun event. We have just started a new volunteer training course - sixteen people will be meeting over the next couple of months before joining our rosters. Please pray for their learning and that they will be able to follow through on their commitment to volunteering. Penny Barletta, Team Leader St John's Community Services Rough Edges Sidewalk Sale Saturday August 26 from 10am to 2pm Art, plants and baked goodies If you are a keen baker and would like to make a contribution to what is being sold, let Penny know roughedges@stjohns.org.au Help With a Survey? Bronwen Cowell is an honours student at the University of Sydney, writing a thesis about how differing political structures shape how policy issues are dealt with. She is comparing opinion in evangelical communities in the US and Australia on the topic of abortion. As part of her research, she is surveying several church congregations around NSW. Bronwen is attending the 6pm service on Sunday August 27, and asking if people would complete a short, anonymous questionnaire after the service. It is, of course, entirely voluntary, and there is no pressure whatsoever to be involved if you don t want to.

5 Bible Reading: 2 Kings 22:1-20 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for thirtyone years. His mother s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left. 3 In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the LORD. He said: 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and make him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. 5 Make them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And make these men pay the workers who repair the temple of the LORD 6 the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also make them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. 7 But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings. 8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the LORD. He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. 9 Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the LORD and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple. 10 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. 11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king s attendant: 13 Go and enquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us. 14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter. 15 She said to them, This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: tell the man who sent you to me, 16 This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands have made, my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched. 18 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: 19 because your

6 heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people that they would become a curse and be laid waste and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the LORD. 20 Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place. So they took her answer back to the king. World News If one part of the body suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it. 1 Corinthians 12:26 NORTH KOREA: Hyeun-soo Lim released on sick bail Canadian pastor Hyeun-soo Lim (62) was released on sick bail on Wednesday 9 August, after two and a half years in prison in North Korea. On Thursday, a Canadian delegation flew him from Pyongyang to a US military air base in Japan, whence he will fly home this weekend. Pastor Lim was arrested in North Korea in February 2015 while on a humanitarian mission, and was sentenced to life in prison with hard labour. He has been suffering from high blood pressure and stomach pains. Canadian rescue mission Last week, North Korea suddenly decided to allow a visit from a Canadian special envoy. This came as a surprise, as talks between Canadian and North Korean diplomats at the United Nations headquarters in New York had stalled when the North Koreans asked Canada to name an ambassador or full-time envoy to North Korea in return for releasing Pastor Lim. The Canadian government preferred a special envoy to conduct diplomacy with a limited purpose and time. Also, it was reported that the North Koreans had raised the issue of Pastor Lim s medical bills, which they said ran into tens of thousands of dollars; it is not known whether they were paid before his release. The Canadian government formed a six-member delegation, headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau s national security and intelligence adviser Daniel Jean and including two directors from Global Affairs Canada, two medical doctors and a member of the Canadian Forces. Two Canadian Forces aircraft set off on Monday for the Yokota Airbase in Japan, a US military air force base in Fussa, near Tokyo, arriving on Tuesday. One plane continued on a two-hour flight to Pyongyang to deliver the delegation before flying back to Japan to wait Canadian officials did not want the plane to remain in Pyongyang because of security concerns.

7 The delegation stayed in Pyongyang from Tuesday evening until Thursday morning and secured Pastor Lim s release. On Wednesday, The Korean Central News Agency reported, Rim Hyon Su, a Canadian civilian, was released on sick bail according to the decision of the Central Court of the DPRK [Democratic People s Republic of Korea] on Aug. 9, 2017 from the humanitarian viewpoint. He had been under the penalty of indefinite hard labour as he conducted hostile deeds against the DPRK. About 15 hours after Pastor Lim was freed, one of the planes returned to Pyongyang to collect him and the delegation and take them to the Yokota Airbase in Japan. Once the pastor had landed in Japan, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed he was free in a statement in which he said, The government of Canada was actively engaged on Mr Lim s case at all levels. Pastor Lim s health and well-being remain of utmost importance to the government of Canada, and we are working to ensure that he receives any required medical attention. Family reaction Pastor Lim has not seen his family since 2015 and has never met his granddaughter, but family members have been able to send him letters and blood pressure medication via the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang. The pastor s son James Lim received word last weekend that a plane carrying senior Canadian officials, a medical doctor, and a letter to North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un had been dispatched to Pyongyang at the last minute, according to family spokesperson Lisa Pak. She said that the pastor s health has deteriorated while in North Korean custody and that he has experienced dramatic weight loss. In its statement, the family expressed gratitude to the Canadian, North Korean and Swedish governments, and added, We want to thank the global community for the continued prayers and support and we also ask that the world does not forget the people of North Korea. Background Pastor Hyeun-soo Lim is a Canadian citizen who emigrated from South Korea in 1986 and was arrested in North Korea in February 2015, while on a humanitarian mission. At his trial in December 2015, Pastor Lim was convicted of numerous charges including attempting to overthrow the government to establish a religious state. In December 2015, the Supreme Court sentenced him to life in prison with hard labour. Hyeun-soo Lim is a pastor at the 3,000-member Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto. He stepped down from his role as head minister to devote himself to humanitarian work in North Korea, which involved distributing aid to nursing homes, day-care centres and orphanages, and running businesses to raise profits for aid projects. Since 1997 he has made more than one hundred visits to North Korea.

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00 Service 20th August 27th August Celebrant Martin Robinson Martin Robinson Deacon Martin Robinson Martin Robinson Communion Assistant Ed Vaughan Jenny Coleby Ed Vaughan Jenny Coleby Speaker Martin

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8 Supporting St John s Support the ministry here by setting up a Direct Deposit with your bank to: St John s Anglican Church BSB Account Number Weekly Offertories Budget 2017 Actual Surplus (Deficit) 13th Aug 17 $1,680 $2,153 $473 13th Aug 17 YTD $55,440 $63,965 $8,525 Rosters Service 20th August 27th August Celebrant Martin Robinson Martin Robinson Deacon Martin Robinson Martin Robinson Communion Assistant Ed Vaughan Jenny Coleby Ed Vaughan Jenny Coleby Speaker Martin Robinson Martin Robinson Reader One Liz Illingworth Jenny Coleby Prayers Martin Robinson Martin Robinson Welcomers Jenny Coleby Ian Coleby Liz Illingworth Alexandre Vianna Morning Tea Elizabeth Warren Brough Warren Our Sunday services 9.30am - Our Family friendly service 11am Communion - A classic Anglican service 6pm - Contemporary Worship Getting in touch St John s Darlinghurst 120 Darlinghurst Rd., Darlinghurst NSW 2010 PO Box 465 Kings Cross 1340 Parish Office Tel: admin@stjohnsanglican.org.au We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Katharine Parsons Renie Roberts To use the Hearing Loop, sit in the pews on the right hand side of the aisle (as you face towards the front) in the area in front of the sound desk.

October Welcome to St John s. Roughtober is Here! Bring, Share, Donate, Celebrate!

October Welcome to St John s. Roughtober is Here! Bring, Share, Donate, Celebrate! October 08 2017 Welcome to St John s Welcome to St John s today. If you are visiting with us, we hope you enjoy your time here. If you fill in the Communication Card with your details, we would love to