St John s Anglican Church Toorak with All Saints Kooyong

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1 St John s Anglican Church Toorak with All Saints Kooyong Welcome to The Anglican parish of St John the Evangelist 86 Clendon Rd Toorak VIC 3142 PH Locum Vicar Reverend Roger Williams our mission statement What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his son Jesus Christ. 1 John th July 2015 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost 8am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist St John s Toorak 9.00am Holy Communion All Saints Kooyong

2 NOTICES Kirsty Ross - departure Kirsty s last service with us will be on 23rd August, after which she will be heading to the UK to begin her new appointment as Chaplain of Trinity College Cambridge. On the 23rd after the 10.00am service, there will be a farewell morning tea for Kirsty of which all parishioners are invited. Donation envelopes toward a gift for Kirsty are available with the pewsheet. Roster availability Forms are with this pewsheet/ newsletter. If you are able to assist, please complete and forward to the parish office or hand to the clergy this Sunday (19 July). Thanks. Upcoming event On Saturday 8 August viewing of original Japanese woodcuts and viewing of the vicarage! See flyer at the back of this pewsheet. Prayers for Christian Unity Thursday 30 July at Toorak Uniting Church. The Reverend Dr Norman Curry The Reverend Dr Norman Curry, a locum vicar here, died peacefully on Saturday 11 July 2015 after a long illness. His funeral service will be held on Tuesday 21 July 2015 at Holy Trinity Church Kew at 11.00am. Breakfast & Morning tea All parishioners are welcome to attend breakfast, straight after the 8.00am service in the Guild Room. Morning tea is served also in the Guild Room, after the 10.00am service. If you are new to St John s, please ask a parishioner for directions. All Saints Kooyong Also provides morning tea to parishioners attending the 9.00am service, in the Kennon Hall. Evening Service The Evening Service will take place first Sunday of the month (only) at 5pm in the Angel Chapel, and will include Holy Communion. Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble, St John s East Malvern This Sunday - today - at 2.30pm at Saint John s East Malvern, for a spectacular concert of Lassus, Palestrina, Howard Blake and Michael Leighton-Jones, with Michael Leighton-Jones conducting. Tickets at the door $50, $30 concession, or $25 student. Bookings on line at Trybooking

3 WORSHIP at St John s This Sunday: 19 July Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (green) 8.00am - Holy Communion Hymns: 349; 146; Samuel a (V Randall) Ps Ephesians (volunteer required) Mark , Celebrant: Revd Kirsty Ross Preacher: Revd Roger Williams Intercessor: volunteer required 10.00am - Sung Eucharist Hymns: 349; 429; 146; Samuel a (S Maclarn) Ps Ephesians (J Griffith) Mark , Prelude: from Concerto in d (S Bach) Anthem: Gott ist mein Hirt (Ps 23) (Franz Schubert) Communion: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Elizabeth Poston) Postlude: Prelude on Cwm Rhondda (Paul Manz) Celebrant: Revd Kirsty Ross Preacher: Revd Roger Williams Intercessor: John Horan Next Sunday: 26 July Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (green) 8.00am - Holy Communion Hymns: 578 (t143), 604, Samuel (volunteer required) Ps 14 Ephesians (C Papageorge) John Celebrant: Revd Hilary Roath Preacher: Revd Kirsty Ross Intercessor: Carmen Papageorge 10.00am - Sung Eucharist Hymns: 578 (t143), 239, 604, Samuel (H Nye) Ps 14 Ephesians (J Griffith) John Prelude: Communion (Louis Vierne) Anthem: My eyes for beauty pine (Herbert Howells) My eyes for beauty pine, My soul for Goddes grace : No other care nor hope is mine, To heaven I turn my face. One splendour thence is shed From all the stars above : 'Tis named when God's name is said, 'Tis Love, 'tis heavenly Love. And every gentle heart, That burns with true desire, Is lit from eyes that mirror part Of that celestial fire. By Robert Seymour Bridges ( ) Communion: Jesu,joy of man s desiring (Sebastian Bach) Postlude: Acclamations Carolingiennes (Jean Langlais ) [Suite Médiévale] Celebrant: Revd Hilary Roath Preacher: Revd Kirsty Ross Intercessor: Claire Beecher Director of Music Mr Christopher Cook

4 WORSHIP at All Saints Kooyong Organist Margaret Orr This Sunday: 19 July Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (green) 9.00am - Holy Communion 2 Samuel a (A Prentice) Ps Ephesians (M Richardson) Mark , Celebrant: Revd Hilary Roath Preacher: Revd Hilary Roath Intercessor: M Richardson Please join us for morning tea in the hall after the service Next Sunday: 26 July Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (green) 9.00am - Holy Communion 2 Samuel (S Khan) Ps 14 Ephesians (L Allen) John Celebrant: Revd Roger Williams Preacher: Revd Roger Williams Intercessor: M Orr Please join us for morning tea in the hall after the service Prayer At the time of choosing an incumbent From A Prayer Book for Australia Bountiful God, give to this parish a faithful pastor who will faithfully speak your word and minister your sacraments; an encourager who will equip your people for ministry and enable us to fulfil our calling. Give to those who will choose, wisdom, discernment and patience, and to us give warm and generous hearts, For Jesus Christ s sake. Amen.

5 PRAYER NOTES World & Nation: We pray for Anglican Christians working for peace in so many troubled parts of the world. Diocese of Port Elizabeth (Bp Nceba Nopece); Diocese of Pretoria (Bp Johannes Seoka); Diocese of Bathurst (Bp Ian Palmer Clergy & People); Hospital Chaplaincy (Stephen Delbridge, Co-ordinator) & Chaplains; St James Old Cath ed ral M elb ou rn e West (Matthew Williams, Jeffrey Hanson); St Peter s Eastern Hill - Parish Mission Sunday (Abp Philip Freier). Those who mourn: The family of: Carolyn Vann. For schools in the community: Geelong Grammar School Toorak Campus (Glamorgan), Head of Campus Garry Pierson; St Catherine's School, Principal Michelle Carroll; Teachers at Toorak Primary School. For those who lead us in the Anglican Church: The Most Revd Philip Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne. The Right Revd Paul White, Bishop of the Southern Region. The Toorak Ecumenical Movement: Pray for our partner churches: St Peter s Roman Catholic Church, Toorak Uniting Church, The Swedish Church. For Those In Mission Work: CMS Link Missionaries; Andrew, Helen, Jacqueline and Alyssa. Liz Hawthorne. For the sick and all in need: Matthew; John Saunders; Susan; Alan; Paul Dalton; Samuel; Kim Charge; Robert John; Peter Leeton; Julia Hyde; Mark Lincoln; Kate; Michael Collins Persse; Geoffrey Clinton; Philip Trealor. For those in nursing homes and those who are house bound: Nan Milner; Randall Watt; Lorna Mirfield; Dorothy Hughes; Michael Moore; Don Sawers; Thelma Freeman. Give thanks for those whose Anniversary of death is this week: Tony Hooper; Thomas Webb; Donald Murchie; Betty Tartakover; Philip Morris; Jeff Patterson.

6 An invitation to the first public viewing of original Japanese woodblock prints (Ukiyo-e) From the private collection of Mrs Tsuneko Lawrence At The Vicarage St John s Church Toorak On Saturday 8th August 2015 Drinks from 5pm till 7pm This is also an opportunity to view the recently renovated Vicarage Cost: $20.00 per person RSVP: by 3rd August with payment to: Parish Office 86 Clendon Road Toorak 3142 ph: enquiries@saintjohnstoorak.org Prints of the original will be available for sale on the night with all proceeds being directed to St John s courtesy Mrs Tsuneko ( Terry) Lawrence

7 LETTER FROM KATETE, JULY, 2015 Dear friends, Firstly, thanks so much to those who gave a donation to assist with my unexpected increased accommodation expenses here. It eased my stress levels enormously, and I am grateful to the Lord for inspiring you to help. My first safari to villages lasted 8 days, and the first village we stayed in was the one where I was sick with malaria last year. It is on the border of the South Luangwa National Park, and literally at the end of the track. My tent was erected in the same place as last year, and again, because there is little shade and it is always hot in the Luangwa Valley, the villagers put up some bamboo and grass shelters on either side of the tent for protection from the sun. While we were there, ten people were baptised in the local river, a tributary of the Luangwa River, which in turn empties into the Zambezi River. Pastor Billy Tembo, who I admire greatly, and a Spirit -led man, baptised them. Earlier, I had noticed a man walking on one leg with the aid of crude wooden crutches, and I enquired as to what had happened to his leg. He was also a spectator at the baptisms, and I learned his story. Some years ago, he had obtained a fishing licence to fish in the Luangwa River, and was with another man standing on the bank, ready to begin fishing from a wooden canoe. A crocodile grabbed his leg, but he held on tightly to the little boat, and somehow the boat turned over and hit the crocodile, causing it to release his leg. Eventually he got to Petauke hospital and his whole leg was amputated. He is a very fortunate young man. Crocodiles usually grab part of an animal (or human) and then, holding tightly to that part, twist and roll, going into deeper water and drowning the victim, before eating it. I told him that I thought God had saved him from that crocodile, so that now, he had an opportunity to put his faith in Jesus, and so be saved for eternity. He is a member of the headman s family. He asked if I could help him to get more comfortable crutches, and I shall enquire at St. Francis Hospital whether I can buy him a pair. They make their own wooden crutches there.

8 We visited the headman and his family, and after introducing ourselves by name, he asked which villages we came from. When it came to my turn, I told him Melbourne, in Australia, and he asked me was there a headman there? I had to think what to say, and then said there was, and that he was called a mayor. He told us that he was pleased that we had visited again, as after we left last year, some people had said our group were Satanists, as I was a muzungu, and I had stayed inside my tent all the time, and was not seen. That really amazed me, and I asked later when we had left the headman, how could that be? I was told that perhaps this lie had been suggested by an N ganga (witchdoctor) to discredit us and the Jesus Film which because Bishop John was also there, (whom I trust with the equipment) was shown without my presence. We were in that village for several nights, showing the Jesus Film, and I gave them a soccer ball, but the Chichewa bibles will have to be given later, as I was only able to get Chichewa bibles in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, after we returned to Katete. There were none in Lusaka. The second village was also in the Valley, and also hot, and I camped under a large fig tree. We showed the Jesus Film in that village on two nights and baptisms also took place there. People who had been preparing for baptism came from several villages, and there were 24 of them altogether. A small local river had been dammed and that is where the baptisms took place. Baptism is always by full immersion, and sometimes the water is not very clean. On both occasions, cattle came to drink in the rivers as we left. The second village has a headwoman, rather than a headman, and she is quite young. She (and her baby) came to see the Jesus Film. One day there, there was great excitement as a snake had slithered out of the grass and up into the chassis of my Land Cruiser. Some boys tried to get it out with a long forked stick, but were unable to succeed, so I do not know what became of it. Maybe it went back to where it came from overnight. I hope so! It was only in the first village that I was able to leave everything outside at night. It is so remote that there are no thieves. In every other village, everything has to come inside my tent at night, and someone has to guard the outside when I am away in the day and during the Jesus Film showing at night. It gets tiring to have to bring inside the tent, the table, chair, gas bottles etc., every night and take them out first thing in the morning

9 when I cook my breakfast. My faithful old tent has to be replaced for next year s mission. It has been repaired many times, (the most memorable being the time an elephant put his tusks through) and the mosquito netting covering the windows has small holes in many places. Because of the village theft problem, I would buy a tent with an enclosed verandah, having flaps with zip fastenings, so I could leave my belongings out in safety. Village thieves here would not open a zip to steal. The electricity supply in Zambia is in dire straits. There are power cuts every day, called load shedding. This also happens in Lusaka, the capital, and friends have told me that businesses are having to buy generators, and sometimes large ones, to cover the power cut times and that the cost of everything is increasing because of that. I discovered that the power cuts are usually at the same time on each day every week, and have obtained the schedule for this area until December. It varies in time every day, and also the number of hours each day, but at least now I can plan. Although there is a generator here where I am staying, I have learned that it is only started up at 6 pm, if there is no power then. Tough if you need electricity during the day! Also, the voltage is very low, now all the time, not just some of the time. There is a small electric kettle here and it takes simply ages to boil because of the low voltage. Now I use my kettle on my gas cooker - much quicker. PLEASE PRAY For those who have been baptised recently, that they will remain faithful to Jesus. For those preparing for our visits, that they will be led by the Holy Spirit. For those who, having seen the Jesus Film, have decided to follow Jesus as Lord of their lives. Pray that they will be strong knowing that an N ganga (witchdoctor) cannot harm them now. May the Lord guard, guide, keep and bless you, Liz Hawthorne

10 Saint John s Anglican Church, Toorak 86 Clendon Road Toorak 3142 Telephone: Fax: enquiries@saintjohnstoorak.org Locum Vicar Reverend Roger Williams revrgwilliams@hotmail.com The Associate Priest Revd Hilary Roath associate@saintjohnstoorak.org Assistant Curate and Children's Minister The Revd Kirsty Ross curate@saintjohnstoorak.org Director of Music & Organist Mr Christopher Cook accook2001@yahoo.com.au Administration Mrs Sally Robertson Prayer Chain Co-ordinator Mrs Annette Wilson July Thursday 23 July 11.00am - Holy Communion. St John s on-line Website: