W O R S H I P S E R V I C E T I M E S I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord. Psalm 122:1

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1 THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, GORDON THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 4 OCTOBER 2015 ANNUAL CHURCH FÊTE IN 6 DAYS SATURDAY 9AM TO 2PM Dear Friends, There have been some exciting new developments in the diocese recently that I am not sure everyone is across. The first is that the Rector of Turramurra, Dr Michael Stead, is to become the new Bishop of South Sydney. This is a great appointment. Michael is a wonderful man of God who is well organised, thoughtful and wise. He will be a great adjunct to the bench of bishops. Please pray for Fr Michael, his wife Felicity, and their children as they move. Please also pray for the parish of St James, Turramurra as they seek a new priest. A new priest has come to our namesake church in Balmain. Fr Peter Yeats was inducted Thursday. He is a friend of mine and also a great friend of Bishop Michael. Please pray for Fr Peter and his wife Karolina as they commence their new ministry in Balmain. Please also keep myself, Jen Lum and Charles George in your prayers as we prepare to attend Synod. Fr Keith W O R S H I P S E R V I C E T I M E S I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord. Psalm 122:1 SUNDAYS 7:30AM MORNING PRAYER (Book of Common Prayer) 8:00AM HOLY COMMUNION (Sung, Book of Common Prayer) 9:30AM HOLY COMMUNION (Sung, A Prayer Book For Australia) AND SUNDAY SCHOOL (in term time) 4:00PM CHORAL EVENSONG, Second Sunday of the month, March through November. Next Evensong is next Sunday, 11 October. MONDAYS 7:00AM Morning Prayer (BCP) 11:15AM Service at Roden Cutler Village 5:30PM Evening Prayer (APBA) TUESDAYS 7:00AM Morning Prayer (BCP) 5:30PM Evening Prayer (BCP) WEDNESDAYS 7:00AM Morning Prayer (BCP) 5:30PM Evening Prayer (BCP) THURSDAYS 7:00AM Morning Prayer (BCP) 10:00AM MIDWEEK HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE WITH HEALING (Said, BCP) 5:30PM Evening Prayer (BCP) FRIDAYS 7:00AM Morning Prayer (APBA) 11:15AM Service at Lady Gowrie 5:30PM Evening Prayer (BCP) THE CHURCH IS OPEN FOR PRAYER weekdays from 9:00AM to 5:00PM. On weekday RED LETTER DAYS, a service of Holy Communion follows Morning Prayer. Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer are not held and Red Letter Days are not observed on Saturdays or Public Holidays. The next Red Letter Day is Sunday, 18 October, Saint Luke The Evangelist. A day of note is Saturday, 17 October, Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr. Scan the square above with your smart phone to go to the church website. WELCOME, VISITORS We invite you to receive Communion at St John s if you receive at your own church and your church discipline allows.

2 n Notices READINGS for 11 October, The Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity 8:00AM Ephesians 4, beg 17 St Matthew 9, beg 1 9:30AM 1 Kings 3:3-14 Hebrews 4:1-13 Mark 10:17-30 The spring TIME CHANGE occurred in the small hours this morning. Spring forward, fall back. There is NO WOMEN S EVENING GROUP STALL this morning, as there usually is the first Sunday of the month. The stall will be open on FÊTE DAY INSTEAD. The Women s Evening Group is providing refreshments this morning. Note that there is no meeting in October. BUSH CHURCH AID supporters, please leave your COLLECTION BOX at the church. Parishioners willing to become new supporters would be very welcome. Donations can be tax-deductible. New or replacement collection boxes are available from Alan Tilley, telephone The TUESDAY EVENING WOMEN S BIBLE STUDY GROUP has begun a new study series, WOMAN OF GOD and invites all women in the parish to join them. Drop by the church office Tuesday evenings at 7:15PM or e mail jennifer.lum@bigpond.com for more information. Today is the last day to order MITTAGONG CHRISTMAS CAKES. Order forms are in the narthex or see Yvonne Moon. ANGLICAN CHURCH CALENDARS for 2016 are $14 and may be ordered from Yvonne Moon until 11 October. NAMES TO BE READ ALOUD IN CHURCH ON ALL SOULS DAY may be either written on the clipboard in the narthex or ed to pewbulletin@stjohnsgordon.org.au. The All Souls Day Requiem will be held at 7:30PM. EVENSONG Sunday, 8 November at 4:00PM with The Jacobean Singers and a trumpeter will be a REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE. During the service the Ku-ring-gai Poppy Project mural, which represents with a poppy each of the 1,612 from Ku-ring-gai who served in World War I, will be dedicated. David Wilkins of the Ku-ring-gai Historical Society will talk on the 18th Battalion, whose colours the church holds, its link to Ku-ring-gai and the fourteen Australian soldiers who are commemorated in the church and cemetery. All are invited and it is hoped that all the ladies who knitted poppies will be able to attend. 2

3 SUN 4 7:30AM 8AM Singers rehearsal, Tower Room 11:30AM Parish Choir rehearsal, choir stalls TUE 6 Morning Scripture Classes resume, Gordon East Public School Morning Op Shop sorts and prices 7:15PM Tuesday Evening Women s Bible Study Group, church office, Topic: Woman Of God WED 7 10:00AM Wednesday Morning Bible Study with Father Keith, crypt 1:00PM 7:30PM Events This Week Men s Fellowship Group, Upper Room Wednesday Evening Bible Study with Father Keith, church office THU 8 Morning Op Shop sorts and prices 1:00PM Set-up for Fête FRI 9 9:45AM Friday Prayer Group, crypt SAT 10 9AM-2PM ANNUAL CHURCH FÊTE AND RAFFLE, OP SHOP OPEN Regular Sunday and weekday worship services are listed on the front page. Upcoming October SUN 11 4:00PM Choral Evensong with The Cathedral Singers MON 19 Noon St John s Kitchen Monthly Community Luncheon SUN 25 9:30AM Try Choir Sunday, meet in hall at 9:00AM FRI 30 9:00AM Op Shop Sale No Women s Evening Group meeting in October November SUN 1 8:00AM All Saints Day Choral Communion 9:30AM All Saints Day Choral Eucharist MON 2 7:30PM All Souls Day Requiem SUN 8 4:00PM Remembrance Day Evensong with The Jacobean Singers, dedication of the Ku-ring-gai Poppy Project mural, last Evensong of the year WED 11 7:30PM Episcopal Dialogue between Bishop Peter Comensoli, Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay, and Bishop Chris Edwards The PEW BULLETIN is usually printed, posted to the church website and ed out on Thursdays. Next week, we HOLD THE PRESSES until after the raffle drawing at the conclusion of the Fête, so that raffle winners names may be included. 3

4 SIX DAYS UNTIL THE FÊTE SATURDAY FROM 9:00AM T0 2:00PM A Suggested Pre-Fête To-Do List * Place your FRUIT AND VEGETABLE order today, using the order forms in the narthex. Although later telephone orders, to Alan Tilley, , are welcome, pre-orders will be discounted 5%. * SPREAD THE WORD by taking FÊTE FLYERS home with you to letter box drop in your street, to post on bulletin boards at your place of business, and to hand to every friend you run into between now and the Fête. Even a dozen flyers distributed per family would be beneficial publicity. * The CAKE STALL and CHOCOLATE WHEEL are two attractions that too often have had to shut down early due to running out of stock. Let s keep them TRADING LONGER this year. Cake boxes and trays are in the narthex. Double batches would be greatly appreciated. Ask your children or grandchildren to select prizes for the Chocolate Wheel. * Could you loan the Fête a few CHAIRS, folding or otherwise, for the FAMILY RELAXATION AREA? TINY TABLES AND CHAIRS for very small people would also be welcome. Contact Cynthia Keithly. * Drop off your RAFFLE TICKET STUBS and payment during the week. This is to allow the raffle ticket team to unstaple books of tickets, check that names are written on every ticket, and fold all tickets. * Stop by the BANK for small change for your booth s float and for plenty of walking around money. *Take your NAME BADGE home with you today to wear at the Fête and obtain a FÊTE WORKER BADGE from Pat Gaudry on the day. * Help is needed on Thursday from 1:00PM for SET-UP and Saturday after 2:00PM for DISMANTLING. Many hands make light work. * PRAY for good weather, a good turnout, and a chance for conversation with visitors. Questions, problems, offers of help Pat Gaudry, telephone , patgaudry@yahoo.com. On this our big day, our biggest fundraiser of the year, our chance to meet and greet people who may be looking for a church home, EVERYONE S HELP IS NEEDED. 4

5 From Sue Dunston The highlight of the St John s Spring Fair will be a presentation by the Barker College Cadets, BRINGING TO LIFE THE STORIES OF THE FOURTEEN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED DURING WORLD WAR AND COMMEMORATED IN OUR CHURCH AND CEMETERY. Kathie Reith and David Wilkins from the Ku-ring-gai Historical Society will be present to answer questions and sell copies of their book Rallying The Troops. If any parishioners or their friends are related to Captain George Concanon, Private Leonard Taylor, Private Reginald Homfray, Private Joseph Bickell, Private Thuiller Cardew, Private Harold Oliver, Private Roy Robertson, Private George Edwards, Sergeant Charles Golding-Howard, Gunner Wilfred Crisford, Private Harold Baker, Captain Nowell Sievers, Captain Dudley Adams or Second Lieutenant Raynes Royle, they may be interested to hear the stories of their ancestors. Presentations begin at 9:30AM and will take the form of a leisurely stroll through the cemetery, stopping at the various gravesites marked with an Australian flag and a large red poppy. The poppies correspond with the mural in the church of the 1,612 knitted red poppies representing those from Ku-ring-gai who served in the Great War. Cadets will give a brief synopsis of the soldier s life, where he grew up, when he enlisted, when he sailed and so on. There will be a booklet on these soldiers and a questionnaire for the children to fill in. It should prove a most interesting, informative and educational morning. Please come and learn more about these soldiers and if you have relatives or friends with you who have not seen the Ku-ring-gai Poppy Project mural, step into the church and show it to them. 5

6 On Wednesday the 23rd, Betty and John Ross Edwards delivered the twenty POZIÈRES KNEELERS to Ms. Jayne Simpson at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, who will send them to Pozières through the diplomatic mail service. Jayne was very happy to receive them and she was quite interested and asked many questions about the project. Congratulations to all those ladies of the parish who worked so hard to bring this project to a successful conclusion. One identical kneeler is also in the Warrior s Chapel here at St John s and another is in progress and will be sent to the Australian War Memorial when finished. 6

7 SUNDAY, 25 OCTOBER IS TRY CHOIR SUNDAY! Members of the congregation are invited to either (1) robe and sing with the Parish Choir for the 9:30AM service (meet at 9:00AM in the hall) or (2) join with the choir singing the motet (hymn 295) (carry your hymn book to Communion, then go to the choir stalls, returning to your seat after the motet). All are very welcome. Why not give it a go or invite friends to come to church who may enjoy it? You are not signed up for life! New members of the choir are always welcome. There is no midweek rehearsal and you are welcome even if your life precludes you coming every Sunday. Donations or pledges toward, or questions regarding, REPLACING THE ORGAN may be directed to Bill Killinger, Reece McCormack or Don Yorath. If you would like to sponsor FLOWERS IN THE CHURCH in memory of a loved one or to celebrate a birthday or anniversary, contact one of the two Jans - Jan Kneeshaw, , jan.kneeshaw@optusnet.com.au or Jan McLachlan, , janmclachlan@bigpond.com. 7

8 Services and Rosters TODAY, 4 OCTOBER, THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8:00AM CHORAL COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer) Sidesmen: John Ross Edwards, Peter Lyons and John McLean Welcoming: Alan Tilley First Reading: Belinda Howell 9:30AM CHORAL EUCHARIST (A Prayer Book For Australia) Sidesmen: Kathy Helm and Hugh Keithly Welcoming: Jennifer Lum First Reading: Robertson Wright Prayers Of The People: Leanne Winter Offertory Procession: Mary Mewett and Ruth Myers Morning Tea: Women s Evening Group NEXT SUNDAY, 11 OCTOBER, THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8:00AM CHORAL COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer) Sidesmen: Leonie Hayne, John Brandon and Alan Tilley Welcoming: John McLean First Reading: Leonie Hayne 9:30AM CHORAL EUCHARIST (A Prayer Book For Australia) Sidesmen: Reece McCormack and Brian Wood Welcoming: Maree Grieve First Reading: Elizabeth Kelly Prayers Of The People: Robertson Wright Offertory Procession: Rita McColl and Leanne Winter Morning Tea: The Friday Group 4:00PM EVENSONG Readers: Jennifer and Nigel Hubbard ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH DIRECTORY 754 PACIFIC HIGHWAY (P.O. BOX 295) GORDON NSW 2072 Telephone Fax Website Rector REV D KEITH DALBY Rectory , Mobile , rector@stjohnsgordon.org.au Assistant Priest Rev d Rob Sutherland CSC , revrob@oz .com.au Honorary Assisting Ven. Clive King AM Parish Missioner Rt Rev d Dr Michael Hough anathoth.hough@gmail.com Director of Music Dr Brett McKern , music@stjohnsgordon.org.au Asst Dir of Music Nicola Chau Parish Council John East (Secretary) parishcouncil@stjohnsgordon.org.au Pastoral Care Elizabeth Kelly , , elizabethkelly70@bigpond.com Student Minister Jennifer Lum jennifer.lum@bigpond.com Safe Ministry Jan McLachlan anmclachlan@bigpond.com, Parish Manager Rosemary Angus Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10AM to 3PM office@stjohnsgordon.org.au Pew Bulletin Cynthia Keithly Deadline is end of the day Tuesday Usually in the office on Thursdays pewbulletin@stjohnsgordon.org.au Rosters + Yvonne Moon 8 8