UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA HIGH STREET UNITING CHURCH Sunday March 13 Lent 5 MINISTER: Rev Jay Robinson CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRY WORKER: Barb Conner SERVICES: 9:00am Traditional Worship 10:40am Contemporary Worship Communion: 1st Sunday of month CHURCH OFFICE: 16-18 High Street, Frankston Tuesday-Friday 9am 1pm Phone: 9783 3400 Email: frankstonuc@gmail.com Web: www.frankstonuniting.org.au/ www.facebook.com/frankstonuc/
FOR OUR PRAYERS We pray for all those struggling with ill health, and particularly for Betty Fenton, Audrey and Trevor Labrooy, Graham Whitehouse, Glad Stott, Ross McKenzie, David Russell, Hugh Trewartha, Eric and Sylvia McNally, Lindy and Steve Lane and Eileen McCarty that they may know God s healing and strength. We pray for the leaders of the Uniting Church at the Assembly, at the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and for the leaders of the Presbytery of Port Phillip East. We pray for the Presbytery prayer point: the church councils and congregations of Dandenong North and Endeavour Hills, both currently without a minister but blessed with supply ministry from Rev Robin Yang and Rev Raja Rajakalendran. NEXT WEEK S GUEST PREACHER Rev Jay Robinson will be leading both services next week. Shared Monthly Dinner The March Shared Monthly Dinner will be at Jill & Ian Cayer s, 5 Catalina Court, Frankston on Saturday 20th March at 6:30pm. Please RSVP by Friday night prior and advise what dish you will bring to share. Ph. 87908039. LARDER CHATTER We have had a limited response and Larder are still calling for the following items: KRAFT CHEDDAR CHEESE CRACKERS, DRY BISCUITS ETC. We appreciate all the donations that we receive. Thank you. Wanted Seedling Punnets if you have any seedling punnets at home could you please leave them in the foyer, they will be used to grow seedlings for the upcoming fete.
ELDERS meeting is on next Tuesday at 7:15pm in the Blue Room. The Agenda is in the Elders Pigeon Holes for collection. Pancake Day Thank you to all who donated things for the Pancake Day. We made a profit of $179.30 for Uniting Care. A great effort by everyone!! Name Badges The following people have badges ready for collection in the office. Barbara Yates Tom Yates If you would like a name badge please let the office know. MISSING During the recent Working Bee and Clean up at the church we noticed that certain items were missing from the locked cupboards in the back kitchen. You may have inadvertently taken one of these home and forgotten to return them. If so could you please return them to the Church Items include: 2 Grey patterned table cloths 2 oblong serving platters white Corelle 5 white desert bowls Corelle 6 white dinner plates Corelle 3 Stainless Steel Jugs These items are part of the large set of cloths and crockery that are kept for use of Church members for functions such as funerals. Thank you MISSION GUILD will meet on Thursday March 17th at 1:45pm in the Blue Room. We will be watching a DVD titled The women were there as well prepared by the Ladies Friendship Group of St Mark s Uniting Church Mornington on the Easter theme. All are welcome to join us. Please collect your MARCH issue of High Street Times from the foyer. Australian Welsh Male Choir Celebrates Patron Bailleau Myer s 90th Bday in a concert at Mornington Community Theatre Sunday March 20 at 2pm. Cost is $30 Concession. New patron Tammy Fraser will also be in attendance. Tickets from Arthur Poole.
Welcome Traditional Service 9:00am, Sunday 13th March We sing the introit Seek Ye First Call to worship We sing To God be the glory TiS147 Sharing our blessings Prayer of Praise & Confession Reading Philippians 3:4b-14 Anthem Gospel John 12:1-8 We sing Love divine all loves excelling TiS217 Sermon Announcements We make our offering as we sing We limit not the truth of God TiS 453 Prayers of the People & Lord s Prayer We Sing God gives us a future TiS687 We are sent out in God s name Sung Blessing Shalom to you now
Contemporary Service 10:40pm, Sunday 13th March Pre-service singing Welcome & Announcements Call to worship Passing of the peace Climate change Stop, still and listen What s the problem and what are we doing about it? Sing Praise to God Bible reading: John 12:1-8 Judas and Mary Reflection Prayers of the people For the fruits of all creation TiS 168 Beauty for brokenness Benediction Creator of this great land, we adore you
The next CHAOS event will be at the Lakes. Here are the details: Saturday 19th March 6.30pm BBQ - BYO meat and drinks Please bring a salad or sweet to share ALSO... Each person is invited to bring along a favourite BOOK &/or DVD which you think others might enjoy and you are prepared to lend to someone else for the month to read/watch. Don't tell anyone else what it is as we will be trying to guess whose favourite it is. We'll also have a bowl for fundraising for East Timor. We hope to see you here and if you have any questions, please give us a call (59715028) Tim & Mandy.
Please join us for morning tea in the hall after the service. Regular Weekly Meetings Mondays 8.30am 4:00pm LARDER Showbiz Singers Wednesdays 10:00am 3:30pm Voices of Frankston Church Choir Tuesdays 10.30am PWK (Parents with Kids) Thursdays 10:00am Secret Men s Business MARCH 13 Tuesday 15 9:00AM 10:40AM 5:00PM 8:30AM 7:15PM Traditional WorshipAGM Church Foyer Contemporary Worship Climate Change Open Café Both services led by Rev Jay Robinson Walkie Talkies Pentland Gardens Elders Wednesday 16 10:30AM Lenten Studies Church Thursday 17 8:30AM 1:45PM Friday 18 7:30PM Fruit Salad Walkie Talkies Burdett s Flora & Fauna Mission Guild Blue Room Saturday 20 6:30PM Monthly Shared Dinner Jill & Ian Cayzer MARCH 20 9:00AM 10:40AM 5:00PM Palm Sunday Both services led by Rev Jay Robinson Traditional Worship Contemporary Worship and Baptism Transform March 13 Traditional Worship Elders: John Coulson, Bev Fowler, Erica Hutchinson Stewards: Barbara Trewartha, Cheryl Wilson Offering: Jeanette Hewitt, Ted Hewitt Morning Tea: Elaine Kenyon, Marlene Thresher, Max & Bev Fowler Contemporary Worship: Steward: Mandy Welcomer: Lindy Morning Tea: Andi & Howard March 20 Traditional Worship Elders: John Coulson, Bev Fowler, Erica Hutchinson Stewards: Ted & Jeanette Hewitt Offering: Mary McDonald, Monica Dick Morning Tea: Rona Russell, Karen Jooste, Stanley & Viola Zhungu Contemporary Worship Steward: Patti Welcomer: Kate Morning Tea: Georgia & Joy
WOMEN BELONG AT THE FOREFRONT OF MINISTRY! The story of a woman with costly perfume anointing Jesus appears in all 4 Gospels. Each has significant differences from the other. Head or feet; by loved friend Martha (as here) or by a sinner (prostitute); in the last week of Jesus life or earlier (as in Luke). With Jesus Passion coming inexorably closer the lectionary chooses the version by John, presumably because of Jesus comment on having the perfume kept for the day of my burial. Professor Bill loader writes, The real focus is the woman. Can we not let her response stand? It is not that we should see it as stroking the ego of Jesus, but rather as indicative of her response, indeed, to God. A person is responding to love and acceptance. It is not the time to talk budgets, but to value the person. The woman s response stands in contrast to that of Judas, but also of Peter and the disciples. Both in Mark and in John, as in the common tradition which feeds them directly and indirectly, Jesus is pictured as abandoned by his inner circle of disciples. In the end it will be a few women who are left standing near Golgotha and who will venture to the tomb. The unlikely ones in Mark and John s world, the women, become the models. This is deliberately subversive and reflects so much of the experience of Jesus ministry. Others were so good, so devout, and so busy being so, that they missed the point. This is grindingly obvious, when a woman like this inarticulately breaks the perfume container open and spreads the contents over Jesus feet. As I write this last Wednesday, International Women s Day, let us celebrate the opportunities taken by women to be leaders in ministry for the gospel. It is so much more than serving cups of tea! Please pray for other churches to fully welcome women as leaders for Christ. Rev Ian R. Cayzer 13 th March, 2016