St Mary s Kangaroo Flat Sunday 15 April 2018 Third Sunday of Easter Preacher & Celebrant: Rev Tracey Wolsley Regular Services held at 9.00am & 11.00am each Sunday 9.00am Hymns 11.00am Hymns Organist: Sue Turpie Music: iphone TiS 380 Thine Be The Glory 10,000 Reasons TiS 216 Rejoice the Lord is King Lord I Lift Your Name on High TiS 517 Hallelujah Sing to Jesus Sound of the Saints Christ Be Our Light Sentence: Turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19-20 Collect: Lord of life, by submitting to death, you conquered the grave; by being lifted upon the cross, you draw all peoples to you; by being raised from the dead, you restore to humanity all that was lost through sin: be with us in your risen power, that in word and deed we may proclaim the marvellous mystery of death and resurrection. For all praise is yours, now and throughout eternity. Amen. Please advise Rev Tracey or Alison by 5.00pm Thursday if you wish to add someone to the prayer list below. Thank you. Please hold in your prayers: Julie Abella, Diana Ashley, Joyce Barton, Joyce Gee, Dianne Hyde, John Keller, Pat Martin, Brian Scollary, Gayle and the family and friends of Margaret Blatchford. We acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrung people, the custodians of this land where we gather. We pay our respects to their elders past and present as we pray for reconciliation.
Important Dates 12 April-14 June Jesus The Game Changer study series 6.00pm 17 April St Mary s Fellowship Lunch, 12 noon, K Flat Sports club 18 April Pastoral Care Team Meeting, 1.00pm 18 April Parish Council Meeting, 7.30pm 5 May Car Boot Sale 10-20 May Thy Kingdom Come 25-26 May Synod Notices Vale Margaret Blatchford Margaret journeyed home to our Father on Wednesday 11 April. Her funeral will be held here at St Mary s on Thursday 19 April at 2.00pm. St Mary s Fellowship Lunch Kangaroo Flat Sports Club from 12 noon. A delicious 2 course lunch is available for $15.90 with 10 choices of main meal. This month our guest speaker is Alf Austin. Celebrate Prayer Launch It was a joy to be able to attend the very first Celebrate Prayer Gathering this week. Allan led us through a very thought provoking study on faith and doubt and following shared discussion, we prayed through some guided prayer points. The guided prayer points were much appreciated and helped steer us to connect with, and bring before God our loved ones, community, world and church. Well done and thank you Allan! Can I encourage you to come along, every Thursday from 11am 12pm, and lift to God in prayer the things on your heart and mind and, sit to hear what God may want to say to you. As someone so wisely said, Time spent in prayer is never wasted and it is such a wonderful privilege to pray together whether in the silence of our hearts or out load. For more info please speak to Allan or Tracey. Rev Tracey. Pastoral Care Team the next meeting will be held on Wednesday 18 April at 1.00pm in the Narthex. Please come along if you would like to be involved in this important ministry. Blumes Winter Fashions Tuesday 17 April, Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church, 2.00pm, Entry $5 (inc Devonshire Tea & Lucky Door). Proceeds to Uniting Emergency Relief. Classics of Stage & Screen concert presented by Bendigo and District Concert Band, St Mary s Church, Sunday 22 April, 2.00pm, entry by gold coin donation, afternoon tea provided.
Jesus The Game Changer On Thursday we watched the first episode titled Jesus. To introduce the series, this episode established the historicity of Jesus, and, to a certain extend, the Gospels as accurate source material for His life and teaching. It also shows the centrality of Jesus place in the narrative of human history. On Thursday 19 April we will see episode 2 titled Equality. Jesus taught that each individual had inherent value they were loved by God, and worthy of love and attention from other people. The teaching of Jesus and Paul the Apostle shifted people from being viewed as members of families, castes, cities or communities to being individuals of worth. Titles of following episodes are Forgiveness, Women & Children, Democracy, Care, Leadership, Education & Health, Wealth and Reason & Science. You are welcome to come to one, all or as many as you like. Car Boot Sale How can you help? Talk to a stall organiser directly about how you can help on the day. Morning Teas Shirley Austin; BBQ Noel Austin; Books David Lonsdale; Craft Diane Hyde; Cakes and Preserves Janet Clark; Plants Gayle Worthington; White Elephant Russell Leach; Raffle Geoff Young; Stalls Sites Geoff Young. Help before the day Help Gayle Worthington with potting up plants that she has or pot some of your own. See if you have a few items to add to the white elephant stall or book stall. A day or two before the Car Boot Sale make a cake/slice or two and don t forget the ingredients labels - look in the folder on the noticeboard in the Narthex. Shirley will need slices for morning tea as well, Let Geoff know if you have an item or two suitable for a winner s choice raffle to be held on the day. Most importantly the Car Boot Sale is about encouraging people not normally involved in the Parish to have a stall on the day. So, the main way that you can help is to talk to family friends, neighbours acquaintances about having a stall. Or you might have a stall yourself. You may know of a club or organisation that might like to fund raise for themselves by organising a trash and treasure stall. It s like having a garage sale where we do the publicity, provide morning teas and a barbeque. Outside stalls $15.00 for two car park spaces. Indoor stall $25.00 for a trestle table size space. $5.00 to hire a table and $5.00 for stall holders who need power. So, how can you help? Thy Kingdom Come Prayer Heavenly Father you have called us through Jesus to pray the prayer, Thy kingdom come As we prepare to enter the parish program called, Thy Kingdom Come, keep our eyes focussed on you. So fill your people with your grace and your Holy Spirit that, through this time, belief in you may be strengthened, hearts may be touched and softened, and the ground prepared for new things to emerge which will tell of your glory in this place. Keep us faithful in this daily prayer through Jesus, Lord and Saviour. Amen.
Tranquility Zone All are welcome to these FREE events. Saturdays 28 Apr, 28 July & 13 Oct at the Bendigo Goldfields Library from 3,30 4.30pm. Organised by the Bendigo Interfaith Council. Take time to quiet your mind and reconnect with your spirit in a harmonious and tranquil environment. Let s listen to words of wisdom from the world s spiritual traditions and get inspired to transform our lives and our communities with actions that promote unity and betterment of society. The program will consist of readings interspersed with music followed by discussion and refreshments. Australian Boys Choir/The Vocal Consort performing SACRED MASTERWORKS at St Paul s Cathedral, Sunday 29 April at 2.30pm. Tickets $25 adult, $20 concession, $10 children 15 & under available online from australianboyschoir.com.au/tickets GRACE AND FORGIVENESS through life s adversity Central Victoria CWCI (Christian Women Communicating International Inc) invites women to an evening with Louise Hirsch, Tuesday 8 May, Baptist Function Room, 757 McIvor Highway Junortoun, 7.30-9.30pm, $15 at the door. The Rector Writes Live, speak, think, and act like Christ. This week I had the privilege of ministering to a person I had not met before. I received a call requesting I visit someone who was near the end of her life. When I went to see this person and told her I was from the church she said (excuse me) bugger the church and went on to tell me when she moved to Bendigo some years ago the church snubbed her. Now I know this is one side of the story however I am telling it for a reason I hope you will understand in a moment. Her reaction, as you can imagine, took me by surprise, I was not expecting that however, I said back to her yeah bugger the church if they snubbed you, that s not nice and I m sorry that happened to you. I think now, she was just as surprised as me and I went on to say I don t think God ever snubbed anyone and in fact Jesus himself was snubbed because he hung out with all sorts of people who others looked down on. The woman s face softened and we chatted for a bit. I then asked her if I could read some things from
the Bible to her, I began reading Psalm 23 and was so moved as she began to recite it with me and, sob. She wept in such a way that I could do nothing but weep with her. This stranger, an outcast from the church was a broken, bruised soul. I prayed the Lord s Prayer and again she joined in and prayed with me. It was a very moving and beautiful blessing to assure her of Gods unending love and through that encounter I came away knowing I had held the hand and heart of God in that moment. All of our readings this week make it very clear that we should be witnesses to God s grace and love. The Acts reading describes how Peter, after healing the lame man at the Temple, bears witness to Christ and calls his listeners to turn back to God. The Psalm speaks about God s goodness to God s faithful ones, and exhorts people to turn back to God. John s letter teaches, in a clear and direct way, that following Christ has to change how we live, with sin no longer being welcome in our lives, and Christ s righteousness being the pattern by which we now live. Finally, in the Gospel reading from Luke, Jesus challenges his disciples, who are now witnessing him as the Risen One, to believe and to be witnesses that call others to repent and believe and find life in Christ. The implication this week is that, as all of these biblical witnesses teach, we are also called to become witnesses to Christ, changing our own lives to live as true Christ-followers and calling others to repent, believe, and find life. The resurrection is more than just a past event or a ticket to life after death. It is a lived reality that has the potential to change us and our world. Our readings today are both joyful and challenging. The call to be witnesses to Christ is one of the most transforming messages we can receive, because it requires us to live, speak, think, and act like Christ. Blessings Tracey David Lonsdale 16 April
Sunday Roster To volunteer for a task, please contact Alison Niven on 0409 326 495. All swaps to be arranged amongst yourselves and advised to Alison for amendment in Pew sheet. Time 15/04 22/04 29/04 06/05 Welcomers Eucharistic Assistants Offertory Booth 9.00am M & J Fryer K & B Eddy T & G Woods M Stevens J Gilmore 11.00am A Niven A Niven A Niven A Niven 9.00am C Clark J Clark G Turpie S Austin E Dunnicliff? C Clark J Clark 11.00am R Aitken E Young? E Young 9.00am K Eddy B Guest M Fryer D Bell G Woods D Robinson K Eddy M Stewart 11.00am A Niven A Niven A Niven A Niven 9.00am D Bell W Stewart G Turpie W Stewart 11.00am A Niven D Robinson D Bell A Niven Reader 9.00am R Stamp S Austin C Clark H Weregoda Intercessor 9.00am C Clark A Dennis R Stamp E Dunnicliff Morning Host 9.00am S Austin G Woods J Clark J Leach Flowers L Pearce M Shay J Clark E Dunnicliff P a r i s h C o n t a c t D e t a i l s Rector: Rev Tracey Wolsley, Ph 0423 267 405 Email: anglicankf@tpg.com.au or traceywolsley@gmail.com Rector s Warden: Colin Clark, Ph 5447 9783 People s Wardens: Dennis Robinson, Ph 5447 4035 Shirley Austin, Ph 0417 523 068 Postal Address: PO Box 1369, Kangaroo Flat VIC 3555 Street Address: 193-195 High Street, Kangaroo Flat Office email: anglicankf@tpg.com.au Website: www.stmaryskangarooflat.com Parish Office: Ph 5447 7427 Parish Secretary: Alison Niven, Ph 0409 326 495 PEW SHEET If you have an item for the Pew sheet please forward by 6pm Thursday to Alison Niven on 0409 326 495 or Email anglicankf@tpg.com.au