Pewsheet

SUNDAY 16th May 2010
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Our Celebrant and Preacher today is Rev’d Dr. Warren Huffa
WELCOME
Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or for morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am you will find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.

THE PRAYER FOR TODAY
Almighty God, Whose blessed Son before His passion prayed for His disciples that they might be one as You and He are one; grant that Your Church being bound together in love and obedience to You, may be united in one body by the one Spirit, that the world may believe in Him Whom You have sent, Your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

TODAY’S READINGS Acts 16: 16-34 & Rev’n 22: 12 - 21 read by Marg P
GOSPEL John 12: 20 - 26
PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE led by Sue D-T
We pray for those in need Warren and Thea, Janet and Peter, Ron Teague, Barbara Corbett, Michael Boere,

We give thanks for the life of Catherine Cordes (2006) Christine McAuliffe (1983) Philip Lockwood (1997) and Lorna Mengler (1995)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sid Sweet and Olive Marston
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY – Margaret and Allan Pressley and Jocelyn and Craig Deane

PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY –
Eighth Sunday of Easter Acts 2: 1 – 21 and Romans 8: 14 - 17
GOSPEL John 14: 8 - 17
Refer Fr Ron’s Notes at http://www.anglican-belair.blogspot.com/

POWERPOINT ROSTER –
Today Araki Family or Don Caddy
Next Week Ron Keynes or Barb Capon

REGULAR GROUPS AND BOOKINGS
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month at 36 Penno Parade North
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday at 378 Main Road Coromandel Valley looking at the book of Job
St John’s Grammar have booked the Hall each day for Yr 12 exams from 19 to 23 July and 26th.
OTHER COMING EVENTS
QT 3 - Tonight at Holy Innocents 7.30pm Is God deaf?
13th June Patronal Festival
HELPLINE
Part of being a Christian community is the support offered to each other in times of need. We offer short-term delivery of food where needed, local transport, phone calls, visits and other types of assistance. Call Iris Downes 8278 3260 or Marlene Dixon 8278 8568

The Sunday School group will be grateful for (refundable) bottles, cans and packs being made available: the proceeds will be put to good use for Children’s Ministry. See Robyn Keynes for more info.
BUSH CHURCH AID BOX OPENING
Margaret Pressley advises that May is Box-opening month, and asks all box holders to bring their boxes so that the collections can be sent on.

Family Packs
On a table in the narthex, are Family Packs, for parents and grandparents to help with teaching young ones the Faith All this for only $5.00. Robyn Keynes has more information

NOTES FROM WARREN
We've got a few extra things happening at Holy Innocents in the next few weeks. Each Thursday night (beginning this Thursday) I'll be running sessions on some of the spiritual practices of the church, studies and a monthly Eucharist. One Thursday a month will also be a follow up on the QT topic. At 7:10pm I will be celebrating the Eucharist in a simple, bare essentials way, concluding at 7:30pm. Come along to either sessions or both.

I'll be starting a 6 part series on 12 Big Passages of the Old Testament. if you would like a way to understand the Old Testament as a whole, especially as it was then used by the early church after the resurrection of Jesus, this will help. The session will begin at 7:00pm with some silence/meditation followed by the study of the Old Testament at 7:30pm. Come to either parts or both.

Hope to see you soon. Regards, Warren

Home Groups
As we now have a Thursday night program at the church it has been suggested that we attend the Thursday night session as an alternative to Home Groups for a few months. It is planned to ask Vivian Bleby to talk to interested parishioners about small group leadership and Home Groups later in the year. Therefore, please note that Home Groups are in recess on both Thursday and Friday nights until further notice. Please contact either Wendy Morecroft or Yvonne Caddy for further information or any questions etc.

Today, after the 10,00am service there will be the usual morning tea followed by the BBQ Thank You to those who have volunteered their efforts for the parish.

If there is anyone who has a use for some removalists’ cardboard packing cases, please talk to Mary Vandepeer (phone; 82272838) as there are quite a few available and I don't want to just consign them to the recycling!!

St. Barnabas’ 130th Anniversary
On Thursday 10 June, St Barnabas’ Theological College will be celebrating 130 years from the laying of its foundation stone by Bishop Short on St Barnabas’ Day, 11 June 1880. The evening will begin with 6pm Patronal Festival Evensong at Christ Church North Adelaide, with the Rev’d Dr Matthew Anstey preaching. This will be followed by a light supper, during which there will be a presentation about the College and news about its exciting future. All collegians and members of the diocese are warmly invited to this significant event. A special offering for the College will be collected during the service. To assist with catering, please RSVP to the College by Friday 4 June (mmorris@adelaide.anglican.com.au; 8416 8440).

COMMUNITY CONCERN 2010 an annual ecumenical event organized by Australian Church Women
This year we are supporting the Epilepsy Association and raising funds for the annual carers’ retreat and children’s camp. In our area, the event will be held at the Blackwood Uniting Church at 1.00pm on Friday 28th May. Come and meet people from other Churches, hear a speaker from the Epilepsy Centre, and support a worth-while cause; and enjoy afternoon tea. Donation $4.00 Trading Table Jean Fordham 82782837

And on a personal note, Mary and Graham Roberts send their regards, as they settle down near Morphett Vale.