Newsletter

Sunday 27th March, 2011 - Lent III
Our Celebrant and preacher at 8qm is Warren Huffa
Our preacher at 10,00am is Fr. Ron

WELCOME to Holy Innocents—we hope you enjoy this time of prayer as we reflect on Scripture together and celebrate the Eucharist. We invite you to join us for breakfast after the 8am service, or morning tea after the 10am service. At 10 am everything in the service will be screened on the walls. Sunday School is held at the 10 am service during School Term times.

Collect for Lent III
O God, the fountain of life, to a humanity parched with thirst you offer the living water that springs from the Rock, our Saviour Jesus Christ: stir up within your people the gift of your Spirit, that we may profess our faith with freshness and announce with joy the wonder of your love. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of he Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS
Readings Exodus 17: 1—7 and Romans 5: 1—11 read by Eric D
Gospel John 3: 1—17

PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE led by Marg P
We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Phyllis Morecroft, Peter Little, the Swaby family, Chris Contro, Yvonne Myers, Sid Sweet and Dorothy Furnival
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Marlene Dixon, Tommy Ferguson, Valda and Wolf Seith, Angus Bruce
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY –
YEAR’S MIND—Evelyn Halstead (1997) Betty Haines (2006)

PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Lent IV
Readings 1 Sam 16: 1—13 and and Ephesians 5: 8—14
Gospel John 9: 1—41
Fr Ron’s Notes available at http://www.anglican-belair.blogspot.com/

Sunday School Requests Mothering Sunday falls on 3rd April—and we would welcome flowers for Anna Kelly to show the children how to make posies for mothers.

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 Coromandal Valley
Lenten Studies These will be held on Tuesdays to April 5 at the Rectory from 7.30pm to 9.00pm, and Thursdays at 10.45am, on March 31 and April 7
THURSDAY 9.30am Eucharist

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 Marlene Dixon on 8278 8568 or Iris Downes on 8278 3260

Report from St. John’s Chaplains
Clare and I write a blurb for the St John's newsletter which comes out each fortnight of term. We do alternate fortnights. I did mine last week and I thought I might send you a link each newsletter so people could go and see what we have written. This could be a permanent entry in the pew sheet and the address could change with each fortnight. Here is the latest:
http://www.stjohns.sa.edu.au/news/unambiguous-love

And from Clare Bruce, you can look up this link http://www.stjohns.sa.edu.au/news/the-hope-of-easter

FORTHCOMING EVENTS—
Passover Meal on 21st April, is now likely to be held in several homes, starting at 6.00pm. The home groups will have a more intimate feel and better chance for discussion. Then all will move to the Church for the 7.30pm service. Mary asks that those planning to attend see the list in the foyer, and mark is accordingly.
The Annual Vestry Meeting will be held TODAY after the 10 am service
A meeting to integrate the all pastoral work in the parish is set for the Germein Room tomorrow at 2pm. All interested people are invited to attend

Flinders Hospital Service -volunteers are reminded that our next turn at Flinders is on Sunday 10th April. Please ensure that you are there before 10am in order to assist patients to the service. For more information, contact Jean Fordham please.

Monday 4th April at St. Barnabas’ College, at 7.30pm Bishop Tom Frame will speak on ’Losing my religion,’ a report on atheism and response to it. Free. Should be a valuable time for questioning people.
ABM Appeal is now on with envelopes in the foyer. Palm Sunday (April 17) will see the distribution of Palm Crosses (is anyone available again to make these for our Church?) and Easter Day will see the return of those ABM envelopes. For further info or offers of help please contact Joan Durdin (8178 0704)
PARISH CAMP Friday 18th—Sunday 20th November
Normanville Jetty Caravan Park—8 cabins and 8 sites have been pre-booked by Wendy – please contact her on 0417 806 943 or awsc@internode.on.net regarding a booking. Also. Saturday night dinner 6pm in the Normanville Beach Cafe (next to jetty) $20/adult $10/child with fun and games in the Surf Life Saving club afterwards. Sunday service on the beach at 11am (a bit later than usual to allow time for day trippers to arrive). For information, powered site $27.00 unpowered site $21.50 En-suite site $33.00 Deluxe Cabins with en-suite (sleeps up to 5) $88.00 Executive Cabins with en-suite (2 bedroom) $102.00 (includes linen on main bed) Extra persons over the age of 5 $9.00 Bunk House no en-suite $55.00 for 4 people

There will be a Baptism on Sunday, April 3 at 1:30pm, with Fr. Brenton officiating

Particular Note from Warren
I am preparing to put little-used things stored in the hall and office into the Parish Fete. Probably the art and craft material that is no longer needed (currently stored in the cupboards in the hall) would do well to go in the parish fete. We would leave Christmas play costumes and backdrops, but most of the rest go? Any objections? I am also thinking that the two storage bureaux by the foyer/hall doors are no longer needed. The things in them will find a nice home in the new storage area created in the office. If there are any problems, please let me know. Warren.

RON-BLOG from today’s readings - the woman of Samaria.
I know of no short and easy way of unpacking this fascinating incident in the ministry of Jesus. Not only does it portray Jesus’ refreshing and true response to humans of whatever nature, but also His great capacity of working through all manner of encounters, leaving people a means of understanding both themselves and the faith far more realistically. Here is Gospel of word and action.
This lady of the night had gone to the well in the heat of the day, certain of encountering absolutely no one there. It would have been to her great shock and horror that, not only was she not alone, but there was a Jewish bloke there. She must have had a thick skin to keep moving to the well, as all she could expect would be mouthfuls of abuse or worse from such a man. The greatest surprise was that she did not. Jesus – as usual – ignored the usual Jew-Gentile hatreds.
Have you realised how disarming it would have been to have had Jesus actually put himself under an obligation to you, if you were in her shoes? It must have been breath-taking for her! No abuse; a request for help! Small wonder that this most interesting of conversations began. And – in quite usual Jewish manner, Jesus employed a subtle double entendre ¬ - not risqué but strong, about water.
As the conversation progressed it is noteworthy to consider how things operated. She would raise an issue, Jesus would respond and she would retreat. That, until He asked about her husband. That of course raised the question of her progressive polygamy, so to speak. She was the red light district of Sychar, and yet it was not that that raised Jesus’ interest. She was caught up in a widening vision of possibility and that was the trigger for all the growth that emerged.
The real surprise for everyone except Jesus and the woman was that the whole situation in that dysfunctional town was revolutionised. In spite of her low and questionable occupation, - which almost certainly would have involved many of the local men, – all people concerned had the opportunity to leave behind a tawdry past and move towards a far more forgiving and saved future. Salvation here shows up as the old ‘room to move’ scenario, but room to move past a forbidding and tortured past.
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QT tonight will be about Tsunamis, floods, wars, famines, disasters of all kinds. Heartbreak, betrayal, loss, brokenness, despair. The woes of the world and the personal pains. Is it just me or do other people wonder.... Where is God when shi...stuff happens? Warren will be speaking, and there will be others ......see you at 7.30pm.



ROSTERS
POWERPOINT ROSTER –
Today Don Caddy or Jill Hilbig
Next Sunday Cynthia Macintosh or Min Araki
READER- AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER
Next Sunday Reader Iris D Intercessor Mary V
Sunday after Reader John F Intercessor Paul H
SANCTUARY ROSTER
Next week Flowers nil Brass Bonney Tomlinson
Cleaning Group 1
Items for the Newsletter need to be sent to Fr. Ron at 8298 7160 or ronpkeynes@internode.on.net by Tuesday late afternoon please