Newsletter

Sunday 19th June, 2011 - Trinity Sunday
Welcome to Brigitte and her family

WELCOME to Holy Innocents—we hope you enjoy this time of prayer as we reflect on Scripture together and celebrate the Eucharist. After the 8am service breakfast is served and morning tea after the 10am service. At 10 am everything in the service will be screened on the walls. Sunday School is well and truly in action

Collect for Trinity
Almighty and everlasting God, You have given Your servants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the unity; keep us steadfast in this faith and evermore defend us from all adversities, for You live and reign, One God, for ever and ever Amen
TODAY’S READINGS
Readings Exodus 34: 1—8 and 2 Cor 13: 11—13 read by Arakis
GOSPEL Matthew 28: 16—20
Fr Ron’s Notes available at http://www.anglican-belair.blogspot.com/

PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE led by Warren
We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Phyllis Morecroft, Peter Little, the Swaby family, Chris Contro, Yvonne Myers, Joy Campbell, Jenny Jeffrey, Dorothy Furnival, Sid Sweet and others known to us,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Robyn Keynes, Margaret Collings
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
YEAR’S MIND—Beryl Errington (1993) Richard Osterman (2006) Anne Rubinich (2003)

PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Second Sunday after Pentecost
Readings Genesis 22: 1—14 and Romans 6: 12—23
GOSPEL Matthew 10: 40—42

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
THURSDAY 9.30am Eucharist
HOME GROUP At Wendy and Andrew Morecroft’s home, every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening at 7.30pm. Call Wendy for details on 0417 806 943

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 Barb Capon 8278 3584 and Lucinda Hale 8278 8814.

ROSTERS
POWERPOINT ROSTER –
Today Cynthia Macintosh or Min Araki
Next Sunday Don Caddy or Ron Keynes
READER- AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER
Next Sunday Reader Clare B Intercessor Hal S-C
Sunday after Reader Intercessor
SANCTUARY ROSTER
Next week Flowers Jan T Brass Sweet family
Cleaning Group 2
FORTHCOMING EVENTS—

HOLY INNOCENTS' BACK TO SCHOOL QUIZ NIGHT Saturday 2 July at 7pm in the Church $10/Adults $5/Concession BYO Supper and Drinks. Dress is school attire and prepare to be very well behaved for Quiz & Head Master, Andrew Morecroft. Book your table by writing your name on the form in the foyer
LOOKING AHEAD .....
Plans are being laid for the next Parish Magazine, coming out in time to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the ‘new’ Church building. If you have photos or stories from that time in the parish’s life, Fr. Ron would be most glad to hear from you.

Some years ago a kind parishioner gave us a folding table-tennis table. It is in good order but no longer used and is something of a problem to store in a hall where everything is moved around frequently. It is available to anyone who would like to have it for a very modest donation. See Don Baker
GOODS FOR THE MAGDELENE CENTRE
The current issue of The Supporter, newsletter of Anglicare, reminds us of the need for gifts of food for the Magdalene Centre is urgent. Our parish has a good record of weekly donations, and we receive a warm welcome when our donations are delivered. Remember that the most wanted items include tins of soup, pasta and pasta sauces, tinned meat (ham, sardines, tuna,) and long-life milk.

St. Barnabas’ College offers the opportunity for people audit some of the theological subjects available. Those auditing a subject receive reading materials, attend lectures and participate in discussion,. There is no requirement to do written work . Applications close at the end of June . Details can be found on the poster and flyers at the back of the church or contact itaylor@sbtc.org.au or 8416 8442.

RON-BLOG Old Testament Lesson - to the third and fourth generation....

Sad to relate, there is often a lack of reference to the Old Testament, so the old and important stories and issues tend to get lost to memory. Just as it is important to realize who you are by looking back to from whence and from whom you have come, so the same remains true in this issue of matters Biblical.
It may well be that moderns express things quite differently, but for people of the day and age back then, the telling of the story, however embellished or not, could not have been better. What early culture that you know of did not express their sense of identity and purpose other than stories of their ancients, dreamtime style or not. Sacred places have always been a major factor, as Sinai (Horeb) has been for Jews – and Christians.
And here is a story, related in serious and significant terms about the giving of the Law, the Ten Commandments, the Decalogue. A question is asked often about that ‘third and fourth generation’ thing and it is worth pondering. One suspects that this canon emerged simply because the ancients watched families and people. It may well have been the answer of those ancients’ question, ‘why does the damage and dysfunction in a family seem to go on for some time?’ Without genetics and so on available in those far-off days, it became obvious that disintegration became a cumulative thing. (Apparently history shows that Adolph Hitler was the product of a sadist and dysfunctional family.) And this sort of process certainly seems to show up in spades these days.
Also from observations way back in those times was noticed a gradual return over several generations, to sense and sanity. This is somewhat parallel to the Johannine observation, in Revelation, that evil tends to contain the seeds of its own destruction. Pardon me, but those ancient worthies may not have been as naive and silly as sometimes they have been painted.

Items for the Newsletter need to be sent to Fr. Ron at 8298 7160 or ronpkeynes@internode.on.net by Tuesday afternoon please …….