Newsletter

Sunday 17th July 2011 - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

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. There is no Sunday School during School holidays

Collect for Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Bountiful God, we thank You for planting in us the seed of Your word; by Your Holy Spirit help us to receive it with joy and live according to it, that we may grow in faith, hope and love, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever Amen

TODAY’S READINGS
Readings Genesis 28: 10—19 and Romans 8: 12—25 read by Eric D
GOSPEL Matthew 13: 24—30 & 36—43
Fr Ron’s Notes available at http://www.anglican-belair.blogspot.com/

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Amelia Kornaat. Lucinda Hale, Cathy Browne, Ian Macintosh
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
YEAR’S MIND—Joan Gooch (1994) Malcolm Collings (1989) Frank Bach (2006) Mavis Irvine (1994) Margaret Leslie (1976) Leonard Goreham (2000), Ivan Marriott (1994)

PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Readings Genesis 29: 15—28 & Romans 8: 26—39
GOSPEL Matthew 13: 44—58

REGULAR GROUPS AND BOOKINGS
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month at 36 Penno Parade North
BIBLE STUDY Wednesday at 10.00am at Pressley’s home
THURSDAY No 9.30am Eucharist until July 28th
SINGING GROUP Meets after the 10am service each Sunday. All singers welcome.
HOME GROUP Wendy Morecroft’s group will not be meeting for the foreseeable future.

MOTHERS’ UNION Branch meets at 2.00pm on Thursday 21st in the Germein Room. All are welcome. (Each third Thursday of the month our Branch meets ….)

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.

PARISH COUNCIL asks people to note that there has been a hold-up in plans to erect wider doors to the Hall. Original quotes obtained from the door builder have not been able to be kept so alternative approaches are being made.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS—
Holy Innocents’ Patronal Festival is to be held on 7th August—and this is a note so you are prepared for it. Sunday School plans to have some artwork on display. Families of young people will be illustrating the old stories of Biblical innocents—and others of you may care to hang work alongside.
Greater clarity about the Food Festival for this day has emerged: Cuisine from Korea, Japan, India, South Africa and even England will feature on the day. All you need to do is make sure your name is on the list in the foyer to be present that day.

Plans are being laid for a Parish Dinner on 23rd September, with the Archbishop coming to speak. This has to do with plans for the future of the parish, and all are asked to set aside this date. More details to come.


POWERPOINT ROSTER –
Today Don Caddy or Cynthia Macintosh
Next Sunday Jill Hilbig or Barb Capon

READER- AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER
Next Sunday Reader Iris D Intercessor Wendy M
Sunday after Reader John F Intercessor Sue D-T

SANCTUARY ROSTER
Next week Flowers Noeleen Carter Brass Joan Durdin
Cleaning Group 4
OTHER ITEMS …….

B.C.A A vote of thanks to Margaret and Alan Pressley who have co-ordinated the BCA Boxes for the past 20 years or so and have now announced their retirement. Over the years our Parish has contributed hundreds of dollars per the BCA Boxes and Margaret and Alan have undertaken the work of counting all the small change contained therein. A wonderful effort. This year’s contribution was $500.30. A volunteer (or 2) is urgently needed to take over and continue this work. Please contact Margaret or Alan for details.

A.B.M Liam and Vanessa Daughtry made muffins to sell after church on 10th July to raise money for our ABM Library Project. The result was $34.80. A wonderful effort. Thank you Liam and Vanessa.

ST. JOHN’S GRAMMAR JUNIOR SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS
Chaplain Clare and students at St. John’s Junior School invite parishioners to the School Assembly in the Gillian Clampett Hall on Tuesday 9th August at 9.00am celebrating the 20th birthday of the School. Guest speakers and a cake will follow. On Wednesday 10th August, 1.45pm a short service in the Chapel will be followed by Chapel tours and oral history sessions conducted by Year 4 students (where your assistance as interviewee may be required, please!) Please RSVP by email or phone on 8270 6445 or cbruce@stjohns.sa.edu.au

RONBLOG .... From today’s Gospel, in a sort of a way
We are called to be disciples in the real world, and like our Lord, know, experience and understand what it is like to be human and alive on planet earth. That means facing up to the sharp bits of life, ponder why, and realize the greater wisdom behind why the Father requires us to operate genuinely.
It may well sound hard that evil and evil-doers are not wiped off the face of the earth. A moment’s thought, surely, would make you realize that if God did act that way, then you and I would have been demolished years ago. I kid you not. But having to live in the real world, encounter all manner of steep climbs and learning curves, and find the way forward, means not only that you and I mature quite somewhat, but also that we may now be of some use to those among whom we live and move and have our being.
Many years ago, I had the occasion to consult my then Assistant Bishop with an issue that was being of huge angst to me. My Bishop was no help at all, for he had no idea of what I was talking. The Assistant Bishop was, because he knew what I was on about! He had been there, done that! In fact he talked about people needing a wounded healer - no one else would be of any great help.
Most of all was the realization that came when pondering why Jesus refused that legion of angels to destroy His persecutors before the Cross. What a damned good idea to blast them off the face of the earth! So why did He refuse? There are two solid and sound good reasons: the first was that to have acted that way would have multiplied the evil that was going on right there and then. Evil is not overcome not beaten by more evil, now is it. Possibly more important was that by operating the way He did, Jesus left the way open for those people to look back over what they had done in ‘crucifying the Lord of Glory,’ repenting of their evil, and changing sides in the great debate of life. Who of us have never made any mistake of enormous proportion, and yet have had the room to move and change, and progress and grow ……. And evolve? Why ever are we afraid of the word?
Planned Giving – Second Quarter Statement
The Second Quarter Statements can now be found in the envelopes laid out on the table in the church foyer. As previously announced, the Church Council decided in the meeting held in May that the quarterly statements should also provide the following two numbers: the amount promised up to the last quarter as well as the amount actually received up to the last quarter. These numbers are included in the statements. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask Min, the Recorder on 0423 659 710. (Unfortunately, my home phone number and e-mail address are not available, yet.)

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