Newsletter

Sunday 14th August 2011
Ninth 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. Sunday School will continue today

Collect for Today
God of freedom, You have broken the tyranny of sin and sent the Spirit of Your Son into our hearts: give us grace to dedicate our freedom to Your service, that all people may know the glorious liberty of the children of God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS
Readings Genesis 45: 1—15 and Romans 11: 13—32 read by Arndrae L
GOSPEL Matthew 15: 21—28
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, Peter Little, the Swaby family, Chris Contro, Yvonne Myers, Joy Campbell, Jenny Jeffrey, Dorothy Furnival, Olive Marston, and others known to us,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Jane Sweet, Wayne Parham
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Barb & Nick Capon, Sue and Wayne Parham
YEAR’S MIND— Ted Newland (1993), Win Lamden (1992), THyra Chester (1996), Edith Briggs (2010), Rosemary Mayne (2005)

PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Readings Exodus 1: 8—20 and Romans 12: 1—8
GOSPEL Matthew 16: 13—20

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 9.30am Eucharist
SINGING GROUP Meets after the 10am service each Sunday. All singers welcome.

MOTHERS’ UNION Branch meets at 2.00pm on the third Thursday of the month in the Germein Room. All are welcome.

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.

POWERPOINT ROSTER –
Today Min Araki or Ron Keynes
Next Sunday Cynthia Macintosh or Don Caddy

READER- AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER
Next Sunday Reader Marg P Intercessor Vanessa D
Sunday after Reader Hal S-C Intercessor Hal S-c

SANCTUARY ROSTER
Next week Flowers Audrey and Graham Baines Brass Rosemary Conlon
Cleaning Group 2

OTHER ITEMS …….
World Vision Forty Hour Famine. Warren reports that he has registration material for all people interested in being involved in this year’s effort. Speak to him to obtain further detail. This annual event occurs over 19th—21st August
Sunday 21 August 7pm Blackwood Global Village 40 Hour Famine Celebration (featuring Melbourne Gospel Choir) will be held at the Blackwood Hills Baptist Church 72 Coromandel Parade, Blackwood. Schools, Churches and Businesses will be celebrating Blackwood communities’ involvement in the 40 Hour Famine — notice from Ross Hill-Brown

People are advised that those planning to take part in the Parish Camp in November are advised to contact Jan Tregenza on 82789536 or direct to Normanville Jetty Caravan Park (Debbie) on 8558 2038 before the end of August

The time-honoured ABM Lamington Drive is looming. The S A Auxiliary of the ABM invites us to order Lamingtons at $10.00 per dozen. A list has been placed in the parish hall, with a container for your payment. The last day for orders will be Thursday 18 August. The lamingtons will be available for collection from Holy Innocents' parish hall after midday on Friday 26 August. 'It helps if the payment is made at the time of ordering. Joan Durdin will forward the orders, and the lamingtons will be available on Friday 26 August. Don't forget that lamingtons last well in the freezer, if you don't want to indulge immediately.
Sunday School .... Thanks to everyone who contributed last Sunday, The portrayal of innocents through the ages and the celebration of our Church was brilliant. We’ll do more of this I am sure. Robyn Keynes
RONBLOG .... From today’s Gospel
You might be surprised at the number of times Jesus went outside the borders of Israel, where you can be sure that Gentiles were encountered. You might also detect where Samaria was, for that too was somewhat ‘outside’ real Israel. At the time of the collapse of the Northern Kingdom (6th Century BC), people from the north were introduced, as was victors’ wont, to control the now-conquered peoples. As time passed, people of mixed race and blood were born, Samaritans being some of those. These were despised by ‘real’ Jewish people, yet they retained some of the Hebrew faith.

Anyhow, Tyre and Sidon were further ‘outside’ than Samaria, so people were complete gentiles. And that was the issue here. This Canaanite woman was entirely beyond the pale as far as Jews were concerned, and was almost subhuman. No self-respecting Jew – male in particular! – would enter into any conversation with such a one. And yet Jesus turned this incident into a very steep learning curve for the disciples. They expected Jesus to treat the lady with utter disdain; in fact that was what they wanted and expected. So when Jesus was really quite rude to her, the disciples would have applauded, if secretly. That business about children’s bread being given to the dogs was – quite honestly – insulting. Mind you, that woman may well have expected something far worse. However, the jibe was directed, not at the woman, but at the expectation of the Twelve. Our Lord put them in a bind they did not see until too late, one suspects. On the one hand, there was that Gentile woman mendicant asking for help from Someone she recognized as Son of David. In other words, she knew Who He was. That implied a clear perception of Jesus, a clear statement of faith – better, understanding if you will. It was a sort of two-edged sword in a way; one aspect of the case seemed to be overcome by the other. It was an approach that Jesus used on more than one occasion, and He used it to somehow force His team to see way beyond their bigotry. No ‘Jesus meek and mild’ here!
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