Newsletter

Sunday 11th December, 2011
Third Sunday in Advent
Welcome to Sam and his 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 will be in practice mode today

COLLECT FOR TODAY
Eternal God, You sent John the Baptist to prepare the way for the coming of Your Son: grant us wisdom to see Your purpose, and openness to hear Your will, that we too may prepare the way for Christ Who is coming in power and glory to establish His rule of peace and justice; through Jesus Christ our Judge and our Redeemer, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS Third Sunday in Advent
Isaiah 61:1—4 & 8—11 and 1 Thess. 5:12—28 read by Arndrae L
GOSPEL John 1: 6—8 & 19—28
Fr Ron’s Notes available at http://www.anglican-belair.blogspot.com/

PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE
We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Peter Little, Jenny Jeffrey, Dorothy Furnival, the Swaby family , Olive Marston, Kate Jennings, Blake Vause. Ivanka Cosic, Jim (fighting cancer;) sadly, Geoff has succumbed., Eddie Barber and Bryan Baker. Aileen Shepherd is back and she thanks all for their prayers and support.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Don Caddy, Lois Hall, Ray Wilkins
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Raquel and Mark Williams, Pat & Graham Pater, Natasha and Paul Campbell
YEAR’S MIND— Molly Frost (1995) William Betson (2008), Hazel Ashworth (1992) Harold Morris (1993)

PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Fourth Sunday in Advent
Readings 2 Samuel 7:1—112 & 16 and Romans 16:25—27
GOSPEL Luke 1: 26—38

REGULAR GROUPS AND BOOKINGS
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month at 36 Penno Parade North
BIBLE STUDY in recess
THURSDAY 9.30am Eucharist
SINGING GROUP Meets after the 10am service each Sunday. All singers welcome.
MOTHERS’ UNION programme in recess until next year

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, and other types of assistance. Call Iris Downes on 8278 3260 and Marlene Dixon on 8278 8568..

POWERPOINT ROSTER –
Today Jill Hilbig or Barb Capon
Next Sunday Joy Campbell or Craig Deane

READER- AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER
Next Sunday Reader Hal S-c Intercessor Warren
Sunday after Reader Caroline Intercessor Max A

SANCTUARY ROSTER
Next week Flowers Noeleen Carter (no flowers for Advent)
Brass Yvonne Caddy Cleaning Susan Lee

RONBLOG .... On today’s Old Testament Reading
One of the things about Christians that amazes me constantly is our failure to take notice of the very Scriptures we hold so very dear. Whilst most people are happy to delight in this, amongst others, of the Servant Songs of Isaiah, not very many are prepared to travel the journey that both Isaiah and Jesus put in front of us. For this servant song is not only in anticipation of Christ, but is a statement of how the People of God themselves need to operate. And the failure in that is enormous.
I do not need to spell out the implications for those of us here and now. Isaiah in his wonderings and musings as to what God was doing with Israel in his day remain valid and demanding for our own day. Whilst none of us can even begin to come into the same category as Jesus in terms of our capability, we all are called into the imitatio Christi when it comes to how we behave and operate as servants of all. Far too often Christians are prostituted into what I would call Adamic modes of leadership, being like gods, being control freaks or bulldozers, which result in the complete downfall of what the Church is on about. I dare you to think all this through. The Church and its people have much to answer for in their refusal to follow their own truths—like most other religions, turning a faith to live by into a less-than-alive religion.
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Today baptism at 10am
Sunday School Advent Celebration
Please join us for our very special Advent Celebration Sunday 18th December 10am at Holy Innocents' Please tell your neighbours and friends and come along! Our family service will be followed by a BYO picnic in the Hawthorndene Reserve (look for picnic tables alongside cricket oval). Join us for lunch, games and a treasure hunt from 11.30am-2.30pm. Phone Clare 8270 6445 for more info.

Christmas Services: note change of time for Children's Service
Christmas Eve 6:30pm - A Family Christmas Eve Seasonal bedtime stories and a hot-dog dinner. The perfect way to prepare for Christmas Day.
11.00pm Midnight Mass
CHRISTMAS DAY
8.00am Traditional Communion
10.00am Contemporary Communion

Christmas Bowl Envelopes
Today you will find Christmas Bowl envelopes in Church. You are encouraged to take an envelope, fill it and put in with your offerings in the collection plate. Please do it now, you don't need to wait until Christmas Day!

The Quire St Nicolas sing their Annual Service of Lessons and Carols at St. Peter's Cathedral on Sunday 18th December at 3 pm. ‘Born the King’ is the title of the Service. The Musical Director is Lesley Lewis, Organist Shirley Gale and Pianist Katrina Philbey.


Planned Giving Scheme in 2012
We started to hand out, from December 4th , the ID (or Envelope) numbers and the envelopes with the numbers on them for the Planned-Giving Scheme in 2012. As in the past years, you would receive a whole set of envelopes if you pledge weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. If you pledge quarterly or annually (semi-annually), you would receive four or two envelopes, respectively. If you have not received the Pledge Form for 2012, but you wish to be in the Scheme, please obtain the Pledge Form from Cynthia Macintosh, and return the form enclosed in an ordinary envelope addressed to The Recorder, Holy Innocents Anglican Church, PO Box 156, Belair SA 5052, through the collection plate, or place in our letterbox, or by post.


Holy innocents Calendar
If you would like to know what is coming up at Holy Innocents check out our calendar at the following link: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=innocents.belair%40gmail.com&ctz=Australia/Adelaide


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