Newsletter

Sunday 6th May, 2012 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER WELCOME to Holy Innocents—we hope you enjoy this time of prayer as we reflect on Scripture together and celebrate the Eucharist. Breakfast is available in the Hall after the 8 am service and morning tea after the 10 am. All are welcome. Sunday School is back in action again ……... Collect for Easter V O God, so form the minds of Your faithful people, that we may love what You command and desire what You promise, so that, amid the many changes of this world, our hearts may there be fixed where true joys are to be found; 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 Easter V read by David C Readings: Acts 8: 26—40 & 1 John 4: 7—21 GOSPEL John 15: 1—8 Fr Ron’s Notes available at http://www.anglican-belair.blogspot.com/ PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE led by Mary V We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Peter Little, Jenny Jeffrey, Dorothy Furnival, the Swaby family , Lynda Knight, Dianne Cordes. Ivanka Cosic, Jim (fighting cancer;) Jake and Gail. Hazel Looney, Tommy Ferguson, Judith Manning, Barb Capon, Sid Sweet and Pat Pater HAPPY BIRTHDAY Olive Marston HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Margaret & Alan Pressley (60th!) Jocelyn & Craig Deane, Jill & Paul Hilbig YEAR’S MIND— Christine McAuliffe (1983) Philip Lockwood (1997), Lorna Mengler (1995) PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY - Easter VI Readings Acts 10: 44– 48 & 1 John 5: 1—12 GOSPEL John 15:9—17 REGULAR GROUPS AND BOOKINGS PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month at 36 Penno Parade North BIBLE STUDY 10am Wednesdays at Pressley’s THURSDAY 9.30am Eucharist 5.45[m Evening Prayer with Wendy and Co. SINGING GROUP Meets after the 10am service each Sunday. All singers welcome MOTHERS’ UNION - meets third Thursdays each month at 2.00pm Walking Church Today at 5.00pm at Belair National Park gates near railway station bridge. Special Note: Ascension Day 17th May: There will be a Eucharist at 6.30pm to be followed by a bbq tea - meat supplied, please bring a salad or sweets. 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 Stephanie Lloyd 8278 4260 and Lucinda Hale 8278 8814 POWERPOINT ROSTER – Next Sunday Cynthia Macintosh or Don Caddy Sunday after Jill Hilbig or Joy Campbell READER AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER Next Sunday Reader Vanessa D Intercessor Hal S-C Sunday after Reader Eric D Intercessor tba SANCTUARY ROSTER Next week Flowers Noelene Carter Brass Bonney Tomlinson Cleaning Susan Lee Mark your diary please ...... (a) School bookings: May 19 afternoon, May 25 afternoon & evening (b) St John's drama production in hall afternoon and evening of May 31 and June 1 (c) St John's Exams 17-20 July and 29/10-14/11 Flea Market, Saturday 19th May. 9am to lunchtime. There will be stalls for books, cakes, second-hand clothes, white elephant and household gear. as well as Morning Tea and a Barbecue. Please help with stock for these stalls and volunteer your services to Jan Tregenza, Cynthia Macintosh, Yvonne Caddy, Graham Bains. The hall will be available to leave goods during the week. Flyers will shortly be available for distribution and display. OTHER NOTES …… Parish Council Meeting will now be held on the 15th May .......Councillors please note May is BCA box opening month. Please top up your boxes and leave them in the foyer early in May. If you would like to join the group who support BCA in this way, pick up a 'clean' box from the foyer. (David Hall) Archbishop Jeffery Driver is pleased to announce the appointment of The Very Rev’d Frank Nelson as Dean of Adelaide’s iconic St Peter’s Cathedral. Born in South Africa, Frank was ordained a priest in 1979 and has always had a passion for cathedrals and the unique opportunities they offer. Frank Nelson is currently the Dean of the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul in New Zealand FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Catch up with Rev. Stephen about the Sunday evening Bible Study events. And the next THRIVE event will be at Concordia College, Highgate on 18th May from 7.30 to 9.30pm The focus is ‘Peace, where can I get it?’ and cost is $5.00 for supper. A couple of things coming out of the last Interchurch Council meeting 1. Mitcham Hills Interchurch Council will be taking part in the Coro Alive 175th Anniversary Celebrations by putting on a Old Fashioned Picnic on 7th October. It is hoped all Council churches will take part. An organizing committee has been set up and needs cross representation from all Council churches. Anyone who would like to represent Holy Innocents should get in touch with Mark Riessen through the Church of Christ office on 8278 8666 2. Also as part of the Coro Alive 175th Anniversary Celebrations there will a Men’s Choir Concert on 21st July at the Baptist Church, Coromandel Parade. There will be a gold coin collection to cover expenses. Ross Hill-Brown RONBLOG — First Lesson : Sticking one’s neck out! Even as a young child at Sunday School, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch impacted on my mind and memory. I cannot recall what the cause of impact was way back then, but the imagery stayed with me. As I grew and learnt more about the tale, the picture was coloured more vividly. The connection with deeper Africa was one thing – and with a grandfather who would read from Isaiah after every midday meal, the Biblical connection widened. In those days one simply had the story told, without Biblical context. As that changed, the interest widened. Here was someone stepping outside of apparent authority, yet responding to what he knew to be necessary. Mind you, Philip (Greek name, so a Greek person) would not have encountered the strict regimen of Judaism I suspect, perhaps even unaware that he had stepped outside invisible bounds. The whole matter of possible acceptance of Gentiles (Goyim, aren’t we?) had still a long way to go before general acceptance. But that cadet Christian was faced with a challenge, and was perfectly happy to take it up. His greatest surprise may well have been to see that foreigner reading from a scroll as he drove along in a chariot. (I find trying to read in the car does little more than produce a headache!) I would have loved to have been caught up in that conversation, I must confess. There was the eunuch trying to make sense of the passage, and Philip was just the one to open up the Scriptures for him. Out of that ‘chance’ encounter, some enormous developments occurred. Almost certainly this was one of the causes of the spread of the Faith through Egypt Sudan and to Ethiopia. And that spread has stuck through two millennia. From little things, big things grow!!! Items for the Newsletter need to be sent to Fr. Ron at 8298 7160 or ronpkeynes@internode.on.net by Tuesday afternoon please …….