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Sunday 31st March, 2013 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 well into action Collect for today: God of glory, fill Your Church with the power that flows from Christ’s resurrection, that, in the midst of this sinful world, it may signal the beginning of a renewed humanity, raised to new life with Christ, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever Amen Today’s Readings Easter read by Trevor T Readings Acts 10: 34—43 and 1 Corinthian 15: 19 - 26 GOSPEL John 20: 1—19 PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Peter Little, Dorothy Furnival, the Swaby family , Dianne Cordes. Tommy Ferguson, Bob Arnold, Ann Daughtry, Pat Pater, Jan and Mollie, Eddy Klose, Allan Pressley, Ben Forster and Leslie Kay HAPPY BIRTHDAY Angus Bruce, Paul Hilbig HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - YEAR’S MIND— Jeannie Moffatt (2008) Audrey Windram (1999) Ronald Dickson (2010) William Spencer (1996) PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Easter 2 Readings Acts 5: 27—32 and Revelation 1: 4—8 GOSPEL John 20: 19—31 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 5.30pm Evening Prayer with Wendy MOTHERS’ UNION - meets third Thursdays each month at 2.00pm WALKING CHURCH First Saturday of each month at 4.00pm at Belair National Park gates near railway station bridge. Next Saturday is the day! GREAT BIG THANK YOU Our very great thanks go to all those people involved in the previ-ous READY SET GO FOR EASTER event. It was a fairly noisy time, but warmly appreciated by those who came and those who did all the work. Catch your breath, everyone, till next time!!!! One result of last Sunday’s Annual Meeting was David Hall’s resignation as Warden. Our great thanks go to him for his contribution in that role. That no one offered for the position makes a statement of the difficulty of the position! Friday Morning HI Tea and Coffee is on again from 8.30am. Don’t miss the chance for a yarn . CHAPEL SERVICES AT FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE Holy Innocents' parish is rostered to help on four occasions each year. We visit patients in the wards and take those who are able, to the service in the chapel at 11am. We also make a list of people who would like us to pray for them during the service. The NEXT date is 14th April, Helpers are asked to be at the chapel by 10am. If anyone would like to be part of this worthwhile and rewarding ministry, please speak to me or phone me on 8278 2837. Jean Fordham. Delivery of food offerings to the Magdalene Centre Offers from parishioners who could help in the transport of the weekly food offerings to the Magdalen Centre in Angas Street, Adelaide, would be welcomed by Joan Durdin, who pre-pares the roster. Each driver's turn comes once every 6 or 7 weeks. It entails collecting the goods from the church, and taking them to the Centre in Angas Street, Adelaide. Please contact Joan (81780704) if you can assist in this way. 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 Jill Hilbig or Joy Campbell Sunday after Min Araki or Cynthia Macintosh READER AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER Next Sunday Reader Mary V Intercessor Wendy M Sunday after Reader Family Araki Intercessor Sue D-T SANCTUARY ROSTER Next Sunday Flowers Sue D-T Brass Margaret Carruthers Cleaning Group 5 Parish Camp Friday 8 - Sunday 10 November 2013 at Pt Elliot Caravan Park Powered site $33/night Units $115/night, Cabins $90/night For more details refer notice board in the hall or contact Wendy Morecroft awsc@internode.on.net 0400576364 RONBLOG on today’s Readings Our Lord’s Cross and Resurrection are the pivots on which an alternative modus operandi for living is offered. No one is forced to accept it, but I have to say one is foolish to turn their back on it. This is not a matter of believing or refusing to believe in the (facts of the) Resurrection, but to head in the direction that those events point present. When one ponders the arrest, trial and execution of Jesus, one sees the dread hand of human refusal to follow where truth lies, and to destroy whoever stands in its path. The cross underlines the refusal of Jesus to retaliate (with 12 legions of angels, for in-stance) for to do so would be to do nothing other than to multiply the evil. In other words, evil is not destroyed by putting the perpetrators to death, or any other form of punishment, but by offering a solid and substantial alternative – a path most risky, but also most productive. First off, evil is—in Biblical terms, destroyed when it is shown up for what it is. Then you have the choice to avoid it …. And not to succumb to it. The Resurrection is making the statement that truth cannot be destroyed permanently but will always come back and face you; that love cannot be overcome but will rise again; that justice cannot be dealt with and destroyed, but will rise again just as Jesus did. One does not even need proof of the resurrection of Jesus to become aware of this – in fact simple observation of life and people and history will offer its own evidence that this is a moral universe despite all of our attempts to determine otherwise. All this is rather exciting stuff, and (as I have often argued with atheists) I must still follow Christ even if there is no life after this. Also, the refusal of the greater part of humanity to see the wonderful possibilities have no effect upon my commitment. Easter has moved life’s goal-posts, and it has to be said that this has always been the telos, the goal, the direction of the Hebrew-Christian Faith, and makes the most sense of life that I have ever encountered from any other source or philosophy or ism. (And yet, this has been the goal of all those human searches.) Church 29 Sheoak Road, Belair SA 5052 Post to PO Box 156 Belair SA 5052 Phone 08 8370 3530 Email innocents@adam.com.au Services Sunday 8.00am Holy Communion (APBA) 10.00am Contemporary Communion Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion MINISTRY TEAM Rector Rev’d Dr. Warren Huffa 83703530 Mob 0438 988 448 Wardens Sue Parham 0418816413 Hon. Priest Canon Ron Keynes 8298 7160 or ronpkeynes@internode.on.net Items for the Newsletter need to be sent to Fr. Ron by Tuesday afternoon please ……. Holy innocents Calendar https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=innocents.belair% 40gmail.com&ctz=Australia/Adelaide

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Sunday 24thMarch, 2013 Sixth Sunday in Lent—Palm /Passion Sunday 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 well into action Collect for today God of all, You gave Your only-begotten Son to take the form of a servant, and to be obedient even to death on a cross; give us the same mind that was in Christ Jesus that, sharing in His humility, we may come to be with Him in His glory, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen Today’s Readings Lent VI Passion Sunday read by Hal S-C Readings Isaiah 50: 4—9a and Philippians 2: 5—11 GOSPEL Luke 22: 14—23 PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE led by Mary V We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Peter Little, Dorothy Furnival, the Swaby family , Dianne Cordes. Tommy Ferguson, Bob Arnold, Ann Daughtry, Pat Pater, Jan and Mollie, Eddy Klose, Allan Pressley, Ben Forster HAPPY BIRTHDAY Marlene Dixon, Tommy Ferguson HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - I YEAR’S MIND— Evelyn Halstead (1997) Betty Hains (2006) PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Easter Readings Acts 10: 34—43 and 1 Corinthian 15: 19 - 26 GOSPEL John 20: 1—19 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 5.30pm Evening Prayer with Wendy MOTHERS’ UNION - meets third Thursdays each month at 2.00pm WALKING CHURCH First Saturday of each month at 4.00pm at Belair National Park gates near railway station bridge. Next Saturday is the day! GREAT BIG THANK YOU Our very great thanks go to all those people involved in last Sunday afternoon’s READY SET GO FOR EASTER event. It was a fairly noisy time, but warmly appreciated by those who came and those who did all the work. Catch your breath, everyone, till next time!!!! Your attention is drawn to the planned breakfast after the 6.00am service on Easter. This will be a BYO breakfast as advised by Mary V. Friday Morning HI Tea and Coffee is on again from 8.30am. Don’t miss the chance for a yarn although not this coming Friday of course. CHAPEL SERVICES AT FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE Holy Innocents' parish is rostered to help on four occasions each year. We visit patients in the wards and take those who are able, to the service in the chapel at 11am. We also make a list of people who would like us to pray for them during the service. The NEXT date is 14th April, Helpers are asked to be at the chapel by 10am. If anyone would like to be part of this worthwhile and rewarding ministry, please speak to me or phone me on 8278 2837. Jean Fordham. Delivery of food offerings to the Magdalene Centre Offers from parishioners who could help in the transport of the weekly food offerings to the Magdalen Centre in Angas Street, Adelaide, would be welcomed by Joan Durdin, who prepares the roster. Each driver's turn comes once every 6 or 7 weeks. It entails collecting the goods from the church, and taking them to the Centre in Angas Street, Adelaide. Please contact Joan (81780704) if you can assist in this way. 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 Jill Hilbig or Joy Campbell Sunday after Min Araki or Cynthia Macintosh READER AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER Next Sunday Reader Neil T Intercessor tba Sunday after Reader n/a Intercessor n/a SANCTUARY ROSTER Next Sunday Flowers Anna Kelly Brass Rosemary Conlon Cleaning Cleaner Parish Camp Friday 8 - Sunday 10 November 2013 at Pt Elliot Caravan Park Powered site $33/night Units $115/night, Cabins $90/night For more details refer notice board in the hall or contact Wendy Morecroft awsc@internode.on.net 0400576364 RONBLOG on today’s Readings It was an interesting but not unexpected conversation over a cuppa after Church we attended quite some time ago. The person who was speaking to me was a long-time parishioner who started off life as a Baptist before his wife presented him with the challenge of being Anglican. It was a long time ago all this happened, but the comment from the octogenarian was that he had been used to being harangued about sin and the world to come by his pastor, whilst the Anglican preacher had him rather more focussed on responding to life and people in the here and now. Apart from anything else, the Lord of the Universe is perfectly capable of dealing with ‘life to come’ issues without a lot of help from us. On top of that, so much of what is increasingly ‘popular’ preaching tends to be little more than a refined form of selfishness. The Gospel is NOT about me! Why is it that so few (as far as I can see) people see the Faith as having immediate and really very effective answers to a world of people apparently going rather awry? Some recent developments in our own country, and culture and even city, have left lots of people with their mouths agape. Some hideous murders perpetrated by young teens! All sorts of road rage situations and the general increase in violence and home invasions. Relationships have passed breaking point, leaving people profoundly concerned. It seems that many politicians can only come up with draconian legislation, which will, almost always, blow up in the hands of the legislators or get thrown out by a higher court. And the Hebrew Christian Faith has been offering a serious response for millennia. And the Faith is supposed to be irrelevant! EASTER SERVICES March 28 Maundy Thursday, 9.30am Eucharist 7:30pm Eucharist (Last Supper) March 29 Good Friday, 9.30am Children's Service Stations of the Cross 10.45am Traditional Good Friday Service March 30 EASTER 6.00am Lighting of the Paschal fire and Eucharist, (note change please) BYO Breakfast to follow 8.00am Traditional Eucharist 10.00am Contemporary Eucharist

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Sunday 17th March, 2013 Fifth Sunday in Lent 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 well into action Collect for today Christ, Whose feet were caressed with perfume and a woman’s hair, You humbly took a basin and towel and washed the feet of Your friends; wash us also in Your tenderness, that embracing Your service freely, we may accept no other bondage in Your Name. Amen Today’s Readings Lent V read by Arndrae L Readings Isaiah 43:16—21 and Philippians 3: 3—13 GOSPEL John 12: 1—8 PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE led by Wendy M We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Peter Little, Dorothy Furnival, the Swaby family , Dianne Cordes. Tommy Ferguson, Bob Arnold, Ann Daughtry, Pat Pater, Jan and Mollie, Eddy Klose, Bonney Tomlinson, Allan Pressley, Ben Forster HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kumiko Araki, Barbara Corbett HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - Iris and Eric Downes YEAR’S MIND— Shirley Marston (2005), Anne Martin (1999), Edwina Christie (2000) Harlod Crouch (2009) PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Lent VI Passion Sunday Readings Isaiah 50: 4—9a and Philippians 2: 5—11 GOSPEL Luke 22: 14—23 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 5.30pm Evening Prayer with Wendy MOTHERS’ UNION - meets third Thursdays each month at 2.00pm Next meeting this coming Thursday (21st) at 2.00pm with Guest Speaker Graham Baines who tells the story of an ancient chasuble found in their Church recently. This vestment was dated from 1485, has been restored and is now on permanent display at the Church of St. John, Poulton Le-Fylde in Lancashire. WALKING CHURCH First Saturday of each month at 4.00pm at Belair National Park gates near railway station bridge. Friday Morning HI Tea and Coffee is on again from 8.30am. Don’t miss the chance for a yarn Lenten Studies are to be held on Luke’s Gospel. Meetings for this week are: Tuesday at 10 in the foyer, and 7.30pm in the Rectory and next Sunday 11.30am in the Church The second of our READY, SET, GO Children's Ministry Events is set for 3.30pm TODAY . All youngsters and their rellies are invited, and watch out for a donkey or two, and other items as well. The Annual Vestry Meeting of the Parish will be held after Church on Palm Sunday 24th March. 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 Jill Hilbig or Joy Campbell Good Friday Ron Keynes or Barb Capon Easter Jill Hilbig or Joy Campbell READER AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER Next Sunday Reader Hal S-C Intercessor Mary V Sunday after Reader Neil T Intercessor tba SANCTUARY ROSTER Next Sunday Flowers No flowers Brass Yvonne Caddy Cleaning Group 4 The Lenten Envelope Appeal Thank you to those who have already returned their Lenten offering envelope. The offerings still to be returned may be placed in the offertory plate today or on Palm Sunday or Easter Day. Parish Directory We are looking for someone to spend the time collating the information we need to produce a revised parish directory. It is not difficult work, just some chasing up and encouraging people to get their details in. If you are interested please see Warren or Wendy. Parish Camp Friday 8 - Sunday 10 November 2013 at Pt Elliot Caravan Park Powered site $33/night Units $115/night, Cabins $90/night For more details refer notice board in the hall or contact Wendy Morecroft awsc@internode.on.net 0400576364 RONBLOG on today’s Readings Isaiah in particular In our country and culture at least, the values of the Faith tend to be overwhelmed by other life-styles and views, to the extent that many people are wondering ‘where it will all end.’ That is a question people have been putting to me for at least 40 years or more now. And like dear old Isaiah of the ancient world, we need to take a long-range view if we are to be both factual, and confident as we face the future whatever it may bring. So what does this series of readings offer a person right here and now? For me, the greatest thing is hope for the future. Hope is no use to anyone if it is little else than ‘castles in the air.’ Something rather more substantial is called for, surely. And to my mind, you have it right in these readings. If there is one thing that has long sustained me in life and faith, it has been the reiterated emphases of the Old Testament prophets, oddly enough. You will know my views on Isaiah well enough, too. That great visionary was for ever encouraging the people of his own day and age by reminding them of the nature and activity of God. And that nature had become quite clear to Isaiah as he looked back over centuries of Israel’s history. (It was not based on fluff!!!) There is no pointing to dramatic or miraculous events and interventions, but the firm and gentle reminder that the God with Whom we have to do is the God Who rescues His people even from their own folly and disbelief. Check out the stories of Abraham, of the Exodus, of the Exile. And if that is not enough, go on with the New Testament and the Cross of Christ. Mind you, there is more to the story that just ‘rescue.’ In each of the situations, there were shown up the need for change and growth and development. On top of that, little really did change unless and until ordinary human beings put their ‘money where their mouth was.’ This God of ours works always through you. His hands are your hands. I have more than a sneaky suspicion that some quiet may be useful here, to take on board what has been put in front of us. EASTER SERVICES March 28 Maundy Thursday, 9.30am Eucharist 7:30pm Eucharist (Last Supper) March 29 Good Friday, 9.30am Children's Service Stations of the Cross 10.45am Traditional Good Friday Service March 30 EASTER 6.30am Lighting of the Paschal fire and Eucharist, 8.00am Traditional Eucharist 10.00am Contemporary Eucharist

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Sunday 10thMarch, 2013 Fourth Sunday in Lent Mothering Sunday Welcome to Connor 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. Breakfast is available in the Hall after the 8 am service and morning tea after the 10 am. All are welcome. Sunday School is well into action Collect for today God of compassion, You are slow to anger and full of mercy, welcoming sinners who return to You with penitent hearts: receive in Your loving embrace all who come home to You and seat them at Your bountiful table, that they may feast with delight in all that satisfies. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Saviour, Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen Today’s Readings Lent IV read by Hal S-C Readings: Joshua 5: 1—12 and 2 Corinthians 5: 16 –21 GOSPEL Luke 15: 11—32 PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE led by Vanessa We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Peter Little, Dorothy Furnival, the Swaby family , Dianne Cordes. Tommy Ferguson, Bob Arnold, Ann Daughtry, Pat Pater, Jan and Mollie, Eddy Klose, Bonney Tomlinson, Allan Pressley, Eva and Ben Forster HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jill Hilbig. Barbara Almond, Marilyn Little, Rosemary Conlon, Brittany Luks, Emma Bruce, Maya Araki HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - YEAR’S MIND— Doris Kelly (1995) John Walder (1988) Jack Kelly (1999) PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Lent V Readings Isaiah 43:16—21 and Philippians 3: 3—13 GOSPEP John 12: 1—8 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 5.30pm Evening Prayer with Wendy MOTHERS’ UNION - meets third Thursdays each month at 2.00pm WALKING CHURCH First Saturday of each month at 4.00pm at Belair National Park gates near railway station bridge. Friday Morning HI Tea and Coffee is on again from 8.30am. Don’t miss the chance for a yarn Lenten Studies are to be held on Luke’s Gospel. Meetings for this week are , Tuesday at 10 in the foyer, and 7.30pm in the Rectory The second of our READY, SET, GO Children's Ministry Events is set for 3.30pm next Sunday. More details are available with advertising and invites going out. On the day, watch out for a donkey or two, and other items as well. The Annual Vestry Meeting of the Parish will be held after Church on Palm Sunday 24th March. Reports need to be in hand for printing. a fortnight before that date please. That means this Sunday!!!!!!!! Mothering Sunday, TODAY we will have a BBQ to 'Refresh' us in body (even though it is a long weekend!!) after the 10 am service. Please come and join in the festivities! 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 Ron Keynes or Barb Capon Following week Jill Hilbig or Joy Campbell READER AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER Next Sunday Reader Arndrae L Intercessor Wendy T Sunday after Reader Hal S-C Intercessor Mary V SANCTUARY ROSTER Next Sunday Flowers No flowers Brass Caroline and Sid Sweet Cleaning Cleaner Here are some activities for Lent, 1. Making Palm Crosses. Palm crosses are distributed on Palm Sunday. Each year a group undertakes to make crosses from palm tree leaves. It is a tricky process, though quickly learnt, or re-learnt. 2. The Lenten Envelope Appeal In this annual appeal, all parishioners are invited to contribute weekly. Your contribution can be placed in a special envelope, which will be available on Sundays in Lent, and may be returned with your offering on Easter Day. Parish Directory We are looking for someone to spend the time collating the information we need to produce a revised parish directory. It is not difficult work, just some chasing up and encouraging people to get their details in. If you are interested please see Warren or Wendy. We have been informed that the Commissioning of Public School Chaplains has been deferred till 17th March at 10am at All Hallows, Coromandel Parade, Blackwood. All are welcome to be present for that service. Parish Camp Friday 8 - Sunday 10 November 2013 at Pt Elliot Caravan Park Powered site $33/night Units $115/night, Cabins $90/night For more details refer notice board in the hall or contact Wendy Morecroft awsc@internode.on.net 0400576364 RONBLOG on today’s Readings One of the saddest elements of Christian Faith and worship, to my mind, is the fact that so many Christians of all denominations seem to focus only on their own forgiveness and reconciliation with God. “Heaven is assurred and now nothing else seems to matter.” What blasphemy that is!!! Heaven is a long way off, and now is the critical moment, and nothing could be more necessary for human life and lives to attain potential, than to act on that for which Christ died. And here in this rather disparate but interesting set of readings for today is expressed all that is necessary to reach such a goal or at least to move towards it. And harsh, punitive responses do nothing to resolve issues, but rather they only harden people in their intransigence, and multiply the hatreds. God, we are idiots. And the Faith is ignored. How dare I charge Jews with the same error! That OT Lesson points up again the necessity of the Covenant between God and humans, not for His sake but for ours in retaining connection with the important issues of that covenant. This is no two-way agreement, but specifically ‘take it or leave it.’  The Psalm underlines the necessity - for us, not God – to recognize and take responsibility for our foolish, sinful and damaging actions. This is not to avoid punishment (though that is how it was seen early in OT times.) It is only as ‘I acknowledge my sin’ knowing that Someone is there to listen and know, and for me to be responsible, that I can learn from mistakes and move on from there. This is a process very largely avoided and even refused these days, with the concomitant downward slide that will always emerge from such refusals. I have nowhere to move if and when I have to hide my mistakes and errors for the purview of those close to me, let alone those most distant. EASTER SERVICES March 28 Maundy Thursday, 9.30am Eucharist 7:30pm Eucharist (Last Supper) March 29 Good Friday, 9.30am Children's Service Stations of the Cross 10.45am Traditional Good Friday Service March 30 EASTER 6.30am Lighting of the Paschal fire and Eucharist, 8.00am Traditional Eucharist 10.00am Contemporary Eucharist

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Sunday 3rd March, 2013 Third Sunday in Lent 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 well into action Collect for today Lord God our redeemer, Who heard the cry of Your people and sent Your servant Moses to lead them out of slavery; free us from the tyranny of sin and death, and, by the leading of Your Spirit, bring us to the promised land, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Today’s Readings Lent III read by John F Readings Isaiah 55: 1 – 9 and 1 Corinthians 10: 1 – 13 GOSPEL Luke 13: 31 – 35 PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE led by Ben L We pray for those in need: Ron Teague, Peter Little, Dorothy Furnival, the Swaby family , Dianne Cordes. Tommy Ferguson, Bob Arnold, Ann Daughtry, Pat Pater, Janet Phillips, Jan and Mollie, Eddy Klose, Bonney Tomlinson, Allan Pressley (in Flinders.), Eva and Ben Forster HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stuart Vandepeer, Andrew Morecroft, Eddie Barber, Allan Jennings HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - Mary and Graham Roberts YEAR’S MIND— Laurie Castanelli (2006), Basil Marston (2003) Bessie Barnett (2005) Marjorie Dickson (2003) PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Lent IV Readings: Joshua 5: 1—12 and 2 Corinthians 5: 16 –21 GOSPEL Luke 15: 11—32 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 5.30pm Evening Prayer with Wendy MOTHERS’ UNION - meets third Thursdays each month at 2.00pm WALKING CHURCH First Saturday of each month at 4.00pm at Belair National Park gates near railway Station Bridge. Friday Morning HI Tea and Coffee is on again from 8.30am. Don’t miss the chance for a yarn Lenten Studies are to be held on Luke’s Gospel. Meetings for this week are , Sunday 11.30am in Church ONLY Official lists are available in the foyer—changes will be notified each week in these pages. Pancake Night The donations from the Pancake evening amounted to $86 and with the promise of a further donation we should easily make $100. Thanks to the hard work from everyone involved, it was a wonderful evening. Traditionally the proceeds from this event have gone to the ABM Lenten Appeal. Yvonne Caddy The second of our READY, SET, GO Children's Ministry Events is set for 3.30pm on 17th March. More detail will be available soon, with advertising and invites going out. Watch out for a donkey or two, and other items as well. The Annual Vestry Meeting of the Parish will be held after Church on Palm Sunday 24th March. Reports need to be in hand for printing a fortnight before that date please. That means next Sunday!!!!!!!! On Mothering Sunday, 10th March (NEXT SUNDAY) we will have a BBQ to 'Refresh' us in body (even though it is a long weekend!!) after the 10 am service. If you come, please bring a salad or a sweet and we will see to it that there is meat for all!! Please come and join in the festivities! 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 Ross Hill-Brown advises that the planned Commissioning of School Chaplains has been deferred to Sunday March 17th at 10.00am at All Hallows, Blackwood, and asks supporters to note the alteration. POWERPOINT ROSTER – Next Sunday Cynthia Macintosh or Don Caddy Following week Ron Keynes or Barb Capon READER AND INTERCESSOR ROSTER Next Sunday Reader Paul H Intercessor Vanessa D (Baptism – no Intercessions) Sunday after Reader Arndrae L Intercessor Wendy T SANCTUARY ROSTER Next Sunday Flowers No flowers Brass Joan Durdin Cleaning Group 3 Here are some various activities in Lent, 1. Making Palm Crosses. Palm crosses are distributed on Palm Sunday. Each year a group undertakes to make crosses from palm tree leaves. It is a tricky process, though quickly learnt, or re-learnt. 2. The Lenten Envelope Appeal In this annual appeal, all parishioners are invited to contribute weekly. Your contribution can be placed in a special envelope, which will be available on Sundays in Lent, and may be returned with your offering on Easter Day. Parish Directory We are looking for someone to spend the time collating the information we need to produce a revised parish directory. It is not difficult work, just some chasing up and encouraging people to get their details in. If you are interested please see Warren or Wendy. RONBLOG on today’s Readings or the general drift of them … May I offer a look at Scripture in a way that may open some doors for people? The Creation Stories are where the Bible story begins, but please realize that Israel’s experience of God preceded all that, for it started (historically) with Abraham. It was a long journey before people realized that JHWH was One God and not a pantheon. Catch sight, too, that the Hebrew Faith, was not really a religion but was designed to benefit the whole world of humans, being a response to everything in life that somehow manages to white-ant human relationships at every level. The story is not—REPEAT NOT—one of Divine punishment of human sin, but an appalling Divine struggle to get us mere mortals see both the mess that we make of each other, as well as providing an alternative mode of operation that points to resolution of all those issues. Failure to see this and respond – not the failure of the Faith (Hebrew and Christian) – resulted in the reductio ad absurdum of the faiths into increasingly dead religions If you find all this a bit too much in one paragraph, please feel free to get in touch and discuss it all. It has been an enormous disappointment when people seem to prefer NOT to look at the realities of the Biblical Faith, and remarkably few are prepared to think outside the enclosed box of conventional ‘religion.’ In fact, they will almost turn to force of arms to close their ears to anything other than the sadly narrow and very selfish ‘gospel’ they prefer. No wonder Jesus had problems in His own day and age. This faith, unlike most others, is offering an understanding of life, existence and purpose for all humanity right here and now, [perhaps even more than the life to come.] And when Jesus talks about His kingdom, that is no future event but rather that modus operandi (if you like to put it that way) for living right here and now. The reason that the Pharisees were after Jesus’ life was simply because His modus for life was seen as a potent – almost deadly – threat to their power and position. It remains such a threat to people in positions of power right up to the present and into the future. Far from irrelevant (as people used to think) - it is perhaps too close to the bone!