Prayers for today. THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA ROSTERS 16 July

Welcomer of weary travelers, Portarlington we have carried our burdens long Managers: David & Lorraine and yearn to lay them down. Hughes. Give us your rest and your Morning Tea: Alex & peace, even as we take your Catherine Eagleson. Pastoral Care: Graham yoke upon us, for your yoke is Vohmann easy, Prayers: David Hughes. Pentecost 5 Sunday, 9 July 2017 and your burden is light. Reader: Brenda Vohmann. “Proved to be right by her works” (Matthew 11:19). These words Amen. PowerPoint: Pammi Pryor. reveal the heart of putting our trust in God. In a strange country Lawns: Contractor where he knew no one, Abraham’s servant said to himself: “I’ll Abingdon Worship Annual have Isaac marry the first woman to give me a drink if she also Drysdale offers to water my camels.” Such a course seems like folly, and Worship @ 9 yet, Rebekah was that woman, and wisdom was vindicated by her Kitchen: Wayne's Team deeds. Likewise, those who chose to follow Jesus willingly Breath in deep. Counting: Colleen Diamond submitted to his yoke. Here again, wisdom revealed such action to As the air fills your lungs, 10. 45 am be anything but folly. Truly, when following God, wisdom is delight in this stuff that gives us Duty Elder: John MacGillivray vindicated by her deeds. life. Prayers: Worship @9 Let go of your breath.. Readings: Worship @9 LECTIONARY Breathe in once more, and as Welcome: Wilma Mansell you do remember your body Morning Tea: Brenda Jacobs 9 July Genesis 24: 34 -38.42-49,58-67 Psalm 45:10- enables you to move and live in & Melva Stringer. 17 the world. Communion Elder: Margaret Pentecost 5 Romans 7: 15-25a Matthew 11: 16-19,25-30 Think of all the delightful things MacGillivray Flowers: Wayne Myers. 16 July Genesis 25:19-34 Psalm 119:105-112 you encounter. Pentecost 6 Romans 8: 1-11 Matthew 13: 1-9,18-23 Breathe out and give thanks to Counting: Harvey Davis & God. Bob Stevenson. Minister: Rev. Temukisa Amituana'i-Vaeluaga Amen. St Leonards Email: [email protected] Seasons of the Welcome: Shirley Hadden. Mobile: 0400 664 991 Spirit Reading: Judy Godfrey. Prayer: Marj Wilson CHURCH OFFICE: Drysdale Church Centre Flowers & Brass: Miriam Phone: 5253 1336 Tobin & Marj Wilson Email: [email protected] Web http://drysdale.unitingchurch.org.au

UNITINGCARE OPSHOP: Village Walk Drysdale News Sheet: Denise Phone: 5251 3640 McLaverty Sunday 16 July My educational pursuits THIS WEEK IN OUR Portarlington would not be possible without CONGREGATIONS: 9.00 am Rev. Temukisa generous support from Sunday 9 July Loose change & Food ALL CONGREGATIONS Congregations and Portarlington Bank community members. Thank Drysdale 9.00 am Rev. Margaret Manning Note of Appreciation from you for enabling this Drysdale 9.00 am W@9 Graeme's Team Javid. opportunity! 9.00 am W@9 Rev. Temukisa 10.45 am Graeme's Team God bless you all for Jenni's Team helping. St Leonards Having lived in a refugee Holy Communion 5.00 pm Rev. Temukisa welcoming us, offering help camp, our daily struggle was and friendships. 10.45 am Rev. Temukisa to survive the civil war. Holy Communion , Growing up in a refugee Loose change & Food Sincerely bank both services family and the unprivileged St Leonards community has not only Javid Mohammadi 5.00 pm Anglican led offered financial and academic challenges Monday 10 July but has also helped me 2.00 pm Portarlington Coffee realise the value of education. DRYSDALE and Chat. I have just concluded my first Tuesday 11 July trimester of an Optometry 7.30 pm Portarlington, Drysdale Craft Resources course at Deakin University. I The Drysdale Craft group will Thursday 13July can already report my still meet over the school 9.00 am Portarlington, Choir academic results are off to a holidays. practice good start. I work hard Our next meeting will be 9.30 am Drysdale, Choir practice towards my goal of becoming Thursday 10.30 am Drysdale, Coffee a medical doctor and will try 13 July at 7.30 pm. & Chat, to justify the faiths and 7.30 pm Drysdale Craft Group supports the Congregations Friday 14 July members have put in me PORTARLINGTON 10:15 am Portarlington through supporting us Social Justice Letter Writing financially. Coffee and Chat. Saturday 15 July The next Coffee and Chat is 8.00am Drysdale Prayer on Monday,10 July at 2.00pm Breakfast at PostScript Cafe, Newcombe St, Portarlington. Everyone I recently wrote to you about Executive Director welcome the famine in East Africa, and asked for your help in Road Home Project providing lifesaving food and During July the Justice and water to families who are Mission Team are collecting living there. for the Road Home Project. Beanies, gloves, socks, Thanks to the quick response toiletries, and hygiene of the international products will be most community, emergency aid is welcome. Please deposit reaching South Sudan, but items in the candy stripe bag 1.7 million people remain on in the Narthex. Let’s make the brink of starvation. this year’s contribution as Meanwhile, while we are useful as last year. getting some food and water into Somalia, the situation Social Justice Letter continues to deteriorate. Writing Rains have been The Social Justice Letter unseasonably poor and it’s Writing will continue next hard to get aid to those who Friday 14 July in the Hall at need it because of conflict in 10.15am. All Welcome the area.

Act for Peace’s partners on the ground are at this very moment distributing emergency food and water supplies. But the scale of the Act for Peace. crisis is truly staggering, and there is just not enough funds Dear friends at Uniting to meet the need. Church. Janet Cousens