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MAY 2014 EDITION 2. Community News 3. Letter from the Chaplain 4. Bishop Ian George Biography 5. Rosters & Readings 6. Music for May College Chaplain | Rev Lynda McMinn | [email protected] Evensong Locum Priest | Bishop Ian George | [email protected] Deputy Chair | Kristina Macrae | [email protected] Secretary | Roger Meyer | [email protected] Newsletter editor | Victoria Brown | [email protected] Comm unity News Annual Dinner The Annual Dinner of the Fellowship will be held on Thursday, 12 June. The venue has yet to be decided. Any suggestions? Servers and Intercessors We really do need more members to commit to the weekly round of services. Paul Kathner needs another Server for the morning services. The duties are not onerous, and on-the-job training will be provided. Even to serve once a month would take pressure off Paul. We also need more members to lead the Intercessions at the morning services. We have booklets explaining the process, and how to prepare your prayers in advance. Lenten Appeal The Chaplain’s Lenten Appeal, in support of Nungalinya College, has raised nearly $1,400. Thanks to all who contributed. Run 4 the Kids Donations Thank you to all who contributed to sponsor me in Run 4 the Kids this year. Total raised was $975! Your donations are all highly appreciated. Victoria Brown Pictures from Easter submitted by Jacquelyn James 2 Comm unity News Letter from the Chaplain Over the coming weeks we will continue to mark and to celebrate the Easter mystery. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Easter celebrates not only the resurrection of one man, but the resurrection of the whole human race. Perhaps this is the full meaning of the term ‘son of man’, so important to the gospel writers. Jesus is the new generation of humanity. Perhaps we could say that in Christ we have the opportunity to become Humanity 2.0. As we proclaim his resurrection we invite people everywhere to join him in a new birth. Amazingly we can become part of this new humanity, celebrate a radically new covenant, and walk ‘in newness of life.’ We don’t have to wait for some distant future dream to start practicing kindness, nonviolence, reconciliation, RSCM Newsletter reverence, joy, hope, hospitality, and peace. In Christ all these things become real possibilities. We just have to Canterbury Fellowship has recently renewed our RSCM grasp this reality; as we accept the peace Christ offers, membership (Royal Society of Church Music). This is a as we leave behind the old humanity and start practicing UK organisation with UK and Australian websites, and a Humanity 2.0, amazing things are possible. Victorian Newsletter. This is the reality of Easter. Christ is risen, Alleluia! He is Links: http://www.rscm.com/international/index.php and risen indeed, Alleluia http://rscmaustralia.org.au/ Shalom, Lynda We are permitted to distribute the Vic Newsletter to our members via email. Access to others on the website can be arranged, upon enquiry to the Fellowship committee For the Vic branch newsletter we could either (a) collect email addresses list of interested Fellowship members, and send each issue of the RSCM newsletter (quarterly) to this list or (b) append the Vic Newsletter with our subsequent monthly CF Newsletter. No need for people to opt out, since they simply can decide not to open the RSCM newsletter. The committee could ask around, but you may also reply to CF Newsletter editor ([email protected]) to advise if you would/would NOT like to receive this. Pictures submitted by Jacquelyn James 3 Bishop Ian George - Evensong Chaplain Biography Ian George was born in Adelaide, educated at St Peter’s part-time lecturer at St Mark’s Theological College, founded College and the University of Adelaide where he was Bakewell the Diocesan Marriage Preparation Program and St John’s Scholar taking the degree of LLB in 1957. After a period as Arts Festival, continued on the Liturgical Commission, joined a Judges’ Associate at the Supreme Court of South Australia the International Affairs Commission (was Chair 1989-98) and he entered practice as a barrister and solicitor of that court. chaired the General Synod Bicentennial Committee. In 1982 In 1961 he entered The General Theological Seminary , New he was elected Australian priest delegate to the Anglican York, as a candidate for ordination for the Diocese of Adelaide. Consultative Council on which he served until 1989. From In 1964 he took the degree of M.Div.. His postgraduate thesis 1981-4 he served a second term on the Community Arts Board was on “The Church and the Arts: the relationship between of the Australia Council. the aesthetic experience and the spiritual experience.” He was In 1989 he was consecrated a bishop in St Saviour’ s Cathedral, ordained deacon and priest in the Diocese of New York and Goulburn to serve as the Assistant Bishop for the Diocese of was subsequently married to Barbara, daughter of Professor Canberra/Goulburn. He started the Bishop’s Annual Appeal and Mrs Andrew Peterson in the same cathedral. On his return for the Needy (in support of Anglicare), lead the Canberra to Australia he was made art critic of the Adelaide “News” – the Clergy Drug Abuse Workshop and was a Vice-President of the original Murdoch paper. He has since reviewed, judged and Australian Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, chairing opened many art exhibitions. He continues to lecture at the the Social Policy Committee. At this time he joined the Migrant National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of SA, Carrick Hill and and Refugee Committee of the Australian Council of Churches. the Johnstone Collection. In 1991 he was elected Archbishop of Adelaide where (inter He served assistant curacies in the Dioceses of New York and alia) he chaired the Christian World Service Commission of the Adelaide, then became priest-in-charge of St Barbara’s Church, National Council of Churches of Australia from 1994 to 2002, Woomera, regular army chaplain and Department of Supply the General Synod Refugee Working Group from 1999-2004, Welfare Officer. In 1969 he became Sub-Warden and Chaplain and the Anglican Communion Migrant and Refugee Network of St George’s College within the University of WA and part- from 1999 to 2008. He started the Archbishop’s Appeal for time tutor and lecturer in history. There he served on various the Needy which raised many millions of dollars from 1994 to diocesan committees and chaired the clergy post-ordination 2004, was a member of the SA Heritage Authority from 1993 training program. to 2005, a member of the Minister for Foreign Affairs Overseas In 1973 he was installed as Dean of Brisbane where he soon Aid Advisory Council from 1998 to 2002, chaired the SA became a controversial columnist for the Courier-Mail, trustee Minister for Housing’s Community Housing Council 1994-7, a of the Queensland Art Gallery, Senior Army Chaplain for the member of the SA Multicultural Forum 1991 – 2000, and the First Military District (Q’D), one of the founding governors of Australian Police Ministers’ Advisory Council 1994-8. the Q’d Festival of the Arts, founder of the Alcohol and Drug He has been patron of many organizations notably the Port Abuse Foundation of Queensland, joined the General Synod Power Football Club 1997- 2006, SA Royal Society for the Arts and its Standing Committee and the Liturgical Commission. 1991 – 2012, Schizophrenia Fellowship SA 1992 – 2004, Sane With the help of many people he made the cathedral a major Australia 1992 – 2004, SA Migrant Resource Centre 1999-2006. centre for all the arts for the city of Brisbane. He was also a part-time lecturer in the Faculty of Religious Studies at the He was made an Ambassador for Truth for the Dept for University of Queensland, served on the Council of Griffith Immigration and Multi-cultural Affairs in 1998 and an University and various ethics committees. He founded the Ambassador for the Australian Refugee Association in 2009. Diocesan Marriage Preparation Program. From 1974-77 he Since 1992 he has been Senior Chaplain for the Venerable served on the Community Arts Board of the Australia Council. Order of St John in SA and was National Chaplain for the Order of St Lazarus from 2005-13. In 1981 he was invited to Canberra to lead a working group developing a project for a National Anglican Centre on the He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 and Anglican cathedral site in the parliamentary triangle. After an Officer in 2001. He received the Queens’Jubilee Medal in several years planning this was enthusiastically accepted by 1976 and the Centenary Medal in 2001. General Synod but failed to obtain the necessary tax relief He and Barbara had two children: Sarah ,formerly a Tutor at for donations from the then Federal Treasurer and the project Trinity College where she met another Tutor, Dr Gregor Brown, foundered. to whom she has been married for twenty years. They have During this time he was Archdeacon of Canberra and Rector four children all of whom are likely to attend Trinity in years to of St John’s Church, Reid (the original church in Canberra), come. Their son, Sam, died in 1990. 4 May - June 2014 Contacts Mr Roger Meyer (Keeper of the Roster) 9818 4950 Roster s & Readings Mrs Pam Stewart (Evening Readers) 9807 6769 MORNING SERVICES 10AM EUCHARISTIC DATE READINGS READER INTERCESSOR ASSISTANT 4 May Acts 1:14a, 36-41 1 Peter 1:13-25 Margaret Dean Andrew Murray Paul Kathner Psalm 116:1-4, 11-18 Luke 24:13-35 11 May Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 2:1-10 Mavis Heathcote Elizabeth Sevior Ross Heathcote