St Mary’s Anglican Church Sunday 9 February 2020
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Preacher & Celebrant: Rev Tracey Wolsley
Regular Services held at 9.00am & 11.00am Sundays
Hymns
TiS 474 Here In This Place Christ Be Our Light TiS 675 Shine Jesus Shine TiS 276 There’s A Light Upon the Mountains
Sentence: Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Matthew 5.16
Collect: Faithful God, you have appointed us your witnesses, to be a light that shines in the world: let us not hide the bright hope you have given us, but tell everyone of your love, revealed in Jesus Christ the Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Please advise Rev Tracey or Alison by 5.00pm Thursday if you wish to add someone to the prayer list below. Thank you.
Please hold in your prayers: Julie Abella, Baby Ella, Lorna Britton, Rebecca Jenkins, Wayne Jenkins, Di, John, Shirley & Ron
School Chaplains Megan & Rose
We acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrung people, the custodians of this land where we gather. We pay our respects to their elders past and present as we pray for reconciliation. Important Dates
Sun 16 Feb 10.30am Annual General Meeting Sun 16 Feb 12.00pm AGM Parish BBQ Lunch Tue 18 Feb 12.00pm St Mary’s Fellowship Lunch Wed 19 Feb 7.00pm Wardens Meeting Wed 19 Feb 7.30pm Parish Council Meeting Sun 23 Feb 10.15am Biggest Tomato Competition Tue 25 Feb 6.00pm Shrove Tuesday Flippin’ Pancake Supper Wed 26 Feb 7.00pm Ash Wednesday Service Thu 27 Feb 1.00pm Welcome Afternoon Tea Sat 29 Feb 9.30am Safe Church Refresher Sun 1 Mar 9.00am Bishop John Harrower Preaching Sun 1 Mar 11.00am Bishop John Harrower Preaching
Regular Dates
Every Wed 3.00pm Christian Meditation at the Dunnicliff’s 2nd Wed 11.00am Service at Benetas Aged Care 3rd Wed 10.30am Service at Freemason’s Aged Care 4th Wed 11.00am Service at Benetas Aged Care 3rd Tue 12.00pm St Mary’s Fellowship Lunch
Notices
NEWS FLASH—On Sunday 1March Bishop John & Gayelene Harrower, former Bishop of Tasmania, and assistant Bishop to the Archbishop of Melbourne in the exercise of his leadership responsibilities as Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia will be with us at St Mary's and preach at both the 9am and 11am Services. Please mark the date in your diary and get ready to be inspired, encouraged and moved towards mission.
Bishop John will be speaking on the theme of 'Thankfulness' and Gayelene will share practical ways to use cards to make contacts and friendships for evangelism. They bring will be bringing with them a wide range of beautifully hand-decorated, new and recycled $1.80 cards for almost every occasion. The cards are beautifully hand embellished and many come with handwritten calligraphy-style messages. All money received goes to the Church Missionary Society (CMS). There will also be for sale on the day, small hand-knitted, chocolate-filled cupcakes for $2.80. These are perfect for a friendship gift when meeting someone for coffee or for when visiting someone who is ill or feeling down. The accompanying message make them perfect opportunities to easily say something about the church family or your faith. Great also for hostess gifts – (one for herself and several to pass on to her own friends) - or as "stocking fillers". Again, all money received goes to CMS.
Please note, this will be a 'Cash Sale' only occasion so bring your purse or wallet with some money to buy some lovely practical gifts and cards to add grace in our fractured community today – and you will also help God’s Work through CMS! Its a win-win!
AGM—The AGM reports will be available after the 9.00am service today. This year we have honoured our hard working catering team with the photo on the front cover. Sorry but the Treasurers report and financial documents will not be available until next week, prior to the meeting.
AGM BBQ—Following the AGM on 16 Feb, there will be a Parish BBQ. On the table in the narthex is a 'sign up sheet' to indicate if you will stay for lunch. You are welcome to bring a salad or sweet to share.
11.00am Service—Please note there will be NO 11.00am service on Sunday 16 February only, due to the AGM.
Safe Church Refresher—Is it 3yrs or more since you completed the Safe Church Workshop? If so you are due to complete the Refresher. The next one is being held here at St Mary’s on Saturday 29 February from 9.30am to 12.30pm. Please contact the Diocese to enrol.
Biggest Tomato Competition—the “weigh-in” to be held between services, 10-11am, on Sunday 23 February. The following are the categories wit awards/prizes: The Biggest/Heaviest Tomato—must be ripe and edible The Biggest/Heaviest Green Tomato The Smallest Tomato—must be ripe and edible (huge number of entrants expected) The Most Imaginative ‘Tomato’ - must be a ‘non tomato’ or a ‘tomato look alike’! All entries must be home grown.
Uniting Pancake Day—Join us and flip for a good cause, supporting people living in crisis, $5 for 2 pancakes & toppings with tea or coffee, Wed 19 Feb, 10.00-11.45am, Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church.
The Rector Writes
The Real Deal
It seems there is a recurring thread throughout the readings over the past few weeks and that is – if our spirituality is indeed ‘authentic’ it must embrace both the experience of the divine and the call to work in the world. In truth no real impact can be made on the world without a vibrant, empowering relationship with God, and no real relationship with God can be found outside of engagement with the struggles and needs of our world. Being ‘authentic’ means practising what we preach or living out what we believe in real, tangible and practical ways.
To this end I want to share with you the story of ‘Vintage Kitchen Preserves’ (VKP). Vintage Kitchen Preserves is a local Bendigo business which was founded on passion and belief. The founder Sue Gerdsen is committed to looking after the earth and as such has developed a waste not-want not, practice and business to match. She writes, “Don’t expect perfect labels or perfect jars in a row, it’s family and friends who want the world to survive as we now know it and for our grandchildren to enjoy it. It’s that simple”. Vintage Kitchen Preserves is a tad different from lots of producers of preserves, as they live what they believe, using their Nans traditions every day. They salt, rest, soak, use wild ferments or whatever else the old age recipes instruct. They do their very best to never use preservatives or artificial colours and go the All Natural – No Bad-itives road. Sue and her team of helpers are not afraid to jump into the branches of a mulberry tree, fight the thorns (and snakes) for the blackberries that grow on the railway lines, or pick up that fruit, that looks to some, ordinary, and create something magical with it. VKP is about local people, using local produce, foraged fruits from the neighbourhood, recycling what the world already has and utilizing sustainable practices. 1 jar and 1 bag at a time VKP, seeks to make a difference and help our world hang around with its recycling, repurposing and reusing practices. You can look them up on Facebook, drop into see them at the Bendigo Marketplace or visit them at the various local markets. Their produce is out of this world and their ethos and enthusiasm to practice what they believe, to embody their values regarding creation care in their everyday practices is truly commendable and inspiring. In what ways is our beliefs reflected and expressed through our actions?
In the Gospel of Matthew today we see Jesus calls his followers to be as salt and light in the world – allowing our good works to be seen in order that others may praise God. It is when we are salt and light – those who live out in our own lives what we seek to see in the world – that we make a real difference. Salt and light people are those who bring flavour and colour, integrity and insight, healing and compassion into the world by the way they live, love and interact. Their influence is felt not through judgement or legalism, but through a life lived with a completely different quality, that touches others with grace and truth and compassion and calls out to the best in them, leaving them longing to live better lives themselves. This is what it means to let our good deeds be seen so that others will praise God, and it’s the only thing that really brings change into the world. As Gandhi famously said: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
May our worship this week lead us to ‘authentic spirituality’ that we might go out into the world in the power of God’s Spirit to serve the world that God loves.
Yours In Christ, Rev Tracey
Rev Sydney Weregoda 14 February
Golda Hyde—16 February Jeanette Scott—9 February 26/03 9.00am 09/02 16/02 23/02 Ash Wed 7.00pm D Addlem D Robinson N & S Austin C & J Clark Welcomers K Watkins P Verdon
Eucharistic E Young R Aitken C Clark R Aitken Assistants G Moors ? A Johns G Turpie N Austin D Bell S Davey C Clark Offertory W Stewart J Scott W Stewart N Austin
Booth R Stone D Robinson M Stewart A Niven
Reader E Young G Young E Young A Austin
Intercessor G Turpie A Austin C Clark G Turpie
Morning Host J Leach R Penna J Scott -
Flowers R Penna E Dunnicliff M Shay Nil
Parish Contact Details Rector: Rev Tracey Wolsley, Ph 0423 267 405 Email: [email protected] Rector’s Warden: Colin Clark Ph 5447 9783 People’s Wardens: Dennis Robinson Ph 5447 4035 Shirley Austin Ph 0417 523 068 Postal Address: PO Box 1369, Kangaroo Flat VIC 3555 Street Address: 193-195 High Street, Kangaroo Flat Office email: [email protected] Website: www.stmaryskangarooflat.com Parish Office: Ph 5447 7427 Parish Secretary: Alison Niven Ph 0409 326 495
Parish Operating Account Details: Acc Name: Anglican Parish of Kangaroo Flat Bank: Bendigo Bank BSB No: 633 108 Acc No: 106133630
Please write any cheques payable to Anglican Parish of Kangaroo Flat
PEW SHEET—If you have an item for the Pew sheet please forward by 12 noon Thursday to Alison Niven on 0409 326 495 or Email [email protected]