35Th Birthday Celebration at the Old Library and Final Time of Collating the Newsletter by Hand Prior to the Launch of Our Online Edition
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BUNINYONG AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY NEWS INC Issue 387 Reg No. A0034918L August, 2012 ABN 97 574 052 024 FIRST ISSUE 26/7/1977 35th Birthday celebration at the Old Library and final time of collating the newsletter by hand prior to the launch of our online edition Page 1 SOUTH UNITING CHURCH (WORSHIP CENTRE) LEARMONTH STREET BUNINYONG Phone church office 53413515, Traditional style service and children's program at 9-30am on Sunday. All welcome Presbytery have appointed Rev. David Leach as Supply Minister to the Ballarat South congregation for a period of three months. If necessary he can be contacted on 53429636. Join the Prayer / Walking Group at the Labyrinth on Thursday mornings at 9.00am. All welcome. We walk the labyrinth, pray in the centre, then go out for coffee afterwards. New faces are always welcome. We usually have Holy Communion on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Family Service Sunday. Children come and join the fun. 9-45 till 10-30am. This service has become very popular. On the third Sunday of the month there is a band and children are involved in the service both in the band and in other ways. There are drama presentations and music — worship is directed towards families as a whole. Heather Club. Adult fellowship is held on the first Monday in the month at 10.00am. Open House. Open House is held on each Wednesday morning during school terms from 10am to 12 noon in the hall. All welcome. Open Door. Wednesdays 10-30am to 12 noon at Sebastopol Mission Centre. Rhonda Storrar is running a craft session each Wednesday. If interested contact Lyn King on 53413229. Book Club. The Book Club now meets on the third Thursday of the month and will meet at the home of Rosemary and Ken Loane on 16th August at 2pm unless notified otherwise. We have two vacancies for people wanting to join our Book Club. We get one very good book a month from Central Highland’s Library, read it, meet in one of the members home and discuss it. We also enjoy a delightful afternoon tea. If you are interested in joining us, please phone Joy Whitten on 53418189. Mainly Music Group. The Mainly Music Program has resumed after the school holidays and is held at Sebastopol Mission Centre from 9.15 – 10.15am and. If you would like to be involved in any way please phone Elisa on 53418474. Buninyong Service DVDs. If anybody would like to receive the DVDs of the Buninyong services please contact Clive on 53412082. The loan of a DVD player is possible if it is needed. Page 2 Star Trek’s tele-transportation system could soon be here, according to high-profile Australian physicist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki; after scientists isolated the Higgs boson sub-atomic particle. This microscopic speck - interacting with an invisible energy field that stretches throughout the universe, enabling matter to attain mass - has been given the nickname “God-particle.” Scientific research is constantly uncovering more secrets of our universe. Yet instead of crowding God out, research keeps revealing the intricacy and interaction of his planning and his balance within all we see – and within all we are still to discover. That’s because science and faith are allies, rather than rivals, in helping us to understand life. Science for its focus on the “how,” and faith for its focus on the “why” issues that invite healthy relationships with God and with others. For science and faith become lopsided and dangerous if they exclude each other. Unravelling the specialised fields of science is best left to those with high IQs, while faith opens doors that even children can explore. And far from reducing our understanding, faith invites us to relax in God’s understanding of us. Faith helps us to detect God’s love, an invisible energy field that also embraces the universe, so we may recognise each other’s value and interdependence. Yet God broke through the invisibility by sending Jesus into our world, so we may get to know him personally and accept his grace and wisdom in helping others to discover the difference that he can also make for them. Noel Mitaxa On behalf of Buninyong Baptist Church You’re assured of a warm welcome any Sunday at Buninyong Town Hall at 10 am, where we offer relaxed, informal worship and a friendly cuppa afterwards. If you have any more urgent pastoral concerns, please contact our pastor Tom Buscombe on 5330 2657. Dear Buninyong Community Member, We would love to meet you at our Open House at 1101 Warrenheip Street on Sunday 5thAugust - 2.30pm onwards • Come for a cuppa and afternoon tea • Check out the facilities and renovations • Inspect the community garden & new orchard • Catch up with the committee • See how you can be involved: o Land care, sustainability o Community garden, orchard o Bring your ideas for our great community space! Page 3 The friends of Royal Park. BUNINYONG-Mt HELEN LIONS CLUB Inc. P.O.Box 254, Buninyong, 3357. June and July were busy months for our Lions Club. Our Club's annual changeover dinner was held at the Buninyong Golf Club on July 2nd. The office bearers for the year 2012-2013 are:- President - John Podolinsky - Ph 0417 125 450 - e-mail [email protected] Secretary - Bill Jolly - Ph 5341 2068 - e-mail [email protected] Treasurer - Keith Chapman - Ph 5341 2047 - e-mail [email protected]. If you feel you would like to become involved in the Lions organisation, or you want further information about Lions or our club in particular, please contact any of the above. **************************** The Principal of the Buninyong Primary School, Mr A meeting was called and some members of the Lions Bernie Conlon, called on interested local groups from Club attended, and in conjunction with some our community to come up with ideas as to how to better utilize the area at the back of the school in the vicinity of the new classrooms. Mr. Conlon was most anxious to get more involvement from the community at large in the workings of his school. Page 4 members of the Buninyong Men's Shed, we offered The winners were, Mrs Vagg of Buninyong ad Cr., Ben our labour to erect a Play Room/ Storeroom and a Taylor. stage in the area designated. These buildings were ************************* commenced in late May and finished in early July. Some members of the staff painted the building and Scrap Metal - The Lions Club will pick up your old, the arts teacher is going to have the students decorate unwanted scrap metal. This is sorted and sold, and all the shed. funds go back into our Community. ******************************* For pick-up please call Bill Jolly on 5341 2068, or Russell Williams on 5341 3452. In February the Lions Club received a request from a Buninyong resident asking for assistance in Newspapers - We collect and sell old Newspapers, the purchase of a special wheelchair for her Glossy Magazines, Junk Mail etc., and again, all funds daughter, Kendall Jarkowiec, who has Spina go back into worthy causes. Bifida. Our Club agreed to assist, and on Tuesday It would be appreciated if papers could be laid flat and the 17th July, Kendall took delivery of her new tied into bundles. They can be collected by us, or you chair. Our club was represented at this can leave them in the green bin outside our shed in presentation by Lions Wendy McCann and Bill Forest Street, (next door to the Tennis Club) Jolly. For pick-up please contact Bill Jolly on 5341 2068. ******************************* **************************** During this period we donated a fuel voucher to assist a community member with the cost of his regular trips Book Shop Our Lions Club operates a Second Hand to Melbourne for ongoing medical treatment. Our Book Shop, in the old Bakery, corner of Warrenheip and Learmonth Rds. We are open every Saturday sincere thanks go to the Buninyong Newsagency for morning from 10am to 1pm, except Farmer's Market their contribution to this voucher. day when we open at 9am. If you have any books that you would like to donate to the shop, please drop Funds were also made available to assist the family of them in or call Bill Jolly, 5341 2068 for collection. a young Buninyong boy which will help with his treatment. LIONS AUSTRALIA - Thanks also go to the Buninyong Foodworks Supermarket for their donation of two hampers which WE SERVE were given away as prizes on the shop's opening day. COUNTRY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION BUNINYONG BRANCH Our last meeting in July was “Association Day”, also a Social afternoon with the Choir giving a few items and the ladies who took part in the “Song and Costume Competitions” recently giving us an entertaining rendition of their entry which was enjoyed by all. 2012 Aug. 20th Monday, Branch Meeting at 1.30 p.m. At this meeting the Speaker will be from the Ballarat District Community Support Register. Page 5 Aug. 22nd Wednesday, C.W.A. Ballarat District Group Conference at Myrniong Hall, Myrniong, 9.30am for 10am start. Hosted by Bacchus Marsh Branch. Sept. 21st Friday, Yarrowee Group Afternoon at Sebastopol Bowling Club, time 1.30 p.m. Oct. 3rd Wednesday, Wendouree Branch Fashion Show at Uniting Church Hall,1022 Grevillea Rd, Wendouree, at 1.30 p.m. Oct. 5th Group International Evening on our Country of Study - Cambodia at 5.30 p.m. More details later. Enquiries Shirley Rowlands Phone 53413091 BUNINET Introduction to the Internet. This beginner’s course will run on four Wednesdays in August - 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th at 1pm - 3 pm The course of 4 x 2 hour lessons will cost $40.