Sun Shines Down for Lady Day Service by MARY MUNTZ Ken Goodger
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Inspired by God’s love, through worship, prayer and scriptural reflection, we seek to live our Christ-centred values by meeting the The needs of our communities through serving and accepting others. Issue: 083 A Newspaperdvocate of the Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta I www.wangaratta-anglican.org.au May 2019 OUR MOTHER CHURCH Sun shines down for Lady Day service BY MARY MUNTZ Ken Goodger. About forty Banners into the church. women, a few men, and four Miss Sue Fyfe, MU Prayer It is always a pleasure to see parish Priests were present and Spirituality Coordinator Holy Trinity in the sunshine but unfortunately the ladies read the Lessons and as it was this year when from Central Goulburn offered the Intercessions. we arrived for the Lady and Corryong Parishes Rev Ken Goodger’s sermon Day Celebration of The apologised as they were reminded us again of Mary’s Annunciation of the Virgin unable to travel this year. The acceptance and obedience Mary. The Celebrant of the Dean and Archdeacon led the to the changes that were to Eucharist was Archdeacon procession to the Altar and occur in this young woman’s Clarence Bester who was the Cathedral and Mothers’ life. assisted by the Dean of Union Banners preceded MU Holy Trinity Cathedral, Rev Branch and Diocesan Parish Continued on page 2 Inside the Advocate this month ....... PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 2 THE ADVOCATE May 2019 Sun shines down for Lady Day service - Continued from page 1 As Mrs Diane Grant was them to enjoy their lunch and critical condition and unable to attend the service, after grace had been slim chance of survival, if Developing Ministry Together Archdeacon Clarence said. Mary introduced the at all. Our Pastoral Carer commissioned her as guest speaker, Mrs Denise reminded me that instead BY ARCHDEACON CLARENCE BESTER Correspondent for the Jeffries, wife of Fr Jacques, of looking with a clinical Mothers’ Union Publication from Wodonga Parish. eye at the clear evidence at The period during Easter and Pentecost within the Anglican Communion as introduced Mia Mia in her absence. Denise spoke of a very hand, to rather look with a by the Archbishop of Canterbury, has a reflection on a program called “Thy Kingdom Archdeacon Clarence also frightening personal journey mother’s prayerful heart to Come”. The Parish of Benalla has been involved in this for the past few years and I have presented Long Service the whole family endured Jesus. Just like Peter had to asked Revd. David Still who was going to share information with the North West Deanery awards to Georgina Edgar ten years ago when son keep his eyes on Jesus and to write about this to the Diocese. Hopefully, some of you might be able to do this and I for 60 years, Betty Whyte Xavier was seriously injured not on the raging storm of encourage you to contact David for more information. for 55 years and Sylvia in a car accident. She spoke the wind and the waves, so Gillard, 25years. Long of the times she spent in I had to look to Jesus and David writes... service awards due to the intensive care unit and walk on the water with him” Lynda Crookham, 60 years, the possibility he would not Two years ago, the parish of Benalla took part in an initiative of the Archbishop of Veronica Robertson and recover. Denise showed After Mary had thanked Canterbury, called Thy Kingdom come. At its most simple, Thy Kingdom Come is nothing Joyce Hardy, 25years, will a series of slides as she Denise and presented her more than asking the people of our churches to pray for each other. Thy Kingdom Come be given to them by their spoke and the last one was with a small gift, Xavier now takes place each year, from the Ascension to the Day of Pentecost. Ten days. This branches. Jesus walking on water. told us all that on one year, Thy Kingdom Come will take place from the 30th May until the 9th of June. occasion when he needed As everyone e moved to Former nurses present in resuscitation, he met his In Benalla Parish in that first year and last year as well, each person was asked to pray Purbrick Hall donations Purbrick Hall could relate to God. for five people. They may be family members, friends or other parishioners. Usually they were collected toward the a comment Denise made;” would be someone who is important to us. Each member of the parish was offered a continuing work of ABM. My ability to interpret More of Denises story can prayer journal in which they could write down they names of those for whom they wished Mary Muntz welcomed the observation graphs be found on page 6 under to pray. The journal is a both a guide and a reminder of the commitment to praying for everyone and invited underlined the very serious the MU column. those each person has chosen to name. Of course, the names of those being prayed for are not shared, it is between the person praying and God. In Benalla we also used the opportunity of Thy Kingdom Come to hold extra and different services or activities that normally make up the daily and weekly life of the parish. Things such as coming together to pray before the sacrament, Taizé evening prayer, soup and sharing about ones favourite Psalm, or hymn or special prayer. It has been a great reminder to us that we are part of a much wider church and that we are joining in with tens of thousands of people throughout the world. Thy Kingdom Come is no longer just for Anglicans, there are resources available for people from a range of Christian traditions, including Roman Catholic and Methodist. This means that there are resources available for any type of parish or congregation. The best place to start if you are interested in participating in Thy Kingdom Come, is to head to the Thy Kingdom Come website, where all of the resources, ideas for special services and materials that can be used within a parish are to be found. www.thykingdomcome.global You will find on the website promotional videos, liturgies, ideas and artwork to help promote Thy Kingdom Come in your parish. In Benalla Thy Kingdom Come has been as much a Lay led event as well as led by clergy. It is something that is open to all to participate in and share around a parish or congregation. WHAT’S INSIDE? 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Pictures should be provided as a high resolution JPEG (200dpi) or Tiff on 03 5721 3484. if possible THE ADVOCATE May 2019 3 from the Bishop Dear friends Christ is Risen Alleluia! Alleluia! He is Risen Indeed Alleluia! Alleluia! Black Friday marked the beginning of my journey with you as your Bishop. This was for us a Good Friday time – a time of pain, of grief, of loss. This year marks the tenth anniversary of those dreadful events – and we are in the time of resurrection. Marysville is rebuilt. The Bush has regenerated. New life abounds. Resurrection does not annul the pain of Good Friday. The fingerprints of death and destruction are still evident if one looks for them. The risen Christ Special service held for the still bears the wounds of his crucifixion. But destruction has been transformed. Resurrection makes the future an open horizon of possibility. Life is proved to be stronger than death, truth stronger than lies. I don’t want to be too glib here. Pain and loss are real – in Melanesian Brothers our personal lives and beyond. Sri Lanka is a tragic example.