Tuesday 5th June at 7.30pm ELCOME TO ST PAUL’S. We are in the Rectory - Study group glad that you have come to Tuesday 19 June at 1.15pm worship God with us today. If Lunchtime recital – Brian W you are a visitor from another parish, or Kim: Flute - Jeremy So - Piano worshipping with us for the first time, Tuesday 3 July at 1.15pm Lunchtime recital – Nakul please introduce yourself to our parish Kaushik – Clarinet priest, Fr James Collins, or to anyone
Tuesday 17 July at 1.15pm wearing a name badge, over a cup of tea Lunchtime recital – Katie or coffee in the parish hall after the service. Miller-Crispe - Soprano You’ll find the hall behind the church. Wednesday 1 August 1:15pm Consort 8 Lunchtime concert 圣公会圣保罗堂欢迎你前来参加我们的英语传 at St James King St Sydney (countertenor, recorder 统圣樂圣餐崇拜。 consort and lute)
Sunday 19 August 6pm Sunday 3rd June 2018 – Consort 8 at St Patrick's School Second Sunday after Pentecost Hall cnr Drynan St & Prospect Rd Summer Hill (all of us) Welcome to worship... 8.00 am – Sung Eucharist Tuesday 18 September at 1.15pm Lunchtime recital- 9.30 am – Parish Eucharist Fr Daniel Dries - Organ; 4.00pm – Vespers at Cardinal Freeman Peta Dries – Violin Village Tuesday 9 October at 1.15pm Lunchtime Recital - Judith Rough –Soprano; Nicole Smeulders –Contralto; Brans- Thank yous p.3 & 8 by Byrne –Accompanist Autumn Fundraiser p.4 Saturday 8 December at 6pm Consort 8 at St Paul's An- Liberal luminaries celebrate the life p.11-14 glican Church, Burwood Rd of Sir John Carrick Burwood Wardens’ Appeal Updates p.15
People needing wheelchair access can enter St Paul’s most conveniently by the First aid kits are located on the wall of door at the base of the belltower. the kitchen in the Large Hall behind the church and in the choir vestry.
Please turn your mobile phone off or on to silent before the service starts. It’ll Name badges help make St Paul’s an save you much embarrassment later on. inclusive community. If you need a new name badge, fill in the form inside the pew sheet, send it to the parish office, and one will be made and left in church for you.
Children are welcome in church at any service. There is a selection of children’s books and toys at the back of Toilets are available at the entrance to the church near the font and there are the parish hall, which is located behind also kids’ activity sheets and pencils the church. available at the back of the church where the pew sheets and prayer books are. Children’s Church runs during Term Ask a member of the clergy or anyone Time. Meet at the back of the church at who’s wearing a name badge. We’re the beginning of the 9.30am Eucharist. here to help. Please feel free to bring your children to the altar rail to receive a blessing, or to receive Communion if they have been admitted to the sacrament.
As you take your place in your pew, please make yourself aware of the route to the nearest emergency exit. Should Please do not take photos there be a fire, leave quickly, turn right, inside the church or during the services and assemble by the roundabout on of worship without permission. Burwood Road. Thank you very much for having helped to make Sir John’s Memorial Service such a fitting tribute to this very fine person, a comfort to Sir John’s family and friends, and a Service which gave glory to God.
It was a privilege to share in Sir John’s Memorial Service and we have all been blessed to be surrounded in the Service by such true emotional warmth, deep affection, and profound respect for one who lived life well by devoting their life to serving God and their fellow humans.
We continue to hold Sir John’s family and friends in our prayers as they mourn his death.
May John rest in peace and rise with Christ in glory.
With my love and thanks.
Peace,
James.
Please accept my most grateful and humble thanks for your outstanding singing at Sir John Carrick’s Memorial Service. Your patience and graciousness on Saturday did not go unnoticed. I am told his family was also very grateful for your part in the service. To Dominic, I am sure I may speak for everyone to thank him for his poised, professional and beautiful playing of the Last Post.
To Mark Quarmby, I also extend all our thanks for his superb musical support and playing. He had a long agenda, but, as always, the true professional.
Each and everyone of you was important to create the sonorous, gentle sounds befitting the occasion. Again, my thanks.
Best wishes, Sheryl Southwood
The Autumn Fundraiser took place in the Rectory on Sunday 27th May after the 9.30am service. This was the fourth of our seasonal fundraisers and the menu was chicken/salad/slice.
These events are very popular and a great time to socialize with parishioners from both services. There was a great choice of seasoned chicken as well a wonderful mix of salad and roast potatoes to accompany it. All the food was home cooked and donated. Tara & Jane Cordina co-ordinated the food whilst we were in church so it was ready by the designated starting time.
There were 42 happy people enjoying the spread and wanted to stay on and chatter. This intermingling showed how much love and friendship we have in the parish.
Thank you to all who cooked and baked, helped with the preparations, washed up, cleared away, bought and sold tickets or made a donation. Thank you also to Father James for allowing us to hold this popular event in the Rectory and for his continued support. We successfully raised $575. These seasonal fundraisers have raised $2230 in total for the 4 seasons! The next seasonal fundraiser will be the winter warmer and will be soup/slice. Watch this space for details. – Pam Brock
"Luck brushes some people unnoticed. Dozens of Governors and their ladies laid the foundation stones of scores of mediocre Australian churches, but it fell to the lot of the
Countess of Belmore to lay the foundation stones of the two churches which can be considered the best buildings of Blacket's very best period. We saw that she laid the foundation stone of St Stephen Newtown in November 1871. This was only four months after she laid the stone of St Paul Burwood, … for St Paul Burwood is the work of Blacket at his best period …
The church is small, not particularly ornate, but the disposition of the parts, the proportions and scale are nearly perfect. The details are of the finest craftsmanship …" (The Blackets: An Era of Australian Architecture,
Morton Herman, 1963. p.138)
As with St. Mary’s Cathedral, the whole idea of neo-gothic/gothic revival Church architecture is to lift our minds, hearts, and spirits to worship God.
We are truly blessed to be able to worship our good and gracious God in such a beautiful
Church. Thanks be to God.
Most of us, from time to time, find our wallets and purses full of annoying small coins and some even collect jars of them. There is a nov- el way we could rid ourselves of these annoyances and add to the beauty of our worship at the same time.
St Paul’s is fortunate to have wonderful embroidered altar frontals and accessories that enhance our worship in every season of the church year. These have stood the test of time even though some are now in need of some repairs and restoration.
Not as visible are the altar cloths, corporals and purificators that are also used at every service. Unfortunately for us, these are not so long lived and, in the case of the altar cloths, are coming to the end of their lives. The altar cloths on the main altar predate the current altar and are actually too big for it. The cloths for the north chapel are all ‘holey’ ra- ther than holy.
Replacing the altar cloths is actually quite an expensive exercise but that’s where that loose change comes in. If we dropped our spare change into a box near the font each week, hopefully, we could accumulate suffi- cient funds to order new pieces as the funds accumulate. Each piece will need to be individually made for our requirements and the aim would be to use good quality modern blend fabrics that would be long lasting and easier to launder.
It would be great to have a beautiful ‘cloth of fair linen’ ready for the main altar for our next Christmas celebration and continue the coin col- lection to gradually replace and repair all our vestments.
If you have any used stamps then please bring them to Church with you and leave them in the box at the back of the Church as these earn money for the work of the Anglican Board of Mission – Australia.
Leave at least a 2cm border around stamps. We would like to express our sin- cere thanks to Ray Brock for paint- Please ask for 2 tray of bread rolls ing the new lamp post. and 2 trays of loaves & 1 tray of half loaves. We are also most grateful to the kind parishioner who paid for the Thank you for being prepared to electrical work on the newly in- do this. It is a very great service stalled lamp post. and the bread goes every week.
We truly appreciate those who We would welcome anymore peo- have donated the beautiful rugs to ple who could help collect the keep everyone warm in church bread from Marrickville on Mon- through winter. Thank you. day nights.
Thank you to all who helped make 4th June - Antonia Greta Bradman’s concert on Friday 11th June - Gabriel night such a success. 18th June - Gabriel 25th June - Antonia Thank you to everyone who helped to pack away the books from the book fair. We meet in the Rectory every Thank you to Judith and Joy for Tuesday evenings at 7.30 p.m. arranging the flowers for our Our new book is: Woodhead, Linda, worship, for concerts, and for Sir Christianity: A Very Short John’s Memorial Service. Introduction, Oxford University Thank you to the team of kind Press, 2014. All are welcome and parishioners who staff the parish there is a wonderful level of en- pantry. gagement and respectful dialogue by those who attend.
Even if you can’t make it along to 2nd/3rd June – Martin the study, you could purchase a
16-17th June – Jason copy of the book and read it at your own leisure.
Over the years the parish has benefitted from the generosity of parishioners, not only when they have been active members of the parish, but also at the time of their death. Parishioners are invited to remember the parish in their wills by making a bequest as a thank offering to God and to ensure that generations to come will enjoy worship and fellowship in well maintained buildings.
Those wishing to make a bequest are invited to do so using these or a similar form of words: "I bequeath the sum of $...... to the Rector and Wardens of the Anglican parish of St Paul, Burwood, to be used at their absolute discretion for the charitable purposes of the parish."
If you would like to make a donation to the Parish for the upkeep and maintenance of the Heritage building it can be done through the Na- tional Trust.
Cheques can be made out to
National Trust of Australia (NSW) St Paul’s Anglican Church Burwood
Or
Direct Credit to the above name with bank account details
Westpac
BSB: 032-044
Account number: 742 926
Branch: 275 George Street Sydney NSW
Please contact Pam for more details or place a donation in an envelope and label with National Trust donation and include your name for your receipt and an address to post it to.
Thank you. List of items most needed for the parish pantry: Savoury biscuits;
Sun Rice Meals e.g. Butter Sweet biscuits; chicken, Green chicken curry, Chicken satay, etc Long life Milk;
Up & Go – All flavours; Tins of corned beef;
Tinned fruit Tins of spam;
Rice Cream Tins of ham;
Drinks – poppers Instant Coffee;
Pasta sauces & variety of Sugar; pastas Boxes of Cereals Instant potato, cuscus Tea; For the kitchen: All Day Breakfast by Heinz; Washing up liquid Chunky soups – Heinz & Campbells; Paper towels
Chux Tinned tuna – all sizes
Sponges Tins of sardines; For the laundry: Tins of salmon;
Washing powder Harvest Meals in a tin eg Vegetables and Sausages
Rice (• we run out of these items very quickly) Tinned corn – cream or
kernels
It was, the Anglican rector said, “the state funeral you have when you’re not having a state funeral”. Liberal Party luminaries, past and present, were prominent among the mourners who turned out to farewell Sir John Carrick in Sydney on Saturday. They honoured a man who looked death in the eye daily as a Japanese prisoner of war for three years, before returning to Australia to become a pillar of the NSW Liberal Party.
Sir John Carrick did not want a state funeral, granddaughter Genevieve Woods explained to the gathering, because his wartime friends who had perished in the prison camps received, at most, a simple prayer to send them on their way. “Pa didn’t want a state funeral because he wanted to honour his fellow prisoners,” she said. “He wanted to be equal to them. He wanted to be remembered as just John.”
Yet the gathering at St Paul’s in Burwood was testimony to the enormous influence the 99-year-old had on NSW politics for many years - often exercised more in the backrooms than in the spotlight.
Prominent among the mourners were Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife, Lucy, former prime minister John Howard and his wife, Janette, federal Treasurer Scott Morrison, state party president Philip Ruddock, Bronwyn Bishop, and state ministers Brad Hazzard and Don Harwin.
Sir John was born just as the First World War was ending. The Depression years hit his family hard, and he left his selective Technical School at 16 to work for the Australian Gaslight Company, where he was able to study part-time for an economics degree.
Joining the Sydney University Regiment, he went to war in 1940, becoming the commander of an anti-tank battery unit, part of the Sparrow Force that went to Timor. He was captured in 1942, and was among the thousands who endured the horrors of the notorious Hellfire Pass along the Burma-Thai railway.
Mr Howard, who spent time with Sir John two days before he died, said the privations the Liberal elder had endured as a POW “taught him about the durability of the human spirit”.
Lacking the means to study medicine after the war, he joined the Liberal Party as a researcher. There he became a fixture for the next two-and-a- half decades, rising to become general secretary of the NSW division of the party, and a wily political tactician and adviser to former Liberal prime minister Sir Robert Menzies. In the 21 years that Sir John was state Liberal secretary, Mr Howard said, “there were nine federal elections in Australia and the Coalition did not lose one of them”.
. Later Sir John entered the Senate himself, making his mark most prominently as education minister in the Fraser government, where he supported funding for Catholic and independent schools. Mr Howard paid tribute to Sir John as a “remarkable political tactician [who was] a conviction politician before that term came into general use ... He was a person who possessed a capacity to combine idealism with, when necessary, ruthless pragmatism”Sir John developed the notion of continuous campaigning between elections, adhering to the slogan that you “can’t fatten the pig on market day” and spending half the party budget on a network of field officers across the state. Among the nicknames given to him by the Bulletin magazine was “smiler with a knife” and "the grey eminence of Ash Street", then the headquarters of the Liberal Party.
Sir John’s five grandchildren recalled a man who in private had a love of poetry, nonsense rhyme, riddles and magic tricks. His wife of 67 years, Angela, died four months ago. Grandson Ben Campbell said Sir John had done “everything he could to keep himself alive [long enough] so that Nana would not die of a broken heart".
During the war, Sir John and his fellow prisoners made a pact, his family said: “that none of them would die alone, that there would always be someone there at the very end, holding their hand”. His daughters were able to do the same for him. through the Parish Pantry and to the various other groups that we In response to God’s grace, love, as a Parish support (e.g. ABM, and mercy we are seeing an Nepal, Zababdeh, etc.). Thanks be outpouring of generosity and to God. graciousness within the Parish with so many giving of themselves in Many people volunteer their time love to God and to God’s people to run the Play Group, the Parish here at St. Paul’s and beyond. Pantry, and to participate in the various groups and activities that We have already received two run in the Parish. Thanks be to God. generous gifts towards the Wardens’ Appeal totalling Our worship of God each week is $11,000.00 which came on top of a enriched through the gift of talents gift of $2,000.00 towards meeting that our Bell Ringers, our Choir, and the Auditor’s fee. Thanks be to God. all who serve and participate in the Other parishioners are meeting the Services give so that we might wor- cost of our treasurer. Thanks be to ship God in the beauty of holiness. God. Thanks be to God.
We have just received another gift Our Ministry Team serve this Parish of $2,000.00 towards stipends. remarkably well and we are Thanks be to God. blessed to have such a competent and loving team of faithful people We have also just received a very who guide and lead us in worship, substantial anonymous donation. mission, pastoral care, and prayer. The donor who is a Parishioner has Thanks be to God. requested to remain anonymous and for the amount to remain I extend my thanks to all who give unknown but it is a very so generously of their time, their substantial gift. We give thanks to talents, and their finances to see God for the amazing generosity of God’s kingdom of justice, peace, our Parishioners. Thanks be to God and love grow here at St. Paul’s and beyond. As well as these generous gifts, we are seeing a steady and quite – Fr James remarkable growth in the weekly collection and in giving to others Collection given at St Paul’s on Sunday 27th May: $ 1793
Other collection given:
Parish Pantry: $10
Building Fund: $10
New Life Centre Nepal: $70
Wardens’ Appeal: $7,000 “Always give without remembering Total: $8,883.00 and always receive without Thank you for responding to forgetting.” God’s generous love. – Brian Tracy
1 Samuel 3.1-10 (11-20); Psalm 139.1-6, 13-18
2 Corinthians 4.5-12; Mark 2.23 – 3.6
The Lord’s call to Samuel is insistent but at first neither Samuel himself nor Eli recognise it for what it is. Eventually Eli perceives that it is God’s voice, and encourages Samuel to listen.
Pray for those who help others to discern God’s voice and to respond, such as spiritual directors.
Pray the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the Philippine Independent Church, giving thanks for the work they do to further God’s mission in the world.
Text: The Very Rev John Roundhill, Dean of Bendigo © Anglican Board of Mission St Paul’s Anglican Church
National Trust (2017) award winner for conservation interiors, recreating the ceiling interior to Edmund Blacket's original design in keeping with Australian
205-207 Burwood Road, Burwood LUNCHTIME RECITALS 2018 1.15pm-1.45pm Other dates and artists TBC Entry by donation
Tuesday 19 June Brian Kim - Flute Jeremy So - Piano
Tuesday 3 July Nakul Kaushik - Clarinet
Tuesday 17 July Katie Miller-Crispe - Soprano Tuesday 18 September Fr Daniel Dries - Organ Peta Dries – Violin
Tuesday 9 October Judith Rough - Soprano, Nicole Smeulders - Contralto Bransby Byrne - Accompanist
Light refreshments will follow in the Rectory St Paul’s Church Office: Ph.: 9747 4327 / Email: [email protected] MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND PIANO 1.15pm - 1.45pm
Brian Kim - Flute who has been accepted to study at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris Jeremy So - Piano
Music by J S Bach, Mozart and Debus- sy
Entry by donation Light refreshments will follow in the Rectory
Is religious freedom in Australia really under threat and if so what is the cause and remedy? – By Dr George Browning, former Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn
There can be little doubt that religious practice is on the back foot in Australia and therefore some people of faith and their religious leaders feel under siege. This perception was exacerbated by the overwhelming vote in favour of marriage equality in November 2017 and its subsequent passing into law. But is religious freedom in Australia really under threat and if so what is the cause and remedy?
Following the marriage equality vote, the Government commissioned a Religious Freedom Review, appointing a panel with former Howard Government Attorney-General Philip Ruddock as chair. While the panel delivered its report to the Government on 18th May, we are led to believe its contents may not be made public for some time.
There are several reasons why religion generally and Christianity in particular are finding themselves with less and less relevance, sometimes interpreted as a loss of freedom, within Australian society.
The most obvious reason is that the behaviour of some religious adherents, including leadership, has scandalised the community generally and brought opprobrium to the faith. For Christianity this has not only been the appalling breach of trust in relation to children in the Church’s care, but equally appallingly the obvious priority given by the Church to its reputation over the needs and rights of the victims of this abuse. It is true that this abuse has extended well beyond the Church to almost every form of institutional care of children; it is also true that a child is far more likely to be abused by a trusted member of their own family than a person representing an institution, but neither of these realities lessen the guilt of the Church and some of its members.
For Islam the opprobrium has related to the way violence has been perpetrated in the name of the religion, and within Australia, the way young have been radicalised.
It is therefore very significant that the newly elected Grand Mufti, Dr Abdel Aziem Al Afifi, has made it his priority to address this issue.
It is considered inappropriate by many in civil society for views held by people of faith on issues of personal morality to be seemingly imposed in any way on the wider community. Euthanasia, abortion, and sexual practice, other than that which is clearly abusive, is simply a matter of personal choice, and all fall into this category. It will be interesting to see how the panel has addressed this issue, which one might assume has been at the heart of its work. There are good reasons why the virtues of ‘traditional marriage’ can and should be promoted without demeaning other partnerships. There are good reasons why abortion should always remain a contentious issue, for alongside the justifiable reasons why abortion can and should be supported, there are other reasons, partly related to the length of the pregnancy and partly related to value seemingly given to parental lifestyle over the value of an unborn life that should be contested. There are good reasons why euthanasia should become a topic of open debate, but there also needs to be a broadening of the education of the general public so that the benefits and limits (such as they may be) of palliative care are better understood.
The work the panel has done to address these issues will be a matter of considerable interest. The Anglican Church is currently retaining the ‘freedom’ to demand its licensed officiants only preside over ‘traditional marriages’ as a matter of Church teaching. Many Anglican clergy would strongly disagree with this position, but if they wish to retain their authority under Anglican licence, they must comply. On the other hand welcoming LGBTQI members, according respect and dignity, and providing all normal civil courtesies should be assumed and non-controversial.
Some of the strongest requests for protection of ‘religious freedom’ are likely to have come from the conservative wings of faith. It is these wings who make it easy for the likes of Dawkins and Hitchens to parody, even ridicule, belief. Rather than people of religion being protected in their rights to believe and teach whatever they wish to believe and teach, I would argue the wider community, especially children, should be protected from exposure to nonsense from those whom they are led to believe are trustworthy. A creationist view of history should not be accorded a place in any school curriculum, religious or secular, as an alternative to science. Truth cannot be divided. Observable data confines a short view of history to the world of fantasy. No one should be allowed into a child’s classroom contesting science based on a literal scriptural interpretation. In like manner an interpretation of the Koran which encourages violence or even disrespect to another human being has no place in a liberal democratic society and deserves no protection. No one should be allowed into a class room who might encourage children to believe that persons are more or less acceptable on the basis of sexual orientation.
It should always be the case that people of faith, especially Christian faith, will speak and stand for justice, be it in relation to refugees, indigenous people, the environment, children, the poor, etc. Vested interests will always attempt to minimise this voice, using money or slogans: ‘do-gooders’, ‘greenies’, ‘socialists’, ‘happy clappers’, etc., but the right, indeed responsibility, as followers of Jesus to speak and act in this way needs no protection. The responsibility should simply be taken and exercised. There have been numerous attempts over the years to ‘shut me up’. Most famously when the then Premier of Queensland ordered me out of his State on the front page of the Courier Mail, and far less publicly when a Prime Minister called me in for a dressing down following a speech I had made. People of religion need no protection of freedom to speak for justice and righteousness. Indeed the more this might appear to be supressed the more the right and duty should be exercised. The great sadness is that the capacity of politicians to publicly declare their faith appears to bear no correlation to their likelihood to stand up for matters of justice and equity. Which leads me to the final point. “You cannot love God and mammon” (Mtt: 6.24). Without dispute mammon is miles ahead. The only political value is economic. This is unfortunately underlined by almost every utterance that proceeds from the mouths, especially the important mouths, ‘on the hill’. Virtually no value is currently being accorded to environmental or ecological issues. Recent announcements that great tracts of land are to be bulldozed inland of the Great Barrier Reef and more than $400 million is to be given to a foundation run by business people with no expertise in the field and no expressions of interest called for from other entities is enough proof of this statement – if any were needed.
As John Hewson has said, the NDIS is being used as an endless supply of jobs for private contractors that are rushing to the latest gravy train in the same way that others had run to the pink bat gravy train. The shameless refusal of government to increase the Newstart allowance is another example. So many more could be recited. The Government’s refusal to appropriately fund a regulator with teeth for the banking industry, for example. And then there is the spectacle of our previous Deputy Prime Minster selling his story for $150,000 and putting the money into a family trust to avoid tax.
Alexander Downer once asked me at a Government House reception “and can’t the rich be saved?”. (To this day I am unsure what I had said or done to provoke the question). The answer is: of course, yes! We are no more or less worthy, rich or poor. The difference is that the wealthy face a question which the poor will never face “what are you going to do with it”?
In Australia people of religion must be very wary of asking for any further ‘freedoms’. The greatest and most secure freedom will arise from a recognition that people of faith make such a contribution to the wellbeing of society that the thought of their absence is inconceivable. We are currently a long way from that point.
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Please return I’m new to St Paul’s this form to the I’m already on the roll – my details have changed Parish Office. I’m already on the roll – I just need a new name badge Pray for, St Matthew’s, Zababdeh, (West Bank, Palestinian Territorries), our Anglican Communion Partner: Pray for the Anglican Church – We remember especially their Parish for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Priest, Fr Saleem Dawani, and his Philip Freier of Melbourne, Primate of ministry in the parish. We remember Australia; Glenn, Archbishop of also Jameel Maher, who acts as the St Sydney; Michael Stead, our Regional Matthew’s partnership link person Bishop; and for all the bishops, priests, with us. May both our parishes be deacons and Religious of the Anglican blessed by the link we are Communion. establishing.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we Pray for the Church’s mission: are asked to pray for the Anglican Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out Church of Melanesia, for its Bishop, your arms of love on the hard wood of The Most Revd George Takeli and for the cross that everyone might come all his clergy and people. within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit Pray for Fr James and for Fr that we, reaching forth our hands in Michael as well as for Helen and love, may bring those who do not Antonia. May God bless them know you to the knowledge and love and their ministries and may we of you; for the honour of your name. support them as they work among us Amen. (Author unknown) in Christ’s name. Pray for our Children’s Church: Pray for St Paul’s: God of mercy, The Lord said, ‘Let the little children strengthen us to help shape a parish come to me and do not forbid them where diversity is a source of for such is the kingdom of heaven’. enrichment, compassion is common, Bless, Lord, your children who now life’s poetry realized, suffering stand before you in prayer. Help them lightened through sharing, justice to understand the depth of your love. attended, joy pervasive, hope lived, the hum of the universe heard, and O Lord, bless our Children's Church together with you and each other we and all its future endeavours, that build what is beautiful, true, worthy through it we may glorify you with of your generosity to us, an echo of your kingdom. Amen. (Ted Loder) your Father and the Holy Spirit, now, Bruce Hellyer; Jan Morgan; Y Nhan; always and forever. Amen. Nicola; Erene O’Connor; Alister & Sally Palmer; Paul Phillips; Robert; Pray for peace: Lead me from Jean Storey; Nancy Thompson; Elsa death to life, from falsehood to truth; Sorensen; Reg Vine; Margaret lead me from despair to hope, from Wheatley; Bill Whittle; David fear to trust; lead me from hate to Windsor; Bob Woods; love, from war to peace. In love and charity please Let peace fill our hearts, our world, remember the recently departed our universe. especially Sir John Carrick and Jean Pray for all in need, remembering Millar, that God may grant them a especially this week all those place of refreshment, light and peace. suffering from dementia and Pray, too, for, Alan Richard Sydney Alzheimer’s disease. May they be Bayly, Narelle Esma Tibbey, Sarah surrounded by people who treat Bullock & Lyla Leslie Hyde and for them with love, dignity and respect. any others whose year’s mind falls Pray for the sick and their carers: around this time. Andrew; Joyce Bannister; Margaret Baseley; Barry Brandy; John Burns; Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord, June Cameron; Scott Cameron; and let light perpetual shine upon Rodney Chesham; Hilary Davies; them! Vicky Dodman; Dave Ernst; Fahim;
Florence; Jean Fuller; Paul Gibson; Matthew; Margaret Hayes; Heather;
A mid-week Eucharist will be held in the Chapel of our Lord's Passion on Wednesday at 10.30am.
Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –
Tuesday 5 June - Boniface of Mainz, bishop and martyr (d.754)
Saturday 9 June – Columba of Iona, Abbot and Missionary (d.597)
Phone 9747 4327 Fax 9747 0513 Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805 Website www.stpaulsburwood.org.au Rector Fr James Collins [email protected] Senior Assistant Priest Fr Michael Deasey OAM Honorary Priest Fr Jim Pettigrew Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King Director of Music Mrs Sheryl Southwood Organist Mr Edwin Taylor Rector’s Warden Dr Jane Carrick – 0418 399 664 People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113 Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619 Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra (9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday) [email protected]
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