CONTACT DETAILS THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA THE MINISTRY UNIT OF Rector: The Rev Paul Hrynczyszyn ST MARGARET OF SCOTLAND WEST CAIRNS Email: [email protected] 0459 958 570 230 Aumuller Street, Hospital / Sick Visits and pastoral care PO Box 75W, West Cairns, 4870 anytime website: www.stmargarets.org.au Hospital Chaplain 0418 776 159 The Rev Deborah Kachel Today we celebrate Parish Office FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT [email protected] or 14th March, 2021 (B) [email protected] 4051 1070 Direct Giving Bank Details: DAILY READINGS BSB 034 664 A/C 810124 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Churchwarden—Rob Lale Psalm 37.1-17 Psalm 38 Psalm 40 0429 195 174 [email protected] Exodus 1 Exodus 2 Exodus 3 Luke 18.1-14 Luke 18.15-30 Luke 18.31-43 Churchwarden—Peter Cornelius Thursday Friday Saturday 0408 663 674 [email protected] Psalms 41; 44.1-9 Psalm 45 Psalm 48 Pew Bulletin Pat Thomas (March/April) Exodus 4.1-23(24-26) Exodus 4.27-6.1 Exodus 6.2-13;6.28-7.7 0409 552 423 Luke 19.1-10 Luke 19.11-27 Luke 19.28-48 [email protected] Thrift Shop (Peter and Bev Cornelius) 0417 429 215 Facebook Page Sue Ciccotosto 0414 707 916 [email protected] Containers for Change Account # to benefit Hospital Chaplaincy ID # C102 366 84 You can help us with our monthly contribution towards Hospital Chaplaincy, by saving your containers and turning them in for change. Click here The work of the church can now be supported by direct deposit instead of offertory plates. You are strongly encouraged to make use of this technology. St. Margaret's BSB# is 034 664, and the Account number is 810124. Thank you. Do you need a venue for an interest group or club meeting? Our Hall is available for Hire Westcourt area Gospel Reflections (YouTube) Air-conditioned Fr Paul will resume his Gospel Reflections at the completion of Wheelchair-friendly Lent, during the Easter season. In the meantime, bookmark the and all facilities following link, and catch up on any that you have missed out on: Reasonable rates https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzv-9JEpRckecCrCrpC8tXg Bookings for Sundays will no longer be accepted, CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK aside from our long-term hirer, FADC. Birthdays Anniversaries Joan Knight None Listed Compliance with our COVID-Safe Plan Readings for today Readings for next week is a requirement Numbers 21.4-9 Jeremiah 31.31-34 Contact Denise for more information Psalm 107.1-3,17-22 Psalm 119.9-16 Ephesians 2.1-10 Hebrews 5.5-14 Ph. 4036 2860 John 3.14-21 John 12.20-33 See our Facebook pages: Coffee & Tea Come and join us for St. Margaret’s Cairns refreshments and fellowship after the service. mainly music Cairns South Up to 10 people may join in. SERVICES & MINISTRIES COMING UP YOUR PRAYERS FOR THIS WEEK 7:30 am Eucharist Sun 14 Mar Diocese of Brisbane Archbishop Phillip Aspinall (Christa) 9:00 am Eucharist and Sunday School Assistant Bishops Cameron Venables (Kate) Jeremy Greaves 5:00 pm Meeting re Fund-raising for 2021 Wed 17 Mar 6:00 pm LL: Understanding the Bible (Josie) John Roundhill (Frances) 9:30 am Eucharist followed by Good Shepherd Edge Hill Rector Trevor Saggers (Sue) Priest Fri 19 Mar 10:00 am “Stations of the Cross” Chris Forder (Lesley) Priest Cameron Wills Administrators Avril Sat 20 Mar 9:30 am Regional Consultation at St. Margarets Smuts (Stephen) Robyn Gaunt (David) 7:30 am Eucharist Sun 21 Feb 9:00 am Eucharist and Sunday School Pray for Rev. Paul and Anna Hrynczyszyn, for LL: Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or clergy who are parishioners at St Margaret’s and Wed 24 Mar 6:00 pm Fiction? for our Lay Ministry team. Thur 25 Mar 10:00 am Coffee and Chat—see notice below Pray for the Churchwardens and Ministry Unit Councillors and Parish Nominators. Sun 28 Mar 9:00 am ONE SERVICE Only for Palm Sunday Especially during this time of concern about the Fund-raising Meeting Anyone who is interested in helping with our plans for this year’s efforts is welcome to attend a Coronavirus, uphold the Residents and Staff of Mercy brief meeting in the social area of the church from 5:00pm till Place Westcourt, Coral Sea Gardens, Bolton-Clarke 5:45pm on Wednesday, 17 March. We will primarily discuss a Farnorha, Heritage Gardens, Mercy Place Woree, Bupa Mother’s Day Car Boot/Garage Sale for 1st May. Cairns, Bupa Mount Sheridan, The Parks, The Village, the Anglicare Team, and the Cairns Hospital Chaplain. New web-site Rev. Paul has created a new parish web-site, which can still be found at www.stmargarets.org.au. Be sure to Pray for healing, comfort and guidance for Dell, Robyn, look it up. You’ll find links to the parish You-tube, videos of Greg, Ken and Jan, Vera, Pam, Demelza and Robert, interest, and an archive of our pew bulletins. Rev. Paul will Colin, Brenda, Graham, Meg, Lyn, Nasi and family, Shelley and Lionel, Levi and family, Debra, Fay and family, Noelline administer the site, so if you have photos of church events to be and family, Naomi, Anne, Mathew, Jack, Margo, Leigh-Anne, posted, they may be sent to him at [email protected] Daryl, Betty, Rev. Vincent & Ramona Sands, and Paul O Regional Consultation This will take place on Saturday, Give thanks for the memory of Jules Anson (16th), Beth 20 March at St Margaret's, commencing at 9.30 am. Bishop Keith Larsen (18th). May the love and peace of God be a will chair the meeting. Synod representatives are expected to comfort for all those who mourn at this time. attend, but the meeting is open to anyone who wishes to come. We will soon be updating the prayer list. Please advise Message from Bishop Keith... Pat Thomas (0409 552 423) by next Sunday, 21 March, if you Please consider supporting the ABM Lent Appeal Launch. wish any current names to continue. I draw your attention to the ABM Lent Study this year, which is about The Coming of the Light to the Torres Strait: this is quite St. Margaret’s Name Badges rightly the biggest occasion for the Australian Church this year. if you’d like a Name Badge, please PRINT your name on the list More information about the Lent Study (which is online this year) on the table at the entrance of the church. The cost is estimated can be found at: https://www.abmission.org/resources.php? to be $15. Contact Peter Cornelius for further details. action=list-items&catId=28 Lenten Faith Series I commend the Appeal and the Lenten Study to you, as we Thanks to everyone who came celebrate all that has been achieved in the last 150 years since along for the “Evil and Suffering: the Coming of the Light. Why does God allow it?” talk last week. This week’s session on AMUA Cluster meeting is to be held on Wednesday 17th March Wednesday at 6:00pm will be at St John’s commencing with Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m. “Understanding the Bible: how to followed after morning tea by a Bible Study with Fr. Jeff Coop. read the Scriptures properly”. If Coffee & Chat will be held this month at 10:00 am on the you would like to come along but 25th March at Dundee’s, Harbour Lights on the don’t have transport or don’t like Waterfront. Please put your name on the list at to drive at night, contact a the entrance of the Church. Contact Denise churchwarden, or Fr Paul and Spiro (4036 2860) for any further details. we’ll see what we can do to get you there. .