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A Parish Prayer
God of love and hope,
our guiding light and source of love:
Lead us by your Spirit into a
new and hope-filled future,
where we can joyfully proclaim
Christ’s love and peace
to the community where we live.
Help us to be open to change
as we embrace your vision
for a people reconciled to you
and each other.
This we ask in the name of Christ our Lord. Amen.
D I A R Y
Sunday 22 Nov Christ the King
Jesus our King
7.30am Said Eucharist
9.00am Sung Eucharist
Children’s service
10.30am Service at Moline Village
11.00am Church Council
Monday 23rd
(Office
open 9am-12pm)
Tuesday 24th
(Office
open 9am-12pm)
10.00am Parish Pantry
12 noon Bit’s ‘n Pieces luncheon
Joan Hazell’s birthday
Wed 25th
(Office
open 9am-12pm)
10.00am Eucharist & homily
11.00am Bible Study—all welcome
Thursday 26th
(Office
open 9am-12pm)
8.30am
Jumble Final
11.00am Shawford Lodge Service
Friday 27th
(Office
open 9am-12pm)
7.00pm
Men’s Club (final)
Saturday 28th(Office
closed)
Sunday 29th Nov Advent 1
The coming of the Son
7.30am Said Eucharist
9.00am Sung Eucharist
Final Service for Trevor and Marian
Special morning tea
10.30am Service at Moline Village
Coming Up
2 Dec Trevor’s commissioning
5th, 12th Sustainability Ambassador training,
project launch
Then they will see “the Son of Man coming in a cloud” with power
and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place,
stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is
drawing near.’ Luke 21.27-28
We pray for -
Archbishop Roger, Bishop Brian
Our priests, Trevor and John
The Beacon Congregation, with Peta & Gerry
Discernment Group & KMA coordinators
Children’s Ministry with coordinator Lyn
The ministry of:
Churchwardens
Lay pastoral Ministers
Those who work in the office
Iris Williams and family
David and Robyn Allnutt and family
The Hutchison family
November:
Please pray for Trevor and Marian as they pack up and embark on
a new challenge in their life and for St Columba community as we
grieve and begin our search for a new leader.
[MU
prayer concern]
Baptisms:
Ashe Hammill, parents Matthew & Fiona
Louis Wyatt, parents Karen & Paul (Dec 6)
Daniel Guthrie, parents Meredith & Ryan (Dec 20)
Weddings:
Fleur van Loon & Geoff Leo [St Marys Nov 28]
Janet Doherty & Lindsay McLeod (14 Feb 2010)
CREATION WATCH
Green facts
61% of the world’s ethanol production comes from sugar crops..
Biofuels account for only 0.6% of Australia’s energy production.
Temperatures after ice ages increased at 0.001 degree per
decade. This century temperatures have been increasing at 0.13
degrees per decade, largely due to human contribution of green
house gas.
Australia has the highest CO2 emission per person in the world.
WA has the highest in Australia.
Cars use 23 time more energy per person than trains. A train
moves 50,000 people per hour. A freeway moves 2,500 people per
hour. Sweden’s biogas train emits just 1.7% of the CO of its
diesel equivalent. Trains contribute only 2.2% of all transport
CO2 emissions. TB
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Toiletries for Bandyup
prison
MU is gathering
toiletries to give to women as they leave prison. We invite the
parish to assist if they wish. A box is in the foyer.
Morning Tea
On 29 November after
the 9am service we will be having a farewell morning tea for
Trevor and Marian. Please bring a plate.
Trevor’s Commissioning
Trevor will be
commissioned as Rector of Whitford’s Parish on Wednesday 2
December at 7.30pm. Parishioners are welcome to attend.
Locum priest
The Ven David
Ingleson will be the part time locum priest here for the next 6
months or so. He begins on 1 December.
Take away the plants
There are a number of
plants left over. Please take some away and give a donation to
Gwen, or nurture the plants until next Fete. Tell others. There
are still some great plants left.
Samburu donations
Marian is sending
money to Rose in Kenya in the first week in December. If you
would like to contribute please hand contributions to Marian or
in a marked envelope to the Parish Office. Many thanks.
Marian
Cutting and Chatting
We would love you to
help us next Monday the 23rd at 1pm for a chatting and cutting
session. Please join us. From the Guild.
Some reflections on
vocation
Life’s most urgent
question is,
‘What are you doing
for others?
Martin Luther King
It is the first of
all problems for a human being to find out what kind of work
they have to do in this universe.
Thomas Carlyle
Many people mistake
our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
Mother Teresa
Where talents and
the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation.
Aristotle
Nothing is more
practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a
quite absolute final way. What you are in love with, what
seizes your imagination, will effect everything. It will decide
what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with
your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who
you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy
and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide
everything.
Pedro Arrupe
To the extent that
your work takes into account the needs of the world, it will
be meaningful; to the extent that through it you will express
your own unique talents, it will be joyful.
Laurence G. Boldt
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