PEW SHEET 11th September

Pew Sheet 11th September

DATES FOR THIS WEEK

Tuesday 13^th Sept –  2.00pm Umbrella Club at the home of Dorothy Wood
                                    3.30pm Archive group meets in Vestry

Wednesday 14^th –    10.30am HOLY COMMUNION at Holy Trinity, Yarram

                                   4.00pm Parish Council at the Rectory

Saturday 17^th Sept – Anam Cara Quiet Day  at St Paul’s Cathedral, Sale

Sunday 18^th Sept  – 9.00am Holy Communion at St John’s, Port Albert

                                10.30am Holy Communion at Holy Trinity, Yarram

2.30pm Baptism at Holy Trinity, Yarram

From Rev. Jo

Hospitality seems to have become an industry. It is possible to take a course in hospitality at TAFE. A short course includes things like basic cooking, customer service, food and beverage skills and even grooming and hygiene.

As Christians we don’t need to take a course to be hospitable. All we need are warm and generous hearts and maybe a bit of courage. When I have visited monasteries and convents I am always struck by the unquestioning gentle hospitality of the monks and nuns. Everything is laid out so carefully for their guests; wood for the fire, breakfast in the fridge, fresh sheets on the beds. It is not ostentatious but the welcome is gracious and loving. This happens because they regard every guest as if they were Christ himself.

At St Mark’s Abbey in Camperdown (a Benedictine Order) guests have an important role in the life of the monastery bringing with them the society from which they come, guests provide a window into the world that surrounds the monks and nuns there and for which they pray. Though guests of the abbey are received as Christ yet they are not seen as something rarefied but as the real, incarnate Christ who shares the life of all humanity. The image of St Benedict I have chosen shows him carrying the pilgrim’s staff. Those who take to the road for Christ need to find places of hospitality along the way. Welcoming the stranger is fundamental to the teachings of St Benedict and to Christ himself.

Hospitality does not need to be fancy. It does not need to be ostentatious. Good hospitality needs only to be genuine, gracious and loving.

SEPTEMBER THE MONTH OF HOSPITALITY

WEEK THREE – You are encouraged to invite a newcomer for coffee or a meal. (You could ask Rev. Jo for suggestions.)

WEEK FOUR – Sunday 25^th

Bring and Share Lunch at Holy Trinity following 10.30am service

THE BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS

2.00pm Sunday 2^nd October at St John’s Port Albert;

Afternoon tea will be served in the church yard following the service.
We welcome all animals; great and small to our simple service of blessing in honour of St Francis of Assisi.
Cats and chooks in cages, dogs on leads and other small animals are invited to be blessed in the church. (Yes, snails and worms will be blessed.) Larger animals including pigs, cows, horses and working dogs will be blessed in the church yard or truck.

Christ Church Tarraville turns 160 this year.

Come and celebrate Sunday 20^th November 2016 – Christ the King

From 2.00pm Exhibition of Memorabilia with afternoon tea served throughout the afternoon.

2.30pm Civic Reception Christ Church Tarraville

5.00pm Evensong with guest preacher The Right Reverend Kay Goldsworthy Bishop of Gippsland Christ Church Tarraville

Archive Group meets Tuesdays 3.30 – 4.30pm in the vestry of Holy Trinity.

HELP IS BEING OFFERED BY Bunnings Warehouse, Sale; Wellington Shire; Anglican Diocese of Gippsland; Yarram Men's Shed