PEW SHEET 10th September 2017

SEPTEMBER THE MONTH OF HOSPITALITY

St Paul reminds us that we are not to conform to this world but seek to discern the will of God. Often when we receive an invitation to the home of others we ask; ‘What can I bring?’ Or we might decide that such an invitation demands an invitation to our house next time. That is the way our society works. We are in a constant state of repaying people for their hospitability. As Christians we can demonstrate our desire to live disciples by not expecting such repayment. We give because we are confident that God will provide. We give because we have already received more than we can ever repay to God. Generosity is right up there with hospitality. In a parable Jesus’ reminds us that; ‘Just as we did it to the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ (Matthew 25:40)

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. (Hebrews 13:2)

Blessing of the Animals at St John’s Port Albert

Sunday 1^st October 11.30am followed by a barbeque lunch in the church yard – animals of all sorts are welcome with their owners for this special service for the Feast of St Frances of Assisi (Please note there will still be a 10.30am service of Holy Communion offered at Holy Trinity on this day.)

Blessing the Animals Rev'd Jo

You are invited to

HIGH  TEA at ‘Chester Hill’

Sunday 24^th September 3.00pm

Bowdens Rd Won Wron

Please indicate you intention on the sheet at church. We are also looking for cooks who would like to help with some of the refreshments.

Leave your name on the list at church.

Parish Council Wednesday 20^th September 4.00pm at The Rectory

BIBLE STUDY GROUPS -

a place for fellowship around the Bible;

a place for prayer;

a place to ask questions

In Yarram – Coffee Connect, Mondays 3.45pm at the Coffee Palace, currently studying The Gospel of Luke

In Port Albert –Wednesday 3.30pm St John’s Raglan Street, led by Rev. Jo now studying The Lord’s Prayer IN RECESS next study 4^th October. 3.30pm study #6

Also in Yarram -Thursday 7.30pm at The Rectory, led by Rev. Jo studying The Lord’s Prayer IN RECESS next study 28^th Sept. 7.30pm study #6

You are welcome to join a group at any time or if you would like to start a group please talk to Rev. Jo

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Wednesday 20^th September 4.00pm Parish Council at The Rectory

Wednesday 18^th October 2.00pm Anglicare Thank You Afternoon Tea

Sunday 12^th November AGM of The Anglican Parish of Yarram

Sunday 26^th November 4.00pm Christ the King Service of Evening Prayer

PEW SHEET 3rd September 2017

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

We pray for fathers and all those who offer fatherly love and support; thank you for your example, your courage, your commitment, strength and gentleness. May God richly bless you today and throughout the year

SEPTEMBER THE MONTH OF HOSPITALITY 

Sunday 3rd September 12.30pm - Soup at the Rectory

Saturday 9^th September 6.30 for 7.00pm – Whisky Tasting & Tapas at Port Albert tickets are available from Barbara Knibbs 0427 458 919 or Rev Jo

Sunday 17th September - Why not plan your own event?

Sunday 24^th September 3.00pm – ‘Chester Hill’ High Tea

Bishop Kay Goldsworthy

The Right Reverend Kay Goldsworthy, 12^th Bishop of Gippsland has accepted the appointment of Archbishop of Perth. We congratulate our Bishop on this spirit-led, historic appointment. Please see letter on notice boards.

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

PEW SHEET 2nd October 2016

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 Holy Trinity at 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 Holy Trinity at 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.

Yarram Men's Shed

HELP IS BEING OFFERED BY -

Bunnings Warehouse Sale

Wellington Shire

Diocese of Gippsland Archivist - Tim Gibson

PEW SHEET 28th August

SEPTEMBER

THE MONTH OF HOSPITALITY

WEEK ONE –

FISH + CHIPS + A FILM = fun and fellowship in September    

Reverend Jo invites you to a casual meal of fish and chips with a film in the Rectory dining room Friday 2^nd September 5.30pm – 9.30pm ice-creams and lollies during the film

WEEK TWO – You are encouraged to invite your neighbour for a coffee or a meal. Perhaps you might ask a few people to get together for cards.

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 Sunday 25^th September

Welcome to Yarram – If you or someone you know has recently arrived in Yarram then this evening is for you. The Yarram Tourism and Traders invite newcomers of the last five years to meet locals and each other over drinks and finger food at the

Recreation Reserve RW May Pavilion Wednesday 31^st August 6.00pm – 7.30pm.

From Rev. Jo

HOSPITALITY is the act of offering a welcome and entertainment to strangers. It is about extending generosity to guests and visitors. A quick look at the words surrounding the word hospitality in the dictionary reveal some interesting companions – words like hospice and hospital stand out as well as simple words like host and hostel from which we derive the word hotel.

As we enter the month of hospitality some of these words might help us to reflect more deeply on what it means for our household to be a place of welcome and hospitality. This is also an opportunity for us to look more intentionally at how we offer a welcome to those who come to church.

My mum was a great entertainer. She often had dinner parties and she would enrol my sister and I in the process. A couple of things stood out from those lessons in life that I humbly share:

1. The hostess should always greet guests personally, opening the door to them and offering a smile and a complement.
2. Guests should be seen into the room and introduced to others with interesting anecdotes to get conversation flowing.
3. As soon as possible guests should be offered something to drink and something to eat. Mum was strict on this one and always made sure that the first drink and nibble were served personally. (No ‘Help yourself.’ with a cursory point at the buffet would do.)

The purpose of these evenings was always to make those who had been invited feel special and to help everyone to get to know each other better. If a new person joined the group they would be sat next to ‘a good mixer’ so they would get to know everyone more easily. Perhaps we have moved on since then and we are more inclined to go out to eat with friends rather than have them to our homes. Perhaps there is more casual approach that makes people feel at ease. Never the less being a good host is still important. When we give a luncheon or a dinner we have the opportunity to extend a welcome to newcomers and strangers as well as to friends. You never know by doing so we may be entertaining angels without knowing it. (Hebrews 13:2)

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 Bunning Warehouse Sale, Wellington Shire, Diocesan Archivist Tim Gibson, and Yarram Men’s Shed

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

Christians caring for our environment

This week’s challenge is: check your clothes washing habits. What might you do to save water and energy in the laundry?

BIBLE STUDY GROUPS  

Yarram Group 3.45pm Coffee Palace Yarram in recess, recommencing Monday 5^th September
Won Wron Group in recess; beginning again on 27^th September at 6pm (meal); 7pm for DVD, Venue to be announced.
Port Albert Group in recess St John’s