DATES FOR THIS WEEK
Tuesday
13th Sept – 2.00pm
Umbrella Club at the home of Dorothy Wood
3.30pm Archive group meets in
Vestry
Wednesday
14th – 10.30am HOLY
COMMUNION at Holy Trinity, Yarram
4.00pm
Parish Council at the Rectory
Saturday
17th Sept – Anam Cara Quiet Day at St Paul’s Cathedral, Sale
Sunday
18th Sept – 9.00am Holy
Communion at St John’s, Port Albert
10.30am Holy Communion at Holy Trinity, Yarram
2.30pm
Baptism 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 25th
Bring
and Share Lunch at Holy Trinity following 10.30am service
THE BLESSING
OF THE ANIMALS
2.00pm
Sunday 2nd October
at St John’s Port Albert;
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 20th
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.
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| Yarram Men's Shed |
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| Bunnings Warehouse Sale |
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| Wellington Shire |
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| Diocese of Gippsland |
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