At Church
4th – 11th September 2016
Welcome to all, especially visitors, to our services today
Coming up at Richmond Anglican
4th Sept. – Fathers’ Day
11th Sept. – ‘Mission Games’ for missionary support
16th to 18th Sept. Womens’ retreat
24th to 29th Sept. – Mission trip to Corowa
11th to 13th November – Church camp at Corrimal
September’s 1st Wednesday Service and Luncheon
Next Wednesday 7th September at our usual time of 11.00am with our
customary Holy Communion Service and lunch, you have a wonderful
opportunity to have a preview of the
Mission games.
We will be celebrating our 4 yearly Oldlimpid games.
The training run will set you in good stead for the following Sunday.
We would love more members of our 9.00am, 10.00am and 6.00pm
congregations to join us on these first Wednesdays.
Anyone needing transport please ring Noel or Tracey.
Father's Day
“Any man can be a Father, but it takes a special
person to be called Dad”.
Father's day is a day to honour all the fathers for everything they
do for their children.
Father's Day is celebrated on different dates in different countries.
Most countries like US, UK, Canada and India celebrate this
festival on the third Sunday of June. However, there are a few
countries that have unique dates based on their traditions.
A customary day for the celebration of fatherhood in catholic
Europe is thought to date back to the Middle Ages and it is
observed on 19th March, as the feast of St. Joseph. This
celebration was brought to the Americas by the Spanish and
Portuguese, and in Latin America, Father's Day is still celebrated
on 19 March.
Father's Day was not celebrated in the US, outside Catholic
traditions, until the 20th century.
Father's Day celebration as seen today is primarily a secular
event. It is thanks to the hard work and struggle of one woman,
Ms Sonora Dodd of Washington USA that, just as we have set
aside Mother's Day to honour mothers we have a day to
acknowledge the important role played by the father.
It was inaugurated in the early 20th century. On July 5, 1908, a
West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly
in honour of fathers, a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men
who had died in the previous December’s explosions at the
Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a onetime commemoration and not an annual holiday. However, slowly,
the idea spread across the country.
Looking at the heightened popularity of Father's Day in US,
President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea in 1916.
President Calvin Coolidge too supported the idea of a national
Father's Day in 1924 to, "establish more intimate relations
between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers
the full measure of their obligations". Then in 1972, President
Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of
Fathers’ Day to be held on the third Sunday of June.
Unlike in US and several other countries where Father's Day is
celebrated on the Third Sunday of June, Fathers’ Day in
Australia is celebrated on the first Sunday of September.
Hence, the date of Father's Day is never a fixed day
CHURCH DIRECTORY
The church members directory is now available by e-mail.
Please contact Ray – address on the last page.
Printed copies can be made available if preferred.
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” Romans 12:12
For your prayers….
Our World….Pray and Praise God each day for issues in the news.
Our Church…..Pray and Praise God each day the spread of the gospel and our local church diary.
Those having treatment or recovering from…
Ian Woods suffering from Cancer, Dennis Bradshaw, Elvie Dunwoodie, Alan Wright (Keryns father) awaiting a
further operation on shoulder. Ann Jones recovering from knee replacement surgery, Jeannie Knott
recovering from infection. Sue Huxley suffering from a knee injury. Kate Paskin managing Type 1 Diabetes.
Pray for those In Hospital or Aged Care…..June Riley, Shirley Cook, Alma Waye, John Phipps, Pamela Walker,
Beryl Brown, Helen Booth, Helen Clinton, Edith Titchmarsh, Loma Scott.
Pray for Ken Burger as he grieves the loss of Robyn and the Harper family as they grieve the loss of Aza.
Phone, text or email Tracey anytime on 0414516845 [email protected]
The Mission Games Are On whether rain or shine!
Have you tapered off you training yet? Are you sure you can lift a drinking
straw or throw a pingpong ball without doing your back in?
Here are the details again for you:Date – next Sunday 11th September.
12noon – lunch of a BBQ sausage in a roll with an ice cream chaser, all
for$3pp or $10 per family. Also cans of drink $1.
12.45pm – the GAMES begin – shot putt, basketball, sailing, putting,
target shooting, discus, archery, javelin, ribbon play and lawn bowls.
Everyone will be divided into four Mission teams – Hawkshaw for those
whose Christian names commence from A to E, Jennings with names F
to L, Naden names M to R, and Hazell names S to Z.
Gold medals will be awarded with a possibility of drug testing.
Don’t forget the lines of your 50cent pieces. Bring them along. Will we
break our record set last year of $230 (that’s 460 coins)?
We thank for your participation and help. See you all there.
David, Kyle and Noel.
Contact one of our staff:
Wayne Tildsley | Senior Minister| 4578 1205
Josh Wilson | Youth Minister | 0402 991 559
Keryn Kirch | Women’s Worker | 0414 957 623
St Peter’s Anglican Church, Richmond
384 Windsor Street Richmond
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Please Note: All articles, upcoming events, or items, for inclusion in the next
newsletter to be sent to Ray Knott on 0437943742 (text or call) or email on [email protected] by noon on Thursday 15th September 2016
For those who choose freely and joyfully to contribute to our work at
Richmond Anglican, we encourage direct deposit giving:
Church Bank Details:
General account:- BSB: 062 595 Account Number: 00905595
Mission account:- BSB: 062 595 Account Number: 10270847