THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WARRAGUL!
OCTOBER 2010
Parish News
Family service a great hit
This was a thoughtful and interactive service conducted by
Helen Lowe who was assisted by many young church goers.
God seeks out those who are
lost
The focus of the recent family
service, led by members of the
SALT Club under guidance from
Helen Lowe, was that God is
looking for us if we want to be
found.
It is not easy to convey this
message to a complete
spectrum of the ages to be found
in our Parish churches.
However, Helen Lowe and her
team of able parents and helpers
did just this.
Members of the congregation
were involved in assisting a
week beforehand by sharpening
pencils. Others involved
included, Jo Ronalds who
prepared a Power Point to
accompany the prayers
composed by the Illuminators,
Margot Spencer who developed
the Bible reading puzzle with the
Comets and Stephen Charles
who read with maturity. The one
hundred cottonwool sheep could
not have run around the church
without the help of Jacqui Minnis
and a range of parents. Michael
Gaylard’s dramatic presentation
of Paul writing to Timothy had
everyone captivated.
Above, Elouise McKinley with ten of the one hundred sheep in
church. More pictures can be found on page 3.
Philip Muston’s talk drew the
songs , readings and
performances together when he
summarised the Bible readings
as stories that ‘celebrated God's
determination to find those lost
to him -- sometimes with our
help.'
RECYCLE ME, THE PARISH OPPORTUNITY SHOP
The Parish opportunity shop, Recycle Me, has had a makeover with new
layout and new carpet. The people who manage and staff the shop have
always focused on the need to have an approach different from any of the
other second hand outlets in the town. They have succeeded because
one patron recently commented, “I thought this was an opportunity shop”.
This was a reflection on the recent attractive re-furbishment.
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THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WARRAGUL!
OCTOBER 2010
PARISH PROFILE - ANNE AND TONY PETERS
The Peters’ moved from their six acre
farm in Yinnar, 14 months ago, and are
thoroughly enjoying living in Warragul.
Tony is still travelling to Fulham three
days a week and holding fort at Neerim
South and Warragul Parish two days a
week, which he is enjoying immensely.
Over to Anne…
Anne grew up in Hawthorn, an only
child, busy with music and highland
dancing. The family attended Christ
Church, Hawthorn, a beautiful old
bluestone building with magnificent
stained glass windows. Her mother was
head of the kindergarten and later was
the organist. She was taught by Dr
Floyd on the organ in St Paul’s
Cathedral, Melbourne. Anne also sang
in the church choir from which she
gained enjoyment and inspiration. After
finishing school Anne trained at
Tweddle Baby Hospital to be a
mothercraft nurse, a dying breed these
days, unfortunately.
Tony attended Bible College at Ridley
from 1976-1978 after spending the
previous 40 years in Sydney, selling
petrol (Ampol Petroleum Ltd) and
peanuts (Marrickville Holdings). He
came to Victoria on the advice of an
Anglican clergyman, Bill OsborneBrown. He had spent three years at
Narrabeen, in Sydney, under Bill’s
tutelage.
In February 1976 miracles started
occurring for Tony. First he gained a
Bachelor of Theology at Ridley, then
w o r k e d i n a Te a m M i n i s t r y a t
Greensborough with the Rev. Jack
Shilton. 1980 was the beginning of
what would shortly be 30 years married
to a wonderful woman…his best friend
and wife.
After nine years of team Ministry
managing a Christian Book Shop both
in Greensborough and the C.M.S.
Book Shop in Flinders Lane
Melbourne, Tony spent some time
directing Stewardship Programmes in
different Australian states. Four to five
!
In 1973 when her third child, Susan
was born, she was introduced to Bible
Study Fellowship (BSF) at St James,
Ivanhoe. It was led by a lady, Shirley
Temby, and was only for women, so
Anne then engaged in five years of
quite intense study and fellowship. The
creche for babies and children was
beautifully run on Christian teaching so
Susan benefited also.
weeks at a time, away from home was
not easy and once more he found our
great God stepping in to redirect his
path. He did this by way of an old
friend in 1991 who had led Tony to the
Lord almost 40 years earlier.
Anne is the mother of five and Nanna of
seven so is kept very busy with babyTony had been searching for a Bishop sitting and all that goes with a large
to ordain him since 1978 and and a family.
friend suggested he talk to Bishop
Colin Schumack in Sale. Anne and One of Anne’s interests is dog
Tony both travelled to Sale where they breeding. She has been a registered
were graciously cared for by Bishop breeder for 30 or more years and gains
Colin and Ena. They gained the full a lot of enjoyment and satisfaction from
support of Chaplains at the 1991 this activity. Over the years the family
Selection Conference. Tony was has enjoyed living on two farms, with
Deaconed in 1992 and Priested in plenty of animals to keep them busy
1993. Following this the Peters’ family and amused. Now, even though it is
moved from Paynesville to Traralgon to just Anne and Tony living in their little
Churchill where Tony was Priest in cottage with two bedrooms, they still
Charge for five years. From 1999-2001 seem able to make room for the family
Tony took on the role of Anglican when they come, which is often! Tony
Chaplain at Fulham Correctional and Anne thank God for all the
Centre, and after “retirement” became blessings (some not so blessed, like
an Official Visitor (representing the moving house!) He has bestowed on
Minister of Justice). In 2005 he joined them and their children over the years!
Fulham as the Chaplaincy Coordinator. Pictured, Tony and Anne at grandson,
Noah’s first birthday.
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THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WARRAGUL!
OCTOBER 2010
IMAGES FROM THE FAMILY SERVICE
MOTHERS’ UNION DIOCESAN ANNUAL MEETING
Warragul Mothers’ Union recently hosted the
Diocesan MU Annual Meeting. In spite of a very
cold day, all enjoyed the warmth of the Worship
Centre, and fellowship. Judy Bunting, assisted by
Elizabeth Crighton, did a brisk trade at the trading
table. The Diocesan bookstall enabled members to
purchase greeting cards, diaries and Christmas
cards.
A service of Holy Communion was led by the Rev
Barb Logan from Lakes Entrance and MU
chaplain.
Tom Killingbeck was responsible for Power Point
production.
A hot soup luncheon followed the election of the
new Diocesan Executive with a 'talk break' before
hearing Department and Branch Reports.
Left, Jenny MacRobb, Judy Bunting and Elizabeth
Crighton at a well stocked trading table
ELLINBANK NEWS
During September the Ellinbank congregation has seen good numbers attending the Sunday teaching
sessions. They are exploring God’s answers to life’s difficult questions based on material from Rick Warren.
Members of the congregation are taking an active role in leading sections of the service.
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THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WARRAGUL!
A BOOK REVIEW
My friend, understandably, told others
how she had found hope again so they
sought out the book and some of them
found Lucado’s pastoral ministry
through a simple (but not simplistic)
use of scripture and the retelling of
beautiful true stories, helped them too.
Some of them have bought the book to
give to others and so the grace and
changed lives multiply. How easy it is
to forget how God uses simple, loving,
personal ministry when we are sharing
something that has touched our lives
and restored our hope.So I read
Lucado’s book and was not
disappointed. Here was what I read in
the preface…
OCTOBER 2010
get together for a short while each
week to look after each other. I
realised how appropriate this would be
for those who take seriously our Lord’s
words “Where two or three are
gathered in my name there am I in the
midst of them”. (Matt. 18:20 ). What
could be simpler. Read the book
chapter by chapter, think about it and
then spend a short while each week
with two friends who are doing the
same – and then pray for each other.
Graeme MacRobb
MISSION NEWS
“A gift of twenty-four unlived,
unexplored hours. And if you can
stack one good day on another and
another, you will link together a good
life. But here’s what you need to keep
in mind:
Every Day Deserves a Chance by
MaxLucado
Sometimes a new book or DVD
catches your interest because it is
highly recommended by the media or
received rave reviews or because you
have heard first hand how it greatly
helped someone you know. This is
how it was for me when people that I
knew well started talking about Max
Lucado’s book Every Day Deserves a
Chance.
Here’s what caught my interest. A dear
friend recently had a serious health
crisis, Gradually she recovered
physically but her personal confidence
had never returned. Missing was her
past confidence in the future – what
we theologically call hope. Sadly what
also disappeared was her personal
ministry to others. Depression,
whether it is mild or deep, tends to do
that to us. Sometimes I think that that
is one of Satan’s most useful weapons
to stop the life changing mission of
Christ through the Church.
“You no longer have yesterday. It
slipped away as you slept. It is gone.
You’ll more easily retrieve a puff of
smoke. You can’t change, alter or
improve it. Sorry no Mulligans
allowed. Hourglass sand won’t flow
upward. The second hand of the clock
refuses to tilt backward. The monthly
calendar reads left to right, not right to
left. You no longer have yesterday.
“You do not yet have tomorrow.
Unless you accelerate the orbit of the
earth or convince the sun to rise twice
before it sets once, you can’t live
tomorrow today. you can’t spend
t o m o r r o w ’ s m o n e y, c e l e b r a t e
tomorrow’s achievements, or resolve
tomorrow’s riddles.
You only have today. This is the day
the Lord has made. Live in it. You must
be present to win, Don’t heavy today
with yesterday’s regrets or acidize it
with tomorrow’s troubles. But don’t we
tend to do so.”
…and that was only the preface. The
book explores the many ways that
After months praying for my friend’s Christ changed bad days into good
physical, mental and spiritual health days when he was here in the flesh
nothing seemed to change, nothing and how He still does so today. I would
seemed to help. Suddenly, almost commend this lovely, small book. Read
dramatically, my very unwell friend was it and give it to others.
well again. The sparkle was back in
her eye and she was caring about and For me, being me, there was a special
caring for others as she used to. I must bonus. At the back of the book is a
admit that I expected something very adequate small group study guide
dramatic had changed the situation. for each subject. Most people in our
Perhaps a healing service or even parish know that as well as having a
perhaps a new medication – but no, special interest in home groups and
she simply explained to me that a study groups I’m very keen on what
friend had given her a book to read are sometimes called ‘Prayer Triplets’
and that book had drawn her back to or ‘Mutual Support Trios’, just three
biblical truths that had once changed Christians committing themselves to
her life long ago.
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Above, Sarah Gover with son Matthew
and two staff members from ‘Seeds of
Peace’.
Sarah is the liaison person employed
by both Anglicare and the Diocese and
recently visited Gahini, Rwanda, the
diocese with which we have a
partnership.
WATTS’ FAMILY
The Watts family on leave in Australia
from Burkina Faso ask for prayers for
a number of items:
• their successful re-application for
return visas to Burkina Faso
• peace on the borders of Burkina
Faso
• Jenny as she completes her
integration aide’s course
• their daughters’ successful
integration into their schooling in
Burkina Faso in 2012
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THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WARRAGUL!
OCTOBER 2010
FINAL REVIEW ISSUE 08/02/2010
UPDATING THE BUILDING REFURBISHMENT
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A milestone for the Dulcie Harris
Kindergarten Refurbishment project
was reached in September when
tenders for the work closed and were
considered by the Building Committee.
Two tenders were received. One, from
4Dimensions Building Contractors, was
significantly cheaper than the other,
from CMT Constructions Pty Ltd.
Accordingly, presentations about the
project and the financial situation have
been held and Pledge Cards
distributed to the congregation. People
are being asked to assist financially by
committing to a lump sum pledge,
payable by 31 December 2010, or to a
regular pledge over a time period of
their own choosing.
The committee decided to recommend
to Parish Council that the offer from
4Dimensions be accepted, subject to a
number of revisions such as deletion of
the access ramp to the Education
Centre and the inclusion of a few minor
changes. These amendments reduced
the price to $330,544.00, excluding
GST, as the parish is GST exempt.
The committee considered that an
allowance for contingencies should be
made, and so recommended to Parish
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Council that an overall budget of
$350,000 be accepted.
Parish Council encourages you all to
prayerfully consider this particular
need, and to give as generously as you
can. Pledges should be returned by
placing the cards in the offertory on or
before Sunday 10 October so that
Parish Council, at its meeting on 12
October 2010, will know the level of
support promised. Should you have
not received a Pledge Card, please
see Jill Dixon or one of the other
Wardens.
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At present there is about $260,000
available for the project, leaving a
shortfall of $90,000. While some of
this shortfall can be borrowed from the
Diocese, Parish Council decided to
appeal to parishioners to pledge as
much as possible to minimise any
loan.
Once the financial arrangements are in
place and the contract let, the
construction period is expected to be
about 12 weeks.
A start before
Christmas is possible, which should
mean that the parish is able to enjoy
the benefits of a refurbished Dulcie
Harris Kindergarten early next year.
ARCHITECT’S DRAWING OF THE CHURCH AND EXTENSION
Roof of the original worship
centre inn the old church.
Small square
window belonging
to the new
kitchen extension
Three leaf sliding door
onto decking
Fixed two panel window.
Four panel door which is new
main entrance. Leads straight to
the current entrance foyer.
PARISH HOME GROUPS
The home group that meets at Jenny and Graeme MacRobb’s place commences on Thursday October 7th. The group
will be reading the book Each Day Deserves a Chance. Book on 5623 4654. Special price for the book is $10.00.
The small group that meets at Ethel and Bruce Armstrong’s home will be doing the interactive DVD/discussion
program Exploring God’s Answers. Book on 5623 5196 (Bruce and Ethel) or 5623 4127 (Jack and Beryl). Study
material is $12.00.
The Sunday night group is going to be exploring the book and presentation of All Things Must Change (previewed in
last month’s Parish News) Study commences at the beginning of October. Cost of material is $10.00 for both the book
and the Discussion Guide. Ring Philip or Cathrine for further information on 5622 3503.
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THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WARRAGUL!
October, 2010
Vol 51, No 7
By The Way...
St Paul’s, Warragul
Sunday Morning:
8.00 am - Holy Communion
9.30 am - Contemporary
Service including Children’s Ministry
Contemporary H.C.1st & 3rd
Worship and Word 2nd & 4th.
Mid-Week Communion
1.30 pm 2nd Wednesday
followed by afternoon tea
St Luke’s Ellinbank
Rector:
Archdeacon Philip Muston.
St. Paul’s Rectory, 104 Victoria St.
Warragul, 3820
Phone: (03) 5622 3503
In emergencies when the Rector
is unavailable contact
Canon Graeme MacRobb 5623
4654
Youth Minister:
Tom Killingbeck
Ph (03) 5623 6072
Email: [email protected]
‘Recycle Me’
2/49 Victoria St Warragul
(near MacDonald’s)
Ph: 5622 3266.
Hon. Managers : Sue Calaby and
Gwen Aumann
The Parish Fair Trade Shop
Jenny Mac Robb
Ph: 5623 4654
Email: [email protected]
Parish Office
Open Wed and Fri mornings
Ph: 5622 3503
[email protected]
Our Parish Office Secretary is
Wendy Shiels
Parish News
Information to be in by the 4th
Sunday of each month.
Email: [email protected]
Home Groups
Graeme MacRobb 5623 4654
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We are saved by grace through out
faith: that is a hallmark of reformed
theology, but as James puts it in the
New Testament, faith without deeds is
dead. Ultimately, if our faith is not
worked out in the real world but stays
just in our heads, it doesn’t count for
much.
I am indebted to Peter Rollins in these
reflections, an Irish theologian who is a
leading thinker in what is called the
Emerging Church movement. The
Emerging Church is shaping up as the
first major movement to have arisen in
the church in the new millennium. It is
as significant a movement in its way as
the charismatic or evangelical
movements were late in the last
millennium.
Sunday@Seven
7.00 pm 2nd & 4th Sunday
11am Uniting Church Worship
1st and 3rd Sundays
11am Anglican Worship
2nd and 4th Sundays
Holy Communion 4th Sunday
OCTOBER 2010
The rector writes...
Who are you? Really, I mean. And for
that matter, who am I? Am I the person
you imagine that I am? Unlikely. Most
of us project -– consciously or
unconsciously -- a public image that
differs somewhat from the reality of
who we are.
The person we are is ultimately
defined not by what we believe or
think, or by the image we project. In
the final analysis, the person we are is
defined more by what we do and how
we live in the material world around us.
Actions tell us more about a person
than their words and ideas. “By their
fruit you shall know them”, Jesus said.
In this way Christianity is a materialist
faith: it takes seriously the material
world and what we choose to do in this
world.
All movements emphasise certain
aspects of Christian teaching in
response to the needs of their time.
The Emerging Church seeks to
emphasise the fact that, in a postChristendom world, nobody is going to
take any notice of Christians whose
faith is not applied and responsive to
the material world that God created
and for which human beings were
made responsible.
If Christianity doesn’t have anything to
say about or contribute to solving
crises such as world poverty or climate
change it is morally bankrupt,
Emerging Church spokespeople say. If
Christianity is reduced to a privatised
guilt management racket, a means of
personalised ‘spiritual’ salvation at the
expense of the world Jesus loved and
died to save, then that is tragic.
Clearly then there are some points of
difference between this movement and
ones which preceded it, both
protestant and catholic. Already it has
given rise to some fierce debate.
Most of those Underbelly gangsters
we’ve seen on TV were nice guys to
their family and friends: men of
principal and loyalty to their loved
ones. Some of them were even
genuinely religious! But if they killed
people mercilessly on the streets or in
business, in the end we must assess
them by what they did in the world
around them, and by their legacy to
people generally.
For many of us the only faith that we
can take seriously is one that
addresses critical global problems and
realities. The pietistic credo of accept
Jesus as your personal Saviour and
Lord and you’ll go to heaven is no
longer enough for many of those who
e m b r a c e t h e B i b l e ’s t e a c h i n g s
“wholistically”1. We know there is
much more to Christian faith than that.
What we believe may influence
strongly how we act and what we
choose to do, but equally it may not.
We may believe in Jesus as our
Saviour and call him Lord, but not
actually live or act in a way that
reflects the values he taught, lived and
died for. We may think that people
should live in the Christian way, but
actually spend our money and time on
things that do not reflect our Lord or
his choices at all. Yet we claim to be
his followers.
If you would like to explore such
thinking further there is a home group
beginning shortly on Sunday evenings
based around DVDs by Brian McLaren
and his book Everything Must Change.
McLaren is an articulate voice from out
of the Emerging Church movement.
Call me for details on 5622 3503.
Philip Muston
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