Anglican Church of Australia Diocese of Perth
St. Christopher’s, City Beach
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany - 19 February 2017
Wed 22 Feb
Wed 1 March
Fri 3
10.30am
10.00am
Wednesday Reflections
Ash Wednesday
World Day of Prayer/Floreat
Next Week’s Rosters - 26 February 2017
7.30am
9.30am
LA
Ann Boyer
Milton Rundle
Welcomers
Joy Campbell
Margie Nayler
Don Stewart
Les Earle
1st Reading
2nd Reading
Lesley Derksen
Don Stewart
Morning Tea:
Connie Chapman
Susan Algie
Flowers & freshen
Joy Campbell
Margie Nayler
A patient was anxious after a prolonged bedside
discussion by hospital doctors. “Don’t you know what’s
wrong with me?” he asked his doctor. “Where did you
get that idea?” he replied.
“All the other doctors
disagreed with you, didn’t they?”
“To some extent, but don’t worry”, said the doctor
consolingly.
“In a similar case, I stood firm on my
diagnosis - and the post-mortem proved me right!”
Prayer of the day: Hidden God, whose wisdom compels our love
and unsettles all our values: fill us with desire to search for her truth,
that we may transform the world, becoming fools for her sake,
through Jesus Christ, your Word and Wisdom made flesh, to whom
be glory for ever. AMEN
Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:3, Romans 8:18-25, Matthew 6:25-end
Psalm: 136 1-9, 23-end
Next Week: Exodus 24:12-end, 2 Peter 1:16-end, Matthew 17:1-9
Service Times: Wed 10.30am, Sunday 7.30am and 9.30am
The contact number for St. Christopher’s during the week is 9385 8393 please leave a message or contact our Church Wardens, Elaine Embleton
0417 234 741 , Ann Boyer 9385 8972 or Andrew Scotford 9285 0166. The
Parish Secretary is Joy Campbell 9486 9854. Cheques for the parish to
be made payable to ‘ACF: Parish of City Beach’
Website: www.stchristopherscitybeach.org
Lester and Lorraine Barnes, Valdean Murrell, Lorna
Holland and Anita Drew. If anyone would like names
included in our prayer chain please contact Mary Ann on
0407 450462.
A warm welcome to St. Christopher’s Church.
Children are
especially welcome and there are toys, books and activities for them
to use at the rear of the church either during or after the service. We
do hope that you will find the worship uplifting and that your
relationship with Jesus Christ is enriched through it. Gluten free
wafers are available for Communion, if you require these please
speak to the service leader.
We invite you to stay for light
refreshments and a chat following the 9.30am service.
The World Day of Prayer will be held on Friday 3 March at 10.00am
at St. Cecilia’s church, corner of Grantham and Kenmore Streets,
Floreat. - All welcome.
A very warm welcome today to The Venerable Braden Short, who is
our Archdeacon and must also be Archdeacon to many others,
considering there are only two of them to cover the whole diocese!
Wednesday Reflections continues this week - Wednesday 22
February then Ash Wednesday will follow on 1 March.
Is St Christopher’s reflecting the light? Were you all dazzled?
Doesn’t everything look fresh and clean?
Ready for our 50th
Anniversary in July! Congratulations to the Council and to Andrew
Scotford for organising the painting of our Church.
The Lunching Ladies have passed on 21 teddy bears to Gary Davis,
Judith’s husband, who belongs to a group of wonderful dentists who
travel to Vietnam four times a year. They give dental treatment to
many children, both in the schools and in orphanages. Each child
also receives a bag with toothbrush, tooth paste, information and a
teddy.
Entertainment Books will be available very soon. Please put your
names down - they are great value and raise significant funds for the
Chaplaincy at Churchlands High School (almost 3,000 students!).
Price $70.00.
Honey - pure West Australian and
healthy is now available in the foyer.
It is also good for dipping plant
cuttings. It is only $12 a kilo and also
helps the Chaplaincy.
The Lenten Study called “the Five Marks of Love” will
commence on the Wednesday after Ash Wednesday, 8 March at
5.30pm for a shared meal, followed by the study at 6.30pm. We
will bring our own meat, fish or whatever, and we will organise to
share salads, bread etc.
The meal can be cold or BBQ
depending on the weather!
Please sign up on the sheet in the foyer. Thank you. Elaine E
Just a reminder! These are some of
the books that have wandered far:‘Where the Hell is God?’, ‘Divorce, the
Unforgivable Sin’, ‘The Good
Book’ (cartoons), ‘Happiness is an
Inside Job’, ‘It is Easier to Reach
Heaven than the End of the Street’,
‘Infidel’, ‘Pope Francis’, ‘Journey from
the Land of No’, ‘Love in a Torn Land’,
‘Me Before You’, ‘Permanent, Faithful,
Stable’, ‘Resurrection - Myth or
Reality?’ and ‘I Shall Not Hate’.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its troubles - it
empties today of its strength.