THE TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Dedication Festival

(Sunday 19 October 2014)

WELCOME TO ST JOHN’S CHURCH, DEE WHY (on the corner of Avon Road and Oaks Avenue) St John’s is a place of soul-stirring worship, challenging preaching, fine art and music, warm fellowship and outreach. It remains as Dee Why’s oldest institution. We are an Anglican parish in the Catholic Tradition of Anglicanism, which: • welcomes everyone • seeks to live the life of Christ in community • reaches out in love to others to share this life If you are a baptised communicant Christian from another Church you are welcome to receive Holy Communion with us today, or you may choose to come forward to receive a blessing. Please join us for refreshments after all services.

as we celebrate our DEDICATION FESTIVAL

(Sunday 19 October 2014)

8:00am Holy Eucharist Hymns: (TIS) 133, 501, 215

10:00am Family Eucharist and Children’s Ministry (followed by Parish Lunch)

Hymns: See order of service Setting: Messe Breve no 7 in C – Charles Gounod Motet: Ave Verum – W.A. Mozat Voluntary: Piece d’orgue – J.S.Bach

6:00pm Sung Evensong Hymns: 252, 33, 349, 307 (NEH) Psalm: 82, 122

St John’s Anglican Church acknowledges the traditional custodians of this land and pays respect to all Aboriginal people, and to their families past and present. For more information please visit our website www.stjohnsdeewhy.org.au

FROM THE RECTOR 19 October 2014 Dear Friends, ‘Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.’ As we celebrate our Dedication Festival this Sunday, we are challenged to look at whether we are giving back to God what is his due, and whether our lives reflect the faith we profess. The celebration of the anniversary of a church building’s dedication is always also the celebration of the re-dedication of the community of faith that the church building shelters and symbolises. As God’s people in this place, may we be renewed and recommitted in our task and calling. May our light so shine that others are drawn to the light, the true light, which is Jesus Christ. With every blessing, Fr Steven Salmon, Rector

COMING EVENTS

Sat 25 Oct Afternoon Silent Movie (with Organ) 3:00pm Mon 3 Nov All Souls’ Day – Fauré’s Requiem 7:30pm Sat 15 Nov Children’s Disco 3:00pm Sat 22 Nov St John’s Parish Fête 8:00am

Sun 23 Nov Christ the King – The Cathedral Singers 10:00am Sun 30 Nov Advent Carol Service 6:00pm Sat 13 Dec Christmas Themed Organ Recital with Readings

Sun 21 Dec Service of Nine Lessons and Carols 6:00pm

St John’s Recycling Program: Parishioners are invited to use the collection boxes at the back of the Church for recycling small batteries, candles, corks, printer ink and toner cartridges, sunglasses, spectacles (and cases), and also, to help the work of ABM, used postage stamps and phonecards.

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PARISH NEWS Dedication Festival: This Sunday the Parish celebrates our Dedication Festival, followed by lunch in the Parish Centre. (A low-key Eucharist will be offered at 8:00am for those who are unable to come to the main celebration.) Please join us in this Parish celebration.

Old  Time  Silent  Movie  Afternoon! For those of us who remember, the Saturday Afternoon Silent Movies to see Charlie Chaplin at the Orpheum, with accompaniment from the Wurlitzer Organ, were a great treat. For sixpence you could buy an ice cream and a bag of lollies, and still have enough change to buy some bubble gum and catch the tram home.

Come to St John’s on Saturday 25 October at 3:00pm for a nostalgic journey to recreate those memories. Silent films, (titles to be announced), will be shown by “Butch” our guest projectionist. The show will be accompanied by Ian Sell (master organ builder) on the new St John’s Theatre Organ as you have never heard it before.

Suggested donation: $5 towards the organ fund. For information, please call the office 9971 8694 (Mon-Fri 9:30am-2:00pm), or send a message to

office@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au

All Souls Day: On Sunday morning 2 November and Monday 3 November at 7:30pm, a special Commemoration of all the Departed will be held. Please write the names of those to be prayed for at the All Souls’ Requiem Mass on the list at the back of the church.

Adult Baptisms will be celebrated at the 10:00am Eucharist on Sunday 9 November. Please pray for Susie and Alistair as they make this important step.

Children’s Disco: St John's Playtime is hosting a Children's Disco on Saturday 15 November, 3:00-5:00pm in the Parish Centre. Bring your children or grandchildren along, ages up to seven years old. Come and enjoy watching them having fun dancing to the music. All welcome. Entry $10 per family for the Organ Fund. Contact Lynette Johnson 0408 254 125 if you need more information. Christmas Newsletter: It will soon be time to put together our Christmas newsletter. If you would like to help do this or have interesting articles you think would be useful please get in touch with Cynthia Watts 0459 199 444. Happy Birthday: Robyn Courtney (21st), Robyn Couch (22nd), Jocelyn Fulton (23rd)

5 WEEKS TO THE FETE Saturday 22nd November: 8am-2pm Handicrafts, Books, Plants, Cakes & Sweets, Jams & Pickles, Barbecue Stall, Collectibles, Children’s Stall, Devonshire Teas, Gift Stall, Christmas Stall. IF YOU CAN ASSIST WITH ANY OF THESE STALLS, PLEASE CONTACT STALL HOLDERS DIRECTLY. YOUR TIME AND GOODS MOST APPRECIATED. JAM MAKERS needed. Chas Coward (9981 2007) would love to hear again from you with offers of jams, chutneys, pickles etc. HANDICRAFT articles always needed. All gift ideas and goods will be most welcome. Queries to Leonie Wenning (9451 8406) PLANT STALL needs people to get out that potting mix and start preparing plants for sale. Queries to Elsie Adler (9971 9237) COLLECTIBLES and FINE CHINA: Please ask around to see if any of your friends and neighbours have suitable items for sale. Queries to Kathe Swales (9982 7027) CHILDREN’S STALL & ACTIVITIES: It’s not too early to start looking out for good quality new and used toys for sale. See Lynette Johnson (0408 254 125) and Deacon Sandra. (Money donations to purchase items always welcome.) BOOKS and DVDs and CDs: Please save new and good quality books and DVDs for the Fete, [not the November Op shop]. Ring Bev Bingham with your queries (9971 5529). GIFT STALL: Look in your cupboards for unused birthday or Christmas gifts still in their packages or maybe you might like to make up a Gift Basket. See Neridah Byrne (9971 8596) SWEETS AND CAKES Too early to start cooking yet, but if you can no longer make cakes, you might like to give money or ingredients to Barbara Emmett so that she can get others to do it for you (9971 8428). Barbara and Bev are taking orders now for 1kg and 2kg fruitcakes RAFFLES: We will be having our usual hamper. Donations needed of cash and goods. Do you have any contacts for other prizes? Please contact Cynthia Watts (0459 199 444) if you can help. or If time is short and you just wish to donate money towards the fete expenses please see Bev or Henry (9971 5529)

Christmas Charity Gifts

With Christmas approaching all too quickly, many parishioners are starting to think of gifts for friends and relations, who seem to have everything they need. It is becoming quite popular now to purchase a gift card from a Charity instead of an actual present. Anglicare has gift cards to help families in crisis and charities like Oxfam and Care Australia also have a wide variety. Act for Peace (one of the missions we support) has this year introduced a brand new gift catalogue called “Gifts For Peace”. There are various priced gifts to choose from, for example: a vegetable garden for farmers in Zimbabwe and Myanmar, School supplies for girls in Afghanistan, food for refugees in Myanmar, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, or health care items for mothers and babies in conflict-affected countries. There are gifts ranging from $10 to $450. Once your order is placed you receive a beautiful greeting card with room for a personal message to send to your recipient. The card also contains a personal story so loved ones can see the difference their gift will make to people whose lives have been torn apart by war. Catalogues are available from the office and need to be returned direct to Act for Peace by 13 December.

Freedom Sunday 19 October: The Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury has encouraged churches around the world to get involved in a global day of worship, prayer and action to stop human trafficking. "This is a grave crime against humanity, a form of modern day slavery and a profound violation of the intrinsic dignity of human beings; it is intolerable that millions of fellow human beings should be violated in this way, subjected to inhuman exploitation and deprived of their dignity and rights. This outrage concerns each one of us, because what affects one part of humanity affects us all. Virtually every part of our world is touched in some way by the cruelty and violence associated with this criminal activity.” Please see the “Not for Sale” notice in the lobby.  

HOW TO CONTACT US

Where to find us: Cnr Avon Road and Oaks Avenue, Dee Why 2099

Parish Priest: Fr Steven Salmon SSC 0417 359 792 (mob) Tel: 9971 8694 (Office and Rectory). Email: rector@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au

Parish Deacon:   The Rev’d Sandra Salmon (Hon) Email: deacon@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au Tel: 9971 8694 (Office and Rectory)

Assistant Deacon: The Rev’d Jennifer Barry (Hon) 0457 396 323 (mob) Email: deaconjenny@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au

Churchwardens: Bev Bingham 9971 5529 Robyn Couch 0414 645 338 (mob) Tony Johnson 0419 225 011 (mob)

Email: wardens@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au

Director of Music: Tom Edwards 0481 563 258 (mob)

Email: music@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au

Children’s Ministry:

Lynette Johnson Dn Sandra Salmon

0408 254 125 (mob)

Pastoral Care: Lynette Johnson Dn Sandra Salmon pastoral@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au

0408 254 125 (mob)

(Baptism Preparation and Hospital Visitor)

Administration: Beck Whelan (part-time)

Office phone: 9971 8694 (Fax 9971 8252) Office hours: 9:30am–2:00pm (Mon–Fri) Office email: office@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au Maintenance: maintenance@stjohnsdeewhy.org.au Postal address: PO Box 495

Dee Why NSW 2099

Website: www.stjohnsdeewhy.org.au

Other Parish Council Members:

Heather Andrews Valda Ashover Neridah Byrne Don Fisher Pam Fisher Lynette Johnson Dudley Johnson Roz Peterson Anne Seddon Don Stephens Katherine Ward

St John’s Parish seeks to be environmentally aware and responsible in our use of resources.

THE WEEK AHEAD AT ST JOHN’S (on the corner of Avon Road and Oaks Avenue) The church is open during the day for personal prayer. Morning and Evening Prayer is normally said each day (except Tuesdays) at 8:15am and 5:15pm.

Mon 20 Oct 9:30-11:15am Playtime 12:00noon Holy Eucharist (chapel) 7:30pm Holy Eucharist (followed by Parish Council

strategic meeting)

Tue 21 Oct 9:00am Op Shop Sorting 10:00am-1:00pm Café (by appointment) Cottage Counselling 5:00-6:00pm Junior Choir Practice 7:15-8:45pm Senior Choir Practice

Wed 22 Oct 10:00am Holy Eucharist (church) (by appointment) Cottage Counselling 5:30-8:30pm Street Mission: Wednesday Night Café

Thu 23 Oct 9:30-11:15am Playtime (by appointment) Cottage Counselling 12:00noon Holy Eucharist (chapel)

Fri 24 Oct 9:00am Holy Eucharist (chapel) 10:00am-1:00pm St John’s Café 10:30am-noon The Songbirds (formerly Singing Mums)

5:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (A priest is normally available in the church for Confessions from

5:30 pm to 6:00 pm or contact Fr Steven for other times) 6:15-7:45pm Youth Group (2nd & 4th Friday in month)

Sat 25 Oct BVM Saturday Memorial 9:00am Holy Eucharist (chapel) 3:00pm Silent Movie (with Organ)

Sun 26 Oct Ordinary Sunday 30 8:00am Holy Eucharist 10:00am Family Eucharist and Godly Play 6:00pm Sung Evensong

Morning Readings: Exodus 22: 20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Matthew 22: 33-40

Children are always welcome in all our church services at St John's. In addition, at the 10:00am service there is Godly Play for children from three to twelve years, and our crèche (unsupervised) where parents can take little ones if upset or restless while still following the service on the large TV screen.

WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER Those who are ill: Ana, Sophie, Louise, Nigel, Tom, Yvette, Margaret Baker, Annette Bird, Alastair Brown, Kay Burton, Stephen Butler, John Byrne, Maria Regina de Mattos Castro, Beryl Cornish, Nora Davidson, Gary Fenton, Sharlee Gaddes, Bp Stanley Goldsworthy, Marie Hansen, Eric Hastings Snr, Leah Hermanns, Peter Hill, Carlo Kraushaar, Kerrie McAlpin, Lois Maze, Ross Morgans, Anne Newell, Ken O’Donell, Kevin Ross, Jan Smith, Tony Tasker, Brian Taylor, Phil and Margaret Turley, Joan Van Leeuwen, Stephen Ward, Noel Warr, Mary, Marjorie Wilson Others in need of prayer: Belinda, Larka, Anita, Donna, Russell, Thomas, Jasmine and Ryan, David, Deborah, Greg, Leah, Lisa, Mark, Michael Aitken, Pam Andersen, Fay Baker, Virginia Baker, Elizabeth Balharry, Joy Beness, June Bennett, Cameron Browne, Bob Brownley, Joy Burge, Craig Butler, Shirley Butler, John and Norma Byles, Rosemary Calder, Susan Caldis, Dorothy Cole, Betty Coward, John Cranfield, Fr Jim Cranswick, Anne Evans, Jean Field, Kevin Flicker, Clarrie and Stella Greaves, Norma Halford, Lee Hansen, Michelle Hayden, Peter Huckleby, Margaret James, Sue Kinging, Alec, Midge Lee, Joanne Lucock, Grace MacKay, Bob and Vivienne McMullin, Lilian Miles, Byron Moore, Grayden Moore, Joan Morgans, Del Nattrass, Stephen Palmer, Bill and Karin Peters, Fiona Peterson, John Posener, Joan Preuss, Elaine Rich, Tom and Isabel Ridgway, Debby Roberts, Patricia Sara, Bob Satchell, Pam Seddon, Lena Simpkins, Don Stephens, Jill and Kareena Sutcliffe, Jennifer and Michael Taylor, Joan Taylor, Audette Vaughan, Florence Watts, Kimberley Webster, Val West, John Wickes, Kath Yabsley Those who died recently: James Stacey (priest), Lawrie Bourke, Olwyn Rodgers, Michael Johnston Those whose anniversaries of death occur at this time: Gloria Leslie (19th), Daphne Archer, Ronald Patterson (20th), David Solomon (21st), John Vockler (22nd), Myrtle Emmett, William Weston (priest), Shirley Marchant (23rd), Edna Greenwood (24th), Herbert Bardwell (25th)

19 October 2014 – Ordinary Sunday 29 – Rostered Duties 8:00am 10:00am 6:00pm Sidespeople: Dianne Greenhalgh

Alan Plambeck

Tony Johnson Roger Soltau Cynthia Watts

Valda Ashover

Readers: Joan Butler Alma Ondevilla

Roger Soltau Chris Salmon

Intercessor: Robyn Couch Cynthia Watts

Chalice: Alma Ondevilla Tony Johnson

Servers: Jess Rynd Anne Seddon Roz Peterson

Debby Roberts Adam Roberts Michael Roberts Kathe Swales

Alma Ondevilla Cynthia Watts Robyn Couch

Morning Tea: Henry Bingham Norma Laird Fay Hawkins

Barbara Emmett Krisztina Keller

Godly Play - Storyteller: Sandra Salmon - Door person: Heather Andrews

Cleaning: Brass: Grounds: Rob Peterson Bev Bingham Don Fisher

26 October 2014 – Ordinary Sunday 30 – Rostered Duties 8:00am 10:00am 6:00pm Sidespeople: Don Stephens

Marilyn Stephens John Emmett

Tony Johnson Barbara Emmett Roger Soltau

Valda Ashover

Readers: Lee Hansen John Emmett

Adam Roberts Barbara Emmett

Intercessor: Glen Kinging Roger Soltau

Chalice: Graeme Couch Valda Ashover

Servers: Robyn Couch Alma Ondevilla Brian Butler

Debby Roberts Adam Roberts Kyle Flood-Cutugno Matthew Robinson

Kathe Swales Alma Ondevilla Cynthia Watts

Morning Tea: Henry Bingham Norma Laird Fay Hawkins

Shirley Butler Heather Andrews

Godly Play - Storyteller: Valda Ashover - Door person: Alma Ondevilla

Cleaning: Brass: Grounds: Bev Bingham Neridah Byrne Mark Ashover