St. Matthew’s Weekly Newsletter

Welcome to worship Pentecost 2 23 June 2019

Welcome to St. Matthew’s Community Room. Children are very welcome at St. Matthew's and that means their noise is welcome too. This room is here if you feel the need to step out of the service or would like some more privacy but still want to see and hear what’s going on in the service. OPEN FROM 9.30AM

available from the blue boxes in the play area in the church

colouring-in sheets

School kids activity sheets

Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

23– 29 June

Kenya, Tanzania

Bible Reading

8am and 9.30am

1 Corinthians 3: 10-16 John 15: 1-8 Response after Bible Readings Leader: Hear the word of the Lord Response: Thanks be to God

We invite everyone to stay for a cup of tea /coffee

after the Sunday services.

Welcome to St. Matthew’s. We trust that you feel at home as we worship together.

Uniting Church 42nd Anniversary

8am—Worship Led by Vivienne Strong and Dirk Van Doorene

9.30am—Worship Led by Sharon Underwood

and Dirk Van Doorene KUCA Preschool, Years K-2 and Years 3-6

11am—Proclaim training for song choosers

5pm—Teen Plus

6.45pm—Worship Led by Alex Lawless

and Daniel Gibb

8pm—Youth/Young Adults Social Group lower hall

MONDAY 24 JUNE 9am—Garage Sale Pricing lower hall 7.30pm—Meditation @ Betty’s

5 Woodlands St Baulkham Hills

TUESDAY 25 JUNE 9am-2pm—Op Shop

9.15am—Christian Meditation

in the Community Room. The next 20 weeks at the

beginning of each meeting we will be listening to a

15 minute talk on caring.

10.30am-4pm—Community Room in use

7.30pm—Thrive Bible Study lower hall

WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE 9am-2pm—Op Shop open

THURSDAY 27 JUNE

9am-2pm—Op Shop open

9.30am-11.30am—Play Group

in the lower hall

FRIDAY 28 JUNE 9.30am-11.30am—Play Group

in the lower hall

5.45pm—Simpson’s Brotherhood

Bible Study

7pm-9pm—Youth Groups

EMERGE & ALIVE

“Alphabet Night” at the church

SATURDAY 29 JUNE 2pm-4pm—Indian Dance Class

lower hall

5.30pm—Netball Movie Night

in the upstairs hall and the church

What’s happening this week at St. Matthew’s

SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY 30 JUNE30 JUNE30 JUNE

8am—Worship 9.30am—Worship

KUCA Preschool, Years K-2 and Years 3-6

5pm—Teen Plus

6.45pm—Evening Worship

8pm—Youth/Young Adults Social in the lower hall

Christian Meditation - Pure Prayer

Tuesdays @ 9.15am In the Community Room

at St. Matthew’s

For the next 20 weeks at the beginning of each meeting we will be listening to a 15 minute talk on caring.

Laurence Freeman explores how we can all learn to care better for each other and to realise that we are ultimately cared for.

Coping better with the daily cares of life, which cause stress when we don’t handle them well, is a fruit of meditation that therefore opens us to the ultimate care which is the divine love.

More details contact Katherine on 0437772011.

Remember in our Prayers

Athol Agland Garry Bindley Marion Bindley Alison Bills Betty Carmody Beryl Cater Rachel Chapman

Jeanette Coleman Bruce Holden Susan MacWilliam Ted Page Mavis Thompson Don Toovey

If you wish to have your name added or removed from the list, phone/email the church office or speak to one of the Ministry Team.

P R A Y E RP R A Y E R

Please note: A completed Privacy Consent Form is required before we can include your details in this publication.

HAPPY BIRTHDAYHAPPY BIRTHDAY

PEOPLE

Bev Chivers Christine Haines Brayden Bell

Jane Cole Annette Watson

In July 2019 we gather as a community, to renew our commitment to being a living church, a Church that focuses its energy on the common good through enabling healthy congregations, developing vital ministry and transformative community engagement.

Bringing Jesus’ vision for the world to life – making a difference, living church – is the work of communities of disciples all over the world.

A Living Church is:

Committed to connecting to the spiritually curious and making Christ known to emerging generations

Passionately committed to the wellbeing of humanity and creation

Daring and disruptive because being different and making a difference is a risky enterprise

Authentic about the life, mission and relevance of Christ in this age of "fake news" and social media echo chambers

“Sharpening our understanding of the will and purpose of God by contact with contemporary thought” Basis Of Union.

“Half a million steps” Documentary Premier Friday 5 July 6.30pm Knox Grammar

In 2016 Synod membership endorsed a plan to look at Australia's growing drug problem. In October 2018, the Uniting Church and Uniting sought a new path for drug reform with the launch of the Fair Treatment Campaign. The campaign gained national recognition with Sir Richard Branson in attendance. Following the launch, the Long Walk to Treatment again raised awareness of the lack of services in regional NSW. It takes half a million steps to walk from Dubbo to Sydney – the distance a person in regional New South Wales may have to travel just to reach the drug treatment they need. A long and lonely road to recovery. Step by step, participants walked from Dubbo to Sydney to deliver a letter signed by people across NSW to bring care closer to home. Along the way, stories and signatures were gathered to support our cause with one purpose: making sure that all Australians can access the care they need. These stories and the walk have been collected in a

powerful documentary called ‘Half a Million Steps’. Join with members of the Church for the premiere of this documentary at Synod, followed by a panel to discuss the issue. For more information go to the Fair Treatment Campaign website.

https://nswact.uca.org.au/about-us/living-church-synod-2019/

Ministry in the Philippines

A Ministry of St. Matt’s through Teen Plus and many more have come on board to help in a multitude of ways.

This ministry began in 2014 in Bilidan, a rice growing rural community and has grown remarkably.

Currently there are 4 schools (Bilidan, Damires, New Lucena Central - Special Ed. and Ravina), a paediatric unit in Iloilo Government Hospital and a village known as Gustilo.

Our boxes are wrapped in gift wrap and filled with goodies to allow each child to hopefully attend school with exercise books, filled pencil cases, geometry sets and rulers. We also include hygiene items, toothbrush, comb, face washer and handkerchief.

Fun and games are important to a child, so we include a tennis ball, hi bounce ball, colouring books, toy cars, small dolls and not forgetting the trauma teddies for our youngest recipients.

We try to add something different each year, a book bag, a sun hat etc.

This amazing ministry may well have begun with Teen Plus, but has spread incredibly! Closer to home, we have a huge support-base with donations coming from so many people. The op shop collects wonderful treasures for us that bring smiles to our Filipino babies.

The outreach has spread further with day services and group homes in this area involved in wrapping and packing. The guys and girls have all seen pictures of the children they are helping and are excited to be part of the project, part of something they can do rather than they’re often told they can’t do.

Who are we serving? Well, first and foremost our God, the One who loves and cares for us all. As Christians we are mandated to care for each other…and we will.

Jane Cole

Teen Plus Coordinator

Thank you for worshipping with us today.

Ministers - Everyone

Minister of the Word

Rev. Dirk Van Doorene

Mobile No 0426 969 537During office hours & emergencies

Email: dirk@stmatthewsuniting.net.au Day off Friday

Candidate for ministry

Fil Kamotu

Children, youth and young adults

ministry worker

Daniel Gibb

Part Time: Email: daniel@stmatthewsuniting.net.au

Pastoral carer to 30’s,40’s & 50’s

Lesley carter

Part Time Email: lesley@stmatthewsuniting.net.au

Pastoral carer to 60’s & 70’s

Shamali Perera Part Time Email: shamali@stmatthewsuniting.net.au

Seniors Pastoral Carer

Michael Strong

Part time: Email: mike@stmatthewsuniting.net.au

Church Office Secretaries:

Robyn Morrall and Lynn Samuel

Church Office Hours 9am-3pm mon-fri

Office : 9686 3003

Location:

Cnr Charles & Edgar Streets

Baulkham Hills

Postal Address:

Baulkham Hills Uniting Church

PO Box 773 Baulkham Hills 1755

Web Site: www.stmatthewsuniting.net.au

Weekly newsletter available on website

Email: office@stmatthewsuniting.net.au

Facebook:

@stmatthewsunitingchurchbaulkhamhills

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PreSchool Director 9639 8570

Ms Anne Mayberry

PO Box 321 Baulkham Hills 2153

Email: director@stmatthewsps.net.au

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, Your will be done,

on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin

against us. Save us from the time of trial

and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours now and forever.

Amen

A monthly calendar of activities is listed in

‘In Focus’ our monthly newsletter. Copies are available from the upstairs and

downstairs foyers, and on our website.

www.stmatthewsuniting.net.au

Common Dreams Conference 11-14 July 2019

Sacred Earth: Original Blessing, Common home

Be inspired be sustained A conference for advocates of spirituality and social change.

Inspiration for progressive seekers. Sustenance for practical dreamers.

Hear Rev Dr Matthew Fox exponent of Creation Spirituality, speak

on prophetic witness for social, environmental and gender justice.

Participate in workshops connecting spirituality, activism and the arts.

Where: All events apart from Friday evening at Pitt St Uniting church, will be held at Newington College, Stanmore, Sydney.

https://2019.commondreams.org.au/practitioners/matthew-fox