NPAC Coffee & Catch Up – 25 June 2020
Hi all,
Thank you once again for all your
support in sending in articles. Keep them coming!
Please send items to me at:
abigail2567@ gmail.com.
Now it’s time to sit back and enjoy this week’s edition.
Project Update
Thank you Judy T for sewing
together the squares knitted
by our parishioners, to make
these beautiful blankets. We
have been able to give these
out through the Care
Cupboard.
It would be wonderful to
make more, if anyone is able
to help us by knitting some
squares. We can help with
wool and needles.
Green pawpaws!
If anyone would like green
pawpaws to make chutney etc,
Dell has some to give away.
**Dell is also looking for
takeaway cups from coffee etc
(used is fine) to plant seedlings
for our Christmas markets.
Please keep any you have.
Card-making and
Scrapbooking Classes
Beth runs card making classes at
Bracken Ridge every second
Tuesday. Price is $10 which
includes all materials and
morning tea.
She also runs monthly
scrapbooking classes on
Saturdays. Price is $20 for the full
day, including materials and
refreshments.
Let me know (Gail) if you would
like to join us.
Recipe Corner:
CURRIED SALMON OR
TUNA RICE PIE
Ingredients
• 1 cup white rice
• 45g butter
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 1-2 tablespoons curry powder
• 1½ cups milk
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 30g butter (extra)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten (extra)
• 415g can tuna in spring water,
drained and flaked
• 3/4 cup tasty cheese, grated
• Salt and pepper, to season
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 180
degrees, fan forced.
2. Cook rice as per packet
instructions.
3. To make curry sauce,
melt butter in medium
saucepan over
medium-high heat until
foaming.
4. Add flour and curry
powder. Cook and stir
for 1-2 minutes or until
mixture bubbles and
begins to come away
from the side of the
pan. Remove from heat.
5. Gradually pour in milk.
Whisk continuously
until mixture is smooth.
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6. Add mayonnaise and
whisk to combine.
Return to heat. Stir until
sauce boils and
thickens.
7. Add lemon juice and
parsley. Stir through
then simmer for 1
minute.
8. Remove saucepan from
heat, add egg and stir
through. Set aside to
cool slightly.
9. Meanwhile, add extra
butter, egg, salt and
pepper to cooked rice.
Mix to combine.
10. Spoon rice into a 12-
cup (3L) oven-proof
dish. Press rice over
bottom and side of the
dish.
11. Spread tuna over rice
base.
12. Pour curry sauce over
tuna.
13. Sprinkle with cheese.
14. Bake in oven for 20-30
minutes or until golden.
Serve.
15. TIP: Tinned salmon can
be used as an
alternative to tuna.
NPAC Update
Care Cupboard
Thank you for all your generous
donations to our care cupboard
each work. Because of you, we
are able to help people in need
at the moment.
Youth and Families
Update:
“Kids’ Church Online last Sunday saw Dylan and Bella the unicorn making a simple bird feeder from a toilet paper roll. It was a great way to illustrate our Bible passage (Matthew 10:29-31) and to remind us how much God cares for us.
Making a bird feeder means we can also help care for our wildlife, as God intended us to. Bella tried to count all the hairs on Dylan’s head. Even though Dylan has recently had a haircut, it was too much for Bella. She couldn’t count that high and had to give up. Only God could really know how many hairs we have on our heads. And the Bible tells us that he loves us so much, he has numbered them on the heads of every person!
We all had fun singing along to a funky video clip rendition of “Jesus Loves Me” and spent some time praying together, thanking God for his care for us. Dylan and Bella then went into the garden to hang the bird feeder. We checked on it today (Tuesday) and it’s still there. It’s even survived
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getting rained on! If you’d like to make one for your garden, the instructions are attached. Might be a good school holiday activity for the kids in your life as well. If you are allergic to peanuts you can use any other type of nut butter or spread, as long as it is edible.
When we were packing up, we were blessed to be visited by Eli Cunneen. Eli was keen to find out about Kids’ Church and have a chat with Bella about God’s love.” Sharon Armstrong NPAC story of the week … This week’s story is from Dave Gover. He did the CEO sleepout last Thursday night to raise money and to raise awareness for the homeless. Dave knew that previously this had been done with CEO's sleeping in warm halls and given hot meals. He wanted to really feel what it is like to sleep rough, even if only for one night. To this end, he bought
cheap clothes and a thin sleeping bag from Vinnie's and walked 8 km to his spot under a railway bridge. He did not take money and his only food was a few stale muffins. He raised over $1200 and wrote his story on Facebook. After reading about his experience helping a homeless man in Melbourne I was so moved I took the vow to give whatever change I have in my purse at the time to any of these people I come across. Thank you for making us aware of this need Dave. Here is Dave's story:
Every year Vinnie's runs a
'CEO Sleepout' to raise
funds for their work with
homelessness and
awareness of the issues
around homelessness. On
18 June I gave up the
comforts of home for a night,
and slept under a local
railway bridge. It wasn't
much fun! I've slept in rough
huts, under rock
overhangs, and under the
stars up and down New
Zealand's Southern Alps,
and figured sleeping outside
couldn't be so bad. It is
COMPLETELY different!
I only scratched the
surface. I did this for one
night. Come morning I had
a workplace to go to, people
to interact with, and a family
to return to
after work. As I lay under a
bridge struggling to sleep I
pondered what it
might be like to actually be
homeless. What would it be
like to do this
night after night? What
would it be like to not know
when this was going to
end? What would it be like if
I was already carrying the
emotional scars
that had led to being without
a home? What would it be
like not having a
family or social network or
workplace to belong to in the
morning?
I'm trying to work out some
of the things that I might be
able to do that
can actually make a
difference. Here's some of
my thoughts.
1. Respond in a time of
crisis. We have Care
cupboard and Furniture
ministry run by volunteers. I
know these ministries lift the
hearts of
people who receive from
them. I know from
experience that just saying
hello to someone who is
having a really terrible
terrible terrible day can be
what keeps them going.
2. Support the healers. I
would be a terrible social
worker! Thank God I
am part of his family with
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brothers and sisters that are
more patient, more
compassionate, and more
sensitive than me! Part of
the reason for giving to
church is to support their
work. I know teachers at
local schools have
appreciated support made
available through the work of
Chappies, Sharon
Armstrong, and other
volunteers. How good
would it be to be able to do
even more in the world
around us.
3. Change the
tide. Domestic violence,
substance abuse and
addictions, mental health,
post-incarceration, family
breakdowns, housing
security are all causes. And
each of these problems has
causes of their own. How
good would it be if we were
serving and changing the
world by digging at the
roots of these weeds in our
community!
Rev 21: The time is coming
when God's dwelling place
will be among us.
Crying, pain, and suffering
will be no more. We, who
have victory through
Jesus' death and
resurrection will be God's
children in that dwelling
place.
Act justly, love mercy, walk
humbly with God.
Following on from our
parishioners’
introductions …
This is our beautiful Sharon Armstrong, Youth and Family MInistry Co ordinator. Her melodious voice blesses us during the online services in the singing of hymns. I had the opportunity to interview her today for our newsletter.
Sharon's faith had an inauspicious beginning as she did not grow up in a Christian family but was sent to Sunday School at St Andrew's Lutwyche because she was naughty! She became baptised as a child but it really didn't mean very much to her at the time. I was surprised to find that Sharon attended Chermside State School and Wavell High School as I did (but quite a few years later than me). After school she began working for the Commonwealth Bank at Kedron and also in the city before changing to work for the Queensland Law Society. In the early nineties Sharon went backpacking to the UK with friends where she met Pete in April '92. They were married in June '93 and she ended up living in England for four and a half years, totally unexpected when she first went there. They migrated back to Australia and bought a house in Petrie. Although they have moved to different homes, they have always stayed in Petrie. When Lily was born, Sharon returned to work and put Lily into a Lutheran Day Care Centre in (appropriately named) Armstrong Street where she became friendly with some Christian mothers, one of whom invited her to attend church in 2006,
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Sharon believes God had been working in her heart for about five years before this. While attending another church with her friend, Sharon gave her heart to Jesus. She then joined an Alpha Course at NPAC and decided this was where she was meant to be, so she has been with us ever since. Sharon was involved with Tiny Tots, KIds Church, Kids Holiday Club and Youth Group as Lily grew through those stages. She began helping Graeme with youth group when he took it over a few years ago. Sharon also had a bried stint as a Chaplain at Tullawong State School. When the position of Youth and Family Ministry Co ordinator at NPAC became available, Sharon applied and was appointed to that position, so now Graeme helps her! Sharon is a keen scrapbooker and also a foster mum to 5 guinea pigs. She has cared for many of these and at one stage nurtured 18! Sharon firmly believes that her many roles thus far were preparing her for her current position and it feels very much like she has found the place where God wants her to be.
Day trip Ideas This week’s place is a secret! Have a look at these photos and see if you can work out where this is. Answer next week.
Until next time…
Thanks to all those wonderful people who contributed this week.
Gail
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From Peter and Ros
Day 7 Camino
Day 7 (Peter’s birthday) was a short (7km) walk to the Monasterio Zenarruza. We managed a fairly early
start as the convent we had lodged at the previous night required pilgrims to leave at 8.00 am. Ros’s back
was quite sore, Anna’s legs were giving her trouble and she had a cold, so a shorter day was planned to ease
up on the pace and give some time for rest. So off we set following a gradual ascent to the monastery.
We arrived before lunch, so we lay for some time on the daisy -strewn grass in the sun until 3.30pm when
we could register and be shown our beds for the night. They were triple-bunkers, in one of two concrete
dormitory-style rooms built as part of the wall of the monastery. Some of the pilgrims, hungry from the walk
and waiting for dinner, bought all the chocolate and beers stocked by the tourist shop near the entrance.
Then all the pilgrims attended the beautifully sung church service [in Spanish, of course] at 7.30 PM, along
with 7 or 8 monks, a couple of whom were too frail to stand; then were treated to a communal pot of pasta,
lentil and vegetable soup and bread, which was carried from the monks’ kitchen by two pilgrims and led to
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the pilgrims’ rooms by the Senior Monk. The meal was served on 2 blow-moulded tables, erected end-to-
end along the middle of the already-crowded bunk room, but no-one complained. When we went for
showers later, we found the two shower cubicles were mouldy, poorly maintained, unventilated, no dry
place to put things down, but we slept well enough. Still, it wasn’t quite what we had anticipated.
Black marble quarry
Coffee and chocolate for a birthday morning tea Local transport
Along farm tracks
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Following the river valley up to the monastery
Entering the monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)
The high alter piece inside the church, inside the monastery.
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A field full of flowers where we rested for the afternoon waiting to be received by one of the monks and
register for a bed for the night.
Our very monastic cell like accommodation Waiting for our supper of bread and soup
To be continued…
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