CHURCH NEWS  

This week we celebrate the Day of Pentecost, when the disciples were empowered by the gift of the Holy Spirit and were touched by tongues of fire. We follow that with Trinity Sunday, when we celebrate God in three persons. And then we return to green, our season of growth in faith and in the Spirit. As a celebration of Pentecost on 28th May, may I suggest you wear something red to celebrate. Rev Jacqui

Parking not available on Thursday 15th June from 8am as an arborist will be on-site all day with trucks and equipment.

At our last Monster Garage Sale, we raised $1,508.00, but we nearly didn't’. We were short of helpers on the morning. Instead of the required 6 helpers (3 inside and 3 outside) we only had 4 turn up. At the opening time we only had 3 starters which meant that there was a real possibility that we would not be able to open up inside for sales. Our team of 6 people are not always able to attend, so it would be great if we could get 2 more volunteers to join us. You would only need to attend from 7.30am until 12.30pm, have a friendly disposition and be prepared to mingle and chat to customers.

Secondly we need more helpers to set up and clear up after the sale is finished. Setting up is done on the Friday morning at 9.30am and involves setting up tables with books, brick-a-brac, tools etc. and moving the furniture into the chapel area ready for sale. Cleaning up takes place at 11.45am on the Saturday morning and involves putting everything away in the back room of the ACC. It would be especially helpful to have people who can lift heavy items (furniture) at the packing up stage please.

The monster garage sale is an important fundraising activity for the Parish, but more importantly: it provides a great service to the Community of Mandurah, and has assisted a lot of both young and older people to furnish their new accommodation. It is also an important part of the whole recycling programme in Mandurah to prevent waste. Please give this some serious thought. Fr Joe (9500 3111).

We’d like to thank everyone for your prayers and support as we mourn the loss of our dear son, Sean. Don and Bertha Fullarton.

As many of you are aware, I will be away on holidays for several weeks. During my absence, I am pleased to announce that

Alex Scutt will be playing at the 8:15 service. Alex has recently retired to Mandurah and has a wealth of experience in Church music ministry. Please make Alex welcome. I will see you in early July hopefully well rested.

Karen Reeves

One of the most valuable ministries’ that has occurred in Christ’s Church Mandurah over the past 40 years is the Thursday morning tea. This is an opportunity for people to drop and enjoy morning tea. Tea or coffee and scones and a chat with others. Many of our attendees look forward to the company in a life often lived alone. It is a wonderful outreach ministry to the people of Mandurah. Many of our volunteers have been faithfully fulfilling this ministry for many years and the time has come for them to step back. We are looking for new volunteers to take up this ministry. We need people to serve on a Thursday morning once a month in a roster and we are looking for people to bake scones once a month to serve at the morning tea. We have a new coordinator. If you think you could fill one or more of these ministry, please tell Hepseba at the office and she will build a list of who is available. We hope to start the new roster in July, until then the faithful servants of many years will continue in this vital role.

Fr Ian and Wendy will be away on leave from this Sunday to the 28th June. Rev Jacquie will be in charge of the parish together with Warden Mike Burgess and acting Wardens Keith Targett and Bronwyn Jones as Karen Reeves and Susan Davis are also away. Please support them through this time. As Wendy will also be away Hepseba will be working as the Parish Secretary with Vikki Nissen still available to keep the books. Hepseba is working the same hours that Wendy did. Wendy and Fr Ian will be broadcasting morning prayer live from where ever they are on Monday and Saturday mornings. The faithful team of morning prayer leaders will continue at 8 am on all other days except Sunday where there will continue to be a live broadcast of the 8.15 am service. Please join us.

Archdeacon, Geoff Chadwick will be vising our parish on Sunday 4 June 2023 where he will celebrate at all our 3 services.

It is planned that our Children’s church members will lead our 10 am Sunday congregation in worship on 18th of June. These are always wonderful times of celebration. Please come along and join.

We are promoting FIAS services on Sunday 25 June 2023. Cn James Tabor, School Chaplain will be celebrating 8:15 and 10:00 am services. Members of the school community will be celebrating the service. Please come along and support the school community as they spend time with us.

Our Parish has an important Outreach Programme which helps a lot of people in our community. On Thursday evenings, we collect the unsold bread from Baker’s Delight in Meadow Springs at 07.15pm and deliver it to our OP Shop Friday morning by 08.30am. I need a couple of extra people as collectors for the roster which would require a commitment of 2 or 3 collections over a 6month period.

A wagon or SUV would be needed as a small car would not be capable of collecting all the bread. If you would like to help, please contact John Geoghegan by email, jomageo117@gmail.com as the next roster starts at the beginning of July.

Our sincere thanks to the four people who have responded to our request for assistance at the op-shop we really appreciate this. Two gentlemen have taken on the role of stripping the copper wire from the electric cables that are accumulating; and two ladies will now undertake researching valuable items to make sure we get the best price that we can from their sale.

Currently we are selling lots of books and the shelves are sometimes looking quite bare. If you have books just lying around (that are in good condition) that you would like to donate, please bring them to the shop for us. We sell both fiction and non-fiction and both are very popular. Please contact either Mike on 0487 838 486; or Fr Joe on 9500 3111.

Next Saturday, 20th May, at the Anglican Community Centre.Why not drop in and see the array of items we offer for sale.

We welcome the WA Bellringers to our church on Saturday 13th May for a morning of ringing, fellowship and meeting time.

Our bell ringers will be at the church this evening (6th May) and at 6pm will ring a 20 minute peel of Coronation Call Changes to celebrate and proclaim the coronation of the new King.

You don’t need to be a wiz on the computer, just have sufficient skills to google an object and discover it’s value. If you are able to do this then we can use your assistance at the op-shop one afternoon each week please. Currently we are receiving several items of good quality at the op-shop which need to be checked out before they can be priced and sold. Therefore we would like the assistance of someone who would be interested in spending some time at the op-shop googling these items to establish their value. Once done, this will allow Mike or Ito price them and put them out for sale. At present both Mike and I are running out of time to do this: and so they are being left in the office, or they are being put out for sale too cheaply. If interested, please contact either Mike on 0487 838 486; or Fr Joe on 9500 3111.

A Godly Play Core Training weekend is scheduled in Perth for the coming June long weekend. It will be held at the Anglican Parish of Applecross. If you are interested in attending this weekend to gain training to become a part of our 10am Children’s Church roster, please speak to Cn Ian or Wendy.

A service will be held at 2pm on Thursday 18th May in the church to celebrate Ascension Day. All are welcome.

Updated copies of our parish prayer diary are available at the back of the church. Please feel free to take one to use in your personal prayer time. More copies can be printed if needed.

Our Parish has number of folders with sets of art work from Ron Gent. There are two series. One series is of birds and the other series is of Ron’s interpretation of poems of Waltzing Matilda. These are free and are available at the back of the church for anybody who would like one.

Our mission giving for May “Mission to Seamen (Bunbury)”

To support our on-going work, you are able to make an online freewill offering to our Anglican Parish of Mandurah account:

BSB: 706-001 Acc: 30004522

A donation point has been established on our webpage. There is also a tap and go Eftpos in the foyer of the church pre-set to $10. You can use any credit or debit card to make your donation. Just tap as many times as you like and it will make a donation in lots of $10. There is also a normal Eftpos machine at the back of the church.

22 May—27 June
Canon Ian on Long Service Leave

15 May—30 June
Wendy away. During this time Hepseba Bonda will be working in the office Mon, Wed & Thurs.

Cursillo is a movement within our Church providing a method by which we as Christians are empowered to grow through prayer, study and action. Our diocese will be having a combined (men and women) Cursillo Weekend in Narrogin on 22-24 Sept. Please speak to Cn Ian to find out more.

This year the retreat will be from Friday August 25th to Sunday August 27th 2023 at St John’s Retreat Centre in Shoalwater. Retreat is a time to refresh your relationship with God and this year there will be opportunities to do this in a variety of ways. For those looking for a guided retreat, we will spend the weekend discovering Christ through seven “I am” statements. For those needing complete rest and refreshment you are welcome to spend the weekend joining in as much, or as little, as you choose.

Please encourage people to come to the retreat and prayerfully discern sponsoring someone from your parish. We aim to have the registration forms ready by the end of May. For further information contact Vicki Webb 0429323025 or va.webb@bigpond.com