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Marsden Road
Uniting Church 203 Marsden Road Carlingford
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Sunday 12th April 2020
EASTER SUNDAY
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Sunday 29th March 2020
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Greetings to you out
there in your homes. As we worship in
our homes in the homelands of the Wallumedegal people. We acknowledge
their Elders, past and present.
We hope that you will experience the presence of God in and through the Service,
privately or as a Family joining with the people of God who continue to gather
in Spirit although not physically.
LECTIONARY BIBLE
READINGS
Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2,
Colossians 3:1-4, Matthew 28:1-10
PRAYER
Glorious Lord of life, by the mighty resurrection of your Son you
overcame the old order of sin and death to make all things new in him: grant
that we, who celebrate with joy Christ’s rising from the dead may be raised
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness; through him who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
From Kathleen
Norris: 1998, The Quotidian Mysteries.
Paulist
Press; New York.
‘One
prayer that I treasure, no matter what I am engaged in, comes from the great
lyricist Isaac Watts in his rendition of Psalm 23, entitled, “My Shepherd will
Supply My Need.” Watts interprets the ending of the psalm - “Surely goodness
and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life. In the Lord’s own house
shall I dwell forever and ever” - not as some future event, but as existing in
the light of the present, the everyday.’ P83.
Norris
dwells does deeply in God’s embrace that every page of any of her writings is
covered from top to bottom with such helpful sayings.
With the fragrance
of expectation,
the scent of
loving grace,
the trace of
hope amid the fear,
and the aroma
of abundance
may we go in
love today,
and know
God’s gift is always with us.
During this time of the Covid-19 and increasing workload CCA is seeking
more people who aren’t on the Government self-isolation list to assist ion delivering
meals on wheel. Any volunteer must be under 70 and have no health issues
considered to be co-morbidities by the Government regulations. Phone 9858 3222.
CCA Eastwood are still seeking foodstuffs for their clients as the need
is continuing to grow. Please ring your Elder for assistance in getting it to
CCA or direct. A thankyou to the person who took the food at the Church down to
CCA recently.
Ahead of attacks on its cities during World War II, the
British government issued and displayed three posters with messages written to
boost morale and mentally prepare its civilians. One of them, "Keep
calm and carry on," has grown in popularity over the years
because its message is applicable beyond its original intent. It's also
poignant now that coronavirus is invoking comparisons to world war.
For a star to be born, there is one thing that must
happen:
a gaseous nebula must collapse.
So collapse. Crumble. This is not your destruction.
This is your birth.
a gaseous nebula must collapse.
So collapse. Crumble. This is not your destruction.
This is your birth.
During this difficult time of COVID-19 Parramatta Mission continues to
assist those in need.
On the frontline, Meals Plus is operating as an essential service. In
fact, our work here has never been more vital as more people in the community
face increased hardship. We are committed to keeping our doors open by
providing takeaway meals, food parcels and welfare to those who are homeless or
facing hardship during the current crisis. With so many people losing their
income we fear the numbers will continue to increase.
Many of our other services are continuing to remain open so that we can
support our clients. Where possible we have switched to video and telephone
consultation to ensure we can be accessed in keeping with the physical
distancing recommendations and by those who may be isolating. Your prayers for
our services and the staff who are on the frontline facing the impact of
Covid-19 would be greatly appreciated.
If you would like to contribute to our work at this time please visit www.parramattamission.org.au/donate
Parramatta Mission is petitioning at this time for the change in
language from “Social distancing” to “Physical Distancing”. We must maintain
physical distancing wherever possible – this is crucial, but maintaining social
connection is so important as we self-isolate, to be able to support ourselves
and others in our community.
CONTACTS
Minister of the Word
Rev John
Candy 0411 267 639 or 98681658.
or
whitestarhaven@gmail.com
Church Council Chairperson: Ruth Henderson 9875 2194
Church Council Secretary: Susan Halgren 9858 1409
Elders’ Chairperson: Alan Craymer 9874 0531
Elders’ Secretary: Elaine Forrest 9874 7231
Congregation Meeting Chair: Warwick Roden 9874 7584
Property bookings/enquiries: Warwick Roden 9874 7584
Website: www.marsdenroadunitingchurch.org.au
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MRUCC082016/
Weekly Blog on the
Sunday Service:
margaretssundayreflections.blogspot.com
Please send messages & items to share to
Rev John by Tuesday night. Phone: 9868
1658 or email: whitestarhaven@gmail.com
Minister
Working from Home
WORSHIP SERVICES
Worship
which is found On-line and Delivered by Hand to people. How you can access
these services, Newssheet and Rev John’ weekly Blog:
A. On Marsden Road
Uniting Website:
2. Left-hand side
of Home Page has List of Blogs
3. Click on Order
of Service for …. or Marsden Road Newssheet or Blog.
B. On Rev John’s
Service Blogsite, Marsden Road Newssheet or Weekly Blog:
1. Go to http://whitestarhavent.blogspot.com/ http://whitestarhavenm.blogspot.com/
and http://whitestarhaven.blogspot.com/
C. On Marsden Road
Facebook Page:
2. Service,
Newssheet and Blog are all available on Marsden Road Uniting Facebook
D. Receiving
Service, and Newssheet as a PDF Attachment by Email:
1. Either download
to your own computer and use as above or just open and use as above.
E. Receiving
Service and Newssheet as a printed Document in Mailbox
Offerings
·
Please consider
offering via EFT – Direct Credit can be done anonymously and scheduled to occur
automatically at whatever frequency you choose - weekly, monthly etc. See
details of Church Bank Account below.
·
If going to the bank
for own needs, please consider depositing cash offering directly into the
church bank account.
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By stewardship
envelopes - set aside the money in them and bring to Church at the first
service, we are open for.
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A/C Name: Marsden Road Uniting
Church
BSB:
634 634 A/C: 100049856
Holy
Communion
The
Assembly of the Uniting Church is looking into how we can do Holy Communion
during not attending worship. In the meantime, we are not having Communion
until we hear from them.
Information
from Synod
As we navigate this new and
challenging time, our Synod is seeking to address concerns as they arise.
Government restrictions must be followed. Synod has put out a set of guidelines
- https://nswact.uca.org.au/ to cover this.
Within the SCC Presbytery feel free
to join any of these services:
Cherrybrook Uniting Church
Service 9:30am by video/audio conference using Zoom and then placed on Church Website: http://www.cherrybrookuc.org.au/home
North Ryde Community Church
We will be streaming our ’service’ 9.30am through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nrccuniting
Terrigal Uniting Church
Available on Sunday morning on our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/terrigalunitingchurch/
Turramurra Uniting Church
Livestreaming our 9am and 6:30pm worship services through Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/turramurrauniting
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