Marsden Road Uniting
Church
The first day
203 Marsden Road
Carlingford
Sunday 26th April 2020
Our mission: to reflect Christ alive in the Community
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 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:1-4,12-19;1
Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35
.
PRAYER
O God, your
Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: open the eyes
of our faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work; who is alive and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
CHURCH 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:
- Through Zoom on
the Internet on Sunday at 9.30am
- On Marsden Road
Uniting Website:
- On Marsden Road
Facebook Page:
- Receiving as a
PDF Attachment by Email.
- Receiving as
printed Documents 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.
- By stewardship envelopes - set aside the money in them & bring
to Church at the next service at MRUC
- A/C Name: Marsden
Road Uniting Church
BSB: 634 634 A/C:
100049856
What types of jokes are allowed during quarantine?
Inside jokes!
Lent
Event 2020.
The total from our congregation was
$895. A big thank you to all who contributed from our congregation.
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. 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.
Facing Fears about
Health
To gain a wise perspective, we have to face our fears. Fears can be
healthy or exaggerated—and sometimes paralysing. It takes wisdom to admit that
there are dangers around us that need to be properly, and fearfully, respected,
and it takes wisdom to see through the exaggerations and fearmongering of those
who use the pains of others for their benefit.
We must
seek wisdom and make the very best decisions we can as we all endeavour to act
generously and selflessly, in ways consistent with all that we believe as
followers of Christ, on behalf of others.
All of us
know there are basic health practices we must seriously follow, not only for
ourselves but on behalf of others. People who are not in high-risk groups
should not only set a good example for others but be willing to share the
burdens that others feel. Apparently healthy people, those with no symptoms and
no awareness of having the disease, can nonetheless carry it to others. We owe
it to one another to pay attention to each other, to advise one another, to
check on one another, and serve one another. It’s what we believe and confess
as Christians, and these days test us to live out our faith.
One of our
great privileges every day is praying for each other and all the world.
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
“Many of us spend most of our time indoors, in temperatures we
can control artificially, obtaining our food neatly packaged from supermarket
shelves and our water at the turn of a tap. We don’t experience our daily
dependence on the well-being of the earth. The fruiting of berries and grains
in due season, the springing up of water in wells and streams.” Sarah Bachelard
in Eremos April, 2020 We do have, at the back of our minds, a vague sense of
being connected to the earth and all its passengers, but it is at a distance
and so our felt need to protect the planet is not so urgent.
Minister Working from Home
After a week or two
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