Marsden Road Uniting Newssheet 19 April 2020

Marsden Road Uniting Church

203 Marsden Road Carlingford

Sunday 19th April 2020

EASTER 2 SUNDAY

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, 22-32, Psalm 16, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31

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.

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.   Through Zoom on the Internet on Sunday at 9.30am

       B.   On Marsden Road Uniting Website:

http://www.marsdenroadunitingchurch.org.au/

      C.   On Marsden Road Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/MRUCC082016/ 

      D.  Receiving as a PDF Attachment by Email.

      E.   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

If you have time to worry, you have time to pray!

 

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. 

“It was not that I wanted to believe it. I knew it was true. It sounds trite, but at that moment, my consciousness changed. With a certainty born neither of overwrought emotion nor of cool analysis, I knew I carried something within me that reached beyond the limits of me. I was aware of not being alone.”

With these words Erik Varden in his “The Shattering of Loneliness” tells of his unsought and newfound awareness of the “Other”, that Presence that stops us all in our tracks.

He was listening to a symphony at the time, but God can reach out to us through any means.

Erik Varden. “The Shattering of Loneliness” Bloomsbury, London. P6

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/

Rev Johns’ Weekly Blog: http://whitestarhaven.blogspot.com/

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

"If you can’t fly, then run, If you can’t run, then walk, If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." - Martin Luther King Jr.