Marsden Road Uniting
Church
203 Marsden Road
Carlingford
Sunday 26th July 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.
Genesis
29:15-28, Psalm 105:1-11, 45b, Romans 8:26-39, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
PRAYER
O God,
the fount of wisdom, you have revealed to us in Christ the hidden treasure and
the pearl of great price: grant us your Spirit's gift of discernment, that, in
the midst of the things of this world, we may learn to value the priceless
worth of your kingdom, and be ready to renounce all else for the sake of the
precious gift you offer. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
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
Month
of Wesley
·
Our mid-year study using “John Wesley for the 21st Century
will start next Wednesday 29th July. The studies will be held
through Zoom. They will start 7.00pm and run until August 26th
inclusive.
·
An Email has been sent inviting attendance
and those who reply will be sent the Zoom address for the study.
·
Those who don’t have the books will be sent
copies of each Chapter.
·
Worship – the preaching and services will
reflect the theme of each week’s study with worship starting on 2nd
August 2020.
·
As part of our month we will be sharing our
favourite Wesley Hymns. Please Email Rev John your favourites or pass them on
to your Elder for them to pass them onto Rev John.
Return to Face to Face Worship
To fulfil Government requirements, we need to fulfil the
relevant checklists for activities on Church premises and be able to fulfil and
develop a COVID-19 Safety Plan. The Government Health Regulations and our Synod
agrees, that before we can use the premises, either ourselves or any Hirer,
then the group or we must have a risk management Safety plan in place.
For all users of any party of the Premises, Church
Council must agree to their Safety Plan and ensure that it meets all Health
Regulation requirements. It is essential that Safety Plans are in place before
any face to face meetings or any worship or use of the premises can take place.
For Marsden Road these means that a Safety Plan must be
in place and meet Synod and Government requirements before anyone can enter the
premises at all. It will be some time
before we can worship face to face again. Your Church Council continues to
monitor the situation and work on its Safety Plan ready to commence face to
face worship when it is deemed safe.
We have been reminded that failure to comply with
regulations brings heavy penalties. We can see the consequences of failure to
be vigilant and safe by what has been occurring in Victoria and parts of
Sydney.
Changes
in Services and Newssheet
As face to face worship at Marsden Road looks likely to
be some time in the future and maybe not before the New Year a few changes need
to take place in the way we have been doing things. As there is not much news
about events the Newssheet will come out once a month from August onwards.
The Rev John who is part-time has been leading and
preparing all Sunday Worship since the beginning of the Pandemic along with
attending many required Zoom meetings and other preparation work. Sadly, this
has meant that his time for phone calls to congregation members has been
limited over the last month or so. Rev John will change back to not leading or
preparing the third and fifth Sundays worship when they occur each month.
The alternative for those Sundays will be to take the
opportunity offered at any of the neighbouring Congregations. A separate letter
will come out to all those with Email Addresses listing what is available.
Please pass this on to all congregation members.
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
EASTWOOD CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AID
Did you notice the dip in the temperature during
the week? Your help is very welcome in building stocks of canned, warming foods
which will help those less fortunate than ourselves. Also remember that many
lonely people depend on their four-footed or bird friends for company and those
need feeding too.
Those
who would prefer to make a financial donation to Community Aid (amounts of
$2.00 or more are tax deductible) can be made using their website https://ccas.org.au/ or the form sent out last week.
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