Marsden Road Uniting
Church
203 Marsden Road
Carlingford
Sunday 12th 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.
LECTIONARY
BIBLE READINGS
Genesis 25:19-34, Psalm 119:105-112, Romans 8:1-11, Matthew
13:1-9, 18-23
PRAYER
Saving
God, in Jesus Christ you opened for us a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and constant wills to worship you in spirit and in truth;
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
From the end of July until the end of August we will be
focusing on
the teachings and contribution of the Wesley Family to our faith.
·
For our mid-year study this year we will
complete a study of the last five chapters of the book by John O Gooch of the
United Methodist Church USA. The Book is titled; “John Wesley for the 21st
Century. The studies will be held through Zoom. Day and time yet to be
finalised – more details to come.
·
Worship – the preaching and services will
reflect the theme of each week’s study 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.
Reflection
Pentecost 6
Jesus loves to tell stories about the
things he sees around him. Birds, flowers, fields. He tells stories about all
of them. Jesus tells his friends about how the farmers sow wheat—they till up
their fields and just kind of throw the seeds out there—and then they wait. Not
all the seeds end up turning into wheat—some of them don’t grow, some grow too
fast a die, some get eaten by critters. But the ones that do grow are enough to
make so much flour and bake so much bread and feed so many people. You and me and
everyone we know; we are like those seeds. Jesus is the farmer and he has put
us in his field to grow. When we listen to Jesus and the people who love us,
when we are kind, when we feed our bodies good things, we are like healthy
wheat. Jesus can harvest the healthy wheat we grow in our hearts and help us
keep each other strong and healthy and happy.
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.
From Chrisanthi and the Social and Education Team
Last
week we donated $200 to Parramatta Mission, being funds collected in our coin
jar, plus dollar for dollar matched by the Education and Social Committee.
Since
the start of the small change project we have donated $1,100 to Parramatta
Mission which includes $100 for sponsoring 4 plates at the meals-plus Christmas
lunch 2019.
Return to Face to
Face Worship
To fulfil Government requirements, we need to fulfil the
relevant checklists for our activities in the Church 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
plan in place.
For any Hirer, the Church Council must agree to their
Safety Plan and ensure that it meets all Health Regulation requirements. This
the same procedure is used for any business or group that is gathering or
opening and it is essential that it is in place before any face to face can
take place.
For Marsden Road these means that a Safety Plan must be
in place and meet the Synod and Government standards before anyone can enter
the premises again. It will be some time
before we can worship face to face again. Your Church Council continues to
monitor the situation and work out its future safety plan. We have been
reminded that failure to comply with regulations brings heavy penalties.
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