St John’s Weekly Bulletin – Sunday 10 September 2017

This bulletin was emailed to members of the parish on Sunday 10 September 2017 – if you would like to join the Weekly Bulletin email list, please call the church office on 02 4927 5399 and we will happily arrange this.

Entry will be by donation and all funds raised will be donated to the restoration project to protect against water damage to the church and hall walls – hence the title of ‘Water Music’!

Please come along to enjoy this wonderful concert and raise much-needed funds to complete the work of the St John’s 1K Club.

We are continuing to the next stage of the “Guardians of Ancora” theme that we began last year and we’re mixing in a combination of art and adventure as well.

Please feel free to share our video post if you are on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/stjohnscookshill/videos/1810097285687138/

Details and booking form are on our website at:

www.saintjohns.com.au/holidayclub

The two basic ways we do that are: Working With Children Checks, and Safer Churches Training.

1. The Working With Children Check (WWCC) is a history check through a person’s national government and employment records and it flags people who might cause concern if they were allowed to work with children. In NSW, a WWCC is a requirement for people who work or volunteer with children.

2. Safer Churches Training is another basic part of our effort to keep safe. It involves a one-day course to start with, with regular half-day refresher courses. The list of upcoming courses is found through the Diocese of Newcastle website at: http://newcastleanglican.org.au/mission-ministries/safe-ministry-training/ . We require volunteers to complete this training, but we strongly recommend that all parents and people with a passion to keep St John’s safe undertake this training. It’s an excellent resource for all parents who are concerned about the safety of their children, whatever institutions and groups they are associated with.

We have a new page on our website at http://www.saintjohns.com.au/children to provide easy links for you to be involved with a Working With Children Check or Safer Churches Training. There is a form there from the Diocese that we need volunteers to use. This form makes sure we get all the information we need to complete the checks that we need to do. Rob has been emailing all volunteers who we need this information from, so if he has emailed you about this, please respond to him as soon as you can!

The work to prepare these delicious puddings begins long before Christmas, though! On Monday 9 October 2017 at 9.30 am we require help to weigh the ingredients. This usually takes about 2 hours. Then on Mondays 16th and 23rd October the Guild would love you to join them from 8.30am to help make the puddings. This usually takes all morning but even if you only have an hour to spare, that would be a great help for them. Please speak to a Guild member to find out more, or contact us through www.saintjohns.com.au/contact