St John’s Weekly Bulletin – Sunday 26 March 2017

Our wardens for 2017 are Howard Benson, Andrew Roth, and Phil Ashley-Brown. Parish councillors are Liz Anelli, Angus Draffan, Carey Gent, David Hails, David Holt, Bede Thoroughgood, Sue Thwaites, June Wooden and Ken Youman. Jen Benson also serves on parish council as the missions secretary.

We also elected Penelope Young as our ecumenical officer.

Howard, Andrew and Sue will represent us at Synod this year, helping make church law, looking at the budget, and in the months to come, helping decide on a new bishop for Newcastle Diocese.

We also elected an incumbency board in case the parish needs to find a new rector in the next three years. Howard Benson, Susan Ashley-Brown and Andrew Roth would serve on that board, with David Hails and Fiona Dyet serving if any of the first three aren’t available.

As a parish, we should be thankful for all those people willing to serve our parish in this way. These roles are positions that require dedication and commitment. Many thanks to those who served last year in these roles, and thank you to everyone who allowed their name to go forward for the elections.

Thanks also to everyone who wrote reports for the annual report, particularly Howard for the financial reports and to June who put it all together.

Please pray for the work that parish council will do this year. Our first meeting is currently booked for 20 April at 6pm.

Many thanks also to Penny and Amanda and their familiies for working so hard on our Hollywood Trivia Night on Saturday 25 March. We really appreciate the creativity and work that has gone into making this a great evening for our parish.

Blessings,

Murray

This bulletin was emailed to members of the parish on Sunday 26 March 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.

Your assistance with the Fair would be very much appreciated! The Women’s Guild need help with the provision of goods for the various stalls and also help on the day.

Stalls include: Morning Tea, Raffle, Soup, Pickles and Jam, Handcraft, Books, BBQ, Trash and Treasure, pre loved toys, Sweets, Cakes, Fruit and Veg.

If you can help on any of these stalls please contact Jenny Walkom on 0419497392 or speak to any of the Guild members.

Lemons are needed to make lemon butter, also small to medium glass jars with lids to put the jams or pickles in. These can be left in the Hall kitchen on the back shelf.

Trash & Treasure can be left in the Hall AFTER Sunday 30th April. This is so we don’t inconvenience other groups using the Hall.

We look forward to making this a great parish fair in 2017!

During Lent envelopes will be available as extra Lenten Giving for the work of ABM, to assist projects that need extra financial support.

Please continue to pray of the work of ABM and the Mission to Seafarers.

Jennifer Benson, Parish Mission Secretary

BSB: 705-077
A/C: 00040401
Name: St John’s Anglican Church Newcastle

Thank you to all members of our parish who are able to support ministry in this way.